| SB2027 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for the Coordinated Statewide Homeless Initiative. Requires the Department to procure the services of a master contractor to manage subcontracts and expenditures for services provided through the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 219, 07/10/2018, (Gov. Msg. No. 1328). |
| SB2461 | Pass | Establishes a civil penalty for knowingly misrepresenting an animal as a service animal. Conforms Hawaii law with the definition of "service animal" under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Takes effect on 1/1/2019. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 217, 07/10/2018, (Gov. Msg. No. 1326). |
| SB2801 | Pass | Establishes the Labor Law Enforcement Special Fund to finance the collection of penalties and fees for violations of labor law; establishes two positions, including an attorney and legal assistant, in the Department of the Attorney General to represe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 187, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). |
| SB2647 | Pass | Amends the practicum experience requirements for qualification for licensure as a mental health counselor. (SB2647 HD3)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 185, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). |
| SB2384 | Pass | Allows the Department of Education to develop a comprehensive plan to integrate design thinking and coding in middle, intermediate, and high school curriculums. Requires that any such plan developed by the Department of Education, including any propo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 168, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277). |
| SB2051 | Pass | Permits individual department of education schools and career pathways, academies, or programs operated within a department of education school, to engage in commercial enterprises, including the sale of goods produced by or for an individual school,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 169, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). |
| SB2258 | Pass | Clarifies that the licensing requirements for hearing aid dealers and fitters shall not apply to audiologists licensed pursuant to chapter 468E, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Clarifies that to be eligible for licensure as an audiologist, a person shall no...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 173, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). |
| SB2791 | Pass | Permits the establishment of the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center within the Department of Human Services under the supervision of the Office of Youth Services and the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities. Clarifies that the Department of Ed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 208, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1317). |
| SB2803 | Pass | Makes housekeeping amendments to the Boiler and Elevator Safety Law. Changes the name of the Boiler and Elevator Special Fund to the Boiler and Elevator Revolving Fund. Extends the time from five to ten years for the Director of Labor and Industrial ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 186, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1295). |
| SB134 | Pass | Prohibits smoking and tobacco use, including the use of electronic smoking devices, by any person on the premises of the University of Hawaii. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 160, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1269). |
| SB2646 | Pass | Requires prescribers of certain controlled substances to consult the State's Electronic Prescription Accountability System before issuing a prescription for the controlled substance, under certain circumstances. Provides that a violation by a prescri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 153, 07/09/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). |
| SB3002 | Pass | Authorizes the State Librarian to designate one or more public library employees to be notaries public. Allows designated employees to perform as notaries public in government service for fees that will be deposited into the Library Fee for Enhanced ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 167, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). |
| SB2436 | Pass | Requires voluntary surrender of firearms and ammunition, upon disqualification from ownership, possession, or control, within seven days of disqualification. Shortens the time period after failing to voluntarily surrender or dispose of all firearms a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 158, 07/09/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1267). |
| SB2401 | Pass | Establishes the Ohana Zones Pilot Program, the Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program, and the Medical Respite Pilot Program. Makes appropriations. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 209, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1318). |
| SB208 | Pass | Adopts the National Conference of Insurance Legislators' Model Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act, which requires life insurers to conduct database searches using the federal Social Security Administration's death master file or similar database t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 202, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311). |
| SB2868 | Pass | Imposes registration requirements and the transient accommodations tax on transient accommodations brokers, travel agencies, and tour packagers that enter into arrangements to furnish transient accommodations at noncommissioned negotiated contract ra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 211, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1320). |
| SB2490 | Pass | Specifies certain recall reimbursement or repair requirements for manufacturers where a stop-sale order has been issued. Authorizes a license holder to engage in business at motor vehicle dealer locations that are affiliated by common ownership under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 163, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1272). |
| SB2244 | Pass | Requires health care providers in the workers' compensation system who are authorized to prescribe opioids to adopt and maintain policies for informed consent to opioid therapy in circumstances that carry elevated risk of dependency. Establishes limi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 155, 07/09/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264). |
| SB2201 | Pass | Renames the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Board of Dental Examiners, Board of Examiners in Optometry, and Board of Veterinary Examiners with names that more accurately reflect their scope and duties. (SB2201 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 203, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). |
| SB2046 | Pass | Prohibits manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, and possession of bump fire stocks, multiburst trigger activators, and trigger cranks. (SB2046 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 157, 07/09/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1266). |
| SB2861 | Pass | Requires the Department of Public Safety to establish performance indicators. Requires annual reports of the established performance indicators, criminal offender treatment programs, and programs established pursuant to the Community Safety Act. (CD1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 212, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1321). |
| SB2099 | Pass | Changes driver's licensing requirement for operation of autocycles. (SB2099 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 191, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300). |
| SB2237 | Pass | Requires the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the Department of Education all property upon which a public elementary or intermediate school is situated. Gives the Department of Education power to acquire and hold title to real, personal, o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 210, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1319). |
| SB2488 | Pass | Establishes the Medical Cannabis Insurance Reimbursement Working Group to address the complexities surrounding the topic of making medical cannabis reimbursable by health insurance. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 161, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1270). |
| SB2247 | Pass | Authorizes pharmacists to prescribe, dispense, and provide related education on opioid antagonists to individuals at risk of opioid overdose and to family members and caregivers of individuals at risk of opioid overdose without the need for a written...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 154, 07/09/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1263). |
