HI Legislation | 2020 | Regular Session

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HB626Engross

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Requires vacancies in the office of United States Representative to be filled by special election that is conducted using ranked choice voting. (SD2)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB6Engross

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Establishes The Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act that adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees, prospective employees, unpaid interns, applicants, students, and prospective students from employers a...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB931Engross

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Prohibits landlords from recovering possession of a dwelling unit from tenants if habitability of the premises is significantly impaired. Sets a tenant's liability for rent if habitability of the premises is significantly impaired. Provides remedies ...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB220Engross

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Appropriates funds for operating expenses of the department of health. (SD1)
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2020-06-22
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 06-23-20 2:00PM in conference room 329.
SB1539Engross

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Codifies the right to a prompt bail hearing upon formal charge and detention. Establishes right to counsel at the bail hearing. (SB1539 HD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB1405Engross

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Adjusts the operating budget for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 for certain Department of Land and Natural Resources programs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB159Engross

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Increases criminal penalties for anyone who knowingly keeps or maintains any structure or place for the purpose of using controlled substances or which is used for keeping or selling them in violation of controlled substance laws. Increases certain c...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB1199Engross

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Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2019-2021 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for collective bargaining unit (9) and their excluded counterparts. (SB1199 HD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB1274Engross

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Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate student assistants employed by the University of Hawaii. Effective 1/1/2051. (SD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 535).
HB1343Engross

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Provides grandparents with 1 week of family leave to care for a grandchild with a serious health condition. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB427Engross

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Establishes ranked choice voting for special federal elections and special elections of vacant county council seats. (SB427 HD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB1167Engross

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Establishes a new Agricultural Enterprise Program within the Department of Agriculture to plan, design, construct, operate, manage, maintain, repair, demolish, and remove infrastructure on any lands under the jurisdiction of the Department, to suppor...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB532Engross

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Establishes a Chief Data Officer and Data Task Force in the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to develop, implement, and manage statewide data set policies, procedures, and standards. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB1025Engross

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Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to extend certain leases of public lands for commercial, industrial, resort, or government use upon approval of a proposed development agreement to make substantial improvements to the existing impro...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 535).
SB566Enroll

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Establishes the offense of unauthorized attachment of an object to a fence, gate, or wall, which is committed when a person knowingly attaches an object to a fence, gate, wall, or other structure or barrier without the owner's permission. (CD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB1242Engross

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Amends DOH's solid waste management goals by repealing outdated goals, reducing solid waste stream prior to disposal by seventy per cent by January 1, 2030, and establishing a goal of source reduction of fifty per cent by 2030. (SB1242 HD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB1460Engross

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Requires any express carrier company, common or contract carrier, or other person that transports liquor from outside the State for delivery in the State to prepare and file a monthly report with the liquor commission or liquor control adjudication b...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB419Engross

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Authorizes transient accommodations in the State, subject to certain conditions. Requires all operators and plan managers and their respective properties to be listed on a registry created, published, and updated by each county, except in any county ...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 535).
HB1541Engross

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Establishes the Hawaii Gun Violence Prevention Center within the University of Hawaii to research strategies to prevent gun violence. Creates a special fund to support the Center. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB641Engross

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Establishes the offense of operating a vehicle while impaired by a lesser intoxicant. Requires law enforcement and the Criminal Justice Data Center to collect, make public, and report on certain data relating to the offense. (SB641 HD2)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB125Engross

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Abolishes various non-general funds and accounts of the Department of Land and Natural Resources and transfers the unencumbered balances to the general fund. Takes effect 12/1/2050. (SD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB1394Engross

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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)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 535).
SB1131Engross

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Increases the number of Ohana Zone sites. Includes private property owned by non-profit organizations under a public-private partnership as potential Ohana Zone locations. Requires additional information in the reports to the Legislature. Extends the...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB1230Engross

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Permits individual vocational programs within the purview of the Office of Youth Services to engage in commercial enterprises, including the sale of goods and services, for self-sustainability purposes. Establishes the Office of Youth Services Revolv...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB678Engross

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Amends the newborn hearing screening statute to mandate reporting of diagnostic audiologic evaluation results to improve hearing follow-up of infants. Updates definitions and terminology. (SD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 535).
SB911Engross

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Appropriates funds to improve health care services related to cardiac care at Hilo Medical Center. (SB911 HD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 535).
HB1043Engross

