HI Legislation | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
SB198	Intro Sine Die	Creates a permanent weed and seed strategy within the department of labor and industrial relations, office of community services. Appropriates funds. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB369	Intro Sine Die	Exempts adoption of selected regulations, by the University of Hawaii board of regents, from chapter 91 and requires adoption of selected regulations to be subject to chapter 92. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB1021	Intro Sine Die	Removes the public funds restriction and appropriates general funds for construction of the state law enforcement memorial. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB197	Intro Sine Die	Prohibits police department officers and employees, department of public safety employees, department of land and natural resources employees, and department of transportation employees who are authorized to carry firearms from consuming alcohol or i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB186	Intro Sine Die	Creates the offense of resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle in the first degree as a class C felony. Reclassifies the current offense of resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle to resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle in the second degr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB674	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the offense of the unlawful sale or trade of ivory or rhinoceros horn for any person who sells, offers to sell, possesses with the intent to sell, or imports with the intent to sell any ivory or rhinoceros horn. Creates exemptions for the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
SB1318	Intro Sine Die	Repeals requirement that qualified community rehabilitation centers pay their employees, who are persons with disabilities, less than minimum wage. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SB1268	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of public safety to construct a multi-story correctional facility at the Halawa correctional facility to replace the existing Oahu community correctional center. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropri... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB1358	Intro Sine Die	Requires the state procurement office to establish a database of certain government procurement contract data, accessible to each governmental body. Appropriates funds to establish the database. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB707	Intro Sine Die	Establishes the University of Hawaii sustainability office. Appropriates funds. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
HB1258	Intro Sine Die	Clarifies the qualification and term limit requirements and appointment process for the board of directors of the Hawaii tourism authority. (HB1258 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 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 Representative(s) Oshiro, Souki excused (2).
SB1018	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates funds for providing civil identification cards for inmates upon request prior to their release. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
HB903	Intro Sine Die	Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of the Attorney General for retention of expert witnesses and specialized legal counsel in major litigation against the State of Hawaii. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Oshiro, Souki excused (2).
HB449	Intro Sine Die	Requires each county police department to post its policies relating to domestic violence, officer-involved domestic violence, and standards of conduct on its official website. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Oshiro, Souki excused (2).
SB499	Intro Sine Die	Provides that major capital improvement projects of the State or a county involving an infrastructure improvement project or construction project may include in the environmental assessments and environmental impact statements an analysis of the envi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB741	Intro Sine Die	Allows HHFDC to establish a community land trust for the purpose of selling homes to low- and moderate-income homebuyers. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB627	Intro Sine Die	Requires the University of Hawaii to extend the current land lease agreement with the high technology development corporation for no less than ten years upon expiration of the current agreement and to maintain identical terms. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB438	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates funds for the office of Hawaiian affairs for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2017. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB763	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes and appropriates funds for the Hawaii public housing authority to establish mobile home parks throughout the State for individuals whose family income is no more than 250 per cent of the federal poverty level. Allows private sector to deve... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB192	Intro Sine Die	Requires a fee waiver for the issuance of a civil identification card in certain cases for a person who is homeless, provided homeless status is verified with an official letter. Mandates the examiner of drivers to collect data in instances in which ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB551	Intro Sine Die	Requires persons under the age of eighteen years to wear a properly fitted and fastened safety helmet while operating or riding as a passenger on a motorcycle or motor scooter. Requires a person under the age of eighteen years to wear a safety helmet... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL.
HB1199	Intro Sine Die	Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt and implement a written policy on domestic violence committed or allegedly committed by agency law enforcement officers. Establishes standards, training deadlines, administrative procedures, and reporting re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
SB886	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance the planning, design, and construction of a new boat ramp on Molokai and a feasibility study for a new small boat harbor to be located in Pukoo, Molokai. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB525	Intro Sine Die	Requires the commission on water resource management to consist of at least one member representing each county who is a resident of that county and who also has substantial experience in the area of water resource management. Clarifies that appointm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB617	Intro Sine Die	Incorporates beach land conservation under the general powers of the board of land and natural resources. Expands the department of land and natural resources' beach restoration plans to include beach conservation plans. Requires beach restoration pl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB916	Intro Sine Die	Requires HCDA to establish rules to require reserved and workforce housing in developments. Amends definition of reserved housing and creates definition of workforce housing. Provides for establishing rules for the rental of reserved and workforce ho... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB424	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates moneys to the department of the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu for the Honolulu family justice center. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB1173	Intro Sine Die	Requires the department of land and natural resources, in consultation with The Trust for Public Lands, to engage in negotiations to acquire land located at Kapua, island of Hawaii. Requires the acquisition to be funded wholly or in part by transient... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB976	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and the appropriation of funds for the planning, design, and construction of the juvenile services center portion of the mixed-use project at 902 Alder street, Honolulu, Oahu. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM/JDL.
