| HB448 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires utilities importing natural gas to file annual liquefied natural gas reports with the PUC. Requires the PUC to open an investigative docket to examine the risks and benefits of liquefied natural gas. Requires the Department of Business, Econ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB834 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies the purposes of the elections observer program and the duty of the chief election officer to implement and maintain the program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| HB875 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a child care program licensed by the United States Department of Defense and the Hawaii Council of Private Schools to be exempt from licensing by the Department of Human Services. In order for a child care program licensed by the Hawaii Counci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB1024 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes permanent the liability protections for the actions of county lifeguards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB620 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires food service businesses to provide customers with an option to use compostable or reusable food containers provided by the restaurant for food. Requires signs to be posted informing customers that compostable food containers are available at...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB483 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires state agencies to comply with county rules to grant or deny permit applications for development-related permits within a specified time as contained in county rule; provided that if a county agency has not adopted such a rule and a state law...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB615 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale or distribution of genetically engineered whole food in the State beginning 7/1/2014 unless appropriately labeled as genetically engineered or produced or partially produced with genetic engineering. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
| SB964 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits dental service organizations, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a dentist who provides services to its subscribers to provide services for a set fee unless they are covered services. Takes effect ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
| SB1182 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of public safety to form a working group to define and delineate the duties and responsibilities of process servers under its jurisdiction, create a process to obtain certification for the sheriff division from the Commission ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| HB891 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes price caps within the Hawaii workers' compensation insurance system for drugs. Authorizes a dispensing fee to physicians. Limits physicians' authority to directly dispense prescription medications. Effective July 1, 2113. Repeals July 1, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB991 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the process for obtaining a court order for involuntary outpatient treatment. Replaces the term "involuntary outpatient treatment" with "assisted community treatment" and makes amendments to existing judicial procedures. Effective July 1, 2050...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB236 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that crime victims, or their immediate surviving family members, receive notice of a determination that an offender is unfit to stand trial and any subsequent discharge or commitment, and the offender's unauthorized absences. (HB236 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB893 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Health to expend fees from the Dietitian Licensure Special Fund to offset the expenses incurred relating to the licensing of dietitians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB950 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes various amendments regarding the disposition of transient accommodations tax collections. Transfers $400,000, out of the amounts deposited into the special land and development fund pursuant to this measure, for fiscal year 2013-2014 to the bea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB485 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to fund capital improvements for the former Galbraith estate property. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB485 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB237 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for two additional alternative schools. Requires the Department of Education to develop enrollment criteria and a referral and placement process. (HB237 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Fale voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB943 | Intro
Sine Die | Broadens criminal trespass in the first degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project after a reasonable request or warning to leave by housing authorities or a law enforcement officer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| SB1227 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires certain insurance contracts and plans to provide coverage beginning 1/1/2014 for treatment of brain injuries, including cognitive and neurocognitive therapy, neurobehavioral and neuropsychological testing or treatment, and necessary post-acu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB902 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts a container of liquid which is deemed to be the sole item of a meal or the diet from the Deposit Beverage Container Program. Removes the exemption for dietary supplement beverage containers from the Deposit Beverage Container Program. Effecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cheape, Johanson voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Fale, Fukumoto, McDermott voting no (3) and Representative(s) Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB932 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a mental health and firearms task force to research current state laws, both locally and nationally, relating to mental health and firearms and recommend legislation to address the issue of mental health and firearms. Designates members o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM. |
| HB1278 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases by an unspecified amount various court service fees of the sheriff, police officers, and serving officers. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1278 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Fale, McDermott voting no (2) and Representative(s) Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB207 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits employers from requiring employees and applicants for employment to disclose their personal account usernames or passwords, divulge information in a personal account, or access a personal account in the presence of the employer. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. |
| HB299 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to repair the roof of the Farrington High School auditorium.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Re-referred to FIN, referral sheet 25 |
| HB738 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the counties to allow the construction of accessory dwelling units on lots on which a residential dwelling unit is permitted, except for lots situated on state agricultural lands in any county with a population of five hundred thousand or fe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be HELD. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evans, Lowen, Coffman, Cullen, Hanohano, Fale, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kawakami, C. Lee. |
| HB1064 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct an audit of all state-held lands and an inventory of ceded lands, and report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the 2014 session.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
