| HB556 | Intro
Sine Die | Deems a neighborhood board member to have resigned from the board upon becoming a candidate for any state or county elective office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB582 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires return of all out-of-state inmates by 12/31/2018 if adequate bed space exists in Hawaii's prisons and correctional facilities. Requires that a maximum of 500 Hawaii inmates shall be detained in out-of-state prisons by 12/31/2015. Requires PS...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB39 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires any person who performs body piercing to be licensed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Health Committee |
| HB342 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes administrative review of certain actions by DOH agents and inspectors that adversely affect licenses and certifications issued by DOH.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Health Committee |
| SB128 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB165 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Technology and the Arts Committee |
| SB583 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes agreement to pay a fee for visits to a parole officer a condition of eligibility for parole.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB734 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a state vehicle weight tax for one vehicle registered for certain permanently totally disabled veterans for a vehicle that has a net weight of ten thousand pounds or less, at $50 or $100 for a vehicle that has a net weight of more than ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HB650 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a new rule of evidence that statements or conduct that expresses apology that are made by a health care provider concerning an unanticipated medical care outcome are inadmissible to prove liability for any claim growing out of the event.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Health Committee |
| HB558 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates an income tax credit for development and construction costs for qualifying biofuel production facilities. Repeals tax credit 1/1/2029. Defines "oil refinery". Clarifies that an environmental assessment is required for an action proposing the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB212 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds two members to the board of trustees of the employees' retirement system. One of the new members is to be appointed by unanimous agreement of the mayors of each county and approved by the Hawaii State Association of Counties. Effective 07/01/203...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB584 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the chief of police of each county to develop a traffic control training program. A graduate of the program shall be authorized to conduct traffic control operations within that county for a fee. Makes an appropriation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Transportation and International Affairs Committee |
| HB346 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits utilities from charging consumers a fee for interconnection studies. Requires approval of interconnection for photovoltaic systems with rated output of ten or fewer kilowatts, after necessary reviews or studies, if the total existing or pla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB347 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the board of education, in consultation with the department of education and the state public charter school commission, to develop a formula to determine the amount of facilities funding for charter schools. Requires that, beginning with fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Education Committee |
| SB731 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Board of Regents to grant tuition waivers for up to 6 credit hours per semester to state employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| HB274 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates procedural and administrative requirements for law enforcement agencies for eyewitness identifications of suspects in criminal investigations. Grants a defendant the right to challenge any eyewitness identification to be used at trial in a pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Public Safety Committee |
| HB348 | Intro
Sine Die | Beginning 7/1/14, requires genetically engineered food products that are sold, offered for sale, or distributed in this State to be labeled as such, with certain exceptions. Defines "genetically engineered food product." Establishes penalties for vio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB587 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the PUC to establish preferential rates for the purchase of energy that is used or consumed for agricultural activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| SB287 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that the meetings of the reapportionment commission, commission committees, and advisory councils shall be open to the public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB349 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits genetically engineered food products from being sold or distributed in the State, beginning 1/1/14.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB588 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii constitution to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds and use the proceeds from the bonds to assist agricultural enterprises.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| SB129 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB350 | Intro
Sine Die | Restricts the sale of sweetened beverages at elementary, middle, or intermediate schools beginning 1/1/2014.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Health Committee |
| HB565 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the DOT to establish a one year demonstration pilot project to designate a certain portion of the Pali highway as HOV lanes during rush hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB166 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Technology and the Arts Committee |
| HB213 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes certain standards for agricultural products labeled as being Hawaiian or from Hawaii.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB351 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of child care products and toys for young children that contain bisphenol-A or phthalates beginning 1/1/2014. Requires manufacturers to choose safe alternatives. Prohibits the use of packages and packa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Health Committee |
| HB177 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that when both parents or the only custodial parent petitions for the termination of parental rights, the DHS, any agency within the department, or any employee of the department or agency within the department, shall not interfere or object...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Human Services Committee |
| SB324 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits bars and nightclubs with liquor licenses to allow smoking by posting "smoking permitted" signs and provides that no county ordinance shall prohibit or restrict smoking in these establishments. Effective 01/01/14.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HB571 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits a taxpayer to designate a specified amount of the taxpayer's income tax refund to be deposited into the early learning trust fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Finance Committee |
| SB130 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB288 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that religious organizations are permitted to refuse to rent or otherwise allow use of their facilities for the purpose of civil union solemnization or civil union recognition or celebration and such organizations shall not be not subject to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB360 | Intro
Sine Die | Doubles the standard deduction amounts, the tax credit for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment, the income tax credit for low-income household renters, and the refundable food/excise tax credit. Increases the capita...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB724 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the public utilities commission to review power purchase agreements submitted by utilities for small renewable energy projects within ninety days. Applies to projects less than five megawatts on Oahu and less than 2.7 megawatts on islands ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| HB663 | 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. Requires manufacturers and suppliers to furnish members of the public with information and docu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB191 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the general excise tax by 1% for a 2-year period to provide a dedicated funding source for the acquisition and management of agricultural lands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| SB361 | Intro
Sine Die | Enacts the Sustainable Living Research Act, which allows, subject to regulation by the county planning department, the use of certain land for research, development, and testing of promising, innovative practices, designs and technologies for communi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB723 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires motor vehicle insurers to electronically report to the insurance commissioner all existing policies within 45 days. Requires each insurer to report cancelled, nonrenewed, altered, and new policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB664 | Intro
Sine Die | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB250 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates unspecified funds for the department of human services, vocational rehabilitation and services for the blind division to upgrade equipment and facilities for the Hoopono program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Human Services Committee |
| HB582 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the public utilities commission to review power purchase agreements submitted by utilities for small renewable energy projects within ninety days. Applies to projects less than five megawatts on Oahu and less than 2.7 megawatts on islands ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB596 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that all loading operations of oil petroleum, petroleum products, and other non-miscible lighter-than-water substances in any state harbor must be surrounded by containment devices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| SB167 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB245 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals chapter 171C, HRS, relating to the public land development corporation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB597 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes an amendment to article XI, section 9, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to reaffirm and strengthen the State's commitment to environmental justice for certain populations that are disproportionately impacted by harmful environmenta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| HB91 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that all applicants for a new or renewed driver's license, provisional license, instructional permit, or civil identification card, who are eligible to vote, shall automatically be registered to vote.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB364 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows retailers, distributors, producers, and producer-distributors to sell raw milk and raw-milk products for purchase or consumption by consumers, subject to rules adopted by the board of agriculture for the department of agriculture. Allows farme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| SB325 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires businesses to implement a comprehensive, written policy and procedure to prevent identity theft and to train all employees in the implementation of the policy and procedure to prevent identity theft. Requires businesses to designate an emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Technology and the Arts Committee |
| SB365 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes seed, as defined under section 147-122, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from the general excise tax exemption for certain scientific contracts with the United States and the export of "tangible personal property" from the State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Agriculture Committee |
| SB599 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that real property which is owned by a head of a family or an individual who is sixty-five years of age or older shall be exempt from attachment and execution based on the most recent real property tax assessment instead of $30,000. Clarifi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2013-01-22
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
