| HB955 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the penalties imposed for failure to comply with Act 326, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, by establishing civil penalties that shall be imposed no more than once per year instead of criminal penalties. (HB955 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-14
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 Har, Tokioka excused (2). |
| SB1097 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies and confirms counties' ownership of and responsibility for certain existing sewer transmission lines and facilities servicing Hawaiian Home Lands. Requires the counties to accept dedication of and to own, operate, improve, maintain, and rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-14
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB364 | Intro
Sine Die | Changes the State's automatic deduction of ten per cent of the gross proceeds of a county's surcharge on state tax to a deduction of an unspecified amount to reimburse the state for costs associated with handling the assessments, collection, and disp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-14
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD2 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Har, Tokioka excused (2). |
| HB1035 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits nonprofit or for-profit medicaid health insurance contractors and the MedQuest division of DHS, from modifying reimbursement policies and guidelines without providing written notice of the change. Prohibits retroactive application of change...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-14
The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB963 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes permanent the Transient Accommodations Tax rate of 9.25 per cent and the amounts to be distributed to the Tourism Special Fund and the counties. Repeals the limit on deposits into the Tourism Special Fund and certain additional taxes. Adjusts p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-14
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Hanohano, Ing, McKelvey, Morikawa, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Fale, McDermott voting no (2) and Representative(s) Har, Tokioka excused (2). |
| SB695 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows private funded industrial hemp research to be conducted under certain conditions; requires monitoring by the DPS; requires reporting to the respective county law enforcement; exempts agronomic data derived from research from public records dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-14
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| HB257 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an earned-time program under which a person may be eligible for parole prior to the expiration of the person's minimum term of incarceration. The person must show progress toward rehabilitation with improved social skills or participation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-14
The committee(s) on PBS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB382 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires financial institutions to report suspected financial abuse of an elder to an appropriate police department and allows reporting to the Department of Human Services. Mandates information sharing with the police or prosecutor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-14
The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1120 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates the incarceration of eighteen year olds in a youth correctional facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-14
The committee on PSM deferred the measure. |
| HB1417 | Intro
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] | 2013-02-13
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 Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| SB1281 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation for operating expenses of the Kahilu theatre in Waimea, Hawaii, in the form of a grant from the state foundation on culture and the arts. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB869 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends crime victims' bill of rights to include notice as to an offender's unfitness to stand trial, transfer to the state hospital or other psychiatric facility, or regaining fitness to proceed. Requires the department of health to provide notice of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
To Senate Health Committee |
| HB1021 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the director of health to set the deposit beverage container fee at one cent per container until DOH addresses all of the recommendations of the auditor pursuant to the State of Hawaii Deposit Beverage Container Deposit Special Fund Financia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on EEP/HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1283 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of finance to issue GO bonds to finance improvements to Ka'u and Waiahole irrigation systems. Appropriates funds to improve Kekaha ditch system and East Kauai irrigation system. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| HB19 | Intro
Sine Die | Deletes the requirement that a landlord place a newspaper advertisement before selling or donating abandoned tenant property. Allows landlords to sell a tenant's property abandoned after the tenant is removed pursuant to a writ of possession. Effecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
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 Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| HB60 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "student instructional hours" for elementary and secondary schools. Clarifies that specified student instructional hour requirements are minimum requirements. (HB60 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Fale, Hanohano voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| HB812 | Intro
Sine Die | Inserts new position titles within existing statutes describing the civil service status of Public Utilities Commission staff and repeals existing position staff descriptions for the Commission under Act 177, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| HB1114 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes Federal Protective Service officers to arrest a person for an offense under the Hawaii Penal Code without a warrant under specified conditions. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1114 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Hanohano voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| SB1287 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes an employer income tax credit for taxpayers who maintain employee insurance coverage for national guard members for the duration of the national guard members' active duty. Expands the powers of the governor and governor's designee in cal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| SB855 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies the authority of counties to adopt gambling laws that do not conflict with state laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| SB1334 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires retailers that provide phone-based customer service and support to disclose to consumers if customer service and support agents are located outside the United States and provide contact information and Hawaii standard time hours of operation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| SB1328 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the DOD for the civil air patrol.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB64 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals mail order pharmacy exemption from controlled substances act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB66 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes conditions to ensure that persons arrested for driving under the influence of an intoxicant are sober prior to being released from custody.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on TRN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1312 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends Hawaii health systems corporation statutes, Chapter 323F, HRS, to appoint the regional chief executive officers as nonvoting members of the Hawaii health systems corporation board. Authorizes the governor to appoint six additional community me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee on HTH deferred the measure. |
