HI Legislation | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB650	Enroll Sine Die	Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to appoint judges who have retired upon attaining the age of seventy years as emeritus judges, permitting the appointed judges to serve as temporary judges in cour... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-05-08 (S) Enrolled to Governor.
HB2594	Enroll Sine Die	Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds and use the proceeds from the bonds to assist dam and reservoir owners to make their facilities compliant with current safety standards. (HB2594 CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-05-07 (H) Transmitted to Governor.
HB2404	Enroll Sine Die	Authorizes government agencies to disseminate publications of notice electronically or in a daily or weekly publication of statewide circulation, or in a daily or weekly publication in the affected county until 2014. Eliminates the requirement for bo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-05-04 (H) Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 839).
HB468	Enroll Sine Die	Authorizes the judicial council to nominate persons for appointment to a county ethics commission; provided that the county's charter or ordinance requires members of the commission to be appointed from nominations made by the judicial council. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-05-03 (H) Failed to Pass Final Reading with 22 Ayes Representative(s) Belatti, Brower, Ching, Chong, Evans, Hanohano, Johanson, Keith-Agaran, C. Lee, Luke, Marumoto, Nakashima, Nishimoto, Oshiro, Pine, Rhoads, Riviere, Saiki, Say, Takai, Takumi, Wooley; 27 Noes Representative(s) Aquino, Awana, Cabanilla, Carroll, Chang, Choy, Coffman, Cullen, Fontaine, Har, Herkes, Ichiyama, Ito, Jordan, Kawakami, M. Lee, Manahan, McKelvey, Mizuno, Morikawa, Souki, Thielen, Tokioka, Tsuji, Ward, Yamane, Yamashita; and 2 Excused Representative(s) Giugni, Hashem.
HB2685	Enroll Sine Die	Requires Department of Human Services to conduct a study on asset limits for public assistance programs. Requires a report to the legislature. (PROPOSED HB2685 CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-05-02 (S) Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 720).
HB1980	Enroll Sine Die	Repeals the changes that were made to taxation filing dates in Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, and Act 22, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010. Effective 07/01/2050. Applicable to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2013. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 4:00PM in conference room 309.
HB2655	Enroll Sine Die	Directs the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a state-funded training program to expand the workforce investment activities administered by the DLIR under the federal Workforce Investment Act. Allows Employment and Training Fu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-12 at 5:35PM in Conference Room 325.
HB2152	Enroll Sine Die	Requests the auditor to conduct a study on various aspects of the workers' compensation system in the State, including the sufficiency of current rates to provide access to the State's physicians that are willing to serve workers' compensation patien... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-12 at 5:45PM in Conference Room 325.
HB2174	Enroll Sine Die	Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to maintain public records in a searchable database. Amends reporting requirements for persons and organizations. Authorizes the Commission to monitor and penalize all persons failing to report campaign spend... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-12 at 5:40pm in Conference Room 325.
HB2668	Enroll Sine Die	Amends the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit to allow an additional fifteen per cent credit for drought mitigation from 1/1/2012 to 12/31/2020 and change the tax credit cap to $5,000,000 per year for the 2012 tax year... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-12 at 5:41PM in Conference Room 229.
HB2819	Enroll Sine Die	Prohibits the sale of Kakaako makai lands by HCDA. Exempts certain parcels from section 206E-31.5, HRS, which prohibits the HCDA from approving any plan or proposal for any residential development in that portion of the Kakaako community development ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 826).
HB2524	Enroll Sine Die	Establishes the communications commission within the DCCA; directs the commission to regularly study the regulatory framework and provisions governing telecommunications carriers and cable operators to develop and update comprehensive policies and re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 3:15PM in conference room 423.
HB2798	Enroll Sine Die	Establishes the temporary Hawaii veterans treatment court within the first judicial circuit court. Makes appropriation to the judiciary. Effective 1/7/2059, and repealed on 6/30/2021. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 5:35PM in conference room 312.
HB1689	Enroll Sine Die	Establishes a task force to ascertain if there is public sentiment for a mandatory tax to implement a long-term care insurance program for all residents of the State. Requires an actuarial analysis and a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (S) Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-12 4:00PM in conference room 229.
