| HB2773 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows certain incarcerated individuals who were Hawaii residents immediately prior to incarceration to vote in Hawaii elections only by absentee mail in ballot. (HB2773 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2044 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes penalties for any petitioner for an amendment to a district boundary that violates, neglects or fails to conform to or comply with chapter 205, HRS, (land use commission) or any lawful order of the land use commission. Authorizes the land...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2631 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the qualification requirements to allow lawful permanent residents to apply for a permit to acquire a firearm. Clarifies the background check process for firearm permit applicants and authorizes county police departments to enroll firearm perm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2066 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the amount of campaign funds that may be spent by an elected official on memberships in civic or community groups or on protocol gifts to twice the allowable individual contribution amount. (HB2066 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2383 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends chapter 353E, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to reflect nationally recognized best practices in the statewide, integrated programming for sex offenders, and to identify the coordinating body for the sex offender treatment program as the "sex o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1545 | Intro
Sine Die | Ends the general excise tax and use tax exemptions for amounts received as rent for the rental or leasing of aircraft or aircraft engines used by lessees or renters for the interstate transportation of passengers and goods on December 31, 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1905 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the court from granting mutual protective orders unless separate petitions are filed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1473 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the permitted uses of campaign funds to include contributions to other candidate committees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2201 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits deferred acceptance of a guilty or no contest plea where the defendant has been charged with committing an offense against a family or household member.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1823 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases capacity limits on net energy metering and establishes excess energy volumes for systems installed after June 30, 2016. (HB1823 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-29
The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2622 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation for the appointment of an administrative monitor in the Office of the Auditor to assess the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' progress in meeting its constitutional and legal duties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2481 | Intro
Sine Die | Broadens the scope of health and health care data and other information submitted to SHPDA. (HB2481 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-22
To House Health Committee |
| HB2503 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires DHS to distribute confidential lists of foster boarding homes in the community to the respective chiefs of police. Authorizes DHS to conduct interviews of the neighbors of persons and organizations seeking their initial certificate of approv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1831 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals section 291E-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding refusing to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test for those arrested for the use of intoxicants while operating a vehicle. Makes conforming amendments to section 291E-15, Hawaii Revised S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2280 | Intro
Sine Die | Defines "property" as used in section 28-5.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1899 | Intro
Sine Die | Require the auditor to conduct a study to determine whether licensure for certified professional midwives who practice midwifery care is warranted. (HB1899 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB362 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the offense of resisting arrest in the first degree as a felony and reclassifies the existing resisting arrest misdemeanor offense as resisting arrest in the second degree.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2342 | Intro
Sine Die | Continues the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program for one year. Appropriates funds out of the Nursing Facility Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal year 2016-2017. (HB2342 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2359 | Intro
Sine Die | Ensures the timely administration of mental health examinations; supports the process of expedient administration of justice; and clarifies the procedure for reevaluation of fitness to proceed after a finding of unfitness and attempts at restoration....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1649 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for FY 2016-2017. (HB1649 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1799 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that a student in the University of Hawaii system pursuing an undergraduate degree is eligible for resident tuition fees for up to 150 credit hours. (HB1799 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2678 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the director of finance to issue GO bonds to the counties for infrastructure construction related to urban renewal projects. Amends allowable number, name, and membership requirements for local redevelopment agencies. Designates agency red...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB369 | Intro
Sine Die | Broadens the policies regarding public access to meetings of public agencies to include greater public participation, input, and access to documents, reports, recordings, and proposals under consideration at meetings, with certain limitations. (HB369...