HI Legislation | 2013 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB974	Engross Sine Die	Assists agricultural enterprises in the State by authorizing the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds for their benefit. Contingent upon ratification of constitutional amendment authorizing the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Agriculture Committee
SB945	Engross Sine Die	Allows cooperative housing corporations, associations of apartment owners, and condominium associations to adopt rules to prohibit smoking in units or apartments if a majority of the tenant shareholders or owners approved the smoking prohibition; pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB991	Engross Sine Die	Exempts the purchase of fresh meats and produce and animals and plants by any governmental body from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code. Effective 07/01/50. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Agriculture Committee
SB992	Engross Sine Die	Allows for agricultural loans to be administered for livestock biosecurity projects. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Agriculture Committee
SB527	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates funds for the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Health Committee
SB350	Engross Sine Die	Amends the date of filing of monthly, quarterly, and semiannual general excise tax returns from the twentieth day of the calendar, quarterly, or semiannual month to the last day of the month. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Finance Committee
SB1233	Engross Sine Die	Requires certain private employers to allow employees to take paid leaves of absence for organ, bone marrow, or peripheral blood stem cell donation. Requires employers to restore an employee returning from leave to the same or equivalent position. Es... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Health Committee
SB775	Engross Sine Die	Designates the Hawaiian hoary bat as the state land mammal. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts Committee
SB59	Engross Sine Die	Increases the monthly board rate distributed by the department of human services for foster care services for children. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Human Services Committee
SB1306	Engross Sine Die	Permits the regional systems of the Hawaii health systems corporation and their health facilities to transition to non-public status. Effective 01/01/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Health Committee
SB58	Engross Sine Die	Establishes and provides appropriations for a statewide language access resource center and multilingual website pilot project to be administered by the office of language access. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Health Committee
SB1213	Engross Sine Die	Requires one-half of franchise utility tax to be paid to DOT highways division as compensation for use of state rights-of-way. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Transportation Committee
SB225	Engross Sine Die	Adds a definition of "residency" to rules for determining residency. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Judiciary Committee
SB103	Engross Sine Die	Directs the executive office on aging to conduct a public education and awareness campaign on long term care and have the campaign independently evaluated. Appropriates moneys. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Health Committee
SB1033	Engross Sine Die	Amends section 39-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow premiums received from the sale of general obligation bonds to be used for eligible capital expenditures pursuant to section 39-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Finance Committee
SB229	Engross Sine Die	Establishes causes and procedures for impeachment of the governor, lieutenant governor, and appointive officers. Effective 07/01/50. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Legislative Management Committee
SB104	Engross Sine Die	Requires the director of the executive office on aging to contract for the performance of a feasibility study and an actuarial analysis for a limited, mandatory, public long term care financing program for the State's working population. Requires a r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Health Committee
SB754	Engross Sine Die	Makes an appropriation for the agribusiness development corporation to purchase agricultural land. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Agriculture Committee
SB210	Engross Sine Die	Prohibits assessment of a fee for registration of a bicycle or moped that is gifted within 90 days of issuance of the original certificate of registration. Effective 7/1/50. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Transportation Committee
SB1043	Engross Sine Die	Authorizes the public utilities commission and the division of consumer advocacy to examine all documents and other information and data deemed necessary for the review of power purchase agreements before the commission and division of consumer advoc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB1387	Engross Sine Die	Amends section 304A-104.5, HRS, to give the governor the authority to reject candidates to the board of regents of the University of Hawaii presented by the regents candidate advisory council and require the regents candidate advisory council to pres... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Higher Education Committee
SB1385	Engross Sine Die	Requires the UH board of regents to undergo annual training on board policies and procedures, Hawaii's sunshine law, Hawaii's open records law, and Hawaii's ethics standards. Requires each regent to receive certification that the regent successfully ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Higher Education Committee
SB1384	Engross Sine Die	Charges the Board of Regents with oversight of the University General Counsel. Exempts the Board of Regents, and repeals UH's exemption, from the prohibition to contract with attorneys. Requires the Auditor to review legal contracts entered into by U... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Higher Education Committee
SB190	Engross Sine Die	Amends criteria to be used by the auditor in analyzing legislative bills proposing to establish new special or revolving funds. Clarifies that a special or revolving fund to be established or continued shall reflect a clear nexus between benefits sou... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Finance Committee
SB358	Engross Sine Die	Requires the department of health to post on its website reports of all inspections at state-licensed care facilities occurring on 1/1/15, and afterward; provided that any report that includes a violation be removed from the website after three years... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Health Committee
SB726	Engross Sine Die	Exempts car-sharing organizations from the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax upon approval of DoTax. Defines car-sharing organization and qualified fleet of vehicles. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Transportation Committee
SB598	Engross Sine Die	Requires check cashers to provide specific additional information relating to deferred deposit transactions. Limits the cumulative fees charged by check cashers. Requires check cashers to enter into payment plans with certain customers. Effective 07/... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Economic Development & Business Committee
