Hawaii State Legislature
2008 Legislative Session
Senate Measures Introduced
Senate Measures Introduced
Generated on 1/28/2008 10:12:17 AM
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SB3 RELATING TO KAHANA VALLEY STATE PARK. |
HEE |
| Provides for additional families to reside in Kahana valley state park by lease agreement, and establishes an advisory committee to, among other things, monitor compliance with the agreements. | ||
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SB90 RELATING TO VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA |
| Establishes a Vocational Agriculture and Landscape Education Program to ensure the continued supply of qualified individuals to support and maintain the agriculture and landscape industries. | ||
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SB107 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
INOUYE |
| Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to designate an improvement district when it determines that there is a need for replanning, renewal, or redevelopment of an area's infrastructure. | ||
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SB151 RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING. |
ESPERO, Sakamoto |
| Establishes a temporary bioprospecting advisory commission to address issues relating to bioprospecting. Appropriates funds for commission to fulfill its mandate. Commission ends June 30, 2009. | ||
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SB154 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EROSION CONTROL MEASURES ALONG KAWA STREAM IN KANEOHE, OAHU. |
TOKUDA, HEE, Kokubun |
| Appropriates funding for erosion control along Kawa Stream in Kaneohe. | ||
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SB160 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
FUKUNAGA, CHUN OAKLAND, Ihara |
| Requires all applications for demolition of historic properties to be reviewed and approved by the Hawaii historic places review board or local government preservation commission. Requires a replacement structure as a condition of demolition approval. Allows exceptions for imminent harm and economic hardship. | ||
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SB161 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
FUKUNAGA, TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, IHARA, ENGLISH, Ige, Espero, Nishihara |
| Appropriates funds to the state historic preservation division for operating and staff costs to maintain its various historic preservation projects and programs and assist in earthquake damage. | ||
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SB178 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GENETIC ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to assess the long-term effects of allowing genetic engineering to occur in the State. | ||
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SB179 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURE. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Provides for procedures to protect nongenetically engineered plant life from their genetically engineered counterparts. Establishes the liability of manufacturers and growers of genetically engineered plants, plant parts, or seeds. | ||
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SB180 RELATING TO GENETIC ENGINEERING. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Prohibits the use of food crops for the genetic engineering of drugs, industrial chemicals, and other non-good materials. | ||
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SB215 RELATING TO WATER SUPPLY. |
SLOM |
| Bans the addition of products, substances or chemicals to the public water supply. | ||
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SB233 RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Permits the department of land and natural resources to obtain a warrant and enter privately owned real property to mitigate hazards posed by potential rock, soil, or other slope movement, and to charge the owner for the cost of mitigating the hazard. | ||
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SB344 RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB345 RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB346 RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB347 RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB525 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB526 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB527 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB528 RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB529 RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB530 RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB531 RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB532 RELATING TO CAVE PROTECTION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB533 RELATING TO CEDED LANDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB534 RELATING TO CEDED LANDS INVENTORY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB535 RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB536 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB537 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB538 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB539 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB540 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB541 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB542 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN CLAIMS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB543 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB544 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB545 RELATING TO HUNTING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB547 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB548 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB549 RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB550 RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB551 RELATING TO MARICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB552 RELATING TO MARICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB553 RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB554 RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB555 RELATING TO PLANNING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB556 RELATING TO PLANNING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB557 RELATING TO PLANNING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB558 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB559 RELATING TO STATE PARKS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB560 RELATING TO STATE PARKS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB561 RELATING TO WATER. |
HOOSER |
| Requires private entities that furnish water used for agricultural purposes in an area zoned for agricultural use to establish a water rate structure for agricultural water use that is comparable to the water rate structure used by the local county board of water supply. (SD1) | ||
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SB562 RELATING TO THE WATERSHED. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB629 RELATING TO THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE. |
IHARA |
| Requires department of agriculture to apply the precautionary principle in making a decision on a permit application. | ||
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SB631 RELATING TO HUNTING. |
IHARA |
| Prohibits the use of body grip traps while hunting. Establishes penalties. | ||
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SB641 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
HOOSER |
| Requires seller or seller's agent to provide buyer with disclosure of permitted uses and prohibited uses or activities on agricultural lands prior to sale. | ||
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SB647 RELATING TO ETHANOL. |
HOOSER (BR) |
| Provides additional incentives for ethanol production: requires the State to enter into twenty-year contracts to purchase and resell ethanol; establishes a tax credit for gasoline-to-ethanol pump conversions; requires rental car companies with more than fifty vehicles to purchase flexible fuel vehicles. | ||
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SB655 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. |
HOOSER |
| Requires another environmental assessment and environmental impact statement if the original is more than ten years old. | ||
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SB656 RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. |
HOOSER |
| Establishes requirements for dam inspection and safety. Establishes penalties for failure to comply. Creates dam safety fund. Creates dam rehabilitation loan program. | ||
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SB658 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Incorporates into the Water Code, consideration of the water needs of Important Agricultural Lands. | ||
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SB661 RELATING TO KONA COFFEE. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Changes labeling requirements for Kona coffee by specifying that "Kona" or "Kona Coffee" shall not be used on the label unless the coffee contains at least 75 per cent of Kona coffee meaning coffee grown in the South Kona district or the North Kona district by weight. | ||
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SB669 RELATING TO STATE PARKS. |
BAKER, Ige, Fukunaga, Ihara, Espero, English |
| Creates a permit process to allow companies that provide wedding services to obtain annual permits to hold weddings in state parks. | ||
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SB695 RELATING TO HUNTING. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Provides for a fee of $95 for a 7-day hunting license on a private or commercial shooting preserve with a licensed guide. Allows the department of land and natural resources to set fees for private and commercial shooting preserve and farmers' licenses. (SD1) | ||
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SB716 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Kim, Baker, Tsutsui, English, Inouye |
| Appropriates funds for the continued operation and maintenance of the east Kauai irrigation system. | ||
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SB717 RELATING TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS. |
HOOSER |
| Regulates production of pharmaceutical crops and industrial crops. Imposes civil penalties for violations. | ||
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SB720 RELATING TO LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Fukunaga |
| Establishes a requirement that the department of land and natural resources extend its Kokee recreation-residence use leases for five years and develop a community based process to create a long term plan and policy on its residential lease issue. | ||
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SB729 RELATING TO LIABILITY OF STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, INOUYE, TSUTSUI, Fukunaga |
| Makes certain temporary liability protections for the state and county governments relating to public use of certain public lands and public beach parks permanent; makes temporary liability protection for acts of lifeguards permanent. | ||
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SB730 RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. |
HOOSER, TSUTSUI, Baker, Fukunaga, Chun Oakland |
| Clarifies that obstructing access to the sea, to or along the shoreline, to inland public recreational areas, or to government roads is prohibited and that inland public recreational areas include public trails. Requires agencies to protect public rights of way to coastal or inland recreational areas. | ||
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SB734 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER, INOUYE, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, Fukunaga |
| Requires all housing units developed and built on state lands under chapter 171, or under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii community development authority, and the University of Hawaii to be for low- to moderate-income range residents. | ||
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SB738 RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. |
HOOSER, Inouye |
| Includes in definition of land use in the conservation district the traversing of or conducting of business within the conservations district by an commercial ocean activity operation. | ||
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SB742 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES IN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ON THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU. |
BUNDA |
| Authorizes issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for agricultural irrigation systems on the north shore of Oahu. | ||
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SB841 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
KOKUBUN, SAKAMOTO, Kim, Hee, Fukunaga, Hemmings, Hooser, Tokuda |
| Authorizes the agribusiness development corporation to issue revenue bonds to purchase agricultural land in Kunia from the Campbell Estate. Appropriates funds to purchase the lands. Enables the agribusiness development corporation to contract with banks to provide lease management services. Allows corporation to lease agricultural lands in Kunia for up to 55 years. | ||
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SB843 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
KOKUBUN, Espero, Sakamoto, Taniguchi, Fukunaga, Kim, Hee, Tokuda, English, Slom |
| Allow counties a one-time opportunity to reclassify areas of land into rural land use districts. | ||
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SB850 RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. |
KOKUBUN, SAKAMOTO, KIM, ENGLISH, HANABUSA, TOKUDA, HOOSER, Taniguchi, Hee, Fukunaga, Ihara |
| Requires legislative approval of any sale of state land under the control of any state department or agency. | ||
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SB854 RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. |
KOKUBUN, HANABUSA, TOKUDA, Espero, Taniguchi, Nishihara, Inouye |
| Requires legislative approval of any exchange of lands under the control of any state department or agency for private lands. | ||
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SB874 RELATING TO PARKS. |
KIM, SAKAMOTO |
| Creates an advisory task force to develop an action plan for the transfer of jurisdiction over state parks from the department of land and natural resources to the counties. | ||
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SB881 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
KIM |
| Abolishes the land use commission and transfers its functions to the counties. Transfers jurisdiction over important agricultural lands to the counties. Makes various amendments to the coastal zone management law. | ||
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SB918 RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. |
ESPERO, Ihara |
| Makes unlawful the use, setting, maintentance, or tending of any body-gripping trap. | ||
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SB929 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION. |
ESPERO, Chun Oakland, Ihara |
| Requires the presentation to the neighborhood board or community association for any development by the department of Hawaiian home lands. | ||
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SB935 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Establishes a moratorium on land reclassification and building on agricultural lands for which general planning has not commenced until important agricultural lands are designated. | ||
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SB1024 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Exempts certain private property acquired by the board of land and natural resources through gift or exchange from the requirements of land use, coastal zone management and county zoning laws, and any county subdivision regulations. | ||
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SB1035 RELATING TO MAKAHIKI DAY COMMEMORATION. |
ENGLISH, Inouye, Slom, Menor |
| Establishes each November 20th as the Makahiki Commemoration day. (SD1) | ||
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SB1040 RELATING TO THE ISLAND OF KAHO‘OLAWE. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, INOUYE, Ige, Baker, Hee, Tsutsui, Menor, Slom |
| Appropriates funds to install renewable energy systems for a model kahua kauhale or encampment on Kaho‘olawe and to enable ongoing evaluation of renewable resources for the island. | ||
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SB1054 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. |
ENGLISH, Baker, Kim |
| Requires any development of "available lands" for other than homestead purposes to be done in accordance with county zoning and other land use requirements. | ||
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SB1056 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT . |
HOOSER, SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, BAKER, Ihara, Inouye, Nishihara |
| Requires supplemental impact statement after ten years from the original environmental impact statement. | ||
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SB1087 RELATING TO STATE MONUMENTS. |
IHARA |
| Establishes daily public use of the Diamond Head state monument without closure or exclusive use by private interests except when repairs are needed and that revenues shall be used for educational purposes. | ||
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SB1121 RELATING TO LAND DEVELOPMENT. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Creates strict liability for landowner or developer of land with slope of 20% or more for damage or injury to down-slope property and persons from rock or land slides. | ||
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SB1122 RELATING TO CONSERVATION LAND. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Provides a conservation land tax credit for land donated to and accepted by the State if: (1) the land is in a conservation land use district; (2) residentially zoned land is voluntarily reclassified to conservation and rezoning is initiated; or (3) amounts are invested in management of conservation or watershed land. | ||
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SB1125 RELATING TO HAZARDOUS LAND. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires each county to identify hazardous land areas, adopt standards for building in hazardous land areas, and enact ordinances to implement standards by 6/30/08. | ||
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SB1172 RELATING TO KAKA'AKO. |
CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, TOKUDA, Fukunaga, English, Taniguchi, Ihara, Kim, Kokubun, Gabbard, Nishihara, Slom, Hanabusa |
| Requires Hawaii community development authority to set aside tax map key (first division) 2-1-058:041 in Kakaako for use by the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy and to develop a new facility at the site. Prohibits certain fishing in the area. | ||
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SB1220 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TAX CREDITS. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Establishes the Important Agricultural Land Agricultural Business Tax Credit. | ||
