| HCR114 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Study On The Potential Effects Of Allowing Graduate Students Of The University Of Hawaii To Unionize.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-15
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| HCR206 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Board Of Agriculture To Convene An Agricultural Tourism Task Force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-15
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| HCR44 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Department Of Taxation, With The Cooperation Of The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism, To Conduct A Study On The Feasibility Of Offering A Solar Water Heating System Tax Credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-15
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| SCR26 | Engross
Sine Die | Encouraging The Department Of Public Safety To Continue And Expand Its Structured Community Placement Programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-15
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HCR195 | Engross
Sine Die | Recognizing And Supporting The Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association For Their Efforts In Preparing For The Designation Of Waikiki - Kauhale O Ho`okipa As A Hawaii State And National Scenic Byway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-15
To Senate Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HCR71 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Department Of Education To Support A Student Exchange Program For Students In Hawaii Public Schools And Students In Provinces In The Republic Of The Philippines With Which The State Has State-province Relationships.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| SCR189 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Department Of Transportation To Adopt Rules To Encourage Taxis To Use High Efficiency Vehicles, Including Hybrid Electric Vehicles, At Honolulu International Airport.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-11
To House Transportation Committee |
| SCR6 | Engross
Sine Die | Encouraging The United States Congress To Enact Federal Legislation To Modernize The Toxic Substances Control Act Of 1976 To Strengthen Chemicals Management Through Policy Reforms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-11
To House Health Committee |
| SCR152 | Engross
Sine Die | Traumatic Brain Injury; Brain Injury Awareness Month
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-11
To House Health Committee |
| SCR91 | Engross
Sine Die | Recognizing September 21, 2013, As Hydrocephalus Awareness Day In Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-11
To House Health Committee |
| SCR47 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Council Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Rename A Portion Of Coral Street To "lex Brodie Street".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-11
To House Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HCR152 | Engross
Sine Die | Recognizing And Commending The United States-indonesia Comprehensive Partnership And The Global Significance Of Enhanced Cooperation Between The United States And Indonesia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-09
To Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee |
| HCR95 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting The Board Of Education And Department Of Education To Incorporate The Comprehensive Plan For Teaching Reading In Hawaii Schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-09
To Senate Education Committee |
| HCR142 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging The Department Of Transportation To Examine Alternative Ways To Redesign The H-1/h-2 Freeway Merge To Alleviate Traffic Congestion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-09
To Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee |
| HCR141 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging The Department Of Transportation To Make The Necessary Accommodations To Allow The Eastbound Shoulder Lanes From The Makakilo Drive On-ramp To The Kunia Off-ramp On The H-1 Freeway During Peak Morning Traffic Hours To Assist In Alleviating Tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-09
To Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee |
| HCR127 | Engross
Sine Die | Urging The Mayor Of The County Of Kauai, The Kauai County Council, Kauai Planning And Action Alliance, West Side Kauai Communities, And The Waimea Sports Complex Steering Committee To Collaborate To Expedite The Construction Of The Waimea Sports Comp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-09
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB238 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "student instructional hours" for elementary and secondary schools. Clarifies that statutorily established student instructional hour requirements are minimum requirements. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB238 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-09
Failed to pass Third Reading with 21 Ayes Rep.(s) Representative(s) Awana, Belatti, Cachola, Choy, Evans, Ichiyama, Jordan, Kobayashi, Luke, Mizuno, Nakashima, Nishimoto, Ohno, Onishi, Oshiro, Rhoads, Saiki, Souki, Takayama, Takumi, Yamashita; 30 Noes Rep.(s) Representative(s) Aquino, Brower, Cabanilla, Carroll, Cheape, Coffman, Cullen, Fale, Fukumoto, Hanohano, Har, Hashem, Ing, Ito, Johanson, Kawakami, C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, McKelvey, Morikawa, Say, Takai, Thielen, Tokioka, Tsuji, Ward, Woodson, Wooley, Yamane ; and 0 Excused Rep.(s) none. |
| HB903 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a separate Water Pollution Control account and authorizes the Director of Health to prescribe fees to help fund the operations of the Department of Health in managing pollution from nonpoint sources and individual wastewater systems. (SD1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-05
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ige, Kidani, Dela Cruz, English, Espero, Kahele, Keith-Agaran, Kouchi, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Tokuda, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Chun Oakland; and 0 Excused: none. |
| SB1135 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends and expands the Electronic Waste and Television Recycling Program. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB1135 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-04
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB889 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that the Department of the Attorney General is allowed to recover attorney's fees and litigation costs where the State is the prevailing party in a court action and such recovery is authorized by statute, rule of court, agreement, stipulati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-04
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB472 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes it a civil violation for adults to possess twenty grams or less of marijuana subject to a fine of $100. Mandates the suspension of a minor's license, permit, or provisional license upon adjudication for promoting a detrimental substance in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-03
Recommitted to JUD with none voting no and Representative(s) Ito excused. |
| HB343 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends a definition in the gambling law to provide that gambling activities offered incident to the purchase of goods or services, or any entries, credits, or play points that extend or permit the privilege of playing a game of chance without charge,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-03
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| SB914 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a new chapter to authorize the governor to appoint commissioners of deeds to administer oaths, take acknowledgements, and take proofs of execution outside of the United States in connection with the execution of conveyance documents relating ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-03
The committee(s) on CPC/JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB760 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to include an option to the lessee in the motor vehicle agreement to contribute a sum to the department of land and natural resources for the preservation and protection of the environment beginning July 1, 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-03
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB848 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a state employee or legislator to disclose every source of annual income that totals more than the employee's or legislator's annual salary if that source is a registered lobbyist or lobbying organization. Effective July 1, 2113. (SB848 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-02
