| SB2571 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends various statutory provisions to reconfirm and clarify the original intent of Act 1 (2011) that civil union partners shall have all the same rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities under law as are granted to those who contract, obt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| HB1457 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends eligibility for state financial aid and resident tuition to students of the University of Hawaii without lawful immigration status who meet certain specified criteria. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2950 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu for the Honolulu family justice center. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB2950 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB3037 | Engross
Sine Die | Transfers the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems from the University of Hawaii to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's office of aerospace development. Establishes a Pacific International Space Cente...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2209 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Judicial Selection Commission to disclose the names of active nominees and other statistical information regarding applicants to fill justice and judge vacancies. (SB2209 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2760 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the fee structure for services provided by the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for escrow depository regulation; amends fines for violations of escrow depository regulations; and adjusts bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2332 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts home-based agricultural producers of honey from the requirement that honey be processed in a certified honey house; provided that the producer meets certain labeling, among other requirements. Exempts qualifying agricultural producers, withou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| HB1840 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a task force to review, investigate, and study the feasibility and cost of establishing: (1) A state-owned bank; and (2) Other programs or options that would serve the purposes and goals of a state-owned bank. Requires a report to the Leg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB3016 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Public Safety to plan for a model wellness center that employs native Hawaiian cultural practices on state land and to submit a report to the legislature prior to the 2013 legislative session. Creates a work release pilot p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| HB1947 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the department of agriculture to establish a good agricultural practices audit and certification program. Authorizes the department of agriculture to conduct audit and certification services. Specifies that the audit and certification prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB682 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows two lots in the makai area of the Kakaako Community Development District to be developed as residential properties that are exempt from public facilities fees; provided that at least twenty per cent of the units are designated for residents in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Awana, Carroll, Ching, Fontaine, Johanson, Jordan, Riviere, Thielen, Wooley voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Brower, Hanohano, Har, C. Lee, Luke, Marumoto, McKelvey, Saiki voting no (9) and Representative(s) Herkes excused (1). |
| HB2228 | Engross
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] | 2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB1730 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the land use commission to adopt rules specifying its processes when considering its members' conflicts of interest. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB2310 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of human services to match federal funds allocated to the State for medicaid benefits dedicated to adult vision services. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB2310 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2998 | 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 other penalties have been imposed. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| HB2358 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the natural disaster preparedness commission. Makes appropriation for the Hawaii state building code council. Makes appropriation for the natural disaster preparedness commission. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB2511 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires businesses in the State to collect a fee for single-use checkout bags provided to a customer. Allows businesses to keep forty per cent of the fees for the first year of the program and ten per cent of the fees thereafter, subject to income a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Awana, Cullen, Fontaine, Hanohano, Har, Johanson voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2182 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes permanent the assessment and deposit of Center for Nursing fees into the compliance resolution fund and distribution of those funds to the credit of the Center for Nursing special fund. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB2182 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2493 | Engross
Sine Die | Defines matching payment period; changes report filing deadlines; increases expenditures a publicly financed candidate for the office of the prosecuting attorney can make; adjusts criteria for the base amount of public funding available for qualifyin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2492 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires specified persons who own, control, or have custody or control of ten or more covered dogs to ensure the proper treatment and care of dogs and the dogs' offspring. Prohibits any person from owning or having custody of more than thirty dogs. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Awana, Ching, Fontaine, Hanohano, Johanson, Jordan, Luke, Marumoto, Pine, Thielen voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Chang, Har voting no (2) and Representative(s) Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2436 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Insurance Commissioner to develop a uniform prescription drug prior authorization form no later than July 1, 2013, for only prescription drugs for the treatment of diabetes or any form of cancer. Beginning January 1, 2014, requires the u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2738 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. (SB2738 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2433 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes standards and regulations for operators of ziplines and canopy tours. Requires operators to obtain annual inspections and a certificate of insurance from the operator's insurance provider. Effective July 1, 2112. (SB2433 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2227 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to community health centers for the provision of direct health care for the uninsured, including those who will be disenrolled from the medicaid QUEST program pending eligibility changes in April 2012. Appropriates moneys from the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes excused (1). |