HB330	Intro Sine Die	Increases the general excise tax by 1% for a 2-year period to provide a dedicated funding source for the acquisition of agricultural lands. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
SB1160	Intro Sine Die	Establishes a three-year pilot photo red light imaging detector system program. Authorizes counties to administer the program. Makes other amendments regarding highway safety. Repeals July 1, 2018. Effective 7/30/2022. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.
HB791	Intro Sine Die	Corrects errors. Harmonizes age and service requirements for judges who are members of the employees' retirement system with requirements for other contributory plan members. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Oshiro, Souki excused (2).
SB290	Intro Sine Die	Requires the state ethics commission to offer a more comprehensive ethics training course that is to be completed by persons subject to section 84-41, HRS, at the next available ethics training course administered by the state ethics commission takin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
HB1144	Intro Sine Die	Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution guaranteeing that victims of crime and their surviving immediate family members have specific rights related to information pertaining to and participation in the criminal justice process. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
SB408	Intro Sine Die	Amends amount of transient accommodations tax revenues allocated to the counties from a specified sum to a percentage of the revenues collected. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 The committee on PSM deferred the measure.
SB363	Intro Sine Die	Amends the partial public financing laws to amend the maximum amount of public funds available in each election to a candidate for the office of state senator, state representative, or prosecuting attorney to not exceed 50 per cent of the established... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
HB1029	Intro Sine Die	Amends the composition of the Endangered Species Recovery Committee by replacing the University of Hawaii Environmental Center's Director with the Dean of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Natural Sciences. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Oshiro, Souki excused (2).
SB1147	Intro Sine Die	To appropriate moneys out of the University of Hawaii Revenue Bond Fund for renovations, repairs, and improvements to the John A. Burns School of Medicine [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB327	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates $225,000 in general funds for 4.0 FTE positions for the UH Pamantasan Council to promote access and diversity. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB993	Intro Sine Die	Amends the thresholds for the exemption of real property from attachment or execution to be based upon the most recent real property tax assessment, regardless of value and for all types of property owners. Clarifies that attachment or execution does... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 The committee on JDL deferred the measure.
SB962	Intro Sine Die	Makes an appropriation to the department of human services for an interpreter referral service for public and private entities serving individuals who are not participants of the department of human services' vocational rehabilitation program. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB179	Intro Sine Die	Clarifies that HPHA is authorized to contract with private businesses to remove food and green wastes from public housing projects. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
HB1138	Intro Sine Die	Makes an appropriation from the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund to DOA for the removal of albizia trees on public and private land. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
SB1251	Intro Sine Die	Establishes and funds a transit oriented development coordinator within the office of planning. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB1152	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2015-2017 for salary and employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (14) and for certain employees excluded from collective bargaining. Effective date Janu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB4	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the issuance of up to $25,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Chaminade University of Honolulu. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
SB718	Intro Sine Die	Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for the Lahaina flood control project. Requires the appropriation to be a match for an appropriation by the county of Maui for the project in the amount of at least twenty per cent of the pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB1100	Intro Sine Die	Makes permanent Act 141, Sessions Laws of Hawaii 2009, which requires the county to issue affordable housing credits to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Makes permanent Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, which requires the counties to issue a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SB296	Intro Sine Die	Requires hospitals to provide patients the opportunity to designate a caregiver upon entry to a hospital. Establishes hospital requirements regarding caregivers, including designation of a caregiver, notification to a caregiver, and a discharge plan ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 The committee(s) on HSH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HSH were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Harimoto, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Green, Slom.
HB1156	Intro Sine Die	Appropriates funds for a journey through the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument and for the production of a television series, books, and other educational materials about this journey. Requires matching funds. (HB1156 HD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-02-19 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 Oshiro, Souki excused (2).