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SB1235 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a task force on Hawaiian homestead community self-governance to begin the process of delegating authority for the administration of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, to Hawaiian homestead community self-governance organizations. | ||
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SB1243 RELATING TO STATE PARKS. |
HOOSER |
| Clarifies the purpose of the state park system. | ||
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SB1290 RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS. |
ENGLISH (BR), Nishihara |
| Requires persons proposing to engage in testing, propagating, cultivating, and growing GMOs to notify DOH and obtain a certification of approval from DOH. Requires DOH to determine the level of risk involved before issuing certification of approval. Includes liability provisions for injury or damage resulting from such activity. | ||
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SB1291 RELATING TO LEASING OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS. |
HEMMINGS, Slom, Gabbard, Whalen, Ige, Ihara |
| Removes prior authorization of the legislature for leasing of state submerged lands. | ||
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SB1292 RELATING TO LEASING OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS. |
HEMMINGS, Slom, Gabbard, Whalen, Trimble, Ige, Ihara |
| Removes prior authorization of the legislature for leasing of certain state submerged lands. | ||
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SB1297 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HOOSER |
| Prohibits counties from allowing any uses in agricultural district other than permitted uses set forth in section 205-4.5 (land use law). | ||
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SB1299 RELATING TO CONSERVATION LAND. |
IHARA, HOOSER, ENGLISH, Inouye |
| Requires all telecommunications towers, including cellular antennas and wireless communication antennas, located on state conservation land to be camouflaged to its environment in which it is located. | ||
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SB1303 RELATING TO INCENTIVES FOR IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Offers incentives for designated important agriculture lands [IAL]: (1) a tax credit for infrastructure improvements; (2) an exclusion from income tax & exemption from GE tax collected on IAL leases; (3) a guaranty loan program; and (4) priority processing for air quality permits for certain IAL facilities. | ||
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SB1304 RELATING TO ANIMAL DISEASES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows authorities to respond to, control, contain and eliminate any threat to livestock & poultry industries, and public health or safety as a result of any contagious, infectious, or communicable animal disease. | ||
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SB1305 RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LOANS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Increases the amount of money for agricultural loans and aquacultural loans that the chairperson may approve from $25,000 to $75,000. | ||
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SB1309 RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Restricts the permitted uses on important agricultural lands [IAL] to: cultivation of crops; game & fish propagation; raising of livestock; farm dwellings related to farming & animal husbandry; worker housing; necessary institutions and buildings; utility lines & roadways, transformer stations, communications equipment buildings, solid waste stations, water storage tanks and appurtenant small buildings; improvements to historic, scenic or cultural sites; roadside stands; buildings directly accessory to permitted uses; Ag parks; Ag tourism activities secondary to the principal Ag use; bio-fuels processing facilities. | ||
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SB1310 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LAND USE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Prevents agricultural land from being used for "fake farms," or upscale residential development. | ||
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SB1355 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Specifies that agricultures may be a permitted use in rural districts and that other activity and uses may be allowed including clustered development and rural towns. | ||
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SB1357 RELATING TO PLANNING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes a pilot project that would allow plan-based petitions submitted jointly by the state and county for land use district boundary amendments to be conducted under quasi-legislative proceedings rather than the present quasi-judicial proceedings. Provides for an evaluation of the pilot project. | ||
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SB1358 RELATING TO PLANNING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a new quasi-legislative process that simplifies the State LUC's procedures for county government petitions for boundary amendments that are based on adopted county comprehensive plans prepared pursuant to state criteria. District boundary amendments conducted under this process would be quasi-legislative rather than quasi-judicial in nature. | ||
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SB1359 RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allow farmers who suffer economic losses from force majeure events to drop out of the enterprise zone program for the period of the loss and gain a month-for-month extension of their overall 84-month enterprise zone eligibility. Clarifies that tax credits taken in the enterprise zone program cannot be duplicated in other tax incentive programs. | ||
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SB1362 RELATING TO KALAELOA. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Supports strategic objectives for Kalaeloa including development of workforce housing; workforce development; energy for tomorrow; export of goods and services; creation of an "innovation infrastructure"; and improving Hawaii's small business environment. | ||
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SB1368 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a process for determining when land use classifications should be rescinded because they have not been exercised. | ||
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SB1369 RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows the HCDA to sell a fee simple interest in reserved housing units. | ||
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SB1371 RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM PROCUREMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Exempts from the State's procurement code special purpose revenue bonds issued for not-for-profit private organizations, for-profit private organizations, and public instrumentalities and their qualified affiliates in the development of low- and moderate-income housing and for agricultural enterprises serving important agricultural lands. | ||
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SB1439 RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the transfer of moneys fro the Hawaiian home receipts fund to the native Hawaiian rehabilitation fund. | ||
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SB1473 RELATING TO DERELICT VESSELS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies DLNR's jurisdictional responsibility on the removal of derelict vessels. | ||
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SB1474 RELATING TO THE HAWAII OCEAN AND COASTAL COUNCIL. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides statutory authority to continue the Hawaii Ocean and Coastal Council. | ||
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SB1476 RELATING TO ACQUISITIONS UNDER CHAPTER 173A. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies the appraisal process for state acquisitions of lands having value as a resource to the State. | ||
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SB1477 RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires affected agencies to account for sea-level rise and minimize risks from coastal hazards such as erosion, storm inundation, hurricanes, and tsunamis. | ||
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SB1530 RELATING TO DAMS AND RESERVOIRS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the owner of a dam or reservoir to control water levels and maintain the dams and reservoir in safe condition. Establishes penalties for violations. | ||
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SB1532 RELATING TO KULEANA LANDS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires counties to adopt ordinance to exempt kuleana lands from real property taxes; eliminates department of land and natural resources approval of office of Hawaiian affairs land management plan before land may escheat to office of Hawaiian affairs; makes office of Hawaiian affairs party to all quiet title actions of kuleana lands where escheat is an issue; bars claim to kuleana lands based on claim of adverse possession. | ||
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SB1534 RELATING TO TEACHING THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes requirements to teach Hawaiian language courses in the public schools. Establishes a loan fund for students wishing to teach Hawaiian language. Gives priority to district transfer requests from pupils wishing to take Hawaiian language courses. | ||
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SB1536 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies and strengthens the ability of the office of Hawaiian affairs to issue bonds. | ||
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SB1537 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Prevents tort liability for incidents on land owned by the office of Hawaiian affairs. | ||
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SB1538 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the salary commission for the members of the board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs to meet every year to recommend salary compensation. | ||
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SB1539 RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the governor to appoint at least one member of the land use commission from a list of three nominees submitted by the office of Hawaiian affairs. | ||
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SB1541 RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the governor to appoint at least one member of the commission on water resource management from a list of three nominees submitted by the office of Hawaiian affairs | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1543 RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Prohibits the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation from engaging in activities that require the sale, exchange, or other alienation of ceded or kuleana lands without consent of office of Hawaiian affair’s board of trustee. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1544 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows the office of Hawaiian affairs to develop housing projects that are exempt from all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules of any governmental agency relating to planning, districting, zoning, construction standards for subdivisions, development and improvement of land, and the construction of units. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1545 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows the office of Hawaiian affairs' board of trustees to determine how beneficiaries in every county may participate in the preparation of each biennial and supplemental office of Hawaiian affairs budget. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1547 RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the board of education to fully fund the Hawaiian language immersion program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1548 RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the board of land and natural resources to assist with identifying sites for new charter schools to use as facilities. Appropriates funds for facility costs of new charter schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1559 RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes permanent the Act that required the State and counties to provide legally adequate warnings and eliminated respective tort liability. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1580 RELATING TO LIABILITY OF STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes permanent certain temporary: (1) liability protections for the state and county governments relating to public use of certain public lands and public beach parks; and (2) liability protections for acts of lifeguards. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1581 RELATING TO LIABILITY OF STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes permanent the limitation of liability for public entities based on the duty to warn of dangers on public lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1584 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows counties and office of planning to file a single petition every 5 years containing multiple proposed boundary amendments that shall not be subject to the requirements of a contested case pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1616 RELATING TO STREAM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates $5,000,000 for Wailupe Stream drainage improvements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1633 RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. |
WHALEN |
| Requires any action enforcing the land use laws to be filed within 180 days from the date any permit, approval, or vested right is issued. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1634 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
WHALEN |
| Allows the construction of residential dwellings on agricultural lands of marginal quality by the Land Study Bureau, provided that the dwelling shall be subject to county approval. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1653 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
ESPERO, INOUYE, NISHIHARA, MENOR, SAKAMOTO, TSUTSUI, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, ENGLISH, TOKUDA, IHARA, KIM, IGE, FUKUNAGA, Hee, Hemmings, Taniguchi, Bunda |
| Directs department of land and natural resources, office of planning, and housing finance and development corporation to establish a task force to identify and set aside 2000 acres of land for future affordable housing projects; makes an appropriation for the task force. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1658 RELATING TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. |
BUNDA |
| Requires notification to the commanding officer of a military installation of zoning change applications and district boundary amendment petitions for land within 3,000 feet or 2 miles(depending on county population) of a military installation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1664 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HEE, Nishihara |
| Provides a 10-year moratorium on developing, testing, propagating, cultivating, growing, and raising genetically engineered taro. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1668 RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS. |
HOOSER |
| Permits testing of coffee for a five-year period, provided that safeguards exist to prevent pollen from being released. Requires a report to the legislature. Sunsets June 30, 2012. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1670 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. |
HOOSER |
| Makes biofuel processing facilities a permissible use in a designated agricultural district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1687 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
BUNDA |
| Requires the land survey division of the department of accounting and general services to establish the boundaries of the Del Monte employee housing at its Kunia camp comprising of approximately 50 acres of TMK: 1st Div: 9-2-005:002. Makes an appropriation to purchase the housing area for eventual resale to former Del Monte employees and retirees presently inhabiting the housing. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1695 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND TO DEVELOP KALAELOA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. |
GABBARD, ESPERO, Ige, Sakamoto, Trimble |
| Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds in the amount of $ for the acquisition of land within the Barbers Point Naval Air Station by the Hawaii community development authority to develop the Kalaeloa Community Development District. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1758 RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS INCUBATOR PROGRAM. |
KOKUBUN |
| Appropriates funds for the agribusiness incubator program to continue until replacement federal funding can be secured. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1763 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1775 RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1799 RELATING TO ENERGY. |
HOOSER |
| Requires the energy resources coordinator to make available on the department of business, economic development, and tourism website a list of applications for ocean energy or other hydroelectric projects in and around Hawaii waters. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1811 RELATING TO KALAELOA HARBOR. |
ESPERO, SAKAMOTO, INOUYE, ENGLISH |
| Establishes a Kalaeloa harbor users group to make recommendations to the State on development of the harbor. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1819 RELATING TO IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. |
BAKER |
| Replaces the requirement of filing a petition for declaratory ruling that the majority of the land served by the irrigation system to be repaired is designated as important agricultural land with a dedication of the land for agricultural use for at least ten years in order to apply for assistance under the irrigation repair and maintenance special fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1826 RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED COFFEE. |
HEE |
| Temporarily prohibits the growing of genetically modified coffee. Allows research on genetically modified coffee in environmentally secure facilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1831 RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. |
NISHIHARA, ENGLISH |
| Requires DLNR in adopting rules regulating fishing to consult with native Hawaiian practitioners and further imposes conditions on the rule making process regarding prohibitions or limitations or fishing in any area open to public fishing. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1832 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
BUNDA, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, CHUN OAKLAND, Nishihara, Trimble, Hemmings, Gabbard, Sakamoto, Taniguchi |
| Ensures leased public lands are used only for affordable housing. Prevents lessees of affordable housing from selling or transferring lease at a profit. Removes certain statutory and ordinance limitations pertaining to development and construction of self-help affordable housing. Establishes community land trust. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1850 RELATING TO WATER. |
TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds to dredge and install drain inlets, sediment devices, and other modifications in Kaelepulu Pond in Kailua, Oahu. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1854 RELATING TO TARO. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, Ige, Espero, Gabbard |
| Recognizes kalo (taro) as unique and in danger of extinction. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1867 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1868 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1869 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1870 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1871 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1872 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1873 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1874 RELATING TO WATER. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1875 RELATING TO WATER. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1876 RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1878 RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1888 RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. |
HEMMINGS, Gabbard, Ige |
| Establishes the Ala Wai community development district. Provides development objectives and guidelines. Provides for request for proposals for the private redevelopment and operation of Ala Wai boat harbor. Transfers Ala Wai boat harbor from department of land and natural resources t Hawaii community development authority. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1896 RELATING TO THE STATE PLAN. |
TRIMBLE, Gabbard, Chun Oakland, Bunda, Slom, Hooser, Hemmings, Espero, English, Menor |
| Creates a commission to identify and evaluate federal properties which might be available for transfer to the State at a future date. Prioritize properties identified in terms of how they could be used to benefit the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1910 RELATING TO MARITIME INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITY ZONES. |
HEMMINGS, WHALEN, TRIMBLE, GABBARD, SLOM |
| Requires director of department of business, economic development, and tourism, in consultation with advisory committee, to designate maritime industry opportunity zones, number of zones, and period of zones. Requires department of business, economic development, and tourism to perform required environmental impact statements for zones and expedite issuance of necessary county permits. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1911 RELATING TO SPACE OPPORTUNITY ZONES. |
HEMMINGS, WHALEN, TRIMBLE, GABBARD, SLOM |
| Requires director of business, economic development, and tourism, in consultation with advisory committee, to designate space opportunity zones, number of zones, and period of zones. Requires department of business, economic development, and tourism to perform required environmental impact statements for zones and expedite issuance of necessary county permits. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1914 RELATING TO CREATION OF AN OCEAN BOARD AND OCEAN ZONING MASTER PLAN. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, GABBARD |
| Creates an ocean board to develop and implement, in consultation with relevant county, state, and federal agencies, a comprehensive ocean zoning master plan that incorporates ideas from the traditional ahupua'a system and the Hawaii ocean resources management plan, and addresses user conflicts in Hawaiian ocean waters through the designation of discrete ocean zones. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1945 RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Creates a new chapter on dam safety; extensive provisions related to Hawaii dams, reservoirs, and appurtenant works. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1949 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires petitioners for reclassification of district boundaries and developers of 25 or more housing units provide for at least 60% of the units to be affordable housing. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB1978 RELATING TO SHARK FEEDING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Expands ban on shark feeding to include all other commercial activity (including soliciting and advertising) in the State related to shark feeding. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2001 RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. |
IGE, CHUN OAKLAND, FUKUNAGA |
| Prohibits the use of polystyrene foam as a disposable food service-ware product. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2002 RELATING TO INCOME TAX. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Excludes from gross income the gain realized by a fee simple owner of industrial and commercial properties from the sale of leased fee to a lessee. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2003 RELATING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes research, development, and review panels for individualized education programs and individualized family service plans. Provides access to qualified individuals in the development of individualized education programs and individualized family service plans. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2004 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Extends the deadline within which to file a request for a due process hearing relating to the education of a child with a disability from ninety days to two years when the request is for reimbursement of costs of a child's placement. Requires the department to adopt rules that provide for the reimbursement of expert witness and other relevant fees and expenses associated with a hearing. Requires the establishment of an appeals board and process wherein a state review officer shall review the decisions of the impartial hearings officers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2005 RELATING TO EDUCATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes rules for school placement and transportation for foster children. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2006 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Allows the department of education to hire its own attorneys independent of the attorney general. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2007 RELATING TO HAWAII'S ECONOMY. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Authorizes an independent study and analysis of Hawaii's economy, including recommendations for public policy changes that will begin to address the cost of living, affordability, and quality of life issues that Hawaii residents face. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2008 RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. |
NISHIHARA, Trimble |
| Prohibits a member of any unit owners' association from serving on board if the association member is in arrears of $1,000 or more in maintenance fees, fines, or any other fees owed to the association for at least 3 months. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2009 RELATING TO GAMBLING. |
NISHIHARA, Espero, Trimble |
| Amends definition of gambling to clarify that purchase of sweepstakes entry that also provides nominal non-gambling value constitutes gambling even if sweepstakes entry can be obtained without payment of consideration. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2010 RELATING TO WITNESSES. |
NISHIHARA, Chun Oakland, Espero, Taniguchi |
| Increase witness fees and costs in criminal cases. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2011 RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. |
NISHIHARA, Espero |
| Requires a delegation of procurement authority in writing and filed with the administrator of the state procurement office. Makes designee answerable to administrator where the designee is in a position subordinate to the chief procurement officer. Applicable to procurement over certain dollar amount. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2012 RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. |
NISHIHARA |
| Requires dealers and redemption centers to pay the scrap value for aluminum containers in addition to the deposit refund value. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2013 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
NISHIHARA, TRIMBLE |
| Disqualifies a person from driving a commercial vehicle for a positive drug or alcohol test as provided under federal regulations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2014 RELATING TO THE SUPERVISION OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACT. |
NISHIHARA, ESPERO |
| Confers authority to the attorney general to oversee charitable trusts and nonprofit organizations; requires charitable trusts and nonprofits to register with the attorney general; ensures that funds collected are applied solely to intended purposes of donor; requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to provide the attorney general with a list every year of active Hawaii nonprofit corporations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2015 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PACIFIC AVIATION MUSEUM PEARL HARBOR. |
NISHIHARA |
| Appropriates $1,000,000 for the planning, design, and construction of phase 2 of the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2016 RELATING TO GLOBAL WARMING. |
NISHIHARA, ESPERO, Chun Oakland, Taniguchi |
| Establishes the global warming task force to assess the impacts of climate warming trends on the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2017 RELATING TO FERAL CATS. |
NISHIHARA |
| Imposes $1,000 civil fine for feeding of feral cats. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2018 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES TAX CREDIT. |
NISHIHARA, Chun Oakland, Espero |
| Makes the renewable energy technologies tax credit a refundable tax credit. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2019 RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. |
NISHIHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, Hooser |
| Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for a pilot study to identify elementary schools experiencing a high volume of accidents and to evaluate the installation of speed tables as a way to improve pedestrian safety. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2020 RELATING TO FIREARM AMMUNITION. |
NISHIHARA, Espero |
| Requires ammunition manufactured or sold to be coded; requires the attorney general to maintain an electronic database of coded ammunition. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2021 RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. |
NISHIHARA, ESPERO |
| Mandates certain penalties, including graffiti eradication, for persons convicted of aggravated criminal property damage. Holds persons legally accountable for a minor liable for aggravated criminal property damage committed by the minor. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2022 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT-IN-AID TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WAIPAHU STREET, OAHU. |
NISHIHARA, Espero |
| Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to city and county of Honolulu to design and construct a sidewalk on the north side of Waipahu Street from Waipahu Depot Road to Awamoi Street and from Amokii Street to Waikele Road. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2023 RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. |
NISHIHARA, Taniguchi |
| Exempts county neighborhood boards from the "sunshine law", or chapter 92, HRS, relating to public agency meetings, by amending the definition of the term "board" to exclude county neighborhood boards. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2024 RELATING TO SALARY PAY PERIODS. |
NISHIHARA, TRIMBLE |
| Converts public employee salary periods from after-the-fact payroll to predicted payroll. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2025 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. |
NISHIHARA |
| Establishes the minimum qualifications for the administrator and project managers of the department of education's facilities services branch. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2026 RELATING TO TIME SHARE PLANS. |
NISHIHARA |
| Exempts the offer or sale of a time share interest from the time share law if the offer or sale is for an additional interest in the same time share plan to an existing owner. Exempts a time share developer or an affiliated entity under common ownership from registration if they are selling a time share interest in a time share plan located outside of Hawaii to an individual who currently owns a time share interest that was purchased from that developer or affiliated entity. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2027 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
NISHIHARA (BR) |
| Prohibits the use of consumer fireworks. Effective 7/1/08. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2028 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A VETERANS CENTER. |
INOUYE, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, Espero, Fukunaga, Ige, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tokuda |
| Makes a grant to the Hawaii Island Veterans' Memorial, Inc. for plans, design, and construction of infrastructure to build affordable housing and a center for Hawaii's veterans. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2029 RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
INOUYE, Ige, Nishihara, Tsutsui |
| Establishes a general excise tax holiday on consumer purchases of clothing or footwear with the sales price of one hundred dollars or less per item if sold between 12:01 A.M. on the first Friday of August and 11:59 P.M. the following Sunday. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2030 RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
INOUYE, Chun Oakland, Espero, Ige, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tokuda, Tsutsui |
| Establishes a general excise tax holiday on purchases of food and over-the-counter drugs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2031 RELATING TO CRIME. |
INOUYE (BR), Espero, Fukunaga, Sakamoto |
| Creates new criminal offenses of murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, battery, and assault of an unborn child. Defines unborn child. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2032 RELATING TO INCOME TAX. |
INOUYE, Baker, Chun Oakland, Espero, Fukunaga, Ige, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tsutsui |
| Increases the income tax credit for wind-powered energy systems to thirty-five per cent of the actual cost or a maximum amount, whichever is less. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2033 RELATING TO STATE BONDS. |
BAKER, TSUTSUI |
| Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by article XII, section 13 of state constitution to declare that issuance of authorized bonds will not cause debt limit to be exceeded. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2034 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST OCEANLINX HAWAII LLC. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI |
| Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for planning, designing, and constructing a wave or hydrokinetic power facility on Maui. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2035 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR MAUI PREPARATORY ACADEMY. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI, Sakamoto |
| Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Maui Preparatory Academy. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2036 RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. |
BAKER, KIM, TSUTSUI |
| Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the senate, the house of representatives, the auditor, the legislative reference bureau, and the ombudsman. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2037 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. |
MENOR (BR) |
| Clarifies that mere contact with an existing public street, road, or highway does not constitute a use of state or county lands for environmental impact assessment or statement purposes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2038 RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. |
MENOR (BR) |
| Requires electric utilities to create an optional pricing program based on a percentage of renewable energy sources used to generate electricity. Increases the total rated generating capacity produced by eligible customer-generators. Establishes a transferable ownership interest in excess electricity credits. Increases the maximum capacity of an eligible customer-generator. Directs the public utilities commission to hire a consultant to perform a review of solar electric generation in the State. Clarifies that development of solar electric resources are an acceptable use of category C and D agricultural lands. Clarifies that persons who generate electricity from renewable sources for their own consumption are not public utilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2039 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
BAKER, TSUTSUI, English, Fukunaga, Taniguchi |
| Provides for a one time lump sum payment for retirees at least 75 years of age who have been in retirement at least 20 years. Makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2040 RELATING TO CANCER SURVEILLANCE. |
BAKER, Ige |
| Allows a cancer patient to be contacted directly without initial physician contact for purposes of cancer surveillance. Adds pre-cancer to diseases about which data are authorized for collection. Adds biological specimens to the materials that may be collected to assist cancer research. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2041 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, IGE |
| Appropriates funds to match federal funding for the disproportionate share hospital allowance. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2042 RELATING TO CAREGIVING. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, HANABUSA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Hee |
| Extends the joint legislative committee on family caregiving; changes the committee's name to the joint legislative committee on aging in place; expands the committee's mandate to include aging in place issues related to family caregiving; requires the aging and disability resource center to report to the committee; requires the joint legislative committee to conduct a cash and counseling project; appropriates funds to the joint legislative committee; allows kupuna care to include overnight, weekend, and emergency respite, as well as provide grants to caregivers and for home modification; appropriates funds to the kupuna care program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2043 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CENTER ON AGING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, HANABUSA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Hee |
| Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii center on aging research and education faculty positions and program expenses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2044 RELATING TO CAREGIVERS. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, HANABUSA, TOKUDA, English, Espero, Hee, Sakamoto |