| HB1350 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits any minor under the age of eighteen from possessing or smoking tobacco products. Takes effect 1/1/2014.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB459 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates an unspecified amount of funds to DAGS for the state foundation on culture and the arts. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB459 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
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 Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| HB463 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa to offer online courses sufficient to allow a student to obtain an undergraduate or graduate degree entirely online. Effective January 1, 2525. (HB463 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
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 Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| SB308 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys to establish and operate a comprehensive service center for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| SB501 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "RME" to include the person who qualifies the contracting entity to direct and supervise employees pursuant to chapter 448E, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee on CPN deferred the measure. |
| HB1293 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DOH, in collaboration with DHS, to develop departmental plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes in the State and report to the legislature annually on the effectiveness of those plans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB895 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the marriage license fee to increase allocation to the Spouse and Child Abuse Special Accounts, and establish allocation to the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Special Fund and the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund. Upon approv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Cheape, Fukumoto, Hanohano, Johanson, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Fale, McDermott voting no (2) and Representative(s) Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| SB1224 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the counties to adopt reasonable standards to allow the construction of one single-family dwelling unit and one accessory dwelling unit on each lot where a residential dwelling unit is permitted. Effective 1/1/2020. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to EGH. Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) L. Thielen. |
| HB133 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes courts to revoke or suspend instruction permits for drivers who commit traffic offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on TRN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB514 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes and appropriates funds for a temporary housing pilot program to be developed on Hawaiian homestead lands by the department of human services as an alternative housing solution for homelessness.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee on THA deferred the measure. |
| SB988 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the landlord or lessor of a commercial property to provide written disclosure of energy costs to a prospective lessee before execution of the rental agreement. Requires oral disclosure of energy costs to a prospective lessee for an oral leas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL. |
| HB896 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds electronic smoking devices to tobacco as products that are unlawful to sell to or be purchased by persons under eighteen years of age; and requires the additional listing of electronic smoking devices to sales prohibition signage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB490 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for fair compensation when a withdrawal or taking of leased public land renders the land unusable for the lessees' original intended purpose. (HB490 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Re-referred to AGR/WAL, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 23 |
| HB491 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates $750,000 in funds from the environmental response, energy, and food security tax for the operations of the Aina Institute for Bioconversion Technology. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB491 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Re-referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 23 |
| HB1155 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits where and when the taking, harvesting, or possession of opihi may occur statewide. Requires annual reports. Establishes a moratorium on the taking, harvesting, or possession of opihi on Oahu until June 30, 2017, except for taking, harvesting, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on OMH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB137 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits governmental procurement contracts of any amount that are exclusively for the services of engineers, architects, surveyors, or landscape architects, from requiring the contractor to indemnify the governmental body against liability not aris...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB789 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows home schooled students to participate on an equal basis in extracurricular activities offered at the public school they would otherwise be required to attend.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee on EDU deferred the measure. |
| HB905 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Health to implement point of care newborn screening, and amends section 321-291, HRS, concerning the newborn metabolic screening special fund. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB905 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
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 Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| HB906 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals chapter 321, part IX, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for housekeeping purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| HB142 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the fees related to portable electronics insurance licenses to align with similar licensing fees in other jurisdictions. Effective July 1, 2112. (HB142 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Cheape, Fukumoto, Hanohano, Johanson voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cabanilla, Fale, McDermott, Ward voting no (4) and Representative(s) Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
| HB1062 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the size of a deposit glass beverage container from sixty-eight to one hundred twenty-eight fluid ounces. Adds building materials as a purpose under the glass recovery program. Adds wine, spirits, and milk and other dairy-derived products t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on EEP/HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB675 | Intro
Sine Die | Promotes awareness of the definition and characteristics of dyslexia and other similar learning disorders. Requires DOE to provide professional development to teachers relating to students with dyslexia. Requires the Hawaii teachers standards board t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on EDN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| SB1234 | Intro
Sine Die | Deletes repeal of the high technology innovation corporation. Exempts high technology innovation corporation from the public procurement code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. |
| HB1261 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit to allow an additional fifteen per cent credit for drought mitigation. Deletes reference to a repealed special fund. Appropriates funds for staffing and consulting expenses...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
The committee(s) on AGR/WAL recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB913 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes non-binding early learning wellness guidelines applicable to programs and services of the State's Early Learning System. Appropriation. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB913 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-02-13
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Fale, Hanohano voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Coffman, Har, Say excused (3). |
