| HB2610 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the qualifications for a motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to require a production to: (1) Hire an unspecified percentage of the production's talent and crew, with some exceptions, from the county in which th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| SB3076 | Engross
Sine Die | Designates the office of planning as the lead agency to coordinate and advance smart growth and transit-oriented development planning in the State. Requires that the office of planning approve all state agencies' and executive branch agencies' develo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB2019 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes instant runoff voting procedures for any federal, state, or county election not held on the date of a regularly scheduled primary or general election. (HB2019 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2715 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires motor vehicle safety inspections to be conducted every two years rather than annually. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB2580 | Engross
Sine Die | Adds deer to the list of animals included in the theft of livestock offense. Requires the division of conservation and resources enforcement of the department of land and natural resources to submit a report to the legislature regarding the division'...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB2186 | Engross
Sine Die | Directs and appropriates funds for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to provide workforce development, worker training and retraining, and other dislocated worker assistance programs for workers affected by the cessation of sugar produ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| SB2113 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides that the preparation of absentee ballots for counting may include opening the return envelope in which the ballot is enclosed and the validation of signatures, but shall not include opening the ballot envelope. Allows official election obser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2576 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a 3-year pilot parametric disaster insurance program within DAGS to be funded by the interest from the hurricane reserve trust fund. (HB2576 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| HB1597 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for research and mitigation efforts relating to the rapid ohia death disease in the State. Requires the Department to submit a report to the Legislature. Makes appropriation. (HB1597 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee |
| SB2135 | Engross
Sine Die | Changes the tax rate on the sale of large cigars beginning 7/1/16.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB2385 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes restrictions on sugar-sweetened beverages and certain other beverages served in child care facilities. Takes effect on 7/1/2017. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Health Committee |
| SB2397 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires hospitals to adopt and maintain discharge policies, consistent with recent updates to federal regulations, to ensure that patients continue to receive necessary care after leaving the hospital. Effective July 1, 2017. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Health Committee |
| SB1000 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a cable operator to disclose the maximum bandwidth available and a statement that outside factors may affect the actual bandwidth received for cable communication services. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB2101 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes small claims division's exclusive jurisdiction of cases for amounts of $1,000 or less. Allows plaintiff to request removal of small claims cases to be heard in ordinary procedures of the district court when counterclaim is filed. Allows a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2570 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits counties from requiring buildings served by a microgrid to be connected to an otherwise available source of electrical power. Excludes microgrids from being regulated as public utilities. (HB2570 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB2582 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission for restoration and preservation projects. Requires submission of a financial self-sufficiency and sustainability plan to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the 2017 Regula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB2504 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a loan program in the HTDC to support high-technology small businesses. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB2188 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes Hawaii Correctional Industries to sell products and services on the open market to the general public. (HB2188 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| SB2822 | Engross
Sine Die | Enables the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to develop mixed-use developments in partnership with state and county departments and agencies. Repeals the limitation on the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's determi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Housing Committee |
| HB2563 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the restoration of a continuous beach and infrastructure for public access along the Waikiki waterfront. (HB2563 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Tourism and International Affairs Committee |
| HB1840 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs in consultation with the Comptroller to develop strategies for the upkeep, repair, and maintenance of Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City, Oahu. Requires a report to the legislature. (HB1840 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB2554 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes and designates American Sign Language as a language distinct from English and Hawaiian. (HB2554 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
| SB2983 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to provide financing to assist West Maui Investors, LLC, with 2 Ukumehame reservoirs. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Water & Land Committee |
| SB2864 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Hawaii Medical Board to impose the same disciplinary action against a licensee as was taken by another state or federal agency. Establishes conditions for the disciplinary action. Prohibits the licensee from practicing until a final or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Health Committee |
| HB2555 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Board of Agriculture to regulate the growing of industrial hemp for research purposes. Requires the regulation of growers selling industrial hemp. Makes an appropriation. (HB2555 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee |
| HB2517 | Engross
