| HB848 | Pass | Creates a uniform network adequacy standard to be applied to all health insurers doing business in the State. For consistency with federal health insurance laws, defines "small employer" in the Hawaii insurance code to consist of employers with fifty...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 192, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1295). |
| SB960 | Pass | Establishes a notice of postponement or cancellation of sale requirement under part IA, chapter 667, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to judicial foreclosures. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 181, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). |
| SB345 | Pass | Raises fees related to portable electronics insurance licenses to $5,000 for the issuance of the initial portable electronics limited lines licenses and $2,500 per year for the initial or renewal term. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 194, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). |
| SB502 | Pass | Establishes a uniform standard for disclosure for condominium projects, cooperative housing corporations, and other community associations and clarifies the types of documents that are required to be disclosed. Requires the disclosure of documents wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 186, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). |
| SB505 | Pass | Adds support for mediation of condominium related disputes as one of the educational purposes supported by the condominium education trust fund. Beginning with the July 1, 2015, biennium registration, imposes an additional annual condominium educatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 187, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1290). |
| SB507 | Pass | Creates notice requirements for regular annual meetings and special meetings of a planned community association. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 188, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1291). |
| HB1287 | Pass | Allows a business to scan an individual's driver's license or Hawaii identification card to verify age when providing age-restricted goods or services if the business has a reasonable doubt of the individual having reached the minimum age required fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 195, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298). |
| HB144 | Pass | Repeals chapter 373K, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Clarifies professional employer organization responsibilities with respect to meeting the statutory requirements of the repealed chapter 373K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the nexus between the registrat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 174, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277). |
| SB548 | Pass | Exempts from licensing requirements in the State any commissioned medical officer or psychologist employed by the U.S. Department of Defense, who is credentialed by Tripler Army Medical Center, while providing direct telemedicine support or services ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 189, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1292). |
| HB1202 | Pass | Clarifies that a professional or vocational licensee who inadvertently fails to maintain licensing requirements but who subsequently corrects the failure so that there was no lapse in licensure shall not be guilty of unlicensed activity. Clarifies th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 182, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| SB46 | Pass | Establishes the Post-secondary Education Authorization Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Creates the Post-secondary Education Authorization Special Subaccount of the Compliance Resolution Fund. Includes provisions for tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 180, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
| HB652 | Pass | Prohibits remote dispensing pharmacies from operating within the State, excepting the two existing remote dispensing pharmacies operated by the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center in Nanakuli and Waianae until June 1, 2014. Extends the repeal d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 184, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). |
| SB1073 | Pass | Establishes certification and financial solvency requirements for dental insurers, including compliance with the requirements of chapter 423, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to dental service corporations. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 191, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). |
| SB1077 | Pass | Sets forth specific responsibilities of and protections for owner-builders exempted from contractor licensing and other requirements; amends the fine schedule to be based on the circumstances of each case. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 176, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). |
| HB178 | Pass | Requires licensed social workers to complete a minimum of 15 credit hours of continuing education courses for the licensing renewal period beginning 07/01/2013, through 06/30/2016, and 45 credit hours of continuing education courses during each licen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 183, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286). |
| HB668 | Pass | Authorizes transfer of the medical use of marijuana program from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Health. Requires joint reports to the Legislature. Establishes Medical Marijuana Registry Special Fund. Makes appropriation. (HB668 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 177, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280). |
| HB999 | Pass | Clarifies when a risk retention group is allowed to qualify for credit for reinsurance. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 193, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). |
| SB682 | Pass | Clarifies the authority of the county fire chiefs to examine building plans and documentation to ensure that they are in compliance with the county's adopted fire code. Requires the issuance of permits before work may begin. Effective July 1, 2013. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 179, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). |
| SB680 | Pass | Enacts a homeland security law to establish a State Office of Homeland Security within the State Department of Defense. Authorizes the establishment of county organizations for homeland security. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-26
Act 175, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). |
| SB883 | Pass | Creates a new bargaining unit (14) for state law enforcement officers and state and county ocean safety and water safety officers. Effective July 1, 2013. (SB883 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 137, 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). |
| HB222 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the office of Hawaiian affairs for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015. Effective July 1, 2013. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 170, on 6/24/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1273). |
| SB1360 | Pass | Makes permanent the general excise tax exemptions for condominium common expenses paid by managers, submanagers, and suboperators and for hotel employee expenses paid by hotel operators and timeshare projects. Eliminates the aggregate cap of $400,000...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 163, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). |
| SB82 | Pass | Authorizes Hawaii Public Housing Authority to receive, use, and dispose of property and sell real property subject to legislative approval; receive gifted property to benefit public housing residents; and use volunteer services. Directs the Hawaii Pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 148, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). |
| SB84 | Pass | Expands the scope of the definition of "public housing project" to include any housing project controlled or managed by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority pursuant to federally assisted housing. Excludes state-owned public housing. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 149, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). |