| Amends the temporary disability insurance law to permit an eligible employee to collect up to 4 weeks of temporary disability insurance benefit payments to care for a family member with a qualifying disability. Effective 07/01/09. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2045 RELATING TO CAREGIVING. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, HANABUSA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Hee |
| Establishes a task force to focus on the needs of and issues facing grandparents raising grandchildren. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2046 RELATING TO MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, Hanabusa |
| Requires regular surveys of residents of multi-unit residential buildings on specific needs and issues relating to medical needs, accommodations for the disabled, and other special needs for emergency preparation purposes. Requires multi-unit residential buildings to have and inform their residents of emergency evacuation plans. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2047 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Hanabusa, Hee |
| Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who make modifications to their home to increase accessibility for individuals with disabilities or special needs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2048 RELATING TO CAREGIVING. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, English, Hanabusa, Hee, Sakamoto |
| Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging to continue its respite inventory project in collaboration with the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Social Work. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2049 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, English, Espero, Hanabusa, Hee, Sakamoto |
| Provides a tax credit to taxpayer caregivers who care for qualified care recipients. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2050 RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF BLIND, DEAF, AND DEAF-BLIND PERSONS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BUNDA, INOUYE, NISHIHARA |
| Appropriates funds for a survey of the number of blind, deaf, and deaf-blind persons in the State of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2051 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BUNDA, INOUYE, NISHIHARA |
| Appropriates funds for hearing and vision screening for newborns, children, and teenagers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2052 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, BUNDA, INOUYE, NISHIHARA |
| Requires that hearing aid devices be included in mandatory insurance coverage for medicaid and private health insurance. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2053 RELATING TO SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes Internet access for the disabled program to offer free Internet access to individuals who are disabled; makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2054 RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Amends custody and visitation criteria and procedures to specify what factors the courts shall consider in determining the best interest of the child. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2055 RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes the procedures and requirements for child custody evaluator training and certification. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2056 RELATING TO DENTISTS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Authorizes the board of dental examiners to sanction licensees for false or misleading advertising. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2057 RELATING TO DENTISTS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Requires rates of payment to dentists to be based on the 75th percentile of the usual, customary, and reasonable fee established by insurers for services provided by dentists. Defines the term "usual, customary, and reasonable fee". | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2058 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Permits insured patients to assign insurance reimbursement for dental services directly to their dentist of choice. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2059 RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Removes records of complaints from the exceptions to the types of information that are not subject to disclosure as public documents. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2060 RELATING TO DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Includes records kept by a licensed dentist's office as medical records subject to the requirements relating to documentary evidence. Requires the dentists to retain dental records. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2061 RELATING TO DENTISTRY. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Prohibits interference by an unlicensed person or entity in the practice of dentistry. Prohibits the practice of dentistry in a commercial or mercantile establishment | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2062 RELATING TO RESTAURANTS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Establishes a statewide cleanliness grading system for food establishments and requires establishments to visibly post their grade for patrons. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2063 RELATING TO NOISE. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Increases the fine for exhaust pipes or mufflers that increase the noise emitted by a moped, motorcycle, or motor vehicle. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2064 RELATING TO JURY SERVICE. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Allows psychologists to claim an exemption from jury service. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2065 RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY FOR NATURAL CONDITIONS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Codifies common law regarding non-liability of landowners regarding natural conditions on their land that cause damage outside the land and applies standard of negligence upon public landowners regarding natural conditions that cause damage on public roadways. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2066 RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Amends workers' compensation law to require that, as part of the process for returning an injured worker to suitable gainful employment, a vocational rehabilitation provider examine the feasibility of modified or other work at the employee's same employer. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2067 RELATING TO CAMPAIGNING. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies the law with respect to voluntary campaign expenditure affidavits filed with the chief election officer or county clerk. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2068 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies the notary procedure for candidates providing affidavits with respect to voluntary campaign expenditure limitations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2069 RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies nature of moneys received for the court interpreting services revolving fund from public or private sources. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2070 RELATING TO LABOR. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies the rulemaking duties of the department of labor and industrial relations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2071 RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies the law with respect to employers and entities offering long term care insurance. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2072 RELATING TO STATE OF HAWAII. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies the law with respect to staffing by the department of labor and industrial relations for federally funded programs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2073 RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Assigns a three-year suspension to any government contractor that delays an investigation or falsifies records. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2074 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Establishes a workers' compensation advisory council in the department of labor and industrial relations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2075 RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND SAFETY. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Prohibits persons from holding themselves out as industrial hygienists or like professionals unless they are certified by designated entities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2076 RELATING TO AMMUNITION. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Requires all ammunition of a specified caliber manufactured or sold in Hawaii that is capable of use in handguns, including assault pistols, to be coded to assist law enforcement in identifying and prosecuting gun crime offenders. Requires attorney general to establish a statewide database to track coded ammunition. Effective 7/1/2008. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2077 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
WHALEN |
| Provides income tax and general excise tax exemptions for mutual ditch or irrigation companies that collect at least eighty five per cent of its income from members for the sole purpose of meeting losses and expenses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2078 RELATING TO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. |
ESPERO, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Removes the statute of limitations for any felony offenses under chapter 707, part V. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2079 RELATING TO LIBRARIES. |
ESPERO, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Fukunaga, Ige, Kim, Nishihara |
| Makes appropriation for the Hawaii state library for the blind and physically handicapped. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2080 RELATING TO TEACHER LICENSURE. |
ESPERO, HEMMINGS, Ihara, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tokuda, Trimble |
| Requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to revoke a teacher's license when the teacher has been convicted of certain sexual offenses against minors. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2081 RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE. |
ESPERO, Ihara, Nishihara |
| Enacts procedures for pardons; requires the governor to give public notice of intended pardons. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2082 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
ESPERO, Fukunaga, Hemmings, Ihara, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Taniguchi, Tokuda |
| Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to develop a plan by July 1, 2008, to return all female Hawaii prisoners incarcerated in mainland prisons back to Hawaii by July 1, 2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2083 RELATING TO THE SUPERVISION OF ADULT OFFENDERS. |
ESPERO, Fukunaga, Hemmings, Ihara, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tokuda |
| Increases the membership of and appropriates funds for a full time coordinator position for the state council for interstate adult offender supervision; and authorizes the judiciary to assess a fee on parolee and probationer's prison transfer applications. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2084 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
ESPERO, Fukunaga, Ige, Nishihara |
| Requires department of health to provide reports of restaurant health inspections online for easy public access by 7/1/2009. Appropriates $ for FY 2008-2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2085 RELATING TO SERIOUS OFFENSES COMMITTED BY MINORS. |
ESPERO, Nishihara |
| Permits family court to commit a minor, who commits an act that constitutes sexual assault or murder, to be incarcerated at a youth correctional facility until age 18 then transferred to the custody of the director of public safety until age 26. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2086 RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE. |
ESPERO, SAKAMOTO, Chun Oakland, Ihara, Nishihara |
| Authorizes the department of human services to engage the services of a qualified individual or organization to investigate the whereabouts of missing and exploited children. Requires the department of human services to convene a task force to coordinate the development of a state corps of retired federal, state, and local law enforcement professionals who are willing to volunteer their expertise in investigating missing, abducted, and exploited children. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2087 RELATING TO THE COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM. |
ESPERO, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Fukunaga, Ige, Kim, Nishihara |
| Provides an annual state tax deduction of $2,000 per individual and $4,000 for a married couple (subject to limits on adjusted gross income) for contributions made to Hawaii's section 529 college savings program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2088 RELATING TO ADVANCED FLIGHT SIMULATOR TRAINING. |
ESPERO, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Nishihara |
| Adds businesses engaged in commercial aviation training for pilots, dispatchers, mechanics, or air traffic controllers to the definition of "qualified business" under the state enterprise zone law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2089 PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO REQUIRE THE FORFEITURE OR REDUCTION OF PENSION BENEFITS OF AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION WHO IS CONVICTED OF A FELONY RELATED TO THE EMPLOYEE'S EMPLOYMENT. |
IHARA |
| Proposes a constitutional amendment to article XVI, section 2 of the State constitution to require the forfeiture or reduction of benefits of any member of the employees' retirement system who is convicted of a felony related to the member's employment with the State or any political subdivision. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2090 RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES CONVICTED OF WORK-RELATED FELONIES. |
IHARA |
| Requires the forfeiture or reduction of the pension benefits of public officers and public employees convicted of a felony if the felony is related to their public employment, but maintains full benefits for beneficiaries upon death of convicted employee. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2091 RELATING TO SAILBOARDS. |
IHARA |
| Prohibits operators of sailboards from approaching within 200 feet of a swimmer or surfer in the ocean. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2092 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. |
IHARA |
| Requires government agencies and custodians of records of government agencies to have a retention schedule on file with the department of accounting and general services. Requires that retention schedules be updated. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2093 RELATING TO NUISANCES. |
IHARA (BR) |
| Codifies civil liability for nuisance trees. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2094 RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSES. |
IHARA (BR) |
| Permits the examiner of drivers to waive the test of knowledge of the rules of the road for applicants holding a valid driver's license from another state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, a province of the Dominion of Canada, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2095 RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT. |
IHARA (BR) |
| Clarifies disorderly conduct offense to include music containing lyrics that is played to incite violent activity. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2096 RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. |
IHARA |
| Creates a clean motor vehicle incentive program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles by providing rebates or surcharges to purchasers of new motor vehicles. Establishes a clean motor vehicle incentive revolving fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2097 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR. |
IHARA |
| Authorizes and funds an investigative unit in the Office of the Auditor to conduct investigations involving alleged or suspected government waste, fraud, abuse, nonfeasance, or malfeasance. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2098 RELATING TO UTILITIES. |
CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes a utilities coordinating council to coordinate the orderly planning and installation, removal, or relocation of underground facilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2099 RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Enacts the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2100 RELATING TO HEALTHCARE. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires hospitals to establish a policy and program that identifies, assesses, and develops strategies to control the risk of injury to patients and healthcare workers and nurses associated with lifting and moving patients. Provides tax deduction for hospitals that purchase equipment for the moving of patients. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2101 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes the state health authority to propose a plan to provide medical assistance for all citizens of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2102 RELATING TO CARE HOMES. |
CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO, Ihara |
| Increases payments for level of care for ARCH types I and II, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes by 7% from $641.90 to $686.83 for level I and from $749.90 to $802.39 for level II beginning on 7/1/08. Appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2103 RELATING TO CAREGIVER RECOGNITION DAY. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, IHARA |
| Establishes an annual Caregiver Recognition Day on the first Saturday of November. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2104 RELATING TO THE ORGAN DONOR REGISTRY. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Espero, Sakamoto |
| Establishes a statewide organ donor registry. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2105 RELATING TO TOBACCO. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER |
| Prohibits the sale and distribution of flavored tobacco products. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2106 RELATING TO THE INTERNET. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Creates a cyber safety pilot project in the department of the attorney general aimed to protect school children by educating students, teachers, and parents about how to avoid dangers on the Internet. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2107 RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes a disaster planning and preparedness consumer advisory board to review existing and develop new policies and plans that address the needs of the elderly and disabled members of the community in the event of a man-made or natural disaster. Makes an appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2108 RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes a preference to bidders who employ persons with disabilities or recipients of income payments under public assistance programs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2109 RELATING TO NURSING. |
CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO |
| Creates a nursing teacher loan forgiveness pilot program at the University of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2110 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, IGE |
