HI Legislation | 2016 | Regular Session

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SB2333PassPermits marriage and family therapists licensed pursuant to chapter 451J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to use the title "licensed marriage and family therapist". Makes conforming amendments. (SD1)
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2016-04-28
Act 029, 04/28/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1129).
SB2923Engross

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Imposes interest on unpaid penalties and fines. Requires filing with tax appeal court a notice of transfer upon transfer of appeal to tax appeal court. Amends rate of interest on amounts paid out of litigated claims fund. (SB2923 HD1)
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2016-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 1:30PM in conference room 312.
SB2107PassAmends the definition of "pen register" to include cell phones and other communications devices among those that the numbers transmitted to and from may be recorded.
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2016-04-28
Act 028, 04/28/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1128).
SB2103Engross

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Allows courts to authorize a person or entity, other than an officer of justice, to carry out a search warrant. Allows courts to authorize an officer to obtain technical assistance if the search warrant granted pertains to an electronic device or sto...
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2016-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 2:00PM in conference room 325.
HCR66PassRequesting The Prevent Suicide Hawaii Task Force To Recommend A Strategic Plan To Reduce Suicides In Hawaii By At Least Twenty-five Per Cent By 2025.
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2016-04-28
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 663).
SB2444Engross

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Authorizes the electronic transmission of databases containing driver's license and civil identification card information to election officials and the statewide voter registration system. Requires the Office of Elections to join the Electronic Regis...
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2016-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 2:00PM in conference room 325.
HB2042Enroll

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Creates a water conservation rebate program for newly constructed water conservation systems under the commission on water resource management. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. Repealed on unspecified date. (SD2)
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2016-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 10:30AM in conference room 225.
HCR157PassRequesting The Insurance Division Of The Department Of Commerce And Consumer Affairs To Collaborate With The Medical Professional Community On A Survey To Determine The Extent Of The Development Of Accountable Care Organizations And Direct Primary Ca...
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2016-04-28
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 663).
SB2894Engross

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Establishes Hawaii Health Insurance Programs in the DLIR as a temporary, transitional measure to preserve federal funding, preserve the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act, and comply with insurance exchange and other requirements of the Affordable Care A...
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2016-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 10:00AM in conference room 016.
HB1874Enroll

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Appropriates moneys for FY 2016-2017 for a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, rapid response emergency medical services unit for the County of Kauai. Effective 7/1/2075. (SD1)
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2016-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 10:00AM in conference room 016.
HB1344Enroll

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Allows journalists and newscasters, under the supervision of emergency management agency personnel, to cover the mitigation of hazardous situations and access areas that are closed pursuant to emergency management powers of the governor and mayor. Au...
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2016-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 10:01AM in conference room 312.
HB939PassClarifies that amendments to birth records that change parenthood shall not be conducted through the Uniform Information Practices Act procedures to correct personal records, but must be pursuant to a court order of appropriate jurisdiction or other ...
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2016-04-28
Act 026, 04/27/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1126).
SB979Engross

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Requires the Office of Youth Services to coordinate a Safe Places for Youth Pilot Program until 6/30/2021. Establishes the Safe Places for Youth Program Coordinator position. Allows youth in crisis who are at least 14 but under 18 years of age to con...
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2016-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 9:36AM in conference room 229.
SB2925Engross

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Amends section 235-101, HRS, to specify that the untimely filing of an amended federal income tax return does not reopen the Hawaii statute of limitations for claiming a tax refund. (SB2925 HD1)
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2016-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 1:30PM in conference room 312.
HCR137PassRequesting The Department Of Education To Convene A Working Group To Review After-school Programs In Hawaii's Public Middle And Intermediate Schools.
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2016-04-28
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 663).
HCR88PassRequesting The Department Of Transportation To Designate Honolulu International Airport As The Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
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2016-04-28
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 663).
HCR188PassUrging The Convening Of A Public Land Trust Revenues Negotiating Committee.
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2016-04-28
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 663).
HCR85PassRequesting The Establishment Of A Task Force To Study Effective Incarceration Policies To Improve Hawaii's Correctional System.
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2016-04-28
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 663).
HB2617Enroll

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Requires the counties to petition the Land Use Commission to reclassify lands. Provides flexibility to the Land Use Commission in addressing violations of representations made to the Commission or conditions imposed by the Commission in the Commissio...
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2016-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 2:00PM in conference room 224.
HB2179Enroll

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Appropriates funds for the administration, operation, and community outreach expenses of the aha moku advisory committee. Effective 7/1/2076. (SD2)
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2016-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 1:30PM in conference room 423.
SB2841PassConfirms that employer contributions to the Employees' Retirement System may be made in advance or on a monthly basis.
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2016-04-28
Act 031, 04/28/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131).
SB2738Engross

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Establishes an energy storage system rebate program. Makes appropriations. (SB2738 HD2)
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2016-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 9:00AM in conference room 225.
SB2838PassRepeals certain restrictions on investments that can be made by the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund. (SD1)
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2016-04-28
Act 030, 04/28/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1130).
HCR80PassHawaii Emergency Management Agency; Department of Defense; Department of Health; Statewide Emergency Management Simulation Exercise
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2016-04-28
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 663).
SB2724Engross