HB2766	Enroll Sine Die	Establishes the Wage and Hour for Public Works Projects Special Fund and establishes and funds additional labor law enforcement specialist IV positions to assist the enforcement of Hawaii's wage and hour law on public construction projects. Specifies... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-12 at 5:35PM in Conference Room 325.
HB2262	Enroll Sine Die	Amends the ethanol facility income tax credit to apply to various types of renewable transportation fuel, with production and minimum required capacity to be measured in British thermal units. Increases maximum available amount of tax credit availabl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 5:15PM in conference room 225.
HB2145	Enroll Sine Die	Issues general obligation bonds to fund the repair and maintenance or capital renewal and deferred maintenance projects of various departments, the University of Hawaii, Hawaii health systems corporation, and the judiciary. Applies small purchase pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 4:00PM in conference room 309.
HB2417	Enroll Sine Die	Eliminates the maximum available amount of the tax credit for solar electricity generating systems, unless the primary purpose of the solar energy system is to use energy from the sun to heat water for household use. Establishes a tax credit for sola... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 5:15PM in conference room 225.
HB2246	Enroll 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. Eff... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 5:00PM in conference room 224.
HB1941	Enroll Sine Die	Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds for agricultural inspection biosecurity facilities and related infrastructure at the Honolulu international airport, Kona international airport, Kawaihae harbor, Kamuela vacuum cool... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-12 at 5:40pm in Conference Room 229.
HB1724	Enroll Sine Die	Requires the department of human services to temporarily provide medicaid presumptive eligibility to patients who have been waitlisted for long-term care, and to conduct a study of a computerized medicaid applications system. Requires reports to the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (S) Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-12 4:00PM in conference room 229.
HB2361	Enroll Sine Die	Allows the Attorney General to assume the collection of accounts delinquent for more than ninety days for executive departments, except for the department of taxation and University of Hawaii. Establishes a civil recoveries fund into which shall be d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-12 at 5:30pm in Conference Room 325.
HB2875	Enroll Sine Die	Requires the DOE to develop annual assessments in the Hawaiian language in language arts and mathematics to be administered to students in grades three through six of the DOE's Hawaiian language immersion program and in science to be administered to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-12 at 5:10PM in Conference Room 016.
HB2872	Enroll Sine Die	Authorizes the establishment of an aerospace high technology district in Hilo. Provides tax incentives to qualified businesses. Repeals 6/30/2022. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-27 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 5:10PM in conference room 423.
HB2703	Enroll Sine Die	Creates a new chapter in HRS requiring the department of agriculture to develop a food sustainability standard to promote local food production to help diversify the local economy. Effective 7/1/2030. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-26 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 11:30AM in conference room 224.
HB1905	Enroll Sine Die	Allows DHS to draw from other funds appropriated to DHS in the event the general assistance appropriation is insufficient to meet General Assistance benefits payments. Appropriates moneys to maintain funding levels of programs for public welfare. Cre... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-26 (H) Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-27-12 4:00PM in conference room 229.
HB1033	Enroll Sine Die	Establishes the clean energy special account within the energy security special fund. Requires proceeds from the special account to be expended pursuant to legislative appropriation to finance qualified clean economy projects that meet certain criter... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-26 (S) Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-12 1:00PM in conference room 309.
HB2380	Enroll Sine Die	Establishes a working group to explore options for reducing the shipping time and costs for transporting goods from Molokai, Lanai, and Hana, Maui, to Oahu. Makes an appropriation. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-26 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-27-12 1:30PM in conference room 225.
HB2869	Enroll Sine Die	Establishes the Hawaii film and digital media special fund; repeals part IX of chapter 201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Hawaii television and film development (part II); amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income ta... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-26 (S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 684).
HB2312	Enroll Sine Die	Specifies that the exemption from liability for civil damages resulting from a person's acts or omissions in rendering emergency care also applies to the person's acts or omissions in administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation, under certain conditi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-25 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-26-12 3:00PM in conference room 229.
HB2093	Enroll Sine Die	Requires the University of Hawaii to examine and determine the feasibility of establishing a center for agricultural leadership within the University of Hawaii at Hilo college of agriculture, forestry, and natural resource management. Requires the Un... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-25 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-26-12 2:45PM in conference room 329.