| SB1339 | Pass | Creates a state definition for a rural area for purposes of federal programs only so that certain areas that would not otherwise be considered rural pursuant to a federal definition will be eligible for federal funds designated for rural areas. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 144, 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| SB1336 | Pass | Designates the Kahuku Medical Center as a rural hospital for a period of ten years beginning on July 1, 2013. Repeals June 30, 2023. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 143, 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
| SB458 | Pass | Removes the requirement that general excise tax revenues be deposited to the credit of the state educational facilities improvement special fund. Limits expenditures from the special fund to projects authorized by the legislature for fiscal years end...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 157, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). |
| SB88 | Pass | Prohibits possessing open liquor containers in the common areas in state and federal public housing projects. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 150, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). |
| SB305 | Pass | Authorizes the Hawaii public housing authority to develop public housing projects. Authorizes the Hawaii public housing authority to develop commercial and industrial properties and sell or lease other properties in connection with the development of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 151, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). |
| HB879 | Pass | Amends Act 217, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to continue the Hospital Sustainability Program by extending the sunset date of the Act from 6/30/13 to 6/30/14, updating the referral dates in the statute, and appropriating funds for the program for Fisc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 141, 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). |
| HB880 | Pass | Continues the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program by extending the sunset date of Act 156, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012; appropriates funds for the program for fiscal year 2013-2014. Effective 06/29/2013. Section 4 effective 07/01/2013. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 142, 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245). |
| HB888 | Pass | Establishes a process whereby the Hawaii Public Housing Authority may dispose of abandoned or seized property that it has acquired on state low-income housing projects. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB888 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 147, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| SB1193 | Pass | Eliminates the general excise tax exemption for liquor, tobacco, and food sold to common carriers. (HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 160, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1263). |
| SB516 | Pass | Removes time bar on paternity actions. Effective July 1, 2013. (SB516 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 136, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). |
| SB1194 | Pass | Repeals the additional transient accommodations tax imposed by Act 61, SLH 2009. Repeals the daily tax on transient accommodations furnished on a complimentary or gratuitous basis imposed by Act 103, SLH 2011. Makes permanent allocations of the Trans...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 161, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264). |
| SB1196 | Pass | Assists with enforcement of cash economy laws by the department of taxation. Effective 7/1/13. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 162, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1265). |
| SB933 | Pass | Extends for 5 years 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 State...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 164, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267). |
| HB1279 | Pass | Appropriates $250,000 and authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to receive monetary donations and to expend moneys for programs related to the reintegration of offenders into the general population. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB12...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 153, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1256). |
| HB514 | Pass | Establishes the state income tax and obligations exemption for public housing agencies among the laws governing the Hawaii Public Housing Authority. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 146, 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1249). |
| SB1025 | Pass | Updates the Hula Mae Single Family Mortgage Loan Program to allow broader program participation by potential homeowners, add down payment and other cost assistance as a program feature, and make housekeeping and conforming amendments. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 135, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). |
| SB551 | Pass | Directs the Office of Veterans Services, with the assistance of DAGS, state DOD, and the State Historic Preservation Division, to develop a plan to establish a memorial honoring the veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 139, 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| HB87 | Pass | Broadens the petty misdemeanor crime of criminal trespass in the second degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project or state low-income housing project after a reasonable request or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 145, 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248). |
| SB48 | Pass | Removes a representative from the department of education from the membership of the aerospace advisory committee. Amends section 205A-62, HRS, to remove the department of education from the list of state agencies with responsibilities relating to ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 158, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261). |
| HB697 | Pass | Appropriates specific sums for fiscal biennium 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 for the public employment cost items of and cost adjustments for employees of legislative agencies. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB697 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 138, 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1241). |
| SB237 | Pass | Establishes a pilot program to generate revenue through the lease of public school lands for public purposes. Establishes the school facilities subaccount. Requires the department of education to report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 155, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). |
| SB239 | Pass | Moves the framework for establishing an annual conference of secondary school students into Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Amends the framework of the annual conference and student conference committee. Clarifies the role of the student confe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 156, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1259). |
| SB1066 | Pass | Clarifies, corrects errors, and amends Hawaii's securities laws. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 165, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1268). |
| SB1067 | Pass | Requires escrow depositories to report any change of their corporate designated escrow officer or branch manager to the Commissioner of Financial Institutions; establishes a statutory fee for the transfer or change in control of an escrow depository ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 166, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1269). |
| SB1068 | Pass | Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to require money transmitters to register with NMLS. Establishes procedures for a licensed money transmitter to surrender its license. Amends the bond requirement, the fee structure for services p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 167, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). |
| SB1069 | Pass | Raises application and renewal fees for individuals and companies that conduct mortgage loan origination activities. Updates licensure and regulatory requirements. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-06-25
Act 168, on 6/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). |
