| SB293 | Intro
Sine Die | Calls upon the United States congress to call for a constitutional convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB1283 | Intro
Sine Die | Conforms county debt limit statements laws to include tax increment bonds if a constitutional amendment allowing the State to authorize the use of such bonds by the counties is ratified.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1137 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates conclusive presumption that taxpayer is liable for any amounts passed on to consumers as payment for any title 14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB879 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a civil violation subject to a fine of $100 for intentional or knowing possession of one ounce or less of marijuana. Amends the offense of promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree to clarify that the offense applies to the knowing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB1135 | Intro
Sine Die | Fixes the inadvertent repeal of wording from section 237-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1184 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes chiefs of police to issue licenses to carry a concealed pistol or revolver. Details processes for license applications, renewals, and record keeping. Strictly prohibits carrying concealed pistols or revolvers under certain circumstances. R...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB556 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a refundable state earned income tax credit. Requires DOTAX to prepare an annual report on the tax credit's usage for the previous year. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB454 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for religious and cultural events.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB991 | Intro
Sine Die | Requests the auditor to examine the University of Hawaii at Manoa college of education's management of its programs that have ended within the last five fiscal years and submit a written report to the legislature prior to the convening of the regular...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Higher Education and the Arts Committee |
| SB401 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a refundable income tax credit for qualified cigar producers. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2112. (SB401 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| SB690 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of the attorney general to establish a working group to review and discuss Hawaii's forfeiture laws and make recommendations to improve these laws. Requires the working group to submit a written report to the legislature prior...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB239 | Intro
Sine Die | Conforms the salary commission statute to the state constitution by clarifying that the last salary recommendations made by the commission on salaries will remain in effect if and when the legislature disapproves the commission's most recent salary r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor 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] | 2015-12-17
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB825 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the temporary Puerto Rican exchange commission to coordinate a cultural exchange program between Hawaii and Puerto Rico to honor and recognize the contributions of the Puerto Rican people and commemorate the arrival of Puerto Ricans to Ha...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1057 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of education personnel executive to assign the salary class for teachers new to the department with at least one year of experience, in the upper-most teacher salary classification for which the teacher has the necessary degre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB1347 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows public schools, upon appropriate approval, to use school resources to distribute to students and their families third party promotional materials that contain information about a community event or are produced by or offer services from a nonp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB931 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes constitutional amendments to create a unicameral legislature consisting of fifty-one members serving four year terms; to commence after the general election in November 2016. Provides that the speaker of the legislature and the minority lead...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB476 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the state ethics commission to provide a confidential copy of board and commission members' most recent financial disclosures to the governor, all other members of the filer's board or commission, and executive director of the applicable age...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB1248 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the scope of the Hawaiian Language College Revolving Fund to allow the deposit and expenditure of funds generated by UH Hilo's Hawaiian Language College, Hawaiian Language Support Center, and Indigenous Outreach Program to support the Hawaiia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Higher Education Committee |
| SB681 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a civil penalty for possession of one ounce of less of marijuana or marijuana concentrate that is subject to a fine of not more than $100. Makes various conforming amendments to statutes to reflect the establishment of the civil violation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB1346 | Engross
Sine Die | Sets probationary period of specified licensed charter school teachers according to policies and practices as determined by DOE, BOE, and collective bargaining agreements. Subjects tenured DOE licensed teachers who transfer to charter schools to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| SB624 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the legislature to follow fundamental principles of the sunshine law, including: conducting public hearings on proposed legislative rules; requiring a majority vote to suspend legislative rules; giving a seventy-two hour public notice for pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| 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] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB1276 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs to assist Ohana & Friends of West Oahu to develop education facilities in West Oahu.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB69 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB229 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the dissemination of information from the juvenile justice information system to law enforcement agencies for purposes of the administration of law enforcement and law enforcement agency employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB33 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB1025 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to employees to care for themselves or a family member who is ill, needs medical care, or is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB212 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the offense of murder in the first degree to include the act of intentionally or knowingly killing a person in an especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel manner, manifesting exceptional depravity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB1360 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies that inmate services shall not directly or indirectly result in layoffs, reduction in force, job elimination, displacement, replacement, furloughs, contracting out of, or result in the failure to fund exempt civil service positions under se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB11 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that owners of previously registered firearms in this State shall not be subject to the existing permit waiting period when seeking a permit to allow for the acquisition of another firearm.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB581 | Intro
Sine Die | Increases the adjusted gross income and credit per exemption amounts regarding the refundable food/excise tax credit. Requires these dollar amounts to be adjusted for inflation beginning in tax year 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB649 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides compensation and services to persons who can demonstrate they were wrongfully convicted of a crime and imprisoned.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB193 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an unspecified prepaid wireless E911 surcharge per retail transaction of prepaid wireless telecommunications service at the point of sale. Allows sellers to deduct and retain 3 per cent of the surcharge that is collected. Requires the amo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1284 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as counties, to issue tax increment bonds and to exclude tax increment bonds in calculating the debt l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB937 | Engross
Sine Die | Changes the disclosure deadline for financial interests for legislators from between January 1 and January 31 to between January 1 and January 15 of each year. Effective 01/07/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| SB261 | Intro
Sine Die | Makes permanent the increased income tax rates for high income tax brackets imposed by Act 60, SLH 2009.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB126 | Intro
Sine Die | Reconstitutes the board of education to consist of eleven rather than nine members, one each from the seven department of education districts (Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, Honolulu, Central, Leeward, and Windward), and four at-large members. Requires that at...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB849 | Engross
Sine Die | Temporarily authorizes the state public charter school commission to request the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance public charter school facilities. Creates a working group to act in an advisory capacity to determine the criteria for an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Education Committee |
| SB755 | Intro
Sine Die | Enables self-employed advanced practice registered nurses to claim an exemption from jury service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB606 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows a person 70 years or older to claim an exemption from jury duty. Effective 1/1/16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB336 | Intro
Sine Die | Beginning on July 1, 2016: Requires an absentee ballot for elections held on their regularly scheduled days to be mailed to each registered voter; replaces absentee polling places to remain open through the day before election day; requires ballots t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB425 | Intro
Sine Die | Deletes the sunset provision for the liability exception for county lifeguards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB1037 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the department of agriculture to establish a mandatory disclosure program for pesticide use by all persons or entities under certain circumstances. Increases the pesticide use revolving fund balance ceiling to $500,000. Effective 7/1/2050. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB24 | Intro
Sine Die | Short form bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB356 | Engross
Sine Die | Enables patients to obtain their medical records free of charge from medical facilities that have declared bankruptcy. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Health Committee |
| SB247 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the six-year program and financial plan and budget to include information on tax expenditures. Makes an appropriation to DoTax for preparation of the information. Takes effect on 07/01/16, except the appropriation takes effect on 07/1/15.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB877 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "historic property" to require that fifty-year-old privately owned single family residences be considered historic properties for purposes of chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, only if the property is listed or eligible for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB420 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "board" to exclude neighborhood boards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB855 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies duties and powers of the Board of Education, State Librarian, and State Public Library System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-12-17
To Senate Education Committee |