HB2227	Enroll Sine Die	Requires the department of health to establish new birth certificates for persons whose gender differs from the gender designation on the person's original birth certificate, under certain conditions. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-25 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-26-12 3:00PM in conference room 229.
HB1771	Enroll Sine Die	Adds felonies for which criminal charges may be instituted by written information including habitual property crime, unauthorized entry in a dwelling in the first or second degree, and theft of copper. Effective 01/07/59. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-24 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-26-12 2:30PM in conference room 325.
HB1306	Enroll Sine Die	Increases the Hula Mae multifamily program revenue bond authorization. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-24 (H) Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-25-12 10:30AM in conference room 224.
HB1706	Enroll Sine Die	Requires that petitioners have adequate time to address concerns at a requested special association meeting. Prohibits an association from adopting any rule for association meetings that would otherwise require a vote of the majority of the quorum to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-24 (H) Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 801).
HB2852	Enroll Sine Die	Creates a cause of action against any person who maintains a property nuisance on residential property that causes injury or damage to the person or property of another person. Specifies conditions that constitute maintaining a property nuisance. Pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-24 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-12 2:35PM in conference room 325.
HB2121	Enroll Sine Die	Increases maximum allowable customer-generator capacity for net energy metering systems to two megawatts if the generating facility is sited on property owned or controlled by the State of Hawaii. Increases maximum allowable customer-generator capaci... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-23 (H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 795).
HB70	Enroll Sine Die	Establishes the return-to-home program to assist eligible homeless individuals return to their home state if there is a support network available and the support network is able to receive them. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2030. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-23 (S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 650).
HB101	Enroll Sine Die	Creates an aviation fuel tax credit for aviation fuel taxes passed on by distributors to interisland airplane carriers that transport people and goods between the islands of this State. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-23 (H) Re-referred to TRN, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 71
HB108	Enroll Sine Die	Requires specified persons who own, control, or have custody or control of more than ten dogs over age four months with intact sexual organs to meet minimum standards of care to ensure the proper treatment and care of dogs and the dogs' offspring. Pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-23 (H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 795).
HB2338	Enroll Sine Die	Assigns to the Hawaii tourism authority the responsibilities for film, television, digital, and new media development. Repeals the film industry activities within the department of business, economic development, and tourism and makes conforming amen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-20 (H) Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 770).
HB2760	Enroll Sine Die	Prohibits use of mobile electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle. Clarifies complete streets statute to reference DOT budget requests for highway design to include complete streets policy. Authorizes DOT to engin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-20 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-12 1:31PM in conference room 225.
HB2501	Enroll Sine Die	Amends the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act to reflect recent changes to federal law and to adjust fees in consideration of the new regulatory requirements. Effective 7/01/50. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-20 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-24-12 10:00AM in conference room 016.
HB1928	Enroll Sine Die	Repeals section 291E-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding refusing to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test for those arrested for the use of intoxicants while operating a vehicle. Makes conforming amendments to section 291E-15, Hawaii Revised S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-20 (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-12 1:31PM in conference room 225.
HB2497	Enroll Sine Die	Clarifies and corrects ambiguities and errors in Hawaii's securities laws. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-19 (S) Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 624).
HB1848	Enroll Sine Die	Clarifies that negotiations relating to contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund (EUTF) shall be to agree upon amounts that the State and counties shall contribute toward the payment of costs for a health benefits plan an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-18 (H) Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-19-12 2:35PM in conference room 325.
HB121	Enroll Sine Die	Makes appropriations for the operational expenses of the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-17 (H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 758).
HB2514	Enroll Sine Die	Increases membership of the Hawaii paroling authority from three to five. Appropriates funds. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-17 (H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 759).
HB2494	Enroll Sine Die	Provides unspecified employer contribution amounts for plan years 20112012 and 20122013 for Hawaii EmployerUnion Health Benefits Trust Fund health benefit plan premiums for the employees of collective bargaining unit (10) and their excluded counterpa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-17 (H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 759).
HB2493	Enroll Sine Die	Provides unspecified employer contributions amounts for plan years 20112012 and 20122013 for Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund health benefit plan premiums for the employees of collective bargaining unit (9) and their excluded counterp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-04-17 (H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 759).