| HB674 | Pass | Requires all child care providers to obtain and maintain liability insurance as a condition of licensure, temporary permission, or registration and disclosure of insurance-related information to certain parents or guardians. Requires the Department o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-12
Act 161, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1275). |
| SB119 | Pass | Establishes a cap of eight per cent on late rent payment fees, applicable to all new rental agreements and rental agreement renewals entered into on or after the effective date of this measure. Effective 11/1/2017. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-12
Act 179, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). |
| SB100 | Pass | Delays the reviews by the Auditor of tax exemptions, exclusions, credits, and deductions. Provides the Auditor with access to DOTAX records for the reviews and establishes confidentiality requirements concerning the data. Requires the reviews be made...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-12
Act 177, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1291). |
| SB911 | Pass | Increases the Hula Mae Multifamily Revenue Bond authorization amount from $1,000,000,000 to $1,500,000,000. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to submit annual reports to the Legislature describing the activity of the rev...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-12
Act 175, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1289). |
| SB339 | Pass | Authorizes all class B and C felony charges to be instituted by written information subject to specified exceptions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-12
Act 189, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). |
| SB859 | Pass | Grants an employee the right to have a chaperone present during an independent medical examination relating to a work injury for workers' compensation purposes and, with the approval of the examining physician or surgeon, to record the medical examin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-12
Act 172, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286). |
| SB423 | Pass | Prohibits denying a student a meal for failure to pay within: (1) The first 21 days of the first semester of a school year while the student's application for free or reduced lunch is being processed; or (2) 7 days after the student's meal fund accou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-12
Act 194, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). |
| SB1264 | Pass | Amends the process for registration, registration renewal, instruction, and training for security guards. Triennial registration period for security guards effective beginning on 6/30/2018. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 160, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261). |
| SB992 | Pass | Clarifies that the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department) may assume immediate control of a vessel that is grounded on state submerged land, a shoreline, or a coral reef, or in imminent danger of breaking up, if the vessel cannot be re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 154, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
| HB1588 | Veto | Prohibits the issuance of GO bonds to finance the repair and maintenance of a capital asset where the repair or maintenance costs incurred add value to and prolong the life of the asset for a period of less than 10 years. Requires the Director of Fin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed on 07-11-17 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1267). |
| HB637 | Pass | Requires the State Building Code Council to adopt codes or standards within two years of official publication, otherwise automatic adoption into Hawaii State Building Code will occur until such adoption is effectuated. Deletes requirement for Council...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 141, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| SB410 | Veto | Clarifies the allowable scope of collective bargaining negotiations regarding the rights and obligations of a public employer. (SB410 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed on 07-11-17 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1268). |
| HB208 | Pass | Amends the requirements for a court to enjoin an employer who has not secured compensation coverage for employees. Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to issue an order of wage payment violation to the employer in violation of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 135, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1236). |
| SB1074 | Veto | Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to fund celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Hawaii state capitol. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed on 07-11-17 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1273). |
| HB880 | Pass | Establishes a Mark Licensing Agreement Program within the Department of Education and authorizes the Department of Education to register trademarks and service marks for department programs and individual department schools and enter into licensing a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 140, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1241). |
| SB1240 | Veto | Requires DLNR to submit proposed legislation to the legislature by the 2019 regular session including a definition of "sustainable", a policy for sustainable collection practices of near shore aquatic life, a process for determining limits on collect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed on 07-11-17 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). |
| SB930 | Pass | Provides a means for the EUTF to void claims for reimbursement of medicare part B premiums or any other debt payable that totals less than $500 and is older than ten years. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 144, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245). |
| HB1230 | Pass | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist MauiGrown Coffee, Inc. with the operation and expansion of its farm and mill. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 116, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1217). |
| HB301 | Pass | Requires the clerk of the court to grant a single extension of not more than fifteen days to file with the Supreme Court a response to an application for writ of certiorari upon a party's timely written request. (HB301 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 112, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1213). |
| SB722 | Veto | Recommences the efficiency measures pilot project first required under Act 67, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed on 07-11-17 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). |
| HB997 | Pass | Clarifies that the grant of concession or concession space shall not exceed fifteen years of a remaining term plus any agreed extension of the term. Removes the limitations on the types of airport concessions that are exempt from public bidding requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 138, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). |
| SB713 | Veto | Requires the six-year program and financial plan and budget to include information on tax expenditures. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed on 07-11-17 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). |
| HB554 | Pass | Authorizes and establishes criteria for administrative orders to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment to an involuntarily committed patient over the patient's objection. Requires DOH and DPS to make recommendations for an administrative process ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 111, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212). |
| SB1073 | Veto | Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Artist Fellowship Program for the awarding of one-time fellowships to promising artists. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed on 07-11-17 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1272). |
