| SB2550 | Pass | Requires the Office of the Governor to prepare a federal funding policy study for the State of Hawaii. Requires an interim report to be submitted before the 2017 Regular Session and the final study to be submitted before the 2018 Regular Session. Mak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Act 225, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1327). |
| SB2811 | Pass | Provides that parental rights may be terminated if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the child was conceived as a result of a sexual assault. Creates a presumption that termination of parental rights is in the best interest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Act 213, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). |
| HB2036 | Pass | Establishes an automatic ninety day extension of the conservation district permit decision deadline beyond the time necessary to complete an environmental impact statement or contested case hearing, if required. (HB2036 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Act 216, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1318). |
| HB2391 | Pass | Defines circumstances under which the Director of Public Safety may release certain misdemeanants from community correctional centers. Requires the Director of Public Safety to submit a report to the Legislature regarding certain information regardin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Act 217, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1319). |
| HB1733 | Pass | Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to review an application for renewal of a commercial permit for small boat harbors that is received at least sixty days prior to expiration, and renew the permit or inform the applicant of any rea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Act 219, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1321). |
| HB1726 | Pass | Establishes that first degree murder includes the circumstance in which a defendant intentionally or knowingly causes the death of a person whom the defendant restrained for use as a shield or held as a hostage or for ransom or reward. (HB1726 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Act 214, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316). |
| SB2915 | Pass | Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act to make it consistent with amendments in federal controlled substances law. Clarifies existing definitions to be consistent with federal controlled substance law; and adds new definitions to allow the use...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Act 218, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1320). |
| SB2987 | Pass | Extends the annual $103,000,000 allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the counties for fiscal year 2016-2017. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Act 223, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1325). |
| HB1170 | Pass | Revises statutory provisions relating to the regulation of geothermal and mineral resources under chapters 171 and 182, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide clarity and consistency. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-07
Act 220, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). |
| HB1578 | Pass | Establishes the offense of theft of urn as a class C felony. Requires scrap dealers to follow the same requirements regarding a written statement for the purchase of an urn as they do for the purchase of copper or a beer keg. (HB1578 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 199, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301). |
| HB1902 | Pass | Replaces the offense of Promoting Prostitution in the First Degree with Sex Trafficking to be classified as a violent crime and a class A felony. Requires proof of negligence as to the age of the victim when a person commits the offense of sex traffi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 206, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). |
| SB2652 | Pass | Establishes a 5-year renewable fuels production tax credit applicable to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2016. Repeals the ethanol facility tax credit. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 202, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304). |
| SB2319 | Pass | Requires health insurers in the State, including health benefits plans under the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund and Medicaid managed care programs, to cover reimbursement for contraceptive supplies intended to last for up to a twelv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 205, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1307). |
| HB1807 | Pass | Authorizes reserve and national guard members to receive paid military leave while on inactive-duty training. (HB1807 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 201, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). |
| HB1041 | Pass | Establishes the Game Management Advisory Commission to serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds. (HB1041 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 210, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). |
| HB1753 | Pass | Requires registration, inspections, and number plates for mopeds. (HB1753 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 200, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302). |
| HB2772 | Pass | Requires UH to train employees and students on sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking policies, appoint a confidential advocate at each campus, designate all faculty members as responsible employees under ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 208, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). |
| SB2317 | Pass | Requires the Department of Health to submit annual reports to the Legislature relating to child and maternal deaths and death reviews in the State. Requires, upon written request from the Director of Health, all providers of health care or social ser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 203, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305). |
| SB2904 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and operate aquatic mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve aquatic habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 211, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). |
| HB1907 | Pass | Requires all law enforcement agencies and departments charged with maintenance, storage, and preservation of sexual assault evidence collection kits to conduct an inventory of all stored kits and report to the Attorney General. Requires the Departmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 207, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1309). |
| HB1897 | Pass | Ensures that all insurers in the State, including health benefits plans under chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provide insurance coverage for sexually transmitted disease screenings, including screenings for human immunodeficiency virus and acqu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 204, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1306). |
| HB2489 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the establishment of a veterans services counselor IV position within the Office of Veterans' Services to assist all veterans, with a primary focus on female veterans and for the Vietnam veterans fiftieth anniversary commemorat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-06
Act 209, 07/05/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311). |
| SB2375 | Pass | Establishes speed limits for the Daniel K. Inouye highway of sixty miles-per-hour beginning at mile marker 12 and forty-five miles-per-hour or any other speed limit as determined by law beginning at the Pohakuloa training area and ending one-half mil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 197, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). |
| SB2896 | Pass | Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board the option of serving complaints and notices of hearings via first class mail or by electronic means. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 191, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). |
| HB2077 | Pass | Permits hydroelectric facilities that are considered small hydropower facilities by the United States Department of Energy on agricultural district lands. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 173, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1275). |