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Specifies that development, construction, renovation, and maintenance on public land or financed based on public land are public works subject to state prevailing wage and hour requirements regardless of the contracting parties or funding source, wit...
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2016-04-28
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 1:45PM in conference room 325.
SB2887PassAmends the definition of "developmental disabilities" in section 333F-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include children from birth to age 9 who have a substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired condition and without services and...
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2016-04-28
Act 032, 04/28/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132).
SB2563Engross

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Amends operations of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and funding eligibility criteria of the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to make HPHA projects eligible for loans and grants from the Revolving Fund and granting the Authority preferences and prio...
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2016-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-16 10:00AM in conference room 229.
SB2668Engross

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Establishes a working group to evaluate the issue of balance billing in the State. (SB2668 HD2)
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2016-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-16 10:00AM in conference room 016.
HB2445Enroll

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Ensures future ERS benefits for public employees who are terminated from public employment due to the privatization of the employees' positions. Effective 1/7/2059. (SD2)
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2016-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 1:50PM in conference room 325.
HB2388Enroll

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Clarifies the Governor's authority to negotiate for the construction of correctional facilities and aligns environmental impact statement and assessment requirements as generally applicable requirements. Appropriates funds for jail facilities for an ...
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2016-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 10:00AM in conference room 312.
HB2161Enroll

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Appropriates funds for the hiring of six identified hearings officer positions and support staff within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Disability Compensation Division and to provide the officers and staff with legal and medical tr...
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2016-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 1:45PM in conference room 325.
HB1849Enroll

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Creates a three-year reclassification and recruitment pilot program within the Department of Human Resources Development to expedite the recruitment and hiring process for hard-to-fill positions. Makes an appropriation. Effective January 7, 2059. (SD...
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2016-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 1:45PM in conference room 325.
HB2636Enroll

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Requires special permit approval in order to place solar energy facilities with a capacity of more than twenty-five kilowatts in certain lots within the agricultural district of a county that meets certain conditions. Effective 7/1/2076. (SD2)
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2016-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 10:30AM in conference room 225.
HB1851Enroll

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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 than Oahu to attend a publ...
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2016-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 10:30AM in conference room 016.
HB1683Enroll

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Permits an employee to use leave under the Hawaii Family Leave Law to care for a sibling. Effective 7/1/2100. (SD1)
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2016-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 9:30AM in conference room 325.
HB1627Enroll

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Requires the regulated industries complaints office to establish a division that specializes in the investigation of medical cases involving regulated professions and occupations. Appropriates funds from the compliance resolution fund for field inves...
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2016-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-16 10:00AM in conference room 016.
HB2606Enroll

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Establishes a retirement benefit incentive for public employees, otherwise eligible to retire, whose positions are subject to layoff due to the consolidation or abolition of functions, or the privatization of the functions of the positions. Effective...
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2016-04-27
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-16 1:50PM in conference room 325.
SB2852Engross

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Adopts revisions to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act. (SB2852 HD1)
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2016-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 10:30AM in conference room 016.
SB2570Engross

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Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a rapid re-housing assistance program to move homeless families or individuals into permanent housing as quickly as possible and achieve stability in that housing. Requires the program to be desi...
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2016-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-16 10:00AM in conference room 229.
SB2803Engross

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Appropriates moneys for the agricultural loan program to increase the State's food sustainability. (SB2803 HD1)
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2016-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-16 3:30PM in conference room 224.
SB2256PassAuthorizes issuance of driver's licenses with the notation of "veteran" for persons who are veterans of the Korean conflict and persons who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea, who fought under the command of the United Nations led by...
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2016-04-26
Act 024, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124).
SB305PassProhibits the use of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices on the premises of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation facilities. (SB305 HD1)
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2016-04-26
Act 025, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1125).
SB2813PassRequires the courts to provide information relating to adult guardianships to the Hawaii criminal justice data center to disclose to the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Instant Criminal Background Check System database for gun control purpos...
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2016-04-26
Act 019, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119).
SB2885PassAuthorizes the use of birth defects data for education of health care providers to reduce morbidity or mortality and to increase physicians' knowledge of resources available for families of persons with birth defects. (SD1)
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2016-04-26
Act 020, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120).
HB1672Enroll

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Authorizes a beneficiary of a prescription drug benefit plan to obtain a prescription without penalty from a non-network retail community pharmacy located within ten miles of the beneficiary's residence, if the nearest network retail community pharma...
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2016-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-16 10:00AM in conference room 016.
HB2264Enroll

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Makes an appropriation to the High Technology Development Corporation for the provision of technology internship grants and development of programs to support the local talent pipeline for the technology industry. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2016-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-28-16 2:30PM in conference room 423.
HB493Enroll

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Appropriates funds for a permanent full-time associate/full professor and permanent full-time assistant/associate specialist position within the University of Hawaii center on aging. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2016-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-28-16 2:00PM in conference room 329.
SB2873PassAmends section 346-231, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to address inconsistencies in statutory requirements regarding orders for immediate protection; and allows the Department of Human Services discretion when to seek an order for immediate protection of ...
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2016-04-26
Act 022, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1122).
SB2862PassAllows the Board of Nursing to more fully participate in Nursys, a national database for nurse licensees by sharing license and disciplinary action information.
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2016-04-26
Act 018, on 04/26/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118).
SB2934PassEnsures driver license procedures are compliant with the REAL ID Act. (SD2)
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2016-04-26
Act 015, on 04/25/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1115).
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