| HB1044 | Pass | Replaces the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism requirements related to the certification, administration, and verification of the renewable fuels production tax credit with a process that requires the taxpayer to file a third-...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 142, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| HB1420 | Pass | Appropriates funds for burial grants for qualifying Filipino-American veterans to provide funeral and burial services and transportation of their remains to the Philippines. (HB1420 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 105, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206). |
| HB282 | Pass | Clarifies that increased fines may apply if a noncandidate committee fails to timely file a second preliminary general report. (HB282 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 109, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1210). |
| HB1436 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services to update statewide standards for hurricane mitigation and secure a reimbursement grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. (HB1436 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 120, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). |
| SB1244 | Pass | Authorizes qualified nonprofit housing trusts to repurchase affordable units developed with government assistance when a government entity waives its first right of refusal to repurchase the unit. Authorizes counties to waive a first right of refusal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 159, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). |
| HB2 | Veto | Authorizes tiny homes of less than 500 square feet for farm workers in agricultural districts in a county with a population of more than 180,000 but less than 250,000. County council may adopt ordinances for the oversight of tiny homes, as defined in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). |
| SB895 | Pass | Establishes the offense of criminal trespass onto state lands to the penal code. Amends the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree to apply to government agricultural property regardless of whether it is fenced, enclosed, or otherwise secu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 136, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). |
| HB727 | Veto | Authorizes the Department of Transportation to allow motorcycles and motor scooters on shoulder lanes, as determined by the Department, in times of traffic congestion. (HB727 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1264). |
| SB952 | Pass | Provides the insurance commissioner express prior approval authority over long-term care insurance rates. Effective 1/1/2018. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 151, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). |
| SB953 | Pass | Requires a motor vehicle insurer to pay the applicable general excise tax and certificate of ownership fee when settling with a third-party claimant in a total loss claim. Increases monetary penalties for insurance fraud for a class C felony and misd...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 152, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). |
| SB941 | Pass | Updates statute relating to electronic funds transfers to allow Automated Clearing House account debit transactions in certain situations as may be approved by the Director of Finance. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 146, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). |
| HB1231 | Pass | Specifies instances in which the Department of Education may retain disaster relief funds. Clarifies that the Department of Education may carry over funds received as disaster relief appropriation or reimbursement. (HB1231 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 139, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). |
| SB951 | Pass | Updates the State's mortgage loan origination law to clarify: persons subject to criminal history disclosures and criminal history background checks on applications for licensure and change in control of the licensee; procedures for change in control...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 150, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). |
| SB935 | Pass | Authorizes the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to employ staff through the civil service system. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 145, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
| HB561 | Pass | Requires dentists who administer anesthesia or sedation to post contact information to verify licensure and authorization to administer anesthesia and sedation. Specifies requirements, including inspections, for written authorization or permit to adm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 106, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1207). |
| HB1031 | Pass | Adds the Child Support Enforcement Agency and the Departments of Taxation, Human Services, and Labor and Industrial Relations to the list of agencies that are authorized to conduct criminal history record checks on employees, prospective employees, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 132, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1233). |
| HB627 | Veto | Authorizes establishment of a State Public-Private Partnership Coordinator position within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to manage public-private partnerships entered into by the State and associated contracts, proposa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 1263). |
| SB948 | Pass | Revises the Division of Financial Institution's exemption from the general prohibition against departmental employment or retention of attorneys by removing the reference to mortgage loan recovery fund actions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 149, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| HB1033 | Pass | Allows state and county agencies to participate in administrative procedures under chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by including "agencies" within the definition of "persons" in section 91-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (HB1033 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 110, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1211). |
| HB1351 | Pass | Authorizes the Director of Health to expend moneys to support county electronics recycling collection. (HB1351 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 130, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1231). |
| SB1006 | Pass | Clarifies the situs of property where the property is held by the decedent through a single member limited liability company that has not elected to be taxed as a corporation. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 156, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). |
| SB1171 | Pass | Identifies certain circumstances under which the State has a compelling interest in the disclosure, use, and production of de-identified protected health information under the Health Care Privacy Harmonization Act; provided that the information has b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 157, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). |
| HB213 | Pass | Permits an employee to take family leave in order to care for the employee's sibling with a serious health condition. Specifies notice and certification requirements. (HB213 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 128, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1229). |
| HB633 | Pass | Clarifies that aboveground freshwater storage tanks are included in the definition of "appurtenant works" for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist dam and reservoir owners. (HB633 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 134, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1235). |
| SB562 | Veto | Requires the Attorney General to defend any civil action against the county based on negligence, wrongful act, or omission of a county lifeguard for services at a designated state beach park under an agreement between the State and a county. (SB562 H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Vetoed on 07-11-17 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1269). |
| HB144 | Pass | Appropriates moneys for the mitigating of hazardous situations based on an appropriation that is scheduled to lapse on 6/30/2017. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-07-11
Act 121, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). |