| Mandates health insurance coverage to screen for colorectal cancer by colonoscopy every ten years, beginning at age fifty. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2111 RELATING TO LOSS MITIGATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Provides a tax credit for individuals who install wind resistive devices, as defined by the director of taxation, in a noncommercial dwelling located in Hawaii that is owned by the taxpayer. Repeals the loss mitigation grant program. Makes an appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2112 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO HIRE TEACHERS THROUGH THE TEACH FOR AMERICA PROGRAM. |
CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO |
| Makes an appropriation to hire 10 teachers from the Teach for America Program to teach in high needs schools in Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2113 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Prohibits the employees' retirement system from acquiring securities of companies that have active business operations with Uganda. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2114 RELATING TO VETERANS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Provides access for Hawaii national guard veterans to information on health screening tests for exposure to depleted uranium. Establishes a task force to study the health effects of depleted uranium exposure. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2115 RELATING TO RECIPROCAL BENEFICIARIES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Clarifies that individuals who are recognized to be in a bona fide reciprocal beneficiary relationship and who are related by blood in a way that they are prohibited from marrying each other need not be in a "spouse-like" relationship with each other. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2116 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. |
CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO |
| Provides a one-time $1,500 tax credit for the purchase of a hybrid or alternative fuel motor vehicle. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2117 RELATING TO INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes the statewide interfaith steering committee to develop and promote interfaith activities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2118 RELATING TO CANCER. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for oral chemotherapy. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2119 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Includes methods of oral chemotherapy treatment in health insurances coverage. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2120 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires that mutual benefit societies annually spend on health community benefit programs no less than 50 percent of the savings that they receive annually from their general excise tax exemption as nonprofit organizations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2121 RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the use of compact fluorescent light bulbs in all state and county facilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2122 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes special education advisory council in chapter 302A, HRS, relating to education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2123 RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Allows counties to enact an ordinance to regulate the amount of rent increase for residential apartment buildings. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2124 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the department of health, to provide accurate information on human papillomavirus, the link between human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer, and the availability of human papillomavirus immunizations to parents of female sixth graders in public schools. Appropriations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2125 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. |
CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO |
| Provides incentives to purchase hybrid and alternative fuel motor vehicles by allowing these vehicles to travel in high-occupancy vehicle lanes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2126 RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires department of health to establish a 2-year pilot project on Oahu to equip paramedics to transmit electrocardiogram data in the field or in ambulances directly to a hospital's emergency room or to a cardiologist prior a cardiac patient's arrival at an emergency room. Makes appropriation from the emergency medical services special fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2127 RELATING TO EPILEPSY DISEASE ASSISTANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Creates epilepsy treatment and education grants-in-aid fund to help epilepsy victims and families. Creates advisory committee to recommend to DOH the creation of treatment and education programs. Exempts fund from transfers for central service expenses and pro rata administrative expenses. Appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2128 RELATING TO CIGARETTES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Prohibits sale of cigarettes in Hawaii that are not reduced ignition propensity "fire-safe" beginning 7/1/2009. Sets civil fines and requires attorney general to adopt rules to enforce law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2129 RELATING TO ELDER AFFAIRS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Ihara |
| Prohibits the director of the executive office on aging from altering, editing or withholding any work product issued by policy advisory board for elder affairs because it is inconsistent with the policy of the administration. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2130 RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the narcotics enforcement division of the department of public safety to maintain an electronic purchase logbook for sales of pseudoephedrine and related substances. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2131 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires health insurance providers to cover treatments for cancer. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2132 RELATING TO CANCER TREATMENT. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the department of human services to develop a program to provide cancer treatment to uninsured cancer patients in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/08. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2133 RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Repeals existing prohibition against dog fighting and enacts more comprehensive prohibition of dog fighting and related conduct. Provides enhanced penalties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2134 RELATING TO CIGARETTES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires cigarette manufacturers and wholesalers to offer within the same calendar year reduced ignition propensity cigarettes at a ratio of to one regular cigarette beginning 07/01/09. Sets civil fines and requires attorney general to adopt rules to enforce law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2135 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII TEACHER CADET PROGRAM. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds for the Hawaii teacher cadet program to address the teacher shortage. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2136 RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, and Hawaii School Food Service, to develop nutritionally-sound public school menu plans that give students the option of a vegetarian school lunch meal. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2137 RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Expands QUEST coverage for post-pregnancy interconception care to up to six months. Appropriates funds for this purpose. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2138 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds for special education and early intervention services provided by private sector or county programs through a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, HRS. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2139 RELATING TO DRIVING AFTER THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the use of a vehicle ignition interlock device following administrative or criminal revocation or suspension of a driver's license for driving after the consumption of alcohol. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2140 RELATING TO MINORS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the Board of Education to establish an Internet safety policy for minors with respect to the use of computers that have Internet access in public schools and libraries. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2141 RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Prohibits the consumption of any liquor on any public sidewalk or common area within a public housing project. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2142 RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Amends criminal trespass in the first degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project after reasonable request or warning to leave by housing authorities or a police officer. Excludes an invited guest. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2143 RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires turning driver to yield right-of-way to pedestrian in a crosswalk even if the pedestrian enters the crosswalk after the vehicle begins its turn. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2144 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Ensures physicians are reimbursed for services at a rate of not less than one hundred twenty-five per cent of medicare reimbursement rates. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2145 RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Baker |
| Requires funds for bills passed into law through veto override to be released within 90 days of passage. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2146 RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR NURSING. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Makes permanent the deposit and disbursement of certain nursing fees into the compliance resolution fund for the credit of the center for nursing special fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2147 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Directs the department of education to develop and implement, in consultation with other educational and community organizations, a student and faculty exchange program between Hawaii and its sister provinces in the Philippines. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2148 RELATING TO FUNERALS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, IHARA |
| Establishes requirements for pre-need funeral and interment salespersons. Establishes requirements for the solicitation of pre-need funeral and interment goods and services. Makes various amendments to the laws governing pre-need funeral and interment contracts and trusts. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2149 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, IHARA |
| Expands the power of the insurance commissioner to include regulating the rates of dental insurance providers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2150 RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTION. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, IHARA |
| Expands the adult protective services law by extending protections to vulnerable adults. Appropriates funds to the department of human services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2151 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, IHARA |
| Expands the long-term care ombudsman program by adding three additional ombudsman positions, one for each neighboring county. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2152 RELATING TO THE TASK FORCE ON AGING. |
CHUN OAKLAND, IHARA, SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes a task force on aging to study the need for and feasibility of establishing a department of aging. Requires the task force on aging to submit findings and recommendations to the legislature. Appropriates funds for the task force on aging. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2153 RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDIT. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, TSUTSUI, Taniguchi |
| Provides a mandatory tax credit to taxpayers pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2154 RELATING TO A PILOT COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PROGRAM. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI |
| Creates a pilot community conservation program within the Maui office of the division of conservation and resource enforcement and appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2155 RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAXATION. |
BAKER, Ige |
| Exempts from the general excise tax amounts received by managed care support contractors as reimbursements of costs or advances made pursuant to a contract for the administration of the federal TRICARE program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2156 RELATING TO THE WEST MAUI TRANSPORTATION ACCESS PLAN. |
BAKER, ENGLISH |
| Creates an informal, temporary West Maui transportation access plan working group to develop a West Maui transportation access plan. Allows hiring of a consultant without regard to the Hawaii procurement code to develop the plan. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2157 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, IGE, NISHIHARA, TSUTSUI, Taniguchi |
| Clarifies the prescribing of opiates for pain treatment. Extends the time limit in which scheduled II controlled substances prescriptions must be filled. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2158 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. |
BAKER, Fukunaga, Sakamoto |
| Appropriates funds to support the statewide economic development program of the Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network hosted by the University of Hawaii at Hilo. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2159 RELATING TO PROFESSIONS. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, IGE, KOKUBUN, NISHIHARA, TSUTSUI |
| Repeals sunset provisions for chapter 453D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to mental health counselors, to be effective upon approval. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2160 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
BAKER (BR) |
| Requires the Hawaii state hospital to produce an annual report on forensic patients; requires yearly court status hearings for individuals ordered to be conditional release or hospitalized as an inpatient by the mental health court; reduces the minimum length of hospitalization from ninety to thirty days for individuals who are recommitted after conditional release; makes appropriation for mental health court operations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2161 RELATING TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Exempts board of regents of the University of Hawaii from Hawaii public procurement code requirements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2162 RELATING TO THE AFTER-SCHOOL PLUS PROGRAM REVOLVING FUND. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires funds deposited into the after-school plus program revolving fund to include only funds collected as fees or charges for participation in the program and interest earned on the revolving fund deposits. Clarifies that the after-school plus program funds shall be used to support the program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2163 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to adopt rules to align state teacher licensing requirements with federal standards. Limits the duration of employment of an emergency unlicensed hire of the department of education to three years. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2164 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes the Hawaii charter school facilities fund for funding the repair, maintenance, and other facilities needs of charter schools. Establishes a tax credit for certain individuals who make contributions to charter school repairs, maintenance, or development. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii charter school facilities fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2165 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds for performing arts and fine arts education programs in public middle and high schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2166 RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds for grants for public schools that use alternative energy utilities on their campuses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2167 RELATING TO STUDENTS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires a reduction in class sizes to achieve lower student-to-teacher ratios in public elementary, middle, and high schools. Appropriates funds for staffing needs for the reduction in class sizes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2168 RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Adopts multi-state compact for election of President of the United States by national popular vote. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2169 RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Establishes winery class of liquor license. Authorizes wineries to sell wine for consumption off-premises. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2170 RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Protects counties from liability as a result of natural conditions on or near a public beach park. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2171 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Extends the period of review for a legislative body from 45 days to 90 days when examining affordable housing projects. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2172 RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Repeals requirement that county cooperative purchases adhere to administrative rules adopted by the state procurement policy board. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2173 RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Transfers a percentage of uncontested traffic fines and forfeitures to the county in which the violation occurred. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2174 RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows two or more members of a board to discuss official board business to enable them to perform their duties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2175 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the office of information practices to provide a written opinion within 60 days of a written request for an advisory opinion. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2176 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BALL FIELD AND RECREATIONAL FACILITY LIGHT SYSTEM RETRO-FIT, HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN, AND WAILUA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADES FOR THE COUNTY OF KAUAI. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates $2,460,000 for CIP projects on Kauai for ball field and recreational facility light system retrofit, habitat conservation plan, and Wailua wastewater treatment plant upgrades. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2177 RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies county immunity in operating county parks by deleting exclusion of public beach parks from the definition of "improved public lands". | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2178 RELATING TO THE RE-EMPLOYMENT OF RETIREES BY THE STATE OR COUNTIES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows the state and county governments to hire retired state or county public employees that are currently receiving public sector pension or retirement benefits. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2179 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WASTEWATER PROJECTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds wastewater projects to comply with federal Environmental Protection Agency standards. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2180 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DISASTER RELIEF. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates moneys to maximize available federal reimbursements to assist Hawaii county with earthquake recovery efforts. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2181 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds for the employer contribution share of retirement funds for emergency medical services employees in the county of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2182 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates federal Reed Act money to the department of labor and industrial relations to assist the State's four local workforce investment boards. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2183 RELATING TO THE LIABILITY OF A FIREARM OWNER. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Removes government entities from definition of firearm owner for purpose of establishing liability. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2184 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Prohibits a county from enacting any ordinances or adopting any rules regulating fireworks or articles pyrotechnic that are less restrictive than the regulations established by state law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2185 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WELLS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds for exploration and production of wells at Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, reduced by moneys appropriated under this Act if moneys made available under Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, are encumbered prior to the effective date of this Act. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2186 RELATING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF VETERANS CEMETERIES IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds for the maintenance of veterans cemeteries in the county of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2187 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR WEST HAWAII HOUSING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds to help with construction of a facility that will provide housing and services for individuals and families that are successfully transitioning through the homeless continuum on the island of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2188 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes that motor vehicles owned and operated by persons with a disability and used for personal transportation are noncommercial motor vehicles. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2189 RELATING TO MAKUA. |
HANABUSA |
| Establishes a Makua reserve commission to oversee preservation and restoration activities in Makua valley on Oahu. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2190 RELATING TO MOTOR SPORTS COMPLEX. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to condemn land to build a motor sports facility. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2191 RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. |
HANABUSA |
| Requires the public utilities commission to develop and implement a plan for the undergrounding of all overhead utility lines in all counties with over 500,000 residents, beginning with a pilot program for the Nanakuli to Makaha corridor. Funds pilot conversion plan by apportioning costs equally between affected utilities and the state highway fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2192 RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. |
KOKUBUN |
| Requires the department of health to conduct an independent analysis on the structural stability of the ash monofill prior to granting the city and county of Honolulu's requested modification to the existing permit for the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2193 RELATING TO TERROR-FREE INVESTMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Prohibits the State and the employees' retirement system from investing in companies with active business ties to Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2194 RELATING TO WASTE PLASTIC. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism to conduct a study regarding the feasibility of using stockpiles of waste plastics as a strategic energy reserve. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2195 RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows companies or facilities that transport disabled persons to qualify for removable windshield placards and license plates that designate approved use of disabled parking stalls. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2196 RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON OCEAN WATERS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Adds regulatory function over commercial activities in ocean waters to the department of land and natural resources. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2197 RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates $500,000 to be paid into the Hawaii community-based economic development revolving fund established in section 210D-4, HRS, for low interest loans and grants to qualifying community-based organizations involved in economic development activities under the Hawaii CBED technical and financial assistance program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2198 RELATING TO LAND CONSERVATION. |
HEE, HOOSER |
| Provides a tax credit to encourage the preservation and protection of conservation land in the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2199 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
NISHIHARA, ESPERO |
| Grants service credit for state retirement purposes for service as a Philippine veteran. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2200 RELATING TO BEACHES. |
NISHIHARA |
| Establishes visitor area beach restoration special fund; dedicates moneys in tourism special fund to visitor area beach restoration special fund for 1 year only. Appropriates moneys from the special fund to pay for visitor area beach restoration project on Waikiki beach fronting the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2201 RELATING TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD MEETINGS. |
NISHIHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO, Taniguchi |
| Prescribes the procedure to be followed at certain neighborhood board meetings, such as the information that may be included in the written public notice, the information that the board may receive on a matter, and the deliberation and decision making process. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2202 RELATING TO PARTIAL PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Qualifies a candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney to qualify for partial public campaign financing if the candidate does not exceed the respective campaign expenditure limit. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2203 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes various amendments to the campaign financing law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2204 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies campaign spending law relating to electronic filing of reports. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2205 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Prohibits, without the contributor's written consent, contributions to be used for any purpose, including for an election for another state or county office, other than for the office sought by the candidate at the time the contribution is received. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2206 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
IGE |
| Imposes the state income tax on rollovers made by state and county employees from qualifying deferred compensation plans to eligible state or county retirement plans. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2207 RELATING TO WOMEN'S HEALTH. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Requires not less than 6 months post-partum and interconception care for women of childbearing age who are participants in the Hawaii QUEST health insurance program. Defines "interconception care." Requires department of human services to adopt rules. Appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2208 RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Provides protections for domestic violence victims in rental housing. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2209 RELATING TO CHILDREN. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Establishes a bill of rights for children of incarcerated parents. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2210 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Clarifies the eligibility requirements of and expands the bridge to hope program to enable all heads of households who are receiving financial assistance and participating in the first to-work program to pursue a full range of educational activities as part of their work activities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2211 RELATING TO THE CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS TASK FORCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Re-establishes the children of incarcerated parents task force, which ceased to exist on December 31, 2007. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2212 RELATING TO CRIME. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Enables prosecution of human trafficking under Hawaii law by creating new offense of sexual exploitation of a minor, amending existing kidnapping, extortion, and prostitution offenses, and including sexual exploitation of a minor in definition of racketeering. Eliminates distinction between minors under 18 and minors under 16 for purposes of promoting prostitution. Makes victims of sexual exploitation of a minor and promoting prostitution in the first degree eligible for crime victim compensation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2213 RELATING TO VETERANS. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Changes the composition, terms, and the duties of the advisory board on veterans' services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2214 RELATING TO BRIDGE TO HOPE PROGRAM. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Expands the bridge to hope program to enable all heads of households receiving financial assistance and participating in first-to-work to pursue education beyond the federal limit of one-year of vocational education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2215 RELATING TO MEAT. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Requires grocers to list the country of origin of all beef, pork, poultry, and lamb sold. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2216 RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. |
INOUYE, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA |
| Requires the department of human services to contract the services of a health and human services provider to establish a pilot prostitution prevention education and diversion program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2217 RELATING TO CRIME. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Requires DNA collection from those arrested on felony charges. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2218 RELATING TO ELECTRONIC MONITORING. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, INOUYE, TOKUDA |
| Requires electronic monitoring of persons convicted of violating a domestic abuse temporary restraining order or protective order. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2219 RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Expands QUEST coverage for post-pregnancy interconception care to up to six months. Appropriates funds for this purpose. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2220 RELATING TO THE STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds for decreasing the student to teacher ratio in Hawaii public schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2221 RELATING TO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Provides funding to ensure that public restrooms are consistently well maintained. Appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2222 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds for incorporating peace education in the current public school curriculum, including funding for counselor training, expansion of the peer education program, and the hiring of additional substance abuse counselors. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2223 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds to the department of human services for independent living skills training for foster children and children being released from foster care. Authorizes general obligation bonds for transitional housing for foster children and children being released from foster care. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2224 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds to the department of education to provide additional resources to support teacher quality. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2225 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds for various homeless and housing programs and projects. Extends sunset date for allocation of conveyance tax to the rental housing trust fund to June 30, 2013. Makes appropriation to assist developers in contracting for third party review and certification to expedite the processing and issuance of building permits for affordable housing projects. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the planning, development, and construction of affordable housing in cooperation with nonprofit and private developers and for other purposes relating to public and affordable housing. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2226 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds for the state commission on fatherhood. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2227 RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. |
CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds for grants for alternative energy utilities on public school campuses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2228 RELATING TO SCHOOL COUNSELORS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Provides funds for the department of education to hire more school counselors for middle and high schools. Appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2229 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds to eradicate invasive species and protect native species. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2230 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD |
| Appropriates moneys for the development, renewal, and maintenance of fine arts classes in secondary schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2231 RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD |
| Appropriates funds to replace all incandescent lighting with compact fluorescent lighting in public schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2232 RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD |
| Appropriates funds to the public school system to establish a recycling program and provide recycling bins on every school campus. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2233 RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A GLOBAL YOUTH CENTER. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes a global youth center under the University of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2234 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Requires the department of human services to disregard specified assets for purposes of determining eligibility for certain public assistance benefits. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2235 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE FOR EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds to provide one educational assistant for every public school class in grades K-3. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2236 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds for the Waianae Organic Agriculture Center collaborative project between Leeward Community College and Waianae Community Redevelopment Corporation to establish one full-time educational coordinator position and support operating costs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2237 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires safety helmets for minors operating all-terrain vehicles; requires DOT to adopt rules on specification and standards for safety helmets. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2238 RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS. |
GABBARD, ESPERO |
| Provides an income tax credit for employers when their employees telecommute for work. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2239 RELATING TO TOXIC PRODUCTS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Prohibits the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of toys and child care articles containing certain toxic chemicals and requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternatives. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2240 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, GABBARD, IHARA, SAKAMOTO |
| Creates a refundable state earned income tax credit for individual taxpayers' which is equal to 20% of the federal earned income tax credit. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2241 RELATING TO SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN. |
CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, GABBARD, IHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, Hemmings |
| Appropriates funds to non-school hour programs for youth enrolled in school. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2242 RELATING TO NON-SCHOOL-HOUR PROGRAMS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, IHARA |
| Establishes a task force on non-school-hour programs to review and improve the State's current non-school-hour activities programs. Appropriates funds for non-school-hour activities and for a program coordinator. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2243 RELATING TO COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, GABBARD, IHARA |
