| HB1614 | Pass | Automatically imposes a restraining order upon parties filing for annulment, divorce, or separation to preserve the financial assets of the parties and their dependents and maintain the current island of residence and school of enrollment of a minor ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 213, 07/10/2018, (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). |
| HB2601 | Pass | Increases the rental motor vehicle surcharge from $3 to $5 for lessees without a valid Hawaii driver's license from the rental motor vehicle surcharge. Requires that the revenues from the increase in motor vehicle surcharge tax be expended for state ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 215, 07/10/2018, (Gov. Msg. No. 1324). |
| 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). |
| HB1876 | Pass | Allows a motor vehicle insurer to satisfy the requirement that an insurer provide a complete sales and claims office in the State through the establishment and maintenance of an office by the insurer's licensed producer in every county the insurer do...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 216, 07/10/2018, (Gov. Msg. No. 1325). |
| 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). |
| HB2071 | Pass | Establishes a Law Enforcement Standards Board for the certification of county police officers, state public safety officers, and employees of the Departments of Transportation, Land and Natural Resources, Taxation, and Attorney General with police po...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 220, 07/10/2018, (Gov. Msg. No. 1329). |
| HB2589 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Transportation under certain conditions to designate shoulders upon which the Department may authorize the driving of motorcycles. Takes effect on 1/1/2019. Repeals on 12/31/2020. (HB2589 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 218, 07/10/2018, (Gov. Msg. No. 1327). |
| HB1646 | Pass | Provides that when a candidate other than the incumbent is elected to the office of United States Senator, and the incumbent vacates the office prior to the expiration of the incumbent's term, the Governor must temporarily appoint the member-elect to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 214, 07/10/2018, (Gov. Msg. No. 1323). |
| 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). |
| HB1873 | Pass | Clarifies the process, including payment obligations, mediation requirements, and triggers for further default, where a condominium unit owner and association reach a payment plan to resolve a nonjudicial foreclosure. Establishes procedures that prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 195, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304). |
| HB1520 | Pass | Prohibits an insurer from renewing or re-enrolling an individual in a short-term, limited-duration health insurance policy or contract if the individual was eligible to purchase health insurance through the federal health insurance marketplace during...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 192, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301). |
| HB2097 | Pass | Requires the Attorney General to defend any civil action or proceeding against a county and any person employed by the county to provide lifeguard services at a designated state beach park under an agreement between the State and the county. Appropri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 181, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1290). |
| HB2353 | Pass | Makes miscellaneous technical amendments to facilitate library operations. Changes references to the Hawaii State Library Foundation to the Friends of the Library of Hawaii. Clarifies the functions of the Friends of the Library of Hawaii program fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 171, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280). |
| HB2416 | Pass | Clarifies that intangible property shall be exempt from the general excise tax used outside the State. Subjects intangible property acquired from an unlicensed seller and used in the State to the use tax at 4 percent of the value of the property. (HB...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 183, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1292). |
| 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). |
| HB1401 | Pass | Requires a pilot program for the 2020 primary and general elections in any county with a population of less than 100,000 to be conducted by mail. Establishes a voter service center to provide certain election services. Allows for additional places of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 182, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1291). |
| 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). |
| HB2384 | Pass | Updates Uniform Controlled Substances Act for consistency with federal law. Allows prescription of drugs to patients undergoing medically managed withdrawal, also known as detoxification treatment and maintenance treatment, by practitioners who are p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 152, 07/09/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261). |
| HB2742 | Pass | Establishes the Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation in the Department of Health to regulate and administer the registration of qualifying patients and primary caregivers and medical cannabis dispensaries. Extends civil service exemption...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 159, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1268). |
| 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). |
| HB2277 | Pass | Establishes the East Hawaii Child Welfare Services Section Pilot Project within the Department of Human Services to increase staff in the East Hawaii Child Welfare Services Section. Appropriates funds. (HB2277 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 177, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286). |
| HB2357 | Pass | Creates an eviction process for the Hawaii public housing authority's state low-income housing projects or programs and elder or elderly housing. (HB2357 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 204, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). |
| HB2418 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Education to expend previously appropriated funds to satisfy the settlement of class counsel attorney's fees related to a class action lawsuit against the State. (HB2418 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 165, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274). |
| HB2464 | Pass | Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to conduct a study on the issue of Hawaiian Home Lands lessees selling or transferring their leases for a fee or other personal gain and then applying for a subsequent lease and submit a report of the fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 179, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). |
| 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). |
| HB2385 | Pass | Updates chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in the federal Controlled Substances Act as required under section 329-11, HRS. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 190, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). |
| 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). |
| HB2375 | Pass | Permits advanced practice registered nurses to certify an employee's disability. Increases the penalty an employer is assessed for failing to submit timely wage and employment information. Permits filing of an appeal of a decision related to temporar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 162, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). |
| HB2208 | Pass | Requires association health plan policies to comply with the laws of this State regardless of the association's domicile. Enables certain voluntary associations, including employer associations that issue association health plans, to qualify for auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 199, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). |
| HB2435 | Pass | Amends the definition of "rates" in Hawaii's Motor Carrier Law to clarify that, for packages that include other, non-transportation services, "rates" only refers to charges for the provision of transportation by motor vehicle of passengers. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 189, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298). |
| HB1869 | Pass | Provides a specific exemption to the landlord-tenant code for a seller who occupies the residential real property after the transfer of the seller's ownership rights. Takes effect 11/1/2018. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 194, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). |
| HB2354 | Pass | Changes from $2 to $5 of authorized income tax check-off that may be designated payable from an individual's state income tax refund to the libraries special fund. Changes from $4 to $10 permitted to joint filers in the designation of check-off to th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 170, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). |
| HB1602 | Pass | Requires the inclusion of a label warning of the risks of addiction and death on the packaging of any opioid drug dispensed by a health care professional or pharmacist. (HB1602 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 151, 07/09/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260). |
| 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). |
| HB2377 | Pass | Establishes training options as part of vocational rehabilitation for injured employees when training for employment in another occupational field is required for the employee and as part of the employee's rehabilitation plan. Provides that all profe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 188, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). |
| HB2145 | Pass | Allows the synchronization of plan participants' medications. Requires plans, policies, contracts, or agreements that are offered by health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations and provide prescription drug benefit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 197, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1306). |
| HB2684 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the Public Utilities Commission to hire two full-time enforcement personnel. (HB2684 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 201, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). |
| HB1626 | Pass | Limits liability for volunteers maintaining or repairing cemetery grounds. 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 193, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302). |
| 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). |
| HB2694 | Pass | Requires the Department of Health to furnish, free of charge, certified copies of birth certificates for any individual who is homeless, provided the individual's homeless status is corroborated by a verification letter issued by a homeless service p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 174, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1283). |
| HB2005 | Pass | Authorizes the University of Hawaii to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the construction and maintenance of qualifying capital improvement projects. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 184, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). |
| HB1938 | Pass | Increases the fine to not more than $1,000 for passing or overtaking a school bus on a state highway while the bus is stopped and its visual signals are turned on. Effective upon approval. (HB1938 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 172, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). |
| HB1650 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Human Services to disclose certain information regarding confirmed cases of child abuse or neglect. Establishes a working group to improve safety in child care settings. Requires the working group to report to the Legisla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 176, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285). |
| HB2025 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Education to issue grants to establish a composting grant pilot project in Department of Education schools. Authorizes a composting grant pilot project working group. Requires report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-07-11
Act 207, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316). |
