| SB318 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for custodial and maintenance staff at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Lower and Higher Education Committee |
| HB1246 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that for purposes of making a complaint for criminal trespass in the second degree on commercial premises, evidence of a prior reasonable warning or request to leave the premises may be evidenced by a copy of the previously issued written w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1224 | Engross
Sine Die | Excludes lands set aside by the governor to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and lands to which the Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title from the definition of "public lands" in section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provided that the land...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Housing Committee |
| SB149 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the state fire council to employ additional staff, contract with any county fire department to fulfill staff positions, and purchase office equipment and supplies. Repeals the requirement that the state fire council administrator and other...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB1516 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes reduced taxpayer penalties for nonpayments and underpayments that are due to reasonable cause. Allows a taxpayer to post a bond to avoid penalties and interest. Assesses interest on a deficiency in state income taxes paid caused by a chan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Finance Committee |
| SB543 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifies that the requirement for a motor vehicle insurer to maintain a complete sales and claims service office does not apply to the county of Kalawao.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Transportation Committee |
| HB1278 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of programs of various agencies under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Judiciary. (HB1278 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee |
| HB951 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the offense of manslaughter to include cases where a person knowingly distributes a dangerous drug in any amount and another person dies as a result of ingesting that drug. (HB951 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB1127 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriated funds for the Fiscal Biennium 2019-2021 for operations of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs division under Program ID CCA106 Insurance Regulatory Services. House Committee on Intrastate Commerce. (HB1127 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB161 | Engross
Sine Die | Provides to a taxpayer who hires an individual with a disability a nonrefundable tax credit for the 12-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2019. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB1428 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes any county with a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopts a county surcharge on state tax ordinance to use the surcharges received from the State for infrastructure and public safety. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Finance Committee |
| SB554 | Engross
Sine Die | Adds a minimum penalty of $50 per violation of the state water code and makes each day that a violation exists or continues a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determine the amount of the penalty based on the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB1251 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the BLNR to extend the rental period or term of leases of public lands for commercial or industrial use upon approval of a proposed development agreement to make substantial improvements to the existing improvements as long as the length o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB517 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires each county to prepare a housing supply plan to plan for projected increases in the State's housing supply to meet housing demands of the respective county, identify and analyze existing and projected housing needs for all income levels, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Housing Committee |
| SB557 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits state and county law enforcement agencies from complying with federal immigration detainers or honoring requests for non-public information unless specifically required to do so by a warrant signed by a judge or provisions of federal, state...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee |
| SB1296 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for support of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission, including two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) permanent positions. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB1533 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes the tax advisory commission to advise the department of taxation in making the tax system more user-friendly for the taxpayer and private sector. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Finance Committee |
| SB714 | Engross
Sine Die | Imposes the transient accommodations tax on resort fees that are calculated separately from the advertised transient accommodation's rate. Clarifies the calculation of the transient accommodations tax. Amends the formula for the amount of transient a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Tourism & International Affairs Committee |
| SB1078 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "bicycle" for the purposes of county vehicular taxes, highway safety laws, and Statewide Traffic Code by adding and defining low-speed electric bicycles and requiring that an operator of a low-speed electric bicycle be at lea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB269 | Engross
Sine Die | Enables condominium associations to adopt rules and regulations that prohibit smoking by all persons inside a condominium unit and on lanais and in the entire condominium project. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| SB1370 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes a grant program to assist lessees on Hawaiian home lands with cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection costs. Establishes that a recipient of a cesspool upgrade grant shall not be eligible for the cesspool upgrade, conversion, or conne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB1254 | Engross
Sine Die | Expands the type of revenue that can be deposited into the Endangered Species Trust Fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB1109 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes procedures and eligibility criteria for a privilege to practice public accountancy in this State for public accountants and certified public accountants licensed in another state with comparable education, examination, and experience requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB191 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Department of Budget and Finance to use certain reporting and accountability procedures in implementing the public land trust reporting requirements of Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006. Requires the Department of Budget and Finance t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB1512 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the University of Hawaii, West Oahu campus, to offer a bachelor's of arts degree in creative media. Requires the University of Hawaii system and board of regents to finalize the degree by no later than May 1, 2019. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Lower and Higher Education Committee |
