| SB1174 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that an independent medical examination and permanent impairment rating examination shall be conducted by a qualified physician selected by the mutual agreement of the parties. Provides a process for appointment in the event that there is no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB768 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides insurance coverage equality for women who are diagnosed with infertility by making available to them expanded treatment options, ensuring adequate and affordable health care services. (SB768 SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB1219 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies Hawaii's employment security law for employee status. Includes 20 factors to be used as guidelines when determining whether an individual could be an employee. Retains the ability of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to deter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB140 | Engross
Sine Die | 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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB559 | Engross
Sine Die | 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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB382 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes within the Livestock Revitalization Program a grant program for qualified feed developers. Appropriates funds for the grant program, reimbursements to qualified producers for feed cost, and a survey of local feed ingredient sources. Appro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB577 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the deposit of any fees assessed by the campaign spending commission into the Hawaii election campaign fund. Authorizes payment of the commission's operating expenses from the general fund and appropriates funds for operating expenses, inclu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB1036 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes within the Department of Health a working group to address publicly-funded substance abuse treatment services. Appropriates funds. (SB1036 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB778 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Education to continue developing and administering annual non-translated assessments in the Hawaiian language of established statewide performance standards for students in the Hawaiian language...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB841 | Engross
Sine Die | 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)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB1157 | Engross
Sine Die | Extends the existence of the Starlight Reserve Advisory Committee until June 30, 2021. Amends the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' representative on the committee. Requires the Starlight Reserve Advisory Committee to report to the Legislature prior to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB1367 | Engross
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-15
Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610). |
| SB675 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter who suffers from cancer, blood-borne infectious diseases, or conditions related to hazardous material exposure contracted it in the course of employment. Benefits include one-hundred per cent av...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 647). |
| SB682 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a system of medical marijuana dispensaries and production centers. Requires that the number of licensed dispensaries and production centers increase gradually over an initial phase-in period. Prohibits counties from enacting zoning regula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 647). |
| SB826 | Engross
Sine Die | Enhances effectiveness and efficiency of self-governance in condominium associations. (SB826 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 647). |
| SB1228 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a process for special innovative procurement and generates a framework for public-private partnership in Hawaii. Appropriates funds for a temporary position to assist the Procurement Policy Board. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-13
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 647). |
| HB2344 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends section 346-231, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to address inconsistencies in statutory requirements regarding orders for immediate protection by allowing the Department of Human Services discretion on when to seek an order for immediate protection ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-06
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| SB2802 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires hunters to obtain written permission from landowners or occupiers or holders of private lands to hunt on private lands. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-05
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB2567 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes "substantial net benefit" as the Public Utilities Commission's standard for a transfer or assignment of an electric utility and specifies certain guidelines to address when examining whether a substantial net benefit exists. (HB2567 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-04
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB1067 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definitions of "professional fund-raising counsel" or "professional fundraising counsel" and "solicit" and "solicitation". Clarifies required disclosures by professional solicitors. Authorizes the Attorney General to require electronic fin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-04-01
To House Finance Committee |
| SB3092 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes procurement officers to consider a previously licensed and listed subcontractor's license as valid; provided that certain conditions are satisfied. (SB3092 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2367 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board the option of serving complaints and notices of hearings via first class mail and by electronic means. (HB2367 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB2079 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires government entities to obtain a search warrant in order to obtain the real-time location information of an electronic device, except for certain circumstances. (HB2079 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB626 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits the actual physical possession of any firearm while consuming alcohol outside of the home, a temporary residence, or place of sojourn. Establishes violation as a petty misdemeanor. Repeals the exemption for state and county law enforcement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
The committee on JDL deferred the measure. |
| SB3085 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies the requirements for an individual to become a licensed dental hygienist. Clarifies the allowable and prohibited practices and training requirements for dental assistants. (SB3085 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-30
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB1751 | Engross
Sine Die | Broadens the definition of renewable energy. (HB1751 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB2242 | Engross
Sine Die | Allows a voter to distribute or share an electronic or digital image of the voter's own marked ballot via social media or other means. Establishes that distributing or sharing the image of a voter's own marked ballot is not a defense for any election...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. |
| HB1708 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Hawaii Medical Board to issue a visiting sports physician temporary license to a physician or osteopathic physician who is not licensed in this State under certain circumstances. Requires the Auditor to conduct a study to determine whe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB1773 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to continue to administer Housing First Programs for chronically homeless individuals. Appropriates funds for the Rapid Re-housing Program for homeless working individuals or families who are rea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-29
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB2328 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides definitions of "advertising" and "solicitation materials" as they apply to the regulation of real estate brokers and salespersons. Specifies information that must be included on advertising and solicitation materials. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-28
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB2681 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a consumer credit reporting agency to create a record for protected consumers, including minors under the age of sixteen and incapacitated persons, who do not have an existing credit file. Permits a representative of a protected consumer to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1228 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Education to provide a one time bonus to teachers who meet all of the requirements to add the teacher leader field to their existing teaching license. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2091. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2008 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends statutory provisions relating to quorum and voting requirements for service area boards on mental health and substance abuse. Designates service area boards on mental health and substance abuse within the department of health for administrativ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2394 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires annual influenza vaccinations for health care workers. Establishes exemptions for influenza vaccination requirement under certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2294 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires each unit of government of the State and its political subdivisions to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance of all government records under its control that are required to be made available for public inspection. (SB2294 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2776 | Engross
Sine Die | Beginning January 1, 2018, allows a commissioner to attend by teleconference or videoconference a public hearing of the public utilities commission, except for a contested case hearing, including allowing a commissioner who resides on an island other...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| SB2313 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies affirmative defenses that an employer may use in a pay differential case. Prohibits employer actions regarding wage disclosure. Prohibits an employer from discriminating between employees because of sex by paying wages to employees at a rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2015 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the composition, appointing authorities, and quorum requirements of the EUTF board of trustees. Effective January 7, 2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1652 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires an affidavit on application for voter registration to be included as part of the application for driver's licenses and civil identification cards. Prevents processing of application for driver's licenses or civil identification cards unless ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2815 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that the State and the counties shall be exclusively liable for civil tort claims resulting from the negligent or wrongful act or omission of their professionally licensed or certified employees acting within the scope of office or employme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2477 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that the number of civil service exempt employees not exceed a certain percentage in the executive branch, excluding the department of education, department of the attorney general, University of Hawaii, any public charter school, and Hawaii...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2527 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a committee on progress of construction projects to monitor certain state construction projects and bring impediments to the attention of decision-makers. Effective July 1, 2030. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2976 | Engross
Sine Die | Transfers administration of the licensing and regulation program for private trade, vocational, and technical schools from the Department of Education to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. (SB2976 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2676 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes, within CTAHR's agribusiness incubator program, a five-year energy independent farming community pilot project. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2021. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2180 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to establish Hawaiian language resources for the Judiciary. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2040 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that under the Hawaii Post-Secondary Education Authorization Program, when an institution ceases to operate, the student transcripts shall be kept permanently in a form prescribed by the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and other ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2475 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a maritime industry grant program within the department of labor and industrial relations. Establishes criteria for the awarding of grants. Appropriates funds. Takes effect on 7/1/2091. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB2232 | Engross
Sine Die | Creates and appropriates funds for the Erin's Law Task Force to guide the establishment of a program to educate public school students on sexual abuse prevention through use of age appropriate curricula, provide relevant training to school teachers a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1757 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public, subject to certain conditions. Takes effect on 7/1/2070. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2446 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases notary public fees. (SB2446 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To House Finance Committee |
