| SB785 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes permanent Act 141, SLH 2009, which requires the counties to issue affordable housing credits to DHHL. Makes permanent Act 98, SLH 2012, which requires the counties to issue affordable housing credits for each residential unit developed by DHHL....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Housing Committee |
| SB1126 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the reimbursement rate for participants of the forest stewardship program. Clarifies that long-term leaseholders are eligible to participate in the program. Requires forest stewardship program applicants to enter into a program implementati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB1368 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the sale of liquor at street closure events except under certain conditions. Effective July 1, 2020. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB1468 | Engross
Sine Die | Removes the authorization granted to the public utilities commission to establish a regulatory structure for the installation and implementation of an interisland high-voltage electric transmission cable system. (HB1468 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| SB844 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the executive office on early learning pre-kindergarten program to be administered by the executive office on early learning which may partner with the department of education. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Education Committee |
| SB409 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies county zoning by allowing amortization or phasing out of nonconforming single-family transient vacation rentals over a reasonable period of time. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB216 | Engross
Sine Die | For government public works construction contracts greater than $2,000, provides that overtime compensation be not less than 11/2 times the laborer's or mechanic's basic hourly rate of pay plus fringe benefits and that if the department of labor and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB152 | Engross
Sine Die | Adopts Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act. Establishes procedures and remedies for use in actions for partition of real property involving heirs property (real property held in tenancy in common that meets certain requirements). (HB152 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB722 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a Lipoa point management council in DLNR for the development of Lipoa point. Appropriates moneys for land surveyor services, maintenance services, and development of a master plan for Lipoa point. (HB722 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB750 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Anaergia Incorporated with the development of facilities for renewable nonfossil fuel energy production in Maui.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB165 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DAGS to undertake lease buyback processing under the program of centralized engineering and office leasing services. Requires DAGS to facilitate facility agreements between the State and private investors. Requires DAGS to conduct an invento...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB493 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for a permanent full-time director (1.0 FTE) and permanent full-time faculty specialist position (1.0 FTE) within the University of Hawaii Center on Aging. (HB493 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Human Services and Housing Committee |
| SB152 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies the criminal offenses for which biological evidence must be retained for a certain period following a conviction and the standards for uses of retained evidence. Establishes a process for the disposal of biological evidence earlier than the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB337 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires birthing facilities to perform a pulse oximetry test or other medically accepted screening on newborns to screen for critical congenital heart defects. Requires birthing facilities to submit an annual minimum data set related to pulse oximet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Health Committee |
| SB1012 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates an exemption from liability of an employer for harassment by a supervisor unless the supervisor's agency status is proven to effect the harassment. Effective 01/07/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| HB95 | Engross
Sine Die | Replaces the running start program and jump start program with dual credit program; amends definition of "eligible student" to include all high school students; replaces standardized test to determine college readiness with an assessment approved by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB375 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the growing of industrial hemp for certain purposes under specified conditions. Appropriates funds for department of agriculture staff to assist in registration of industrial hemp growers and seed testing. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB1162 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits any subdivision, including by condominium property regime, of parcels of agricultural lands one hundred acres or greater in size if at least fifty per cent of the parcel has soil classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classific...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB1310 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the counties to establish and charge user fees for stormwater management systems or infrastructure. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB735 | Engross
Sine Die | Beginning with the July 1, 2017, licensing biennium, requires licensed registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to submit evidence of completed continuing competency requirements prior to the renewal of the license. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Health Committee |
| HB210 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit and Victim Witness Assistance Program. (HB210 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HB999 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts from the Transient Accommodations Tax, accommodations provided solely for use as temporary lodging by an individual, or the individual's immediate family members, spouse, or civil union partner while the individual is receiving health care se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Tourism and International Affairs Committee |
| SB543 | Engross
Sine Die | Regulates out-of-state certified public accountants by establishing clear standards, including a limited privilege to practice within the State, and subjecting all certified public accountants practicing in Hawaii to oversight by the state board of p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| SB209 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the offense of promoting a dangerous drug in the first degree to include possessing fifty or more capsules, tablets, ampules, dosage units or syrettes containing one or more dangerous drugs. Effective 01/07/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB465 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the Sunshine Law to expressly allow certain government records to be shared among public board members where no commitment relating to a vote on the matter is made or sought and no additional discussion other than a statement describing the go...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1393 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the types of energy generation and distribution devices that could make certain electric utility customers eligible for net energy metering. Defines "renewable energy generation and distribution device". (HB1393 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Energy and Environment Committee |
