| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB2755 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Chief Information Officer to develop and maintain an incident response plan to cyber-attacks for each Executive Branch department in the State. Establishes the scope of an incident response plan. (HB2755 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2492 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for various programs and supporting functions for the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Effective 7/1/2025. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2027 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the Infrastructure Capacity Construction Loan Revolving Fund to provide loans to private developers for infrastructure improvements. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1958 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts rental subsidy payments for Section 8 and Housing First Programs from the state general excise tax. (HB1958 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1516 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that the internet crimes against children fee is to be assessed against every defendant who is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony regardless of the nature of the offense. (HB1516 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB1983 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Department of Health to establish a cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection rebate program. Disallows the rebate for cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection for applicants whose federal adjusted gross income exceeds a certain a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2736 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that Hawaiian language ballots be made available in each election upon voter request. Applies to elections held after 1/1/2021. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2458 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a general excise tax at the wholesale rate of one-half of one per cent for the gross proceeds or income from all products produced from Hawaiian loko ia. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2224 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates general funds for an unspecified amount of FTE positions for the UH Pamantasan Council to promote access and diversity, including for programs and policies related to Philippine courses and Filipino students. Effective 7/1/2525. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB539 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes an appropriation from the tourism special fund for fiscal year 2016-2017 for travel expenses and subsidies incurred by the intercollegiate athletics program of the University of Hawaii. Requires the governor to determine whether the funding for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2510 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish a housing voucher program for full-time teachers employed by the Department of Education, including teachers at public charter schools. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1750 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the State and counties to consider storm water management in the development of the Hawaii water resource protection plan. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2269 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the National Board Certification Incentive Program to provide monetary incentives to school psychologists. Authorizes continuing bonuses for school psychologists in certain designated schools that improve and no longer carry a certain designa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB1397 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands methods for the delivery of funding to a project by providing loans to capitalize a qualified community development entity and provide guarantees or other credit enhancements to facilitate private lender participation in new markets tax credi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2473 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires government contractors who violate wages and hours laws to pay a penalty that is equal to ten per cent of the amount of back wages due and up to $1,000, per first offense; and a penalty equal to the amount of back wages found due and up to $...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2717 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Director of Human Services to apply annual cost of living increases or federal poverty level increases, whichever are greater, to the asset and income thresholds for Medicaid eligibility. Effective 7/1/2030. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2486 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a Kapolei Jobs Initiative Program that offers tax incentives to increase the number of businesses willing to establish themselves or open a new location in the Kapolei region. Takes effect 2/19/2030. Repeals on 12/31/2021. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB2245 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that it is unlawful for the owner of any animal or any person in possession of an animal to desert that animal. Amends the petty misdemeanor offense for animal desertion and establishes a misdemeanor when an animal is deserted and the perso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2348 | Engross
Sine Die | Restores the permanently exempt second deputy director position within the Department of Human Services. Establishes secretary, community/project development director, and policy director positions. Exempts the community/project development director ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2053 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a special procurement process for the procurement of goods and services. Requires the procurement policy board to establish procedures for use of the special procurement process by rules. Requires the head of a purchasing agency to prepar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2006 | Engross
Sine Die | Reduces the benefit multiplier for judges who become judges, are reappointed, or promoted after June 30, 2016. (HB2006 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
The recommendation was not adopted. |
| HB2035 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a three-year pilot project to promote photovoltaic powered desalinization on the island of Kahoolawe and to study certain aspects of the technology's use. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2028 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempts personal income tax income and general excise tax income in an amount up to an unspecified percentage of the costs of construction and operation of projects entered into under a public-private partnership with the ERS to improve water infrast...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB1607 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a pilot pesticide treatment coupon project, within the existing little fire ant program, and a little fire ant site map. Requires the Department of Agriculture to report to the Legislature on projec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2146 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop a Wailuku state office master plan to address the shortage of space in the Wailuku state office building and old courthouse building. Makes an appropriation for the master plan. Ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2446 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes public employees facing position abolishment, reduction-in-force, or workforce restructuring to opt to receive either voluntary severance benefits or a special retirement benefit in lieu of exercising any reduction-in-force rights. Effecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2540 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes within the Department of Human Services a Medicaid Buy-in Program for Workers with Disabilities. (HB2540 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2020 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates general funds for the department of land and natural resources to conduct and contract for studies to identify the causes of decline in limu and reef fish along the Ewa coast. (HB2020 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2668 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the High Technology Development Corporation to continue to provide grants to businesses with a federal small business innovation research phase II or III awards. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2012 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that the benefits of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund are subject to negotiation. (HB2012 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee |
| HB2221 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes fines beginning January 1, 2017, for owners of parking facilities with at least one hundred parking spaces that do not provide at least one parking space equipped with a charging system exclusively for electric vehicles. Allows for a warn...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Transportation and Energy Committee |
| HB1735 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to study the effects of Hawaii's low property tax rates. Appropriates funds. (HB1735 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| HB2025 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a Marine Species Task Force to identify ten vital marine species vulnerable to extinction if take levels of those species increases and recommend actions to ensure the sustainability of those species. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
