HI Legislation | 2015 | Regular Session

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HCR204PassRequesting The State Procurement Administrator To Collect Information On Each Of The Individual Procurement Jurisdictions.
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2015-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 650).
HB508Enroll

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Establishes within the livestock revitalization program a grant program for qualified producers of certain products and feed developers. Appropriates funds for the feed developer grant program, reimbursements to qualified producers and feed developer...
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 at 4:56PM in Conference Room 224.
SB1047Engross

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Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Pelatron Q, LLC, with the development of waste-to-energy power plants in Hawaii. (SB1047 HD1)
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2015-05-01
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 4:30PM in conference room 225.
SB841Engross

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Requires the Department of Education and Department of Health to jointly establish an interagency working group to create a comprehensive school-based health program. Appropriates funds. (SB841 HD2)
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2015-05-01
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 4:15PM in conference room 329.
HB1063Enroll

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Appropriates moneys to operate an additional emergency medical services unit in the Moanalua, Aliamanu, Red Hill, Salt Lake, and Foster Village areas. Effective 7/1/2060. (SD1)
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 at 2:00PM in Conference Room 229.
HB1344Enroll

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Allows journalists and newscasters, under the supervision of emergency management agency personnel, to cover the mitigation of hazardous situations and access areas that are closed pursuant to emergency management powers of the governor and mayor. Au...
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-15 at 4:45 pm in Conference Room 312.
HB503Enroll

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Appropriates funds for county drought mitigation projects and measures. Effective 7/1/2051. (SD1)
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-15 at 4:45PM in Conference Room 224.
SB1032Engross

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Expands the definition of "tobacco products" to include tobacco-free products containing nicotine that are intended for human consumption. Increases the license fee for wholesalers or dealers of cigarettes or tobacco products. Increases the retail to...
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2015-05-01
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 5:20PM in conference room 225.
HCR185PassAuthorizing The Issuance Of Four Term, Non-exclusive Easements Covering Portions Of State Submerged Lands At Stable Road Beach, Stable Road, Spreckelsville, Wailuku, Maui, For The Use, Maintenance, And Repair Of Four Existing Rock Groins.
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2015-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 650).
HB874Enroll

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Requires the department of education to report on the status and long-term development and administration of non-translated annual assessments in the Hawaiian language for language arts, mathematics, and science for ka papahana kaiapuni students. Mak...
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-15 at 4:15 PM in Conference Room 423.
HB819Enroll

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Requires state and county agencies and grantees that serve youth to adopt bullying prevention policies. Establishes a task force to assist the Governor with bullying prevention policies in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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2015-05-01
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 4:15PM in conference room 329.
SB1280Engross

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Requires the public utilities commission to regulate transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers. Requires drivers to register as business entities with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes insu...
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2015-05-01
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 4:45PM in conference room 016.
HB586Enroll

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Prohibits the use of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices on premises of the facilities operated by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC). Requires HHSC to consult with the exclusive representatives of the public sector collective b...
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 at 2:00PM in Conference Room 229.
HB1127Enroll

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Requires all procurement officers of state and county governmental bodies to attend initial training by the State Procurement Office and regular follow-up training as determined by the State Procurement Office. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050....
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 2:40PM in conference room 016.
HB823Enroll

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Establishes a two-year Agricultural Theft Pilot Project in the Department of Agriculture to focus on investigating and prosecuting agricultural theft or agricultural vandalism in the County of Hawaii. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the offic...
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 at 4:56PM in Conference Room 224.
HB611Enroll

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Appropriates funds for the digitization of historic preservation records and positions in the State Historic Preservation Division. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2015-05-01
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 5:40PM in conference room 224.
HB774Enroll

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Makes an appropriation to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the Small Business Regulatory Review Board to hire additional staff. Effective 7/1/2053. (SD1)
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-15 at 4:46PM in Conference Room 423.
HCR217PassRequesting The Judiciary To Convene A Task Force To Examine Establishing Hawaiian Language Resources For The State Of Hawaii Judiciary.
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2015-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 650).
HB1368Enroll

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Amends commission membership and funding source of staffing for the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-15 at 5:45PM in Conference Room 312.
HB365Enroll

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Appropriates moneys as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu to purchase body cameras for their police officers and to establish a Honolulu Police Department Body Camera Pilot Program, provided that the City and County of Honolulu provide...
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-15 at 4:45 pm in Conference Room 312.
HB746Enroll

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Exempts the Hawaii cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator from civil service. Authorizes the coordinator to hire a secretary to assist the coordinator. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2015-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-15 at 4:20PM in Conference Room 325.
HB1219Enroll

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Clarifies the lieutenant governor's rulemaking authority; authorizes the lieutenant governor to assess and collect fees and administrative fines; establishes a revolving fund into which the fees and administrative fines are to be deposited; clarifies...
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2015-05-01
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:30PM in conference room 016.
SB1367Engross

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Appropriates funds for the continued funding of Project Kealahou within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Department of Health. Requires the Department of Health to submit an annual report on the program to the Legislature. (SB13...
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 8:30AM in conference room 229.
SB1095Engross

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Defines the term "habilitative services" to mean health care services, including but not limited to physical and occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, speech and swallowing therapy, applied behavior analysis, medical equipment, orthotics, an...
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2015-04-30
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 9:00AM in conference room 229.
SB140Engross

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Requires agencies to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance of all government records under its control that are required to be made available for public inspection. (SB140 HD2)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:00PM in conference room 325.
SB979Engross

