HI Legislation | 2013 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB1209	Pass	Authorizes the director of transportation, upon application, to issue a written permit authorizing the applicant to vend in the airspace above a highway. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-18 Act 115, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215).
SB319	Pass	Allows thrill craft to be used to conduct ocean cleanup activities. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules to implement such use of thrill craft. (SB319 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-18 Act 118, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1218).
SB1042	Pass	Improves the flexibility of the public utilities commission to hire professional staff. Clarifies staff who may be appointed by the chairperson of the commission. Repeals existing position staff descriptions for the commission under Act 177, Session ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-18 Act 104, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1204).
SB722	Pass	Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to coordinate an inventory of public buildings, facilities, and sites on public trust lands. Requires state agencies to provide inventory information by December 1, 2013. Makes an appropriati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-18 Act 110, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1210).
SB31	Pass	Requires noncandidate committee reports to disclose contributions received and contributions made, and for independent expenditures, the identity of the candidate supported or opposed by the expenditure and whether the expenditure supports or opposes... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-18 Act 111, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1211).
SB326	Pass	Creates a Good Agricultural Practices Task Force to identify and develop food safety guidelines for locally farmed products. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-18 Act 106, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206).
SB23	Pass	Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kaiuli Energy, LLC, with the financing of the planning, design, and construction of a seawater air conditioning district cooling facility and chilled water distribution system. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-18 Act 129, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1229).
SB697	Pass	Extends the terms of members of the aerospace advisory committee from two to four years. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-18 Act 108, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208).
SB890	Pass	Authorizes the governor to appoint an acting member of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board if a regular member is temporarily unable to act due to absence from the state, recusal, or illness. Requires the governor to first consider persons to serve as a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-18 Act 095, 6/14/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195).
SB856	Pass	Establishes January 30 of each year as "Civil Liberties and the Constitution Day" to celebrate, honor, and educate the public about various individuals' commitment to preserving civil liberties. (SB856 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-13 Act 094, 6/7/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1194).
SB997	Pass	Clarifies the duties of the state archivist to enable the department of accounting and general services to address the management of the digital archives and protection of electronic records of enduring value. Establishes the state archives preservat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-03 Act 088, on 5/31/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188).
SB1206	Pass	Clarifies that the authority of the Director of Taxation includes the collection and general administration of all taxes, and not only delinquent taxes. Requires reports to the Legislature regarding the effect of this measure on the assessment, enfor... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-03 Act 93, 5/31/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1193).
SB1070	Pass	Authorizes the commissioner of financial institutions to conduct examinations and investigations and adjust the fees for mortgage servicer licensees to use NMLS. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-06-03 Act 92, 5/31/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1192).
SB4	Pass	Requires all front and back seat passengers to be restrained by a seat belt assembly or child passenger restraint while the motor vehicle is being operated upon any public highway. (SB4 HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-24 Act 73, 5/20/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1173).
SB1171	Pass	Authorizes the phased review of certain projects by the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division to ensure consistency between state and federal law. Removes language that provided the Governor with the option to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-24 Act 85, 5/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1185).
SB94	Pass	Provides for the appointment of a House of Representatives member and a Senate member to serve as alternate members on the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness in the absence of the House and Senate member, respectively. Provides for the appoin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-24 Act 76, 5/20/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1176).
SB1207	Pass	Amends chapter 266, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exempt the Department of Transportation, Harbors Division, from the permit and site plan approval requirements established for lands within the conservation district. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-24 Act 86, 5/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1186).
SB908	Pass	Makes an emergency appropriation of funds for fiscal year 2012-2013 for public employees in collective bargaining unit (9) and for employees excluded from collective bargaining that are on the same compensation plans as those officers and employees w... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-24 Act 84, 5/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184).
SB902	Pass	Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for unit (8) and its excluded counterparts, including Hawaii EUTF costs and the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit repre... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-24 Act 83, 5/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1183).
SB895	Pass	Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for collective bargaining units (2), (3), and (4) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the barg... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-24 Act 82, 5/21/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182).
SB563	Pass	Amends the form and function of the Candidate Advisory Council for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. Repeals the existing statutory provisions regarding the Regents Candidate Advisory Council. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-14 Act 72, 5/13/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1172).
SB1084	Enroll Sine Die	Proposes a constitutional amendment to permit the appropriation of public funds for private early childhood education programs, subject to non-discrimination provisions, as provided by law. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-07 Enrolled to Governor.
SB946	Engross Sine Die	Establishes a task force to examine the unfunded liabilities of Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund. Establishes the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Captive Insurance Company to effectively manage the administration and financi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-02 Failed to pass Final Reading. Ayes, 4. Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Espero. Noes, 20 (Senator(s) Baker, Chun Oakland, Dela Cruz, English, Gabbard, Galuteria, Green, Ihara, Kahele, Keith-Agaran, Kidani, Kouchi, Nishihara, Ruderman, Shimabukuro, Solomon, L. Thielen, Tokuda, Wakai, Slom). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Taniguchi).
SB1177	Pass	Replaces the Reentry Coordinator with the Director of Public Safety, of the Director's designee, as an ex officio nonvoting member of the Reentry Commission. (SB1177 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 066, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166).
SB1180	Pass	Sets certain criteria for consideration in determining whether to emergency schedule a substance. Requires the Department of Public Safety to post a public notice thirty days prior to the effective date of the emergency scheduling action, at the Stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 068, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1168).