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Replaces the tax boards of review with a single tax appeal review panel comprised of members who shall devote full time to their duties. Amends the grounds upon which an appeal to the administrative appeals and dispute resolution program may be made ...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB312Engross

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Requires the University of Hawaii, West Oahu campus, to offer a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative media by the start of the 2020 spring semester. Repeals the annual $35,000,000 rolling cap and extends the repeal date for the motion picture, digital...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB1191Engross

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Provides an income tax credit for qualifying small businesses to offset the increase in the minimum hourly wage that employers must pay employees. Increases the minimum wage to $12.00 per hour beginning 1/1/2020 and $15.00 per hour beginning 1/1/2023...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB995Engross

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Requires HTDC to adopt rules to require businesses to return a technology research and development grant award if the recipient business relocates its principal place of business within 5 years of receiving the grant. Appropriates funding through the...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB348Engross

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Makes appropriations for public employment cost items of and cost adjustments for employees of various legislative agencies. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB777Engross

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Expands the list of acceptable institutions or organizations that can approve the continuing education courses needed by naturopathic physicians for license renewal. (SB777 HD2)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 535).
HB1219Engross

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Authorizes the designation of areas or regions of public lands classified as commercial, industrial, resort and hotel, and the establishment and implementation of guidelines for the redevelopment of the areas or regions that will: (1) modernize the p...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB1360Engross

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Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of certain Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs programs. Effective 7/1/2051. (SD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB1401Engross

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Provides that a pharmacy benefit manager may not prohibit the sharing of an insured individual's cost share for a prescription drug and clinical efficacy of a more affordable alternative drug and prevents penalization of a pharmacy or pharmacist for ...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB838Engross

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Exempts an eleemosynary organization that meets certain conditions and intends to engage in a public works project or operation involving the installation or maintenance of a mooring system for vessels under one hundred gross tons from licensure and ...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB1047Engross

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Creates new petty misdemeanor for the abuse of a family or household member. Repeals June 30, 2022. (SB1047 HD2)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB2722Engross

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Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a 5-year food hub pilot program to increase access to local food. Provides for the award of grant funding to qualified applicants wishing to establish or expand a food hub. Requires reports to the L...
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2020-06-22
To House Economic Development & Business Committee
SB1310Engross

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Establishes the individual housing accounts savings program, board, and administrative fund. Imposes a ten per cent penalty on certain distributions. Allows individual housing accounts for dependent children. Expands authorized uses of individual hou...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB218Engross

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Grants a circuit court, when sentencing a minor for a nonviolent criminal offense, the discretion to: (1) impose a sentence that includes a period of incarceration that is as much as fifty per cent shorter than any mandatory minimum; and (2) in certa...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 535).
SB223Engross

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Transfers operational authority over portions of the East Kauai Irrigation System operated and maintained by the East Kauai Water Users' Cooperative as of July 1, 2019, to the Department of Agriculture. Provides a conditional extension to acquire req...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB711Engross

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Amends certain general obligation bond funds appropriated in the General Appropriations Act of 2017 to purchase deep well easements on agricultural land on Oahu. (SB711 HD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB582Engross

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Establishes and amends provisions relating to the care of the elderly and disabled in state-licensed care facilities. Requires adult day care centers to be licensed or certified by the department of health. Expands the department of health's unannoun...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB2Engross

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Establishes a post-conviction relief task force to review and propose potential updates to Hawaii's laws and court rules regarding post-conviction relief. (SB2 HD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB2703Engross

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Establishes a pilot program to prevent targeted school violence. Appropriates funds to the office of homeland security to prevent targeted school violence. Takes effect on 7/1/2055. Repeals on 6/30/2024. (SD1)
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2020-06-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB898Engross

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Requires submission of a map and description of the relevant land prepared by a licensed surveyor along with an application for the voluntary deregistration of land from the Land Court and recordation of title in the Bureau of Conveyances. Exempts tr...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 535).
SB1193Engross

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Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2019-2021 for collective bargaining cost items, salary increases, and other cost adjustments for collective bargaining unit (3) and their excluded counterparts. (SB1193 HD1)
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB1593Engross

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Requires the department of education, in consultation with the office of enterprise technology services, to develop and procure a uniform financial database, with parameters, benefits, and features that are compatible to the software system being imp...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
SB652Engross

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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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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
HB267Engross

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Requires drug manufacturers to notify prescription drug benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers if a proposed increase in the wholesale price of certain drugs would result in a sixteen per cent or more price increase over a twoyear period. Requir...
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2020-06-22
Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363).
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