SB718	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation to establish the HI Growth Initiative, an investment program to develop an ecosystem to support high-growth entrepreneurial companies in the State. Requires an annual report to the le... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Economic Development & Business Committee
SB369	Engross Sine Die	Requires both chambers of the legislature to implement rules to permit residents to present testimony through audiovisual technology. Appropriates funds to establish audiovisual systems throughout the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Legislative Management Committee
SB380	Engross Sine Die	Provides funding for an outreach program to conduct a needs assessment for a potential learning center project in Puna under the college of agriculture, forestry, and natural resource management of the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective 7/1/2050... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Higher Education Committee
SB709	Engross Sine Die	Increases the agribusiness development corporation's limit on investments in qualified securities of any one enterprise. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Agriculture Committee
SB1091	Engross Sine Die	Exempts charitable income tax deductions from the itemized deduction caps. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Finance Committee
SB1103	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates the sum of $12,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 20122013, out of the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund with such moneys to be used consistent with the Nursing Facility Sustainability Prog... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Health Committee
SB1109	Engross Sine Die	Adds a new part to chapter 321, HRS, to ensure that female victims of sexual assault are provided with medically and factually unbiased information about and access to emergency contraception when receiving emergency medical care at Hawaii's hospital... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Health Committee
SB1272	Engross Sine Die	Sets the employer contribution rate for calendar years 2013 and 2014 at schedule F. Applies retroactively to 01/01/13. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Labor & Public Employment Committee
SB414	Engross Sine Die	Defines a "dog breeder" as any person who owns, possesses, controls, or otherwise has charge or custody of more than ten dogs over the age of twelve months with intact sexual organs, and who sells, barters, or otherwise transfers more than three litt... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Economic Development & Business Committee
SB681	Engross Sine Die	Establishes a temporary food security task force at the national disaster preparedness training center at the University of Hawaii to develop an emergency food plan that addresses certain food security issues resulting from an emergency, catastrophic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-07 To House Public Safety Committee
SB478	Intro Sine Die	Proposes to amend the state constitution to require candidates for the state senate or house of representatives to be a resident of the State for not less than five years and a resident of the legislative district from which the person seeks to be el... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Recommitted to JDL.
SB223	Intro Sine Die	Clarifies that the chairperson of a political party, and not an officer of the party, may make an objection to the validity of nomination papers; requires publication on state or county websites of a list of all candidates within twenty-four hours of... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Recommitted to JDL.
SB894	Intro Sine Die	Directs the governor, or the governor's designee, to negotiate with the current owners of the undeveloped portions of the property commonly known as Turtle Bay Hotel and Resort located in Kahuku, Oahu, related entities, and successors in interest, to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-05 Recommitted to JDL/WAM.
SB85	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the Hawaii public housing authority to establish the resident programs and services trust fund, to be administered by the authority. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-01 The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB736	Intro Sine Die	Re-enacts the tax credit for qualified research activities for five years. Clarifies the method of calculating the tax credit. Amends the definition of "qualified high technology business". Repeals existing certification requirements and establishes ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-03-01 Stand. Com. Rep. No. 652 and SB736, SD 1 filed.
SB123	Intro Sine Die	Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, to establish a Native Hawaiian corporation under the department of Hawaiian home lands to manage "available lands" under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, "ceded lands" under the Admissions... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-28 The committee on THA deferred the measure.
SB707	Engross Sine Die	Repeals chapter 171C, HRS, relating to the PLDC. Deposits funds appropriated to the DLNR, pursuant to Act 55, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, into the land conservation fund. Deposits proceeds in the stadium facilities special fund and the school facili... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-28 To House Water & Land Committee
SB1026	Intro Sine Die	Provides the Land Use Commission with more efficient and varied methods of dealing with situations where a petitioner has violated the conditions contained in a decision and order. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-27 The committee on JDL deferred the measure.
SB51	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of land and natural Resources and the Sand Island Business Association to negotiate an even, fair, and equitable exchange of Sand Island Industrial Park property for other private properties, to be completed on or before June ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-27 The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB715	Intro Sine Die	Exempts non-agricultural parks lands leased to the agribusiness development corporation from section 166E-8, HRS, under certain conditions. Allows department of agriculture to negotiate and enter into leases with the agribusiness development corporat... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-27 The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB1123	Intro Sine Die	Increases the state vehicle registration fee by $1, to be deposited into the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund to cover the costs of administering the parking program for persons with disabilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-27 The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
SB493	Intro Sine Die	Requires businesses with customer card programs to notify customers in the event of a class I food, product and merchandise recall; makes a violation an unfair or deceptive act or practice. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-26 The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB504	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 defend the governmental body against liability not arising... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2013-02-26 The committee on JDL deferred the measure.