| SB2178 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DHS to conduct a study on asset limits for public assistance programs. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to maintain levels of programs essential to public welfare. Effective July 1,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2793 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the chair of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, with unanimous consent of the Commission, to suspend administrative rules for the purpose of awarding a lease to a native Hawaiian who has been on the waitlist for at least twenty years. Repeals June...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2857 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the State to authorize the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist dam and reservoir owners. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB2857 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| HB2481 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies notice requirements for Hawaii Community Development Authority public hearings. (HB2481 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| SB2592 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a Universal Children's Savings Account Program under the Department of Budget and Finance. Establishes the Universal Children's Savings Account Trust Fund. Effective July 2, 2050. (SB2592 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Ching, Fontaine, Johanson, Pine, Riviere, Thielen, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| HB1083 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that all costs and expenses associated with the disposal of an impounded unauthorized vessel by the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall be borne by the vessel owner. (HB1083 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
To Senate Water, Land, and Housing Committee |
| SB2208 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a Spay and Neuter Special Fund and allows funds from an income tax check-off to be deposited into the special fund. Effective July 1, 2050. Sunsets July 1, 2055. (SB2208 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2762 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to require money transmitters to register with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry. Amends the fee structure for services provided by the Division of Financial Institutions for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Ching, Marumoto, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| HB2411 | Engross
Sine Die | Expressly authorizes the use of capital improvement project appropriations and revenue bond proceeds for contracting costs. Effective July 1, 2012. (HB2411 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB2060 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows family courts to require the accused to transport certain witnesses to any family court proceeding under certain conditions. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2093 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for fair medicaid reimbursements to acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities. Makes an appropriation for the increased medicaid reimbursements. Effective July 2, 2050. (SB2093 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| HB1723 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the general excise tax exclusion for amounts received by a managed care support contractor of the TRICARE program for the actual cost or advancement to third party health care providers pursuant to a contract with the United States. Effective...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| SB2092 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes presumptive medicaid eligibility for certain patients waitlisted for long-term care. Appropriates funds for reimbursements for services provided during the time that waitlisted patients are enrolled and later disenrolled due to determinat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2083 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of human services to match the federal medicaid disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2120 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the 2012-2013 fiscal year to increase the payments for primary care services provided by primary care physicians for the care of children and pregnant women who are enrolled in the Children's Health Insurance Program up to a ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2166 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Human Services to develop strategies and plan and coordinate efforts to detect fraud and abuse before payments of illegitimate claims are made under the medicaid programs, including medicaid managed care and children's heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima excused (3). |
| SB2260 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts from general excise taxes rents received from qualifying nonprofits and government agencies that provide homeless transitional shelters. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) The committee(s) on HSG recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SCR52 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging Grove Farm Company, Inc. To Place An Immediate Stay Of Eviction And Engage In Meaningful Formal Discussions With The Tenants Of The Koloa Plantation Camp Regarding Future Plans For The Plantation Property And The Development Of Alternative Sol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) The committee(s) on HSG recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB2582 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the chief procurement officer to establish the goal that at least three percent of the State's annual purchasing expenditures are awarded to veteran-owned businesses. Requires the procurement policy board to adopt rules for graduated price...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla, Herkes, C. Lee, Luke, Marumoto, Saiki, Thielen excused (7). |
| SB2771 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to reimburse seven departments for costs for planning, public safety, and security for the November 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) The committee(s) on PBM recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB2253 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a two-year parole pilot program for no more than twenty inmates to be subject to high-intensity parole supervision. Makes an appropriation for the program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) The committee(s) on PBM recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2334 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs to assist the Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation to construct an adult day care facility in Hilo, Hawaii. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB2334 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure. |
| SB2460 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows moneys in the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund to be expended for the electronic importer manifest program. Makes an appropriation for the implementation of the electronic importer manifest program. Effective July 1, 2012.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(H) The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2613 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends chapter 266, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exempt the Department of Transportation, Harbors Division, from the permit and site plan approval requirements relating to submerged lands within the conservation district. (HB2613 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| HB2007 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education to devise four bell schedules each for elementary, middle, and high schools, except for charter schools and public multi-track schools. Repeals the general requirement that all public schools except charter school...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-21
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| SB2179 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of taxation to coordinate an outreach initiative to increase awareness and use of the federal earned income tax credit. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-03-20
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Chang, Herkes, Nakashima, Pine, Tokioka excused (5). |
