| HB1383 | Pass | Provides for the expungement of criminal records pertaining solely to the possession of three grams or less of marijuana. Decriminalizes the possession of three grams or less of marijuana and establishes that the possession is a violation punishable ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 273, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1393). |
| HB1433 | Pass | Changes the governmental entity responsible for the administration of the address confidentiality program from the Department of the Attorney General to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. (HB1433 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 274, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1394). |
| HB622 | Pass | Requires charter schools to provide to their authorizers full access to their fiscal and accounting books, documents, and files. Requires authorizers to select three independent auditors, from which the charter school will select one independent audi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Act 269, 07/09/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1389). |
| HB154 | Pass | Beginning 7/1/2020, clarifies the allowable scope of motor vehicle service contracts regulated by the Insurance Commissioner to include contracts for certain motor vehicle repair and replacement services. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 195, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). |
| HB756 | Pass | Requires the DOT, after consultation with the counties, to adopt rules prescribing uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices placed pursuant to the Statewide Traffic Code. Specifies the factors the DOT and the coun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 207, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1309). |
| HB529 | Pass | Prohibits any vehicle, except a low-range, four-wheel drive vehicle, from being driven through or in Waipio Valley, except under certain circumstances. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 204, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1306). |
| HB699 | Pass | Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to evict a tenant convicted of a felony committed during the term of the tenancy and related to the HPHA's property or funds or its employees and their property. (HB699 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 206, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). |
| HB314 | Pass | Requires a certificate issuer to redeem the remaining value of a gift certificate for cash if the gift certificate has a balance of less than $5. Takes effect 1/1/2020. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 236, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1338). |
| HB89 | Pass | Establishes liability for a person who is responsible for real property and allows an individual to possess or set off illegal aerial devices on the real property. Establishes criminal penalties. Clarifies that probable cause for arrest for fireworks...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 248, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1350). |
| HB336 | Pass | Requires the Director of Public Safety, in the event of the death of an inmate who is in a state or contracted correctional facility, or death of a correctional facility or community correctional center employee, to report to the Governor, who shall ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 234, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1336). |
| HB748 | Veto | Prohibits civil asset forfeiture unless the covered offense is a felony for which the property owner has been convicted. Excludes the forfeiture proceedings for an animal pending criminal charges. Requires the Attorney General to deposit the net proc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1377). |
| HB444 | Pass | Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules for onsite non-potable water reuse systems by January 1, 2021. (HB444 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 202, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304). |
| HB654 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to determine the etiologies of the high incidence of liver and bile duct cancer in Hawaii. Establishes reporting requirements. (HB654 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 265, 07/08/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367). |
| HB333 | Pass | Establishes the State Highway Enforcement Program. Establishes a parking violation surcharge to be imposed by courts in addition to other penalties and fines for parking violations on State highways. (HB333 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 250, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1352). |
| HB531 | Pass | Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services Chief Information Officer to update the state information technology strategic plan every four years, with the first update to be completed in advance of the 2021 regular session. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 238, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1340). |
| HB61 | Pass | Clarifies the allocation of payments made by a condominium owner that are in excess of any common expenses owed. (HB61 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 192, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). |
| HB157 | Pass | Expands the types of employee information government agencies must disclose, upon written request, to employee exclusive representatives. Requires that information regarding new hire employees under collective bargaining disclosure requirements be pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 196, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298). |
| HB914 | Pass | Clarifies that the party seeking review of a decision and order of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board (HLRB) shall bear the cost of preparing a transcript, except as provided by law, in which case HLRB shall bear the cost of preparing the transcript. (...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 212, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1314). |
| HB913 | Pass | Allows the filing of documents with the Hawaii Labor Relations Board electronically or by the original paper document. (HB913 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 211, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). |
| HB1276 | Veto | Establishes a working group to consider and develop best practices for collaborative planning by teachers and expanded learning time for students in public schools. (HB1276 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1380). |
| HB290 | Veto | Authorizes qualifying patients or qualifying out-of-state patients to transport medical cannabis between islands for their personal medical use. (HB290 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1371). |
| HB66 | Pass | Repeals the existing Uniform Athlete Agents Act and replaces it with the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act, which applies to certain financial advisers and makes other changes to the Uniform Act to increase effectiveness and enforceability. (HB66 CD...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 193, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1295). |
| HB120 | Pass | Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13, of the State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded. (HB120 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 249, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1351). |
| HB437 | Pass | Authorizes crime victim compensation for mental health services for survivors in cases involving a death and for children who witness domestic violence. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 237, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1339). |