| SB818 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of health to accept FDA-approved, CDC-recommended tuberculosis (TB) blood tests in addition to the TB skin test for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of TB examination. Amends the law requiring tuberculosis clearance prio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Health Committee |
| SB1220 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the definition of "tobacco products" to include any product containing nicotine, but not containing tobacco. Imposes an excise tax equal to eighty per cent of the wholesale price of any tobacco product, other than large cigars, sold by a whol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Health Committee |
| HB1179 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides for annual adjustments to the Hawaii standard deduction, income tax rate brackets, and personal exemption in response to increases in inflation as documented by the U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price Index. Requires DOTAX to submit a re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB813 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the fair treatment law by separating out certain limitations placed on task force members from those placed on legislators. Makes clear that legislators are not prohibited from making statements or taking action in the exercise of their leg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB96 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Office of the Ombuds at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Appropriates funds to establish and operate the office. (HB96 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Higher Education and the Arts Committee |
| SB472 | Engross
Sine Die | Transfers OIP from LG to DAGS. Clarifies the independence of OIP as an administratively attached agency. Clarifies the employment status of OIP attorneys and the civil service exemption for OIP personnel. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Finance Committee |
| HB401 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that all applicants for a new or renewed driver's license, provisional license, instructional permit, or civil identification card must either clearly decline to register to vote or fill out the voter affidavit on their application before th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB1404 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the county of Hawaii office of the prosecuting attorney for the career criminal prosecution unit and victim witness assistance program. (HB1404 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HB1098 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to make adjustments to the collection of fees for the Mortgage Loan Recovery Fund without regard to chapter 91, HRS, to better maintain the intended $750,000 balance in the Mortgage Loan Recovery ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB1154 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the state vehicle registration fee, with proceeds 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. (HB1154 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| HB376 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that the Chief Election Officer is an at-will employee. Requires Elections Commission to provide notice and reason for removal of a Chief Election Officer. Requires a performance evaluation of the Chief Election Officer after a general elec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB1022 | Engross
Sine Die | Proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the minimum one-year Hawaii residency requirement for appointment as an officer of a principal department pursuant to article V, section 6, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1102 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires DOTAX to conduct a study on modernizing the state tax collection system and submit a report to the legislature. (HB1102 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB663 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the fee for the permit for the purchase and use of aerial fireworks, display fireworks, and articles pyrotechnic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Public Safety Committee |
| SB1178 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the authorized benefit for acupuncture treatments allowed under personal injury protection benefits provided through motor vehicle insurance. Ties increases in payments for acupuncture treatments in with annual increases, if any, to the med...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB757 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the use of electronic smoking devices in places where smoking is prohibited. Updates signage requirements, with certain exceptions. Takes effect on 9/1/2015. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Health Committee |
| SB115 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a child to undergo a physical examination prior to attending seventh grade, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Health Committee |
| SB683 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates a limited purpose driver's license, limited purpose provisional driver's license, and limited purpose instruction permit. Provides that limited purpose driver's licenses, limited purpose provisional driver's licenses, and limited purpose inst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB866 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys for the After-School Plus (A+) Program. Requires DOE to submit a report to the legislature regarding efforts to address the impact of increased minimum wage on the A+ Program and proposal to assist families with A+ Program tuition...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Education Committee |
| SB619 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds for Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB866 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a mortgage license exemption for sellers of real property who offer or negotiate terms of a residential mortgage loan secured by the seller's own real property for which the seller is the mortgagee; provided that the seller provides three...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| HB1329 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs to four separate projects of Paradise Ohana Automotive Training & Education, LLC, Paradise Ohana Automotive Technologies, LLC, Paradise Ohana Automotive Discovery Center, LLC, and Paradise Ohana Motorsports Center, LL...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee |
| SB1348 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the university laboratory school to conform its student enrollment profile to the standard prescribed by the University of Hawaii college of education in order to meet the University of Hawaii college of education's research requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Education Committee |
| SB704 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a ratio of one electric vehicle parking stall to be reserved per 100 stalls in places of public accommodations. Designates the appropriate county authority having jurisdiction over planning and permitting for enforcement. Clarifies the elect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-12
To House Transportation Committee |