The committee(s) on WAL/OMH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB736 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates capital improvement project funds for the planning, design, and construction of a shared-use pathway along the mauka side of Kahekili Highway. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB736 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB912 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes filing fees to help fund operations of the Office of Environmental Quality Control; creates a special fund and authorizes expenditures out of the special fund; and provides for a lag time for collection of fees. Provides that the Office s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Fale, McDermott voting no (2) and Representative(s) Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB1181 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of a habitual offender to also mean a person who was convicted of habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant prior to the instant offense of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB1255 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Honokohau Marina Community Development District on the island of Hawaii under the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
The committee(s) on WAL/OMH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB170 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts certain totally and permanently disabled veterans from paying the State motor vehicle registration fee. (HB170 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB1030 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an emergency appropriation of $145,000 from the Energy Security Special Fund to staff and support the Hawaii Refinery Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB1194 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the temporary suspension under Act 105, SLH 2011, on the general excise tax exemption on amounts deducted from the gross income of subcontractors. Effective 01/01/2112. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB318 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale of any plastic carryout bag that is labeled inconsistently with ASTM International standards for the degradability of plastic products and other requirements. Requires manufacturers and suppliers to furnish the department of health...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB576 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the HHSC to obtain a loan under the EB-5 program to fund a corporation project with the governor's approval. Requires a legislative appropriation to expend loan proceeds. Requires the corporation to include in its annual budget an amount t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB721 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide health care coverage and benefits for autism spectrum disorders beginning after December 31, 2013. Effective July 1, 2112. (HB721 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB1244 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits family court to award reasonable visitation to grandparents if denial of visitation would cause significant harm to the child. Establishes presumption that visitation decisions by parent are in the best interests of the child. Presumption may...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB533 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the return-to-home program and the return-to-home special fund 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. Makes appropriation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Jordan, McKelvey, Morikawa voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| HB1200 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates the framework for authorizing private post-secondary educational institutions in the State. Creates the post-secondary education authorization subaccount of the compliance resolution fund established pursuant to section 26-9(o), Hawaii Revise...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Representative(s) Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB755 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the exemption from required legislative approval for the sale or gift of non-ceded lands conveyed to UH after December 31, 1989, to which UH holds title. Exempts from legislative approval the sale or gift of certain lands of the UH West Oahu ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB567 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an urban growth commission to establish standards for density, building design, and infrastructure, and other standards the commission deems necessary to mitigate adverse impacts of development on the surrounding community, within urban g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
The committee(s) on EDB recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB566 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an income tax credit for qualified media infrastructure projects. (HB566 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB64 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the public utilities commission to include in its annual report summary information on all power purchase agreements in effect during the fiscal period of the annual report. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
| HB251 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a fee for certified copies of birth, marriage, divorce, or death certificates when used to verify an individual's Native Hawaiian ancestry for certain purposes. Requires Director of Health to deposit fee into the State's general fund. Eff...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB568 | Intro
Sine Die | Deletes the "one-gallon per person per day" exception to the prohibition against the removal of sand and other beach or marine deposits, except for materials inadvertently taken, such as those carried away on the body, clothes, toys, recreational equ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| HB329 | Intro
Sine Die | Narrows the scope of gross proceeds to which the general excise tax exemption for certain scientific contracts with the United States applies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB1386 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires members of the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to file an annual disclosure of financial interests with the state ethics commission. Makes the disclosures public record and available for inspection and duplication.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| HB330 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires public notices to provide contact information for general information and requests for accommodations, auxiliary aides, or services for individuals with disabilities. (HB330 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
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 Representative(s) Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6). |
| SB43 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds definitions for "qualifying diagnosis" and "severe and persistent mental illness." Requires the adult mental health division of the department of health to provide services to people with a qualifying diagnosis, including services that are not c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB235 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds a member to the King Kamehameha celebration commission to represent the Daughters of Hawaii. Changes the representation of the appointed, non-organization representatives on the commission from residents of the islands of Kauai, Maui, Molokai, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| SB236 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that all letterheads, symbols, and emblems of the State and counties include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names and language. Establishes references for accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names and words, including proper Haw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-15
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