| Requires use of compact fluorescent light bulbs in state buildings and public education campaign to promote private use of compact fluorescent light bulbs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2244 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Provides an annual apportionment of funds from the general excise tax to all public school teachers for reimbursement of classroom out-of-pocket expenses | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2245 RELATING TO UNATTENDED CHILDREN IN MOTOR VEHICLES. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD |
| Makes it a violation of the statewide traffic code to leave a child unattended in a motor vehicle. Effective on approval. Requires the examiner of drivers to test driver's license applicants for knowledge of this offense. Requires notice of law in rental cars. Effective on 10/1/2008. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2246 RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION BOARD ALLOWANCE FOR FORMER FOSTER YOUTH. |
CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO |
| Allows a former foster youth to be eligible for higher education board allowance until the age of twenty-one and for a period of five and one-half years. Makes an appropriation for this purpose. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2247 RELATING TO THE MOLOKA‘I IRRIGATION SYSTEM. |
HEE |
| Makes an appropriation to the department of agriculture to purchase equipment to maintain the Moloka‘i irrigation system. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2248 RELATING TO LEGACY LANDS. |
HEE |
| Makes an appropriation for the board of land and natural resources to purchase the Ka ‘Iwi coast using the land conservation fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2249 RELATING TO STREAM MAINTENANCE. |
HEE |
| Makes an appropriation to purchase equipment to maintain Pokiwai stream. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2250 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HOUSING AUTHORITY TO UPGRADE FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS. |
KIM, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI, Baker, Espero, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ige, Ihara, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Slom, Taniguchi, Tokuda, Trimble |
| Makes an appropriation for Hawaii public housing authority to upgrade fire safety systems. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2251 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
KIM, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Baker, Espero, Fukunaga, Ige, Ihara, Nishihara, Slom |
| Establishes an income tax deduction for contributions to the college savings program, established pursuant to section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or successor legislation, to encourage savings and investment for post secondary educational purposes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2252 RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. |
KIM, Baker, Chun Oakland, English, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ige, Ihara, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tokuda |
| Prohibits ex-officio members and interim appointments of boards and commissions from appointment as chair of the board or commission. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2253 RELATING TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES EDUCATION PROGRAM. |
KIM, ENGLISH, GABBARD, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Baker, Chun Oakland, Espero, Fukunaga, Ige, Ihara, Sakamoto |
| Creates and appropriate funds for an environmental education program to educate county law enforcement officers and personnel in how to carry out their duties in investigating environmental crime. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2254 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
KIM, TOKUDA, Baker, Chun Oakland, English, Espero, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ige, Ihara, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Slom, Tsutsui |
| Directs the department of education to conduct a study of converting hard cover textbooks to e-books. Report to 2009 legislature. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2255 RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES. |
KIM, ESPERO, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ige, Nishihara, Tokuda |
| Authorizes the office of information practices to fine any agency that does not comply with a decision; requires the office to adopt rules that set uniform standards for issuing fines. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2256 RELATING TO WITNESSES. |
KIM, ENGLISH, TOKUDA, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ige, Nishihara, Trimble, Whalen |
| Increases the per diem amount for an out-of-state witness in criminal cases; provides for an additional amount of per diem for a witness traveling from an island other than where the court holds session, if the witness is required to stay overnight. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2257 RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE LAW. |
KIM, TOKUDA, Fukunaga, Ige, Nishihara, Whalen |
| Establishes a tip credit formula that requires a tipped employee to be paid an hourly amount of not less than 25% below the minimum wage. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2258 RELATING TO THE WIRELESS ENHANCED 911 BOARD. |
KIM, Espero, Gabbard, Ige, Nishihara, Slom, Trimble |
| Deletes quorum by proxy and authorization for a board member to vote by proxy submitted in writing to the board. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2259 RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga, Taniguchi |
| Improves access to psychotropic medication for all participants in medicaid medical plans. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2260 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
BAKER, Fukunaga, Ige |
| Authorizes the director of health to apply for the discharge, or modification, of an order granting conditional release to a person who is no longer affected by a physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2261 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, FUKUNAGA, IGE, SAKAMOTO |
| Provides teachers receiving satisfactory service performance evaluations with annual step increases for five years. Denies public school teachers with marginal service performance evaluations from receiving annual step increases. Excludes teachers at the top salary levels from receiving annual step increases. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2262 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, FUKUNAGA, IGE, SAKAMOTO |
| Repeals the sunset date for voluntary employees' beneficiary association trusts pilot program established pursuant to Act 245, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, as amended. Amends the voluntary employees' beneficiary association trust law to reflect permanent nature of the program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2263 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
BAKER, SAKAMOTO, Chun Oakland, English, Fukunaga, Ige |
| Requires the University of Hawaii board of regents to publicly disclose in open meetings: (1) compensation offered to newly hired employees; (2) changes in compensation offered to existing employees for administrative positions in the UH system filled by excluded employees; and (3) all budgetary expenditures made by the board of regents. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2264 RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Makes a third and subsequent conviction for prostitution a class C felony when the offense is committed by a person who pays, or offers or agrees to pay, a fee for sex with another person. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2265 RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER. |
FUKUNAGA, Chun Oakland |
| Makes permanent the prohibition against urinating or defecating in public or within the boundaries of downtown Honolulu. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2266 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Requires 75% local hire to qualify for the motion picture, digital media, and film production tax credit and excludes media productions from the definition of "qualified high technology business". | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2267 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Establishes a peace mission committee within the office of international affairs to plan and implement peace missions to other nations and organizations. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2268 RELATING TO MASS TRANSIT ROUTE ECONOMIC ZONES. |
FUKUNAGA (BR) |
| Creates for 20 years economic zones proximate to any mass transit route on Oahu. Grants nonrefundable tax credits in varying percentages to economic zone qualified businesses earning above and below $ in gross annual revenues. Grants % tax credit for development of housing within zones. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2269 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Provides a refundable small business exporter tax credit based on the percentage of out-of-state business conducted by a small business located in the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2270 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Provides a non-refundable small business exporter tax credit based on the percentage of out-of-state business conducted by a small business located in the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2271 RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. |
FUKUNAGA, CHUN OAKLAND, IHARA |
| Extends the period of time, from 1 to 3 years, that an applicant who has been denied or refused a liquor license must wait before becoming eligible to submit another application. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2272 RELATING TO MASS TRANSIT ROUTE ECONOMIC ZONES. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Creates a task force to recommend parameters for the creation of mass transit route economic zones including geographic criteria, eligibility for participating businesses, and benefits and incentives such as tax credits. Report to legislature. Task force terminates on 06/30/2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2273 RELATING TO DIGITAL MEDIA. |
FUKUNAGA, BAKER, ENGLISH, ESPERO, IGE, Slom |
| Authorizes the department of labor and industrial relations to implement and operate media production training programs. Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit to allow a tax credit on fifty per cent of wages paid to below-the-line crew who are Hawaii residents that meet certain training and certification requirements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2274 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
FUKUNAGA, Chun Oakland |
| Requires a private or public owner of a historic building to provide archival quality black and white photographs of the building to the department of land and natural resources, as a condition of receiving a permit or approval to demolish, construct, or otherwise alter that building. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2275 RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. |
MENOR (BR) |
| Requires the inclusion of property restrictions or conditions of use in a seller's disclosure statement. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2276 RELATING TO NURSES. |
MENOR (BR) |
| Revises licensing renewal requirements for nurses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2277 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
SLOM, Chun Oakland |
| Provides a defense to prosecution under place to keep provisions based on justifiable use of force in self-protection or justifiable use of force for the protection of another person. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2278 RELATING TO CONCEALED CARRY LICENSE OF PISTOLS OR REVOLVERS. |
SLOM |
| Authorizes chiefs of police to issue licenses to carry a concealed pistol or revolver. Details processes for license applications, renewals, and record keeping. Strictly prohibits carrying concealed pistols or revolvers under certain circumstances. Repeals HRS section 134-9. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2279 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
SLOM |
| Prohibits person or government entity from seizing any firearm or ammunition under civil defense, emergency, or disaster relief powers or during any civil defense emergency period or any time of national emergency or crisis, from any individual who is lawfully permitted to carry or possess the firearm or ammunition under part I of chapter 134 and who carries, possesses, or uses the firearm or ammunition in a lawful manner. Prohibits suspension or revocation, under emergency powers, of permits or licenses lawfully acquired and maintained under part I of chapter 134. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2280 RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. |
SLOM |
| Amends threshold reporting amounts for online disclosure of entities and organizations receiving state funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2281 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes school within the community colleges of the University of Hawaii to certify crafts persons and subcontractors. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2282 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Directs a portion of transient accommodation tax moneys to the Hawai`i Preservation Fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2283 RELATING TO THE HAWAII CAPITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE AREA. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Codifies the designation of the Nu‘uanu ahupua‘a area in Honolulu respectively between Kalihi and Piikoi streets, and Pali lookout and the Pacific ocean as the Hawaii capital cultural heritage area. Appropriates funds for the arts and culture development branch of the department of business, tourism, and economic development, to plan and implement programs and projects that recognize, preserve, stimulate, and celebrate the significance of the Hawaii capital cultural heritage area. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2284 RELATING TO HISTORIC BUILDINGS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds to refurbish each historic Japanese-style Buddhist temple in Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2285 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires 4% of all county fees collected for building, construction, or development-related permits to be deposited into the Hawaii historic preservation special fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2286 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
BUNDA |
| Requires motor vehicle insurers to reduce the rates of senior citizens who successfully complete a driver improvement course. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2287 RELATING TO STATE CONTRACTS. |
BUNDA |
| Directs the attorney general to review existing state contracts and projects to determine if compliance with environmental impact statement law is required because of state supreme court decision in The Sierra Club v. The Department of Transportation of the State of Hawaii ("Superferry decision"). | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2288 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
BUNDA |
| Requires the department of education to establish a dropout prevention strategy that includes research, planning, programs, grants, and supplementary instruction for students at risk of dropping out. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2289 RELATING TO QUALIFIED REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. |
BUNDA |
| Expands civil service exemption for personal services contracts or positions with qualified community rehabilitation programs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2290 RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADVOCACY SYSTEM. |
BUNDA |
| Authorizes governor to appoint 2 members from lists of nominees submitted by the senate president and speaker of the house of representatives, to the governing board of the State's advocacy system for persons with developmental disabilities, organized as a nonprofit entity under 42 United States Code section 15044. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2291 RELATING TO CAREGIVING. |
BUNDA |
| Extends the joint legislative committee on family caregiving; changes the committee's name to the joint legislative committee on aging in place; expands the committee's mandate to include aging in place issues related to family caregiving; requires the aging and disability resource center to report to the committee; requires the joint legislative committee to conduct a cash and counseling project; appropriates funds to the joint legislative committee; allows kupuna care to include overnight, weekend, and emergency respite, as well as provide grants to caregivers and for home modification; appropriates funds to the kupuna care program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2292 RELATING TO AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES. |
TANIGUCHI, Kokubun |
| Requires that an agreement to operate or share an automated teller machine may not prohibit, limit, or restrict the right of the owner or operator of the automated teller machine to charge a customer transaction fee. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2293 RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
TANIGUCHI, KOKUBUN |
| Exempts new multi-family housing condominium developments of fifty units of more from certain state and county affordable housing requirements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2294 RELATING TO KAKAAKO. |
TANIGUCHI, KOKUBUN |
| Increases the reserved housing requirement for a planned development on a lot of at least one acre in the Kakaako community development district, mauka area. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2295 RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. |
SAKAMOTO, Taniguchi, Tokuda |
| Allows two or more board members to discuss their individual positions or attend meetings or presentations relating to board business under certain circumstances. Allows members to be polled on official board business outside of meetings under certain circumstances. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2296 PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist nonprofit corporations supporting one or more charter schools, community development financial institutions benefiting one or more public charter schools, and charter schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2297 RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Imposes the general excise tax on the value of the work performed by owners-builders on their residences. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2298 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
SAKAMOTO, ESPERO, Ihara, Kokubun, Taniguchi |
| Establishes a joint legislative study group to investigate issues regarding the implementation of twenty-four-hour insurance coverage in Hawaii. Appropriates funds for the study. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2299 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
SAKAMOTO, Espero, Ihara, Kokubun |
| Requires each county to adopt an ordinance to participate in the community rating system of the national flood insurance program. Appropriates funds to the counties to implement the Act. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2300 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
SAKAMOTO, English, Fukunaga |