| HB2363 | Pass | Excludes employers under certain circumstances from providing Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) coverage for themselves if they perform services for their own corporation, limited liability company (LLC), limited liability partnership (LLP), partn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 187, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). |
| HB2569 | Pass | Requires the Department of Education to establish a goal of becoming net-zero with respect to energy use by January 1, 2035. Requires the Department of Education to expedite the cooling of all public school classrooms. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 176, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). |
| HB1668 | Pass | Authorizes any state court to permit the use of a trained and credentialed facility dog in a judicial proceeding to facilitate the testimony of a vulnerable witness. (HB1668 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 178, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280). |
| SB3084 | Pass | Amends the cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection income tax credit by making it available for cesspools within a tax map key area in which more than one residence is connected to a large-capacity cesspool. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 182, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). |
| SB2384 | Pass | Requires the department of health to: (1) conduct unannounced visits and inspections, including inspections for relicensing and recertification, for certain state-licensed or state-certified care facilities beginning on July 1, 2019, and unannounced ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 184, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286). |
| SB2672 | Pass | Amends various statutes to clarify the role of advanced practice registered nurses with regards to their authority and participation in the health care system. Amends definitions in the statutes to conform with the duties and responsibilities of adva...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 183, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| HB2049 | Pass | Establishes the roads commission to make recommendations on the ownership of private roads. Adds roads, alleys, streets, ways, lanes, bikeways, and bridges to the list of public highways or public trails that can be dedicated or condemned. Exempts th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 194, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). |
| SB2886 | Pass | Reduces barriers to accessing mental health services for minors by lowering the age of consent to receive treatment and services, other than prescription medication or out-of-home or residential treatment, from eighteen years of age to fourteen years...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 181, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
| SB911 | Pass | Prohibits the use of latex gloves by personnel working in food establishments or by personnel providing ambulance services or emergency medical services beginning on 1/1/2017. Prohibits the use of latex gloves, with limited exceptions, by personnel w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 180, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). |
| SB2888 | Pass | Ensures the timely administration of mental health examinations. Separates examination for fitness to proceed from examinations to determine capacity for penal responsibility. Clarifies the procedure after a finding of unfit to proceed to reevaluate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 198, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300). |
| HB2543 | Pass | Makes permanent the provisions of Act 151, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, and Act 264, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013 that require the State and the counties to take action within sixty days for broadband-related permit applications, require the State to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 193, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1295). |
| HB2626 | Pass | Prohibits the DOH from issuing a permit for a new underground fuel storage tank within 100 yards of the shoreline. Allows DOH to issue a permit to repair or replace existing underground fuel storage tanks. Allows permit holders for existing undergrou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 179, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). |
| SB2289 | Pass | Requires employers to keep a record of the former physical addresses and current physical address of the employer and the North American Industry Classification System code applicable to the employer. Deletes anachronistic provision pertaining to ins...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 190, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1292). |
| SB2476 | Pass | Enhances early intervention language services for children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. Requires the DOH, DOE, and Executive Office on Early Learning to establish a working group for the purposes of investigating issues related to re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 177, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). |
| HB2029 | Pass | Establishes the Water Infrastructure Loan Program under the Department of Agriculture. Allows the Department to make loans for the purchase and installation of water infrastructure improvements, equipment, and property. Establishes the water infrastr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 171, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1273). |
| HB2715 | Pass | Requires the Auditor to contract with an actuarial firm that has experience conducting workers' compensation closed claims studies in the United States to perform a study of closed claims in the State's workers' compensation system, subject to consul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 188, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1290). |
| SB2723 | Pass | Amends the monetary penalties for contractors who violate wages and hours laws. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 192, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). |
| SB2387 | Pass | Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, requires a child to provide written documentation of a physical examination performed within twelve months prior to attending seventh grade at a public school. Requires DOH to provide information to assist st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 185, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). |
| HB2086 | Pass | Appropriates and deposits general funds into the state highway fund as a subsidy. Requires governor to provide a plan to sustain the state highway fund. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 195, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). |
| HB1752 | Pass | Appropriates general revenue for two full-time equivalent positions as grant administrative support personnel in the office of community services for fiscal year 2016-2017. (HB1752 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 189, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1291). |
| SB2645 | Pass | Requires the commission on water resource management to establish a program to provide technical assistance to the counties and public water systems to implement standardized water audits of public water systems. Makes an appropriation. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 169, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). |
| SB2618 | Pass | Requires the department of transportation to conduct a feasibility study of establishing an interisland and intra-island ferry system. Makes an appropriation for the study. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 196, 07/01/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298). |
| HB1749 | Pass | Amends the goals of the Hawaii water plan to include the utilization of reclaimed water for uses other than drinking and for potable water needs in one hundred percent of state and county facilities by December 31, 2045. (HB1749 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 170, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1272). |
| SB2217 | Pass | Appropriates funds for operation, repair, maintenance, and improvement costs for the East Kauai Irrigation System by the East Kauai Water Users' Cooperative. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 174, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). |
| HB2040 | Pass | Establishes a two-year pilot program in the Department of Land and Natural Resources that enables public-private partnerships to provide funds for projects that increase water security. (HB2040 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-07-01
Act 172, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). |
