| SB2197 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds lands with soil classified as productivity rating class B or class C to the agricultural lands exempt from subdivision requirements for purposes of leases or easements for renewable energy facilities. Adds provision that requires ongoing activit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WLH. |
| SB2369 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all public landscaping, highway beautification, and road construction and improvement projects to include native Hawaiian land plants from a list compiled by DLNR. Restricts the use of wild plants. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2366 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the Hawaii community development authority to the Hawaii community planning authority. Establishes planning districts. Creates a process for developers to apply for residential and commercial planning projects. Allocates general excise tax re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB3059 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the office of planning to convene a workgroup for sustainability guidelines, establish benchmarks for measuring sustainability progress, and coordinate sustainability progress made by the State and counties. Authorizes the office of planning...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB3057 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a rebuttable presumption that joint custody should be awarded if certain factors exist. Permits the family court to award reasonable visitation rights to grandparents of a minor child if denial of visitation would cause significant demons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB2573 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires an employer with twenty or more employees to make reasonable efforts to provide a clean location for breastfeeding employees to express breast milk in privacy. Requires covered employers to post a notice pertaining to this provision in a con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2351 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the DOA to establish and maintain an online system of licensure for commission merchants, dealers, brokers, agents, processors, and retail merchants of farm products. Establishes the department of agriculture operations special fund. Effecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2569 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits smoking within a presumptively reasonable minimum distance of twenty feet from all public transportation stops and stations. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB3047 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends computer fraud statutes to capture a broader range of crimes committed through the use of a computer, computer system, or computer network, and increases penalties for all degrees of computer fraud. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB2483 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires, by the end of the 2013-2014 school year, that: (1) Every public school, charter school, and the University of Hawaii shall have one automated external defibrillator (AED) situated in a permanent location on campus; (2) Public schools and ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB3022 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the excise tax on cigarettes and small cigars. Directs portions of the tax revenue to be deposited into the Hawaii cancer research special fund, trauma system special fund, community health centers special fund, and emergency medical servic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2539 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an offense of harassment by cyberbullying as a class C felony. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB2055 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires tolling of one-year conditional release period upon filing of motion for revocation of conditional release or motion to modify conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| SB2524 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Haiku Valley cultural preserve commission to provide policy and management oversight of the Haiku Valley cultural preserve. Initiates process of conveying Haiku valley in fee simple to the department of land and natural resources. (SD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2507 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick and safe leave to employees to be used to care for themselves or a family member who is ill or a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Effective 7/1/50. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2498 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows interest to be collected on unfunded settlements against the State, its officers, or its employees. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2290 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the state building code to include code provisions based on the latest edition of the International Green Construction Code and the latest edition of the International Green Construction Code Water Efficiency Provisions. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2289 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows hydroelectric facilities that meet certain conditions to be constructed on agricultural lands that meet certain conditions. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WLH. |
| SB2085 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines the consumer in the health insurance exchange board. Clarifies that the health insurance exchange board shall have geographic diversity consisting of representation from all islands. Requires the health insurance exchange to offer a basic hea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-17
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
| SB2735 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires prisoners to exhaust administrative remedies within sixty days of filing a complaint regarding prison conditions before bringing a civil court action. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB2269 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds as a grant to Best Buddies International, Inc., for the expansion of Best Buddies Hawaii chapters to the islands of Maui and Oahu and to provide support to youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2731 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds comparable foreign convictions and tribal convictions to covered offenses; makes offenders who are subject to sex offender registration or notification in their jurisdiction of conviction, covered offenders under Hawaii law; makes it clear that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| SB2728 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds the federal bureau of investigation and the United States immigration and customs enforcement to the list of federal agencies whose officers may make arrests for certain offenses under state law. Removes the citizenship and immigration services ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| SR16 | Intro
Sine Die | Directing The Attorney General Of The State Of Hawaii To Investigate Cases Where Fraudulent Transfers And Assignments Of Mortgage Loan Documents Are Alleged.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB2853 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that land accreted after May 20, 2003, shall be public land except as otherwise provided by law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) The committee(s) on WLH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WLH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Solomon, Fukunaga, Ryan, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Slom ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda. |