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Requires the Office of Youth Services to coordinate a Safe Places for Youth Pilot Program until 6/30/2021. Establishes the Safe Places for Youth Program Coordinator position. Allows youth in crisis who are at least 14 but under 18 years of age to con...
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:00AM in conference room 229.
SB1076Engross

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Authorizes and appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items for bargaining unit (14) and its excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal bie...
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:15AM in conference room 325.
SB475Engross

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Allows the electronic mailing of meeting notices; requires the posting of the notice on the state or appropriate county's electronic calendar; and clarifies potential posting disputes. Adds emergency meetings to the public meeting notice requirements...
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:00PM in conference room 325.
SB559Engross

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Establishes and funds a Military Affairs Advisor position who reports directly to the Governor and an Assistant Military Affairs Advisor position in the Office of the Governor. (SB559 HD2)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:30PM in conference room 312.
SB737Engross

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Creates standards, including authorization for the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules, for check cashing businesses, including requirements for registration, surety, recordkeeping, examinations, and confidentiality. Sets new p...
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:15AM in conference room 016.
SB230Engross

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Clarifies that reimbursement to crime victims includes lost wages and mental health treatment, counseling, and therapy. (SB230 HD1)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:00PM in conference room 325.
HB1236Enroll

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Establishes within the department of human services a two-year working disabled adults pilot program to be repealed on June 30, 2017. Establishes a medicaid buy-in program for workers with disabilities to be implemented once the pilot program is comp...
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:00AM in conference room 229.
HB1354Enroll

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Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to several state agencies for the purposes of improving and increasing the existing public and affordable housing stock in the State. Requires a report to the 2016 and 2017 le...
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:30AM in conference room 229.
SB1122Engross

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Increases the amount of guaranteed monthly compensation required to exempt an individual from minimum wage, overtime, and record keeping requirements under the Hawaii Wage and Hour Law. (SB1122 HD1)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:15AM in conference room 325.
HB805Enroll

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Exempts federal veterans' disability benefits from claims of creditors and attachment, levy, and seizure to enforce a court judgment, except in certain child and spousal support cases. Effective 01/07/2059. (SD1)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:30PM in conference room 312.
HB1282Enroll

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Appropriates moneys for an engineering assessment and study for establishing a laser optical communications ground station in Hawaii. Takes effect on 2/19/2025. (SD1)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 11:00AM in conference room 312.
SB452Engross

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Requires that supplemental campaign spending reports be filed annually on January 31. (SB452 HD2)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:00PM in conference room 325.
HB1005Enroll

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Appropriates funds to the judiciary and the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu to support the Veterans Treatment Court. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:30PM in conference room 312.
SB287Engross

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Beginning with the primary election in 2016, requires the office of elections to implement election by mail in a county with a population of fewer than 100,000. Beginning with the 2018 primary election, implement election by mail in each county with ...
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:00PM in conference room 325.
SB1101Engross

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Extends the availability of the exemption from state civil service for persons hired or contracted by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to repair and maintain vacant housing units. (SB1101 HD3)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:30AM in conference room 229.
HB1025Enroll

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Authorizes the HHFDC Board of Directors to set the salary of its Executive Director in an amount not to exceed that of the salary of the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:30AM in conference room 229.
SB100Engross

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Corrects a statement in the 2014 Act that reduced the appropriation for the joint investment study of the employees' retirement system and Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund. (SB100 HD1)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:15AM in conference room 325.
HB438Enroll

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Appropriates funds to the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission for restoration and preservation projects. Requires submission of a financial self-sufficiency and sustainability plan to the legislature twenty days prior to the 2016 Regular Session. Eff...
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2015-04-30
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 3:45PM in conference room 224.
HB501Enroll

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Allows public utilities to establish certain discounted utility rates for water, electricity, and freight transport for agricultural activities, subject to PUC approval. Requires the PUC to define "qualified agricultural activities" and "bona fide ag...
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2015-04-30
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 1:30PM in conference room 224.
HB515Enroll

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Prohibits the disposition of land as a remnant if the land contains: resources necessary for the exercise of native Hawaiian subsistence, cultural, or religious practices; resources that should be protected or conserved; or public access to public la...
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2015-04-30
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 3:45PM in conference room 224.
SB652Engross

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Requires a public agency board to report any discussion or final action taken during an executive meeting; provided that such disclosure is not inconsistent with the purpose of convening the executive meeting, but giving the board discretion to maint...
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:00PM in conference room 325.
SB974Engross

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Authorizes the Rental Housing Trust Fund to be used for spaces for public uses within mixed-use residential developments in which the residential component is the primary use and qualifies as an eligible rental housing project. (SB974 HD1)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:30AM in conference room 229.
HB600Enroll

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Authorizes the DOH to allow two individuals in a relationship with each other as a married or civil union couple to be cared for in the same community care foster family home if certain requirements are met. Effective 7/1/2060. (SD2)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:00AM in conference room 229.
HB440Enroll

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Appropriates funds to DLNR for land and natural resource projects related to watershed management plans; equipment for fire, natural disaster, and emergency response; and forest and outdoor recreation improvement. Effective 07/1/2050. (SD1)
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2015-04-30
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 3:30PM in conference room 224.
HB768Enroll

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Expands the Hawaii public housing authority's power to dispose of property seized, abandoned, or remaining upon eviction in and at public housing projects, elder or elderly housing, or state low-income housing projects. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2015-04-30
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:30AM in conference room 229.
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