| SB826 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes an exemption that allows an insurer to send a privacy notice to its customers at least once every three years, rather than annually. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee |
| HB527 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to establish a full-time catheterization laboratory, including the employment of staff, at the Hilo Medical Center in the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation East Hawaii Region. (HB527 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| HB885 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires that new income tax credits include a five-year sunset or a gradual reduction. (HB885 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1014 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the income tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment by increasing the taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses and dollar limit on amounts creditable that constit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Finance Committee |
| SB1389 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, at the request of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), to establish and operate transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone subaccounts within the dwell...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Transportation Committee |
| SB1293 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes the State to enter into a mutual assistance agreement with an out-of-state utility or other energy provider in order to restore power and utility service to the State, without regard to any regulatory law, in times of an emergency or natur...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| HB1125 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2019-21 for operations of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs division under Program ID CCA104 - Financial Services Regulation. House Committee on Intrastate Commerce. Repeals the existing statutory ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB574 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishes that every judgment for child support is enforceable until paid in full.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Human Services & Homelessness Committee |
| SB1329 | Engross
Sine Die | Aligns the salary of the Public Utilities Commission chair with the highest pay tier of the First Deputy Attorney General. Aligns the salary of the other Public Utilities Commission commissioners with the lowest pay tier of the First Deputy Attorney ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB740 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizes each county to adopt ordinances establishing a minimum housing density on state lands that are within an urban district and zoned for development or redevelopment. Allows developers to be exempt from this requirement under certain conditio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Housing Committee |
| SB1029 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the policy advisory board for elder affairs to establish quorum requirements through its bylaws and post its bylaws on the executive office on aging's website. Specifies that a majority of currently serving members, but no fewer than eight, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Human Services & Homelessness Committee |
| SB1274 | Engross
Sine Die | Changes the fees for certain permits and licenses issued pursuant to chapters 243, 244D and 245, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from specified amounts to reasonable fees to be established by Department of Taxation rule. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1422 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Health programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health. (HB1422 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB1504 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a tax return preparer to have a valid preparer tax identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service. Requires the tax return preparer to furnish the preparer's tax identification number on any return or claim for refund as requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Finance Committee |
| SB226 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates moneys for youth suicide early intervention, prevention, and education initiatives in Kauai, Hawaii, and Maui counties. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Health Committee |
| SB11 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibits restaurants from serving prepared foods using polystyrene foam containers statewide. Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt rules. Takes effect on December 31, 2020. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB1111 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for operating expenses of the Department of Accounting and General Services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Legislative Management Committee |
| SB1339 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires a vulnerable coastal property purchaser statement to be executed by the purchaser or transferee with the sale or transfer of vulnerable coastal real estate. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB1380 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires the Office of Planning to update the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan and submit the updated plan to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2021 and every 10th session thereafter, using the goal and priority guidelines of the State P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee |
| SB382 | Engross
Sine Die | Amends the formula for the amount of transient accommodations tax to be collected from time shares by increasing the base on which time share occupancy is taxed from one-half of the gross daily maintenance fees paid by the owner and attributable to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Tourism & International Affairs Committee |
| SB941 | Engross
Sine Die | Requires an owner or occupier of agricultural land to notify the Land Use Commission of the agricultural uses for which land was subdivided. Grants the Commission enforcement authority over conditions, restrictions, uses, and subdivision of agricultu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Agriculture Committee |
| HB1124 | Engross
Sine Die | Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2019-21 for operations of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs division under Program ID CCA102 - Cable Television, which is under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Int...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee |
| SB748 | Engross
Sine Die | Permits two or more members of a board to attend state of the city, state of the county, state of the State, or state of the judiciary addresses; provided that the board members do not discuss board business and no commitment to vote is made or sough...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee |
| SB855 | Engross
Sine Die | Specifies that certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to at-risk rules and deductions and to passive activity loss do not apply with respect to claims for the state lowincome housing tax credit. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To House Finance Committee |
| HB1049 | Engross
Sine Die | Makes various technical amendments to chapters 231, 243, 244D, and 245, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (HB1049 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