| SCR41 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Convene A Gambling Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee |
| SB2851 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies responsibility for disposing of vessels and amends the description of an abandoned vessel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) The committee(s) on WLH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLH were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Solomon, Fukunaga, Ryan, Shimabukuro, Tokuda, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SR15 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting Development Of A Plan For The Expansion Of The Hawaii Film Studio Diamond Head Campus To Accommodate Increased Studio Capacity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee |
| SB2875 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend chapter 266, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exempt all harbors from the permit and site plan approvals requirements relating to submerged lands within the conservation district. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB2777 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends eligibility for probation to include second time offenders for certain drug offenses. Allows one-time expungement of drug conviction record for a person sentenced to probation without a previous sentence to probation for a drug offense. Reduce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| SB3067 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers the office of planning from the department of business, economic development, and tourism to the office of the governor. Creates operating teams in the office of planning for data collection, strategic planning, and project management. Requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) The recommendation was not adopted. |
| SB3060 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes it a class C felony for persons convicted of certain sexual offenses committed against a child twelve years of age or younger to reside within an unspecified number of feet of any school building or any real property comprising a school. Effect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB2926 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines prime farmlands and requires the land use commission to specifically consider prime farmlands as a factor in decisions related to agricultural district boundaries and permissible uses within the agricultural districts. Prohibits the commissio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) The committee on WLH deferred the measure. |
| SB2360 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale of Kakaako makai lands by HCDA. Requires the HCDA to determine the costs and benefits of selling and purchasing certain properties, except makai lands, within the Kakaako community development district. Requires the report to be su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2578 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a physician, osteopathic physician, surgeon, or medical student from performing a pelvic examination for training purposes on an anesthetized or unconscious female patient unless specific informed consent was obtained, the pelvic examinatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB3056 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission shall be subject to the oversight of the department of land and natural resources.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) The recommendation was not adopted. |
| SB2955 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes probation officers to carry and use electric guns under certain conditions. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2074 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends section 103D-707, HRS, to permit an additional post-award remedy if the contract is not fully executed. Allows for rescission of the award and application of remedies provided for in section 103D-706, HRS.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| SB2091 | Intro
Sine Die | Includes representatives of health care organizations on the prepaid health care advisory council to provide their perspectives regarding health plan benefits. Increases the maximum membership of the prepaid health care advisory council to 9 members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-16
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN. |
| SB2011 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes a driver exclusion to enable a named insured to exclude specified persons from being covered under a motor vehicle insurance policy. Provides that a named insured that has rejected in writing the offer of uninsured motorist coverage under ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB2426 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits retailers from displaying or storing tobacco products through self-service display or engaging in tobacco product retailing through self-service display.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
(S) The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| SB2423 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Hawaii colorectal cancer screening program to assist individuals with the detection and care of colorectal cancer. Appropriates funds for the program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| SB2043 | 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] | 2012-02-15
(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, Solomon; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Slom. |
| SB2795 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensures that the definition of "aggravated circumstances" in chapter 587A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is consistent with recent changes to the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| SB2259 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the offense of computer fraud in the first degree to obtaining or attempting to obtain confidential personal information of another or information relating to the transfer of possession, control, or ownership of property of another, through co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
(S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure. |
| SB2409 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2012-2013 for emergency medical services. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2991 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the stadium authority to pay the University of Hawaii twenty-five per cent of all revenues the University of Hawaii generates at Aloha Stadium. Authorizes payment of the distribution to the University of Hawaii out of the stadium special fun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
(S) The committee on EDU deferred the measure. |
| SB2854 | Intro
Sine Die | Consolidates the five Island Burial Councils into a single Statewide Island Burial Council as a means to address long-standing quorum issues.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
(S) The committee on HWN deferred the measure. |
| SB2400 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the China-Hawaii economic strategic plan working group to prepare an economic strategic plan for Hawaii to benefit economically from the emergence of China as an economic and global leader.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
(S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure. |
| SB2104 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the making of an electronic communication, as defined in section 711-1111(2), Hawaii Revised Statutes, that is directed at a specific person and causes that person emotional distress and serves no legitimate purpose, together with the r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-02-15
(S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure. |