SB1183	Pass	Requires intake service centers to provide pretrial bail reports to the courts on adult offenders that are consented to by the defendant or that are ordered by the court and amends the law to provide statutory authority to the courts to treat informa... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 067, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167).
SB1188	Pass	Amends the applicable exclusion amount by adding a definition for "nonresident not citizen". Clarifies the application of estate and generation-skipping taxes for civil union couples. Makes technical, housekeeping amendments to chapter 236E, HRS, for... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 060, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160).
SB1191	Pass	Allows for up to 3 boards of review per taxation district and allows members of one board to be temporarily assigned to another board within the same district for purposes of establishing and maintaining quorum. Eliminates the April 9 deadline for ea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 059, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159).
SB512	Pass	Provides a limited exemption to the licensing requirements for certain individuals contracted with an electric utility to work with high voltage (six hundred volts or more), who are not licensed in Hawaii but satisfy specified requirements. Sunsets J... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 065, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165).
SB1197	Pass	Deletes the sunset provisions for the special enforcement section of the department of taxation. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 058, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1158).
SB61	Pass	Provides the option of participating in a restorative justice program for children who are undergoing informal adjustment by a court or other designated agency, which may involve the child and the child's parents or guardian meeting with the victim h... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 062, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1162).
SB1016	Pass	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]	2013-05-01 Act 064, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1164).
SB1020	Pass	Extends reporting and recordkeeping requirements to commercial co-venturers. Allows penalties to be imposed on commercial co-venturers who fail to comply with reporting requirements. Clarifies the exemption from registration for organizations who rec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 061, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1161).
SB1045	Pass	Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to waive or exempt an electric cooperative operating in the State from compliance with the provisions of chapter 269, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as well as any other applicable charters, franchises, rules, dec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 057, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157).
SB30	Pass	Requires affidavits to voluntarily limit campaign expenditures to be filed no later than the time of filing nomination papers. Limits the base amount for a candidate for prosecuting attorney who voluntarily agrees to limit campaign expenditures to be... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 063, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163).
SB400	Pass	Requires child care facilities that care for children younger than one or younger to implement and maintain safe sleep policies to prevent sudden unexpected infant deaths and sudden infant death syndrome in accordance with rules adopted by the Depart... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 071, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1171).
SB888	Pass	Defines the term "new hire" for the purposes of child support enforcement. Effective upon its approval. (SB888 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 069, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1169).
SB332	Pass	Requires employers to provide employees with specific wage and employer information in employees' pay records; requires employers to maintain accurate and timely wage recordkeeping. Effective January 1, 2014. (SB332 HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-05-01 Act 070, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1170).
SB1057	Engross Sine Die	Establishes employer contribution amounts for plan years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 for EUTF health benefit plan premiums for the employees of collective bargaining units (9) and (10) and their excluded counterparts. Applies retroactively to 7/1/11 (CD1... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-30 Recommitted to Conference committee as amended in CD 1 with none voting no and none excused.
SB879	Engross Sine Die	Increases the per diem payments for out-of-state witnesses in criminal cases. Provides an additional per diem payment for witnesses from any island other than the island on which the court is located, when that witness is required to stay overnight. ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-13 4:15PM in conference room 325.
SB668	Engross Sine Die	Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for autism spectrum disorder treatments. Effective July 1, 2112. (SB668 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 The conference committee deferred the measure.
SB873	Engross Sine Die	Creates standards and procedures for income-withholding for purposes of enforcing restitution orders. Amends the definition of "debt" relating to the recovery of money owed to the State to include court-ordered restitution subject to civil enforcemen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-13 4:15PM in conference room 325.
SB666	Engross Sine Die	Establishes a task force to assess the scope and feasibility of establishing an emergency services patient advocate program to provide assistance to and advocate on behalf of individuals receiving emergency medical care. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB66... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-13 4:30PM in conference room 229.
SB665	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates funds to address the shortage of primary care physicians in the State through a comprehensive primary care workforce development plan that addresses the critical areas of loan repayment, diversity programs, and primary care workforce exp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-13 4:30PM in conference room 229.
SB442	Pass	Amends the misdemeanor offense of promoting intoxicating liquor to a person under age twenty-one to apply to persons who recklessly, rather than knowingly, commit the offense. Effective July 1, 2013. (SB442 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 Act 054, 4/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1154).
SB199	Engross Sine Die	Establishes a two-year Hawaii colorectal cancer screening awareness pilot program using the Hawaii comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program as a model. Appropriates funds for the pilot program. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB199 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-13 4:30PM in conference room 229.
SB1289	Engross Sine Die	Requires payors of non-wage payments for construction services to report the payments to the department of taxation. Establishes penalties for failure to report. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB1289 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-13 at 4:30PM in Conference Room 309.
SB343	Engross Sine Die	Permits dental hygienists to apply preventative sealants, in consultation with a licensed dentist, in a school-based dental sealant program or federally qualified health center. Requires the Department of Health to establish and administer a school-b... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-13 4:30PM in conference room 229.
SB815	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates funds to the judiciary for the Honolulu Zero To Three Court Program to fund staffing-related, program, and service costs. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB815 HD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 The conference committee deferred the measure.
SB1185	Pass	Mandates that nonprofit organizations receive notice before denial of general excise tax benefit; limits liability of persons having control of certain amounts held in trust for nonprofit organizations; and defines "nonprofit organization". (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-04-26 Act 052, 4/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1152).