HI Legislation | 2019 | Regular Session

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HB22Intro

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Requires the Lieutenant Governor to administer and facilitate a Hawaii state capitol tour program. Appropriates funds.
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2019-01-22
To House Legislative Management Committee
HB110Intro

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Short form bill relating to taxation.
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2019-01-22
To House Finance Committee
SB208Intro

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Establishes procedures for an out-of-state individual licensed as a certified public accountant or certain accountancy firms to be granted practice privileges in this State by the board of public accountancy if the licensee or firm meets certain qual...
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2019-01-22
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee
HB596Intro

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Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to analyze an intended lease disposition within 90 days. Prohibits the board from issuing any lease that would impact certain cultural, historical, or recreational areas. Prohibits the board from issui...
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2019-01-22
To House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB380Intro

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Provides that certain pregnant women receiving substance abuse treatment are eligible for substance abuse treatment and mental health services for an additional ten months following childbirth.
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2019-01-22
To House Health Committee
HB28Intro

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Allows authorized emergency vehicles, including fire department vehicles, discretion to use either authorized audible or visual signals when responding to an emergency. Requires vehicles to yield to an authorized emergency vehicle using either an aud...
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2019-01-22
To House Transportation Committee
HB192Intro

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Provides to a taxpayer who hires an elderly individual a nonrefundable tax credit for the six-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.
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2019-01-22
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee
SB155Intro

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Establishes a tax credit of 30% of the actual cost, including installation, water meter, and permitting fees, of an automatic fire sprinkler system in any one- and two-family dwelling in a structure used only for residential purposes. Sunsets 6/30/20...
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2019-01-22
To Senate Housing Committee
SB246Intro

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Repeals the criminal forfeiture fund and requires fifty per cent of the total forfeited property and the sale proceeds thereof collected pursuant to state forfeiture laws to be deposited into the general fund.
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2019-01-22
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HB57Intro

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Short form bill relating to technology.
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2019-01-22
To House Economic Development & Business Committee
HB242Intro

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Appropriates funds for a capital improvement project to build a new intermediate school for the 9th Representative District.
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2019-01-22
To House Finance Committee
HB189Intro

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Creates a county education task force to establish a process for the transfer of jurisdiction over all public schools, including all state public education functions and funding, from the state to the county in which the public school is located, pro...
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2019-01-22
To House Lower and Higher Education Committee
HB136Intro

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Short form bill relating to the judiciary.
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2019-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee
HB399Intro

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Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the Hawaii Tourism Authority to counties with a population less than 500,000 in providing bus routes that service popular tourist destinations and the airport.
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2019-01-22
To House Tourism & International Affairs Committee
SB119Intro

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Requires an elector to vote for the candidates whose names appeared on the presidential general election ballot and who are of the political party or group they represent and invalidates an elector's vote for failure to vote accordingly. Requires an ...
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2019-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB132Intro

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Repeals the date of birth and social security number requirements for election nomination papers and the withdrawal of a nominating voter's signature.
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2019-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HB203Intro

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Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Keahole FBO I LLC with planning, designing, constructing, equipping, and operating facilities for aviation services and aviation-related services at Ellison Onizuka Kona International...
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2019-01-22
To House Transportation Committee
HB108Intro

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Short form bill relating to the state budget.
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2019-01-22
To House Finance Committee
HB130Intro

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Prohibits the sale of tickets to an exhibition, game, concert, and other events at prices greater than the sum of the price printed on the ticket, any lawful taxes collected, and, if permitted pursuant to a written contract between the seller of the ...
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2019-01-22
To House Economic Development & Business Committee
HB8Intro

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Short form bill relating to public safety.
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2019-01-22
To House Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee
SB342Intro

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Prohibits defendants from claiming that discovery, knowledge, or disclosure of a victim's gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation resulted in extreme mental or emotional disturbance sufficient to reduce a charge of murder to...
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2019-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
SB352Intro

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Prohibits the sale or distribution of bottled water on state owned lands beginning 10/1/2019. Prohibits the sale or distribution of bottled water by permitted food trucks beginning 10/1/2020. Prohibits the sale or distribution of bottled water in the...
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2019-01-22
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HB25Intro

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Prohibits any person, including a hotel guest, from storing, keeping, carrying, or possessing any firearm or ammunition in any hotel room assigned to a guest with certain exceptions.
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2019-01-22
To House Tourism & International Affairs Committee
HB109Intro

