| 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). |
| SB551 | Pass | Requires associations to offer mediation with a notice of default and intention to foreclose. Clarifies that the explicit grant of power of sale to associations is not required for the purposes of enforcing association liens under the association alt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 282, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1402). |
| SB383 | Pass | Requires DOE to establish a mandatory youth suicide awareness and prevention training program and model risk referral protocol, based on existing materials created by DOH, for all public schools, including charter schools. Requires charter schools to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Act 270, 07/09/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1390). |
| SB78 | Pass | Establishes the Executive Office on Early Learning (EOEL) as the administrative authority for state-funded prekindergarten programs, and private partnership-funded prekindergarten programs in the public schools, except for special education and Title...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 276, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1396). |
| SB1058 | Pass | Requires the Attorney General to prepare a statement for each proposed constitutional amendment. Requires the Office of Elections and county clerks to make the statement available to the public. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 286, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1406). |
| 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). |
| SB414 | Pass | Creates procedural and administrative requirements for law enforcement agencies for eyewitness identifications of suspects in criminal investigations. Effective 6/1/2020. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 281, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1401). |
| 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). |
| SB409 | Pass | Establishes an annual vehicle registration surcharge fee for electric vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles to be deposited into the State Highway Fund. Effective 1/1/2020. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 280, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1400). |
| SB33 | Pass | Increases the annual rolling cap for the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit. Requires the University of Hawaii, West Oahu campus and HTDC to execute a memorandum of understanding that commits the parties to enter int...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 275, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1395). |
| SB767 | Pass | Raises the threshold under the contractor licensing law's handyman exemption from $1,000 to $1,500 and makes it applicable only to the cost of labor and materials. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 283, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1403). |
| SB976 | Pass | 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 Board of Education to report to the Legislature. Appropriates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 285, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1405). |
| SB817 | Pass | Establishes regulations for the sale of stored property insurance by self-service storage facility owners. Requires owners to hold a limited lines license to sell, solicit, or offer coverage under a stored property insurance policy. Effective 1/1/202...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 284, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1404). |
| SB192 | Pass | Authorizes the court to release a defendant in custody on unsecured bail. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 277, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1397). |
| SB388 | Pass | Requires DOE to establish a task force to create a system for evaluating and assessing all children and those who are exhibiting emergent or persistent behaviors, academic challenges, or chronic absenteeism and are in need of appropriate supports and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Act 271, 07/09/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1391). |
| SB1303 | Pass | Part I: Allows the Department of Education to lease public school lands for a term of not more than ninety-nine years per lease. Part II: Amends Act 206, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to allow the City and County of Honolulu to transfer lands under ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Act 272, 07/09/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1392). |
| SB385 | Pass | Repeals defaults on student loans, student loan repayment contracts, and scholarship contracts as grounds for sanctioning professional and vocational licensees. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 279, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1399). |
| SB381 | Pass | Directs the Office of Planning, Land Use Commission, Real Estate Commission, and Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting to study land subdivision and condominium property regime laws related to agricultural land and report findings and recomm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-12
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 278, 07/10/2019, (Gov. Msg. No. 1398). |
| 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). |
| SB522 | Pass | Creates the plastic source reduction working group to make recommendations to reuse, reduce, recycle, and recover plastic waste. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 254, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356). |
| SB1442 | Pass | Requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider the value of improving electric power systems data access and transparency in order to make informed decisions. Establishes guiding principles. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 239, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1341). |
| 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). |
| SB1404 | Pass | Appropriates funds for the Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Program administered through the John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii at Manoa; provided that the funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by a private or an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 262, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1364). |
| 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). |
| SB413 | Pass | 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] | 2019-07-09
Act 245, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1347). |
| 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). |
| SB1423 | Veto | Permits defendants for whom a monetary amount of bail has been set to pay the bail amount seven-days-a-week on a 24-hour basis and be released from custody upon posting or payment of bail. (SB1423 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1386). |
| SB1314 | Pass | Amends the research activity tax credit so that references to the base amount in section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply, and credit for all qualified research expenses may be taken without regard to the amount of expenses for previou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 261, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1363). |
| SB552 | Pass | Revives for one year specified sections of the repealed chapter 514A, HRS, to allow developers whose condominium property regimes were issued an effective date pursuant to sections 514A-40 and 514A-41, HRS, to update their public reports without revi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 223, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1325). |
| SB92 | Veto | Allows surviving immediate family members of murder or manslaughter victims to receive a copy of the closing report prepared by the investigating police department upon the conclusion of all criminal and civil proceedings that arose from the offense....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1381). |
| SB991 | Pass | Caps annual utility rate increases without PUC approval for counties with a population of less than 500,000. Provides telecommunications service providers with flexibility from certain regulatory oversight requirements including issuance of securitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 229, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1331). |
| 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). |
| SB1498 | Pass | Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to determine qualifications for grievance arbitrators. Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to resolve the disputes over the qualifications and criteria for potential arbitrators selected under certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 231, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1333). |
| 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). |
| SB1348 | Pass | Clarifies the intent of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board's powers when reviewing state and county administrative rules that impact small businesses. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 247, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1349). |
| 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). |
| SB411 | Pass | Exempts marine terminal equipment temporarily moving in or between marine terminals at Hilo Harbor, Kawaihae Harbor, Kahului Harbor, and Nawiliwili Harbor from inspection, registration, and licensing requirements. (SB411 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 220, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322). |
| 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). |
| SB495 | Pass | Creates a nexus standard for taxing out-of-state businesses on their business income earned in Hawaii. (SB495 HD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 221, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1323). |
| SB535 | Pass | Authorizes pharmacists, acting in good faith and exercising reasonable care, to prescribe and dispense an opioid antagonist to patients at risk of overdose, and family members and caregivers of patients at risk of overdose. Sunsets 6/30/2024. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 255, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1357). |
| SB947 | Pass | Prohibits the disability of a parent or caregiver from being the sole factor in determining fitness as a foster parent, adoptive parent, guardian, parent seeking custody or visitation, or provider of a safe family home. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 259, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). |
| SB1405 | Veto | Requires public school teachers and educators to confiscate electronic cigarettes from students under 21 years of age. Requires the Department of Health to establish a Safe Harbor Program by which persons under the age of 21 may dispose of electronic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Vetoed on 07-09-19 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1385). |
| SB203 | Pass | Clarifies that pharmacists may perform certain vaccinations or immunizations and are required to maintain immunization records. (SB203 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Act 218, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1320). |