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2158 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires agencies to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance of all government records that are under its control and required to be made available for public inspection. (HB2158 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1662 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the per diem payments for out-of-state witnesses in criminal cases from $145 to $200. Increases the per diem payment supplement from $90 to $145, for witnesses from any island other than the island on which the court is located, when that w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1655 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires agencies that collect receipts for any disposition of the public land trust shall each fiscal quarter transfer to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs twenty per cent of each receipt from the disposition. Returns to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| HB2729 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects by the department of water, county of Kauai for the Lihue/Kapaa water system projects and the Haena/Wainiha water system project. (HB2729 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1706 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes within DOE the youth civil defense corps. Requires BOE to adopt standards and a curriculum for student participation. Appropriates funds for the establishment of the youth civil defense corps. Designates the Department of Education as the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2723 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a pedestrian from crossing a street, road, or highway while using a mobile electronic device. (HB2723 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1990 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Auditor to conduct a study regarding the regulation of insurance appraisers and insurance umpires in the State. (HB1990 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2585 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts mothers who breastfeed or express breast milk from jury duty; provided that this exemption shall end when a mother is no longer breastfeeding or expressing breast milk. (HB2585 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2595 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for improvements to irrigation systems statewide. (HB2595 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2728 | Intro
Sine Die | Restores the definition of "power-generating facility" and fuel tax rate for naphtha fuel used in power generation facilities, which were repealed on 12/31/2015. Clarifies that naphtha fuel, used in a power-generating facility, is subject to the fuel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2746 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires drivers in the left lane to safely move to the adjacent lane if the driver's vehicle is being overtaken from the rear by multiple vehicles traveling at a higher rate of speed; the driver is proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1673 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes license requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and related supplies. Deposits license fees from these suppliers into the Office of Health Care Assurance Special Fund and makes conforming administr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2364 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend the repeal date for the provision in 386-78(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, that provides that compromises for workers' compensation claims reached as a result of a third-party liability claim or action do not require the approval of the Director ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2456 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes time limits for the approval or disapproval of water quality certification applications for state projects. (HB2456 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1660 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates standards and procedures for income-withholding for purposes of enforcing restitution orders. Amends the definition of "debt" relating to the recovery of money owed to the State to include court-ordered restitution subject to civil enforcemen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2054 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a Dam and Reservoir Working Group to ensure and enhance the continued availability and operation of dams and reservoirs in the State of Hawaii and consider their role in drought mitigation. Appropriation. (HB2054 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2571 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires investor-owned electric utilities to phase out their acquisition, ownership, and use of new and existing generation resources. (HB2571 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB1794 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes eligible for membership on a county arborist advisory committee certified arborists, horticulturists with specialization in trees, and persons who have received a master's degree in botany.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1531 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a student loan repayment program for attorneys who practice in an area of law that provides legal assistance and policy advocacy for indigent persons. Makes an appropriation. (HB1531 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1361 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires commercial vehicles carrying cargo weighing 55,000 pounds or more from Hawaii's commercial harbors to be weighed prior to leaving the harbor. Requires water carriers to provide the Department of Transportation with a list of shipping contain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2548 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of and appropriation for general obligation bonds for the planning, design, construction, and materials and equipment for the East Kauai Community Recreation Center and Anahola Pilot Agricultural Park. (HB2548 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2260 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the design and construction of a new state mental health hospital to replace the Hawaii State Hospital in Kaneohe. (HB2260 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2320 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies chapter 449, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by adding definitions and change in control requirements. Identifies previously authorized fees for initial license issuance; adds a nominal fee for license reissuance upon licensee name change; moves f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2324 | Intro
Sine Die | Adopts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' ("NAIC") Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act; applies risk based capital supplemental provisions, severability, and notices provisions to risk retention captive insuranc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2043 | Intro
Sine Die | Upon petition by any party, requires the land use commission to investigate and hold a hearing on county violation or failure to enforce land use conditions or restrictions. Rescinds county permit authority as penalty for violation or failure to enfo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2333 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the Board of Nursing to more fully participate in Nursys, a national database for nurse licensees by sharing license and disciplinary action information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB1802 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Office of Self-Governance Oversight, to be headed by the condominium czar, within the Department of the Attorney General. Appropriates funds for administrative costs associated with the establishment of the Office of Self-Governance O...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