| Provides a tax credit to teachers for professional development and training expenses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2301 RELATING TO CRITERIA FOR EXTENDED TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT. |
SAKAMOTO, ESPERO, NISHIHARA, Chun Oakland, Kim |
| Extends term of imprisonment for offenses committed against pregnant women. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2302 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, HOOSER, IHARA, NISHIHARA, TSUTSUI, Kim |
| Appropriates funds to the department of education for adult education programs for prison inmates to assist with their transition to the community upon release. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2303 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PACIFIC AVIATION MUSEUM PEARL HARBOR. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, INOUYE, TSUTSUI, Kim |
| Appropriates $1,000,000 for the planning, design, and construction of phase 2 of the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2304 RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Limits the recovery of noneconomic damages in actions against design professionals involving injury or death to persons relating to the maintenance and design of highways, with exceptions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2305 RELATING TO STATE HERITAGE. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Establishes the Hawaii heritage task force and Hawaii heritage list to recognize and protect the sites and buildings most important to Hawaii's history and rich culture. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2306 RELATING TO MORTGAGE BROKERS. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Makes extensive amendments to chapter 454, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to regulation and licensing of mortgage brokers and solicitors. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2307 RELATING TO WIND ENERGY. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Establishes a consolidated process for the approval of permits for an interisland wind energy and undersea cable project. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2308 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Clarifies that a burial site may include a cave or lava tube. Defines burial cave. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2309 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Establishes a renewable energy facility siting process to expedite the review and action upon state and county permits necessary for the siting, development, construction, and operation of a renewable energy facility. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2310 RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE, HEALTH PHYSICS, AND SAFETY PROFESSIONS. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Provides professional recognition and title protection for specific titles within the occupational health and safety field (industrial hygiene, health physics, and safety). | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2311 RELATING TO AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 281, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, INTOXICATING LIQUOR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, CORRECTING ERRORS, AND DELETING UNNECESSARY AND OBSOLETE PROVISIONS. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Amends sections of chapter 281 to update the liquor laws. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2312 RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Allows condominium associations to invest funds in certificates of deposit through the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service network. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2313 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Expands the authority of the insurance division's insurance fraud investigations unit under the department of commerce and consumer affairs to prevent, investigate, and prosecute insurance fraud beyond motor vehicle insurance cases to all lines of insurance except workers' compensation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2314 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Allows an exception for small insurers with less than ten per cent of the market share to offer different types of benefits in a single unified policy. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2315 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Recognizes that a reciprocal insurer and its attorney-in-fact shall be considered as a single entity for tax purposes and not be subject to general excise taxes in order to avoid the effect of double taxation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2316 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN A PERIMETER FENCE TO PROTECT THE MAUNA KEA FOREST RESERVE. |
IHARA (BR) |
| Makes an appropriation to build and maintain a perimeter fence to protect the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2317 RELATING TO YOUTH PROGRAMS. |
IHARA |
| Makes appropriation for the Palolo at-risk youth outreach program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2318 RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. |
IHARA |
| Amends the definition of "familial status" in HRS section 515 2, to specify that a non-parent individual cohabiting with any minor children must have the written consent of the child's parent in order to qualify for "familial status" under the state housing laws. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2319 RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. |
IHARA |
| Prohibits the modification of mopeds to increase speed above manufactured limits. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2320 RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS. |
IHARA, Fukunaga, Kim, Taniguchi |
| Requires a government record to be transmitted to the requestor by means of electronic mail if the application for disclosure of the record was received electronically. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2321 RELATING TO IMPEACHMENT. |
IHARA, Kim |
| Establishes causes and procedures for impeachment of the governor, lieutenant governor, and appointed officers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2322 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, Kim, Taniguchi |
| Adds reciprocal beneficiaries to the definition of "immediate family" for laws related to campaign contributions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2323 RELATING TO OPEN MEETING NOTICES. |
IHARA, Chun Oakland, Kim, Sakamoto, Taniguchi |
| Requires the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office to retain public notices of open meetings for two years from the date of filing and to retain an electronic copy thereafter. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2324 RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, Kim, Sakamoto, Taniguchi |
| Protects consumers and encourages market competition by prohibiting wireless telecommunication service providers from charging unfair service agreement cancellation penalties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2325 RELATING TO GREEN BUILDINGS. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO, Kim |
| Requires that construction or major renovation of state buildings comply with the gold standard of the green building council's LEED rating system. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2326 RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING. |
IHARA, Chun Oakland, Kim, Sakamoto |
| Amends HRS sec. 349-2(b) to increase the salary cap for the director of the executive office on aging from sixty-nine to eighty per cent of the salary of the director of the department of human resources development. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2327 RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS. |
IHARA (BR) |
| Requires 72-hour waiting period between introduction and any vote on appropriation or revenue bill, at least 24 hours between amendment proposal and any vote to adopt, and 48 hours between striking amendment proposal and any vote to adopt. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2328 RELATING TO ETHICS. |
IHARA |
| Prohibits legislators and employees from soliciting, accepting, or receiving any gift from a lobbyist. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2329 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR HUI MANA‘OMA‘O. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, Kim, Sakamoto, Taniguchi |
| Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds to Hui Mana‘Oma‘o for the establishment of facilities to convert renewable energy resources into electrical energy. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2330 RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION. |
ESPERO, GABBARD |
| Transfers civil identification function from the attorney general to the counties; makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2331 RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON SALARIES. |
ESPERO, GABBARD, Chun Oakland, Ige |
| Requires commission on salaries to conduct a public hearing on Oahu prior to submitting its recommendations to the legislature. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2332 RELATING TO MINORS. |
ESPERO |
| Opens family court waiver of jurisdiction, legal proceedings, and legal records to the public in cases where a minor is charged with murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2333 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
ESPERO, INOUYE, Bunda, English, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ige, Ihara, Menor, Nishihara, Tokuda, Tsutsui |
| Establishes a task force to research the possibility of creating an institute of robotics within the University of Hawaii college of engineering. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2334 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
ESPERO, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Hemmings, Ihara, Nishihara, Trimble |
| Repeals exemption from civil service of the first and second deputy sheriff; requires the deputy director for law enforcement and the sheriff to be graduates of a law enforcement academy. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2335 RELATING TO FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION. |
ESPERO, Hemmings, Ige, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Requires the taking of buccal swab samples and print impressions of persons arrested for felony offenses. Allows samples taken of persons arrested to be expunged under certain circumstances. Makes conforming amendments to chapter 844D, Hawaii Revised Statutes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2336 RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. |
ESPERO (BR) |
| Appropriates funds to the State's only trauma center to upgrade generator capacity in order to ensure sufficient capacity in the event of a major disaster. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2337 RELATING TO VIOLENT OFFENDERS. |
ESPERO, Chun Oakland, Gabbard, Nishihara |
| Expands sex offender registry to require registration of violent offenders. Permits violent offenders to petition for termination of registration requirement after 6 years. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2338 RELATING TO POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. |
ESPERO |
| Requires that every postpartum patient be screened for postpartum depression symptoms prior to discharge and at the first postnatal check up. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2339 RELATING TO HIV. |
ESPERO, Whalen |
| Repeals requirement to obtain prior written informed consent to HIV test, except for certain individuals. Requires doctor or provider to inform patients, including pregnant women, of right to decline HIV test, among other things. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2340 RELATING TO AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT. |
ESPERO, Bunda, Gabbard, Ige, Menor, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tsutsui |
| Makes an appropriation for costs associated with applying for a spaceport license from the Federal Aviation Administration. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2341 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
ESPERO, CHUN OAKLAND, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, Taniguchi |
| Requires prisons holding Hawaii prisoners under a contract with the State to make public information about the operation of the prison | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2342 RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. |
ESPERO, NISHIHARA, Chun Oakland, Sakamoto, Taniguchi |
| Requires the auditor to conduct performance audits of private prisons on the mainland that house Hawaii prisoners. Makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2343 RELATING TO PAROLE. |
ESPERO, CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, Taniguchi |
| Establishes an earned-time program that provides incentives for inmate rehabilitation by allowing inmates to become eligible for parole when they make consistent progress in completing programs while incarcerated. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2344 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
ESPERO, CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO |
| Requires the department of public safety to establish performance indicators to ensure that the department is in compliance with the Community Safety Act of 2007. Requires monthly reports to the legislature, using key performance indicators, such as inmate drug test failure rates, educational goals achieved, reentry plans, post-incarceration employment, victim restitution paid, and recidivism rates. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2345 RELATING TO CHILDREN. |
ESPERO, CHUN OAKLAND, Gabbard, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Establishes a bill of rights for children of incarcerated parents. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2346 RELATING TO THE CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS TASK FORCE. |
ESPERO, CHUN OAKLAND, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO |
| Re-establishes the children of incarcerated parents task force, which ceased to exist on December 31, 2007. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2347 RELATING TO SENIOR CENTERS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, IHARA |
| Makes appropriation for certain senior centers on Oahu. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2348 RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the department of education to: (1) include a shaded play area or areas of reasonable size on school grounds in its plans for all new elementary schools; and (2) implement an ongoing program to provide shaded play areas at existing elementary schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2349 RELATING TO EXEMPTION FROM GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Exempts from the general excise tax, amounts received for selling assistive devices. Defines assistive devices. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2350 RELATING TO THE TASK FORCE ON AGING. |
CHUN OAKLAND, IHARA, SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes a task force on aging to study the need for and feasibility of establishing a department of aging. Requires the task force on aging to submit findings and recommendations to the legislature. Appropriates funds for the task force on aging. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2351 RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes a statewide task force to advise the Civil Defense Division of the state Department of Defense on the needs of individuals with disabilities and special health needs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2352 RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Directs the Department of Human Services to establish a three-year pilot project, beginning with fiscal year 2008-2009, to conduct and expand asset building classes statewide to serve individuals with disabilities and parents of children with a disability in developing skills. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2353 RELATING TO COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds for the Department of Public Safety to provide reintegration programs that combine cognitive behavioral theory with Native Hawaiian holistic interventions that address domestic violence, addictions, self mastery through identity, and community connections for successful transitions back into the community. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2354 RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Limits noneconomic damages that may be recovered in medical tort actions. Limits the amount of attorney's fees that may be collected in connection with a medical tort action. Amends the definition of "health care provider" and "medical tort". Sunsets on the earlier of the date on which an insurer does not comply with the premium rate caps, or July 1, 2015. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2355 RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Mandates agencies and government entities that require or deliver mental health services to create and implement a unified system of delivery of care and services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2356 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii to finance energy conservation and renewable energy matters to make Saunders hall at the University of Hawaii a campus and community model of sustainability and energy conservation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2357 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Allows the principal of each public school to establish and use a debit card system based at the individual school level for the purpose of purchasing school supplies and other related curriculum support supplies. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2358 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
HOOSER |
| Prohibits a person from transiting unencumbered public lands for any commercial activity purpose without a conservation district use permit unless the unencumbered land is within an area that is regulated through a management plan that permits the commercial activity. Effective 01/01/09. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2359 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HOOSER |
| Makes renewable energy development, including solar energy production and ocean energy terrestrial facilities, a permitted use in agricultural districts. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2360 RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. |
GABBARD, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Prohibits cell phone use while driving except with a hands-free device. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2361 RELATING TO SEAT BELTS IN SCHOOL BUSES. |
GABBARD, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tsutsui |
| Deletes school buses from the exemptions to the mandatory use of seat belts; adds retrofitting of seat belts to other provisions as may be deemed necessary by the State for the safety of school bus passengers; appropriates funds to the DOE for the retrofitting of seat belts in school buses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2362 RELATING TO THE HAWAII ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS AUTHORITY. |
GABBARD, English, Espero, Fukunaga, Hanabusa, Ige, Inouye, Taniguchi, Tsutsui |
| Establishes the Hawaii entertainment and sports authority