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Short form bill relating to state finances.
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2019-01-22
To House Finance Committee
SB133Intro

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Amends the definition of "employer" in chapter 388, HRS, to include the State and counties when a provision in that chapter has no comparable provision in chapter 78, HRS.
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2019-01-22
To Senate Labor, Culture and the Arts Committee
HB231Intro

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Increases the state tax credit for renters earning less than $60,000 per year and links future increases to the Consumer Price Index. Makes Hawaii's earned income tax credit refundable. Increases the state food/excise tax credit by specified amounts ...
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2019-01-22
To House Finance Committee
SB184Intro

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Provides counties with operator names and addresses of transient accommodations contained in registration forms filed with Department of Taxation.
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2019-01-22
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HB375Intro

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Requires the counties to incorporate urban agriculture principles and policies in land use planning.
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2019-01-22
To House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB103Intro

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Authorizes charitable organizations to conduct auctions and raffles subject to certain conditions. Requires advance notice to the Attorney General.
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2019-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee
SB150Intro

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Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for cultural events.
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2019-01-22
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HB198Intro

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Extends the period in which a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions, from 3/31/2019 to 3/31/2020. Authorizes the use of surcharge revenues to address affordable housing and homelessness. Exempts gross income and gross pr...
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2019-01-22
To House Finance Committee
SB289Intro

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Appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050.
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2019-01-22
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HB11Intro

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Short form bill relating to military affairs.
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2019-01-22
To House Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee
SB249Intro

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Allows a landlord or landlord's agent to charge an application screening fee as part of the applicant screening process for renting residential property. Limits the amount that may be charged for an application screening fee. Requires the landlord or...
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2019-01-22
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee
SB112Intro

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Requires, between fiscal year 2020-2021 and fiscal year 2030-2031, each county to authorize construction for a specified number of new housing units. Reduces the amount of transient accommodations tax revenue the counties receive for failure to meet ...
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2019-01-22
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
SB247Intro

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Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers, with a minimum of two on each island with a population over 75,000, that would remain open from the tenth...
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2019-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HB12Intro

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Defines unmanned aircraft systems. Establishes penalties for unauthorized use of unmanned aircrafts.
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2019-01-22
To House Transportation Committee
HB4Intro

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Makes completion of a voter registration application affidavit a mandatory part of all driver's license and identification card applications. Automatically registers each applicant for voting unless the applicant affirmatively declines to register. R...
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2019-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee
HB300Intro

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Appropriates an unspecified amount to the State Department of Defense for installation of three additional outdoor warning sirens in the Royal Kunia area of Oahu.
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2019-01-22
To House Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee
SB302Intro

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Establishes repeal dates for each principal department, preceded by an auditor review. Establishes procedures for department termination.
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2019-01-22
To Senate Government Operations Committee
SB256Intro

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Allows public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to decline participation in dissection, vivisection, and other procedures harmful to animals. Requires schools to make alternative educational projects available, and the board of educat...
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2019-01-22
To Senate Education Committee
SB343Intro

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Requires each public or private school to have staff trained in the administration of epinephrine. Requires signs at schools stating the symptoms of anaphylaxis and the proper method for administering epinephrine. Appropriates funds.
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2019-01-22
To Senate Education Committee
HB58Intro

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Short form bill relating to broadband.
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2019-01-22
To House Economic Development & Business Committee
SB156Intro

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Authorizes the counties to adopt codes and regulations that would require the installation of residential fire protection sprinkler systems and re-establishes the county "home rule" concept.
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2019-01-22
To Senate Housing Committee
SB238Intro

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Authorizes the chief of police from each respective county to issue licenses to carry a concealed firearm. Specifies processes for license applications, renewals, revocations, and record keeping. Strictly prohibits carrying concealed firearms under c...
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2019-01-22
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HB293Intro

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Authorizes qualifying patients and qualifying out-of-state patients to transport cannabis between islands of the State for personal medical use.
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2019-01-22
To House Transportation Committee
HB47Intro

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Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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2019-01-22
To House Agriculture Committee
HB13Intro

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Clarifies that under certain circumstances, the use of an unmanned aircraft system may be a violation of privacy. Increases the penalty for violation of privacy in the second degree to a class C felony for offenses involving the use of an unmanned ai...
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2019-01-22
To House Transportation Committee
HB150Intro

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Short form bill relating to property insurance.
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2019-01-22
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee
HB10Intro

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Short form bill relating to veterans.
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2019-01-22
To House Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee
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