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1166 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the conveyance tax on certain real estate transactions and increases portions of conveyance tax revenues allocated to the natural area reserve fund and rental housing trust fund. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB1166 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB492 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes an excise tax equal to $3.20 per ounce of tobacco in each article or item of tobacco products, other than large cigars. Allocates monies generated to certain special funds and the general fund. Effective July 1, 2013. (SB492 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB489 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides, under certain circumstances, an exemption from building code and permit requirements for nonresidential buildings or structures on farms. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB489 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
The committee(s) on AGL/PSM deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 04-02-13 2:30PM in conference room 224. |
| SB1240 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Hawaii health connector to provide information that all individuals under age nineteen are required to be covered by a plan containing pediatric dental coverage as part of the essential health benefits under the Patient Protection and Af...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB964 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends general excise tax exemption for scientific contracts with the United States. (HB964 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-04-01
The committee on EGH deferred the measure. |
| HB1027 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires absentee voters to affirm by signature that the ballot was completed without influence from others. Requires absentee ballots to include information regarding election fraud, voter fraud, and related penalties. Prohibits employers, unions, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-28
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| SB1370 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the application of mandatory mortgage foreclosure dispute resolution by requiring mortgagees, at the mortgagor's election, to participate in mediation to avoid foreclosure or mitigate damages from foreclosure prior to filing a judicial forecl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Fale, McDermott voting no (2) and Hanohano, McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (4). |
| SB880 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the court to impose a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment without possibility of parole or probation for a person convicted of certain acts of sexual assault against a minor under the age of twelve years. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB880 HD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
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 Hanohano, McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (4). |
| HB813 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to convene the power purchase agreement task force to recommend methods to ensure that power purchase agreements, whether bilaterally negotiated or through competitive bid, reflec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. |
| SB301 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a state earned income tax credit. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB301 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Jordan voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Hanohano, McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (4). |
| SB463 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit from 2016 to 2025. Deletes the Internet-only distribution exclusion for qualifying digital media. Clarifies definitions of qualified production costs. Requires analysis ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with Wooley voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Hanohano, McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (4). |
| SB1169 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the offenses relating to the Kahoolawe Island Reserve for which property is subject to forfeiture. Clarifies that property seized in accordance with section 199-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to search and seizure and forfeiture, may ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (3). |
| SB91 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the State Rent Supplement Program for working individuals or families who are ready to rent permanent housing to obtain and maintain permanent housing, subject to certain conditions. Specifies that the maximum rent supplement i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Jordan voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (3). |
| SB961 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires departments and agencies to share information to improve government operations unless otherwise prohibited by law. Requires the chief information officer to oversee the sharing of the information. Appropriates funds. Effective 07/01/2050. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (3). |
| SB495 | Engross
Sine Die | Implements the recommendations of the motor vehicle insurance verification working group. Establishes a working group attached to DCCA to assist in development of requests for proposals and vendor selection for a motor vehicle insurance verification ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
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 Hanohano, McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (4). |
| SB499 | Engross
Sine Die | Adopts Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act. Establishes procedures and remedies for use in actions for partition of real property involving heirs property (real property held in tenancy in common that meets certain requirements). Effective on Jul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
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 McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (3). |
| SB972 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Uniform Controlled Substances Act in Chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by adding definitions consistent with federal law, clarifying the conditions for electronic transmittal of prescriptions, and adding and clarifying violations of pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Hanohano, McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (4). |
| HB71 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the University of Hawaii to extend the current land lease with the high technology development corporation for no less than ten years from the date of expiration of the existing lease. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB982 | Engross
Sine Die | Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that only "yes" and "no" votes be counted in determining whether or not a majority of voters have approved an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii that has been proposed by the Legislatur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
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 McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (3). |
| SB510 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals chapter 373L; adds definitions and registration and fee requirements to professional employer organization (PEO) law; requires notice to DOTAX of PEO violations for general excise tax exemption purposes; allows PEOs to be successor employers ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; McDermott voting no (1) and Hanohano, McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (4). |
| SB795 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes and funds an investigative unit in the Office of the Auditor to conduct investigations involving alleged or suspected government waste, fraud, abuse, nonfeasance, or malfeasance. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB795 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
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 McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (3). |
| SB312 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to enter into agreements with the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to obtain the aid and cooperation of DPS's Sheriff Division to provide security services to protect HPHA's residents, staff, bui...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Jordan voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Hanohano, McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (4). |
| HB494 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a pilot program for the creation of urban art under the direction of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, to be repealed on June 30, 2016. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB494 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| SB998 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the Department of Accounting and General Services as the entity responsible for management and operations of Washington Place and establishes a trust fund for its operations. (SB998 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
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 McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (3). |
| SB1230 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the exceptions on the use of a government motor vehicle for personal use to include an officer or employee of any county board of water supply, rather than only the Board of Water Supply of the City and County of Honolulu. Effective July 1, 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-03-22
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 McKelvey, Takumi, Woodson excused (3). |
