HI Legislation | 2013 | Regular Session | House | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HB1100	Intro Sine Die	Regulates wheel booting operations by providing for situations when a wheel boot may be applied, limiting the charge for unlocking the wheel boot to $25, and establishing notification, signage, insurance, and release requirements. (HB1100 HD1). [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-15 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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6).
HB148	Intro Sine Die	Establishes felony and misdemeanor offenses for injuring or killing an animal engaged in law enforcement or corrections activities. Provides for an affirmative defense. (HB148 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-15 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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6).
HB780	Intro Sine Die	Permits a deputy attorney general, except for the Attorney General's First Deputy, to provide pro bono legal services at the discretion of the Attorney General. (HB780 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-15 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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6).
HB1421	Intro Sine Die	Requires Department of Agriculture to establish an organic agricultural mobilization program to provide affordable long-term leases to farmers to establish organic farms. Requires the High Technology Development Corporation to assist participants of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-15 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 Carroll, Coffman, Hanohano, Har, Kawakami, Ward excused (6).
HB984	Intro Sine Die	Requires child care facilities, including infant and toddler child care centers that care for children one year of age or younger, to develop, maintain, and implement safe sleep policies to prevent sudden unexpected infant deaths and sudden infant de... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB1106	Intro Sine Die	Creates a private right of action against any person who maintains a residentially zoned property that is found in violation of a state law or rule, or county ordinance three or more times within eighteen months, and that causes injury or damage to t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Fale, Hanohano voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Tokioka excused (2).
HB1410	Intro Sine Die	Replaces the ethanol facility tax credit with the biofuel production facility tax credit. Expands tax credit eligibility to include larger facilities and production of multiple types of biofuel. Changes the formula for calculating the amount of tax c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on EEP/EDB recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB982	Intro Sine Die	Allows the Department of Transportation Highways Division to collect an unspecified amount from franchise utility companies for the use of the state right of way. (HB982 HD1) [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 voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Tokioka excused (2).
HB404	Intro Sine Die	Requires premises licensed under chapter 281, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to have a sign posted on or about the premises, including women's restrooms, that notifies persons of the risks of birth defects for women drinking alcoholic beverages during preg... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Tokioka excused (2).
HB985	Intro Sine Die	Directs DHS to implement automated systems to detect and prevent fraudulent, wasteful, and abusive medicaid claims. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB1039	Intro Sine Die	Allows former foster care youths who are attending an institution of higher education as a full-time student, to stay in the foster care system until the age of 23. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB1368	Intro Sine Die	Increases the General Excise Tax and Use Tax in certain instances by an unspecified amount. Directs the deposit of tax revenue into an unspecified account for unspecified purposes. Effective January 20, 2020. (HB1368 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Re-referred to EDB, FIN, referral sheet 24
HB1123	Intro Sine Die	Reduces the gallonage tax on the first 60,000 barrels of beer brewed or produced during a taxable year by a small brewery or brewpub in the State to $0.23 per gallon of beer. Effective January 20, 2020. (HB1123 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 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 Har, Tokioka excused (2).
HB442	Intro Sine Die	Extends the limited liability protections against trespasser lawsuits to qualifying owners of four or less acres of agricultural land. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB840	Intro Sine Die	Replaces individual fees for Hawaii banks and nondepositories for specific regulatory items with one assessment. Increases and clarifies bank powers. Clarifies the authority of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. Effective 01/01/2112. (HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB1306	Intro Sine Die	Requires the completion of two hours of training on human trafficking in order to obtain or renew a teaching license. Requires the Department of Education to provide training on human trafficking for employees. Requires human trafficking to be includ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB900	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a tiered glass advanced disposal fee system based on the capacity of a glass container. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB1266	Intro Sine Die	Allows for agricultural tourism including overnight accommodations coextensive with bona fide farming operations. Authorizes counties to adopt rules and ordinances. (HB1266 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Cabanilla, Cheape, Fale, Hanohano, Johanson, Kawakami, Morikawa, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Thielen voting no (1) and Representative(s) Har, Tokioka excused (2).
HB911	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the Environmental Information Technology Office within the Department of Health. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB911 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Re-referred to EEP/HLT, FIN, referral sheet 24
HB735	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits the development, testing, propagation, release, importation, planting, or growing of genetically engineered Hawaiian taro in the State. Establishes limited prohibitions on the engineering, testing, and cultivation of non-Hawaiian taro in th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on AGR/OMH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB920	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board to establish a $30 fee for the filing of appeals and fees for other administrative expenses. Establishes a Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board Special Fund. Effective July 1, 2013. ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB172	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a rebuttable presumption that visitation decisions made by a parent of the child are in the best interests of the child. Presumption can be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence of demonstrable harm to the child. Provides factors th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB923	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a Disability Compensation Division Special Fund and authorizes the Disability Compensation Division to establish fees for subpoenas, injury reports, and hearings applications; establishes and funds two full-time positions. Effective July ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB1073	Intro Sine Die	Limits the Board of Regents to appointing only one University General Counsel. Requires the University General Counsel to report directly to the Board of Regents. Authorizes the hiring of staff attorneys. Authorizes the Board of Regents to contract w... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 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) Har, Tokioka excused (2).
HB700	Intro Sine Die	Amends the definition of child abuse or neglect to include acts or omissions of any person or legal entity. Clarifies reporting duty to be based on a reasonable suspicion. Expands medical personnel's duty to report to include reporting injuries suffe... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB340	Intro Sine Die	Requires the parents of a minor mother or minor father to contribute to the support of their grandchild. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 The committee(s) on HUS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
HB935	Intro Sine Die	Amends the conveyance tax on certain real estate transactions and allocates a portion of conveyance tax revenues to the Natural Area Reserve Fund for watershed protection and invasive species control and to the Rental Housing Trust Fund. Effective Ju... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cheape, Fukumoto, Hanohano, Johanson, Morikawa, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Fale, McDermott voting no (2) and Representative(s) Har, Tokioka excused (2).
HB938	Intro Sine Die	Clarifies that any equipment, article, instrument, aircraft, vehicle, vessel, business record, or natural resource used or taken in violation of the rules applicable to the Kahoolawe Island Reserve may be seized and subject to forfeiture pursuant to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Re-referred to JUD, referral sheet 24
HB657	Intro 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. (HB657 HD1) [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) Evans, Hanohano, Ing, McKelvey, Rhoads voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Fale, McDermott voting no (2) and Representative(s) Har, Tokioka excused (2).
HB1469	Intro Sine Die	Exempts bars and nightclubs that hold dispenser or cabaret licenses to allow smoking by posting "smoking permitted" signs. Provides that county ordinances shall not prohibit or restrict smoking in these establishments. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-14 Re-referred to HLT/CPC, referral sheet 24
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).
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).
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.
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).
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.
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).
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.
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.
HCR15	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing The Issuance Of A Perpetual, Non-exclusive Easement Covering A Portion Of State Submerged Lands At Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oahu, For Seawall Purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-13 The committee(s) on WAL/OMH 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).
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.
HCR40	Intro Sine Die	Recognizing Hawaiian Nationals As A Population Residing Lawfully In The Hawaiian Islands. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-13 The committee(s) on OMH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.