| HB665 | Pass | Specifies that a health care provider shall not be required to consult the electronic prescription accountability system for patients when the prescription will be directly administered under the supervision of a health care provider, provided that t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 251, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1353). |
| HB1032 | Veto | Establishes a state boating facility lease pilot program to allow the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease Manele Small Boat Harbor in its entirety, and fast lands and submerged lands within it. (HB1032 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1378). |
| HB1261 | Pass | Makes permanent the requirement that decisions in contested case hearings of the Commission on Water Resource Management, Land Use Commission, Public Utilities Commission, Hawaii Community Development Authority, and those involving conservation distr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 213, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). |
| HB845 | Pass | Requires all new employees within 20 days of being hired to be provided a general orientation on their benefits and rights by the employee's respective jurisdiction. (HB845 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 209, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311). |
| HB629 | Veto | Creates a medical release program within the Department of Public Safety for certain ill, disabled, or impaired inmates who pose a low risk to public safety. Takes effect on 3/1/2020. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1374). |
| HB812 | Pass | Includes low-speed electric bicycles in the definition of bicycle. Prohibits anyone under the age of fifteen from operating a low-speed electric bicycle. Imposes registration fee. (HB812 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 208, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). |
| HB702 | Veto | Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of location data collected using satellite navigation technology without the explicit consent of the individual who is the primary user of the satellite navigation technology-equipped device. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1376). |
| HB273 | Pass | Establishes an exemption for insurers from the required annual privacy notice to customers under certain circumstances. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 200, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302). |
| HB270 | Pass | Defines "flood damage" as it relates to a rebuilt vehicle. Expands the definition of "rebuilt vehicle" to include vehicles that have been rebuilt after sustaining flood damage or material damage to the vehicle's electronics. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 199, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301). |
| HB658 | Pass | Establishes the advanced practice registered nurse medical leadership working group chaired by the department of health to research and make recommendations regarding advanced practice registered nurses' eligibility for medical leadership positions. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 205, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1307). |
| HB898 | Pass | Abolishes the Board of Health. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 210, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). |
| HB32 | Pass | Extends the deadline for the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit the sunrise analysis required by Act 109, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, from 9/1/2019, to 11/13/2019. (HB32 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 190, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1292). |
| HB655 | Veto | Designates the month of September of each year as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed (SD1) on 07-09-19 - (SD1) Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1375). |
| HB407 | Veto | Requires board of education approval prior to the termination of a complex area superintendent. (HB407 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1373). |
| HB323 | Veto | Classifies certain former military vehicles as special interest vehicles. Enables owners of former military vehicles to apply for registration. Makes conforming amendments. (HB323 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1372). |
| HB214 | Pass | Allows cemetery authorities with a current and active license with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to disinter and reinter the corpse or remains of a human body within that same cemetery without filing an application for a permit with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 198, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300). |
| HB252 | Pass | Establishes a provisional license for speech pathologists. Takes effect on 01/01/2022. (HB252 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 235, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1337). |
| HB1586 | Pass | Establishes the Stadium Development District comprising all state land under the Stadium Authority's jurisdiction. Authorizes HCDA to facilitate the development of all state property within the District. Requires a memorandum of agreement for matters...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 268, 07/08/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1370). |
| HB673 | Pass | Provides a process for the voluntary or involuntary sale or transfer of an individual dispensary license. Eases restrictions on allowable operating hours and location of licensed facilities. Expands allowable interisland transportation of medical can...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 240, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1342). |
| HB808 | Pass | Expands the existing prohibition on knowingly capturing or killing a manta ray in state marine waters to apply to all rays and to also include knowingly taking, possessing, abusing, or entangling a ray. Provides certain exemptions. (HB808 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 252, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1354). |
| HB34 | Pass | Amends the "public work" definition under Chapter 104, HRS, wages and hours of employees on public works law, to include projects for which funds or resources used are to any extent derived from State or county public revenues, or from the sale of se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 191, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). |
| HB1547 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for athletics. (HB1547 CD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 264, 07/08/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1366). |
| HB1305 | Pass | Authorizes the State and electrical and gas utilities to enter into a mutual assistance agreement with an out-of-state utility to assist in the restoration of electrical or natural gas power following a natural disaster or emergency. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 214, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316). |
| HB390 | Pass | Makes permanent Act 172, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, which: (1) grants employees the right to have a chaperone present during a medical examination relating to a workers' compensation work injury and, with the approval of the examining physician or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 201, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). |
| HB68 | Pass | Prohibits a merchant in the State from adopting a warranty policy that requires a purchaser to pay an additional fee to obtain a repair, replacement, or refund for goods returned pursuant to the warranty. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 194, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). |
| HB201 | Pass | Clarifies that a state department that is a member of the invasive species council, counties, and its employees and authorized agents, have authority to enter private property to control and eradicate invasive species when there is a reasonable suspi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 197, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). |