Sine Die | Adds county-certified cesspools within 200 feet of an existing sewer system to the definition of "qualified cesspool" for the purposes of determining eligibility for an upgrade, conversion, or connection income tax credit. (HB2517 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee |
| HB1013 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Right to Try Act. Authorizes manufacturers to make investigational drugs, biological products, or devices available to terminally ill patients who have given written, informed consent. Exempts from liability and sanctions, persons who...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB375 | Engross
Sine Die | Increases the amount of the exemption from attachment or execution of (1) real property that is owned by any individual who is not delinquent on income taxes, real property taxes, or mortgages; and (2) a motor vehicle. Exempts one month of child supp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB2123 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies county zoning authority by distinguishing single-family residential use from single-family vacation rental use and allowing amortization by ordinance for single-family transient vacation rentals over a reasonable period. Effective July 1, 2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Water & Land Committee |
| HB2408 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue revocable permits without approval of the Board of Land and Natural Resources. Effective July 1, 2050. Repealed on July 1, 2021. (HB2408 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| SB2112 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes any state court to permit the use of a facility dog in a judicial proceeding involving the testimony of a vulnerable witness if the court determines that there is a compelling necessity for the use of a trained and credentialed facility do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2115 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides authority to plan for the management and disposition of digital assets. (HB2115 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB2240 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the University of Hawaii green special fund within UH to reduce energy consumption and costs. Requires University of Hawaii to submit annual report to legislature. (HB2240 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Higher Education and the Arts Committee |
| HB2313 | Engross
Sine Die | Preserves the Employees' Retirement System's use and control of unclaimed member contributions and benefit payments. (HB2313 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB2618 | Engross
Sine Die | Deletes appropriations for capital renovations, as a source of funds for the Works of Art Special Fund. (HB2618 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Higher Education and the Arts Committee |
| SB2858 | Engross
Sine Die | Repeals section 48024(b), HRS, to clarify that the State is not subject to a limitations period for claims pursuant to chapter 480, HRS. Effective January 7, 2059. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB3011 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation to the high technology development corporation to fund technology internships and development of programs to support the local talent pipeline for the technology industry. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Economic Development & Business Committee |
| HB2750 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Native Hawaiian Housing Task Force, administratively attached to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, to identify duplicative services and improve efficiency in providing housing-related services to Native Hawaiians. Requires a report. Mak...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB2442 | Engross
Sine Die | Recognizes activities of Children and Youth Day as an official state event. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| SB2366 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires law enforcement agencies and departments to compile information on untested sexual assault collection kits and transmit the information to the department of the attorney general. Requires the department of the attorney general to transmit th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2659 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a percentage of funds in the Housing First Special Fund to be used to provide homes for persons who qualify for social security disability benefits and are diagnosed with life-long, serious mental illnesses. (HB2659 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Housing Committee |
| SB2522 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the offense of sexual assault in the fourth degree to include a person who engages in or causes sexual contact with a minor at least sixteen years of age and the person is contemporaneously acting in a professional capacity to instruct, advise...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB2805 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge of 66 cents 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 amou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Public Safety Committee |
| SB2800 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a grant program within chapter 163D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide financial support for agriculture-related improvements to existing and emerging farms and agribusiness operations with priority given to grants related to food produ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB2390 | 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. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Health Committee |
| SB3112 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for programs, ceremonies, and activities commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts Committee |
| SB2799 | Engross
Sine Die | Restructures the Hawaii Invasive Species Council as the Hawaii Invasive Species Authority, administratively attached to the Department of Agriculture, for the enhancement of the State's invasive species prevention, early detection, rapid response, co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Agriculture Committee |
| SB2943 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides express legal authority for the University of Hawaii to create, promote, and participate in new economic enterprises that use university research and provide workforce opportunities for affiliated university personnel. Effective 7/1/2050. (S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Higher Education Committee |
| SB3113 | Engross
Sine Die | 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. Appropriates funds for military and veterans commemoration ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To House Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts Committee |
| HB2356 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends provisions relating to the use of collected information related to birth defects studies. (HB2356 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-10
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