| SB48 | Veto | Merges the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation into the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation and renames the resulting entity as the Hawaii Innovation, Technology, and Research Corporation. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Vetoed on 07-10-18 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). |
| SB202 | Pass | 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] | 2018-07-10
Act 138, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). |
| SB2699 | Veto | Imposes the transient accommodations tax on additional resort fees that must be included in gross rental proceeds. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Vetoed on 07-10-18 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). |
| SB2992 | Veto | Exempts signs and banners from certain election law disclaimer requirements relating to advertisements. Requires signs and banners advocating the passage or defeat of an issue or question on the ballot to contain the name and address of the candidate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Vetoed on 07-10-18 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1259). |
| SB122 | Pass | Provides designated family members and other interested persons with notice when an individual with a mental health emergency is subject to certain procedures and actions. Provides designated family members and other interested persons with the right...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 144, on 07/06/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245). |
| SB2519 | Veto | Authorizes the Agribusiness Development Corporation to enter into contracts with private businesses to remove select municipal solid waste, glass, and food and green waste from the waste stream for use in other business sectors, including agriculture...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Vetoed on 07-10-18 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). |
| SB2919 | Veto | Establishes a pilot program to generate revenue through the lease of public library lands to meet the mission of the public libraries. Establishes the library facilities fund. Requires the state librarian and board of education to report to the legis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Vetoed on 07-10-18 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1258). |
| SB2567 | Pass | Establishes a Cesspool Conversion Working Group within the Department of Health to develop a comprehensive plan for the conversion of all statewide cesspools by 2050. Requires the University of Hawaii to conduct a comprehensive statewide study of sew...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 132, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1233). |
| SB2799 | Pass | Clarifies the scope of practice of licensed dental hygienists in a public health setting. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 139, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1240). |
| SB3000 | Pass | Establishes the research and development program in the Hawaii technology development corporation to help Hawaii-based small businesses optimize research and development performed in Hawaii. Establishes the research and development special fund. Appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 141, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). |
| SB2487 | Pass | Amends the definition of "quality assurance committee" to include committees established by long-term care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, home care agencies, hospices, and authorized state agencies. Allows for the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 136, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). |
| SB2087 | Pass | Amends Hawaii's Good Samaritan Law to provide civil liability exemption for persons who in good faith, without remuneration or expectation of remuneration, attempt to rescue a person with a rescue tube and for owners and operators of any premises, pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 145, on 07/06/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). |
| SB2524 | Veto | For purposes of a county with a population of 750,000 or more: for planned community associations, requires the owner of any parcel of land subdivided as a condominium property regime in agricultural or preservation lands to provide public notice of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Vetoed on 07-10-18 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1256). |
| SB2693 | Pass | Makes an appropriation to the temporary commission on the thirteenth Festival of Pacific Arts to plan for the Festival of Pacific Arts to be held in Honolulu from 6/11 - 6/27/2020. Effective 7/1/2018. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 142, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). |
| SB508 | Pass | Amends the taxes withheld on the amount realized by nonresidents from the disposition of Hawaii real property from 5% to 7.25%. Applies to real estate dispositions that occur on or after 9/15/2018. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 122, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1223). |
| SB203 | Pass | Amends the membership of the State Council on Mental Health, defines quorum for the Council, and specifies number of votes required to constitute valid acts of the Council. Designates the State Council on Mental Health within the department of health...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 137, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). |
| SB2909 | Pass | Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study that examines consolidating the law enforcement activities and responsibilities of various state divisions and agencies under a single, centralized state enforcement division or agency. (CD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 124, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1225). |
| SB2783 | Pass | Prohibits smoking in and increases the smoke-free zone around certain areas and buildings in public housing projects, state low-income housing projects, and elder or elderly housing from 20 to 25 feet. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 127, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1228). |
| SB3077 | Pass | Expands the renewable fuel tax credit cap by lowering the production threshold and expanding the types of renewable fuel eligible for the credit. Applies to taxable years after 12/31/2017. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 143, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1244). |
| SB2407 | Veto | Allows the use of medical cannabis to treat opioid use, substance use, and withdrawal symptoms resulting from the treatment of those conditions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Vetoed on 07-10-18 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). |
| SB3058 | Pass | Defines the Hilo community economic district. Authorizes BLNR to extend or modify the terms of certain public land leases within the economic district upon approval by BLNR of a lessee's development agreement to make substantial improvements to or co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 149, on 07/06/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). |
| SB2293 | Pass | Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to institute proceedings to condemn the ground lease for the Front Street Apartments affordable housing project. Appropriates general funds for the appraisal and other preparations for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-10
Act 150, on 07/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251). |
| SB2340 | Pass | Ensures certain benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act are preserved under Hawaii law, including: extending dependent coverage for adult children up to 26 years of age; prohibiting health insurance entities from imposing a preexisting conditi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 111, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1212). |
| SB2990 | Pass | Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a sunrise analysis of the impacts of and best framework for the establishment of paid family leave. Requires a report and proposed legislation be submitted to the legislature by 9/1/2019. Appropria...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 109, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1210). |
| SB2346 | Pass | Establishes the Address Confidentiality Program in the Department of the Attorney General to help survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and stalking to relocate and keep the location of their physical address confidential. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-06
Act 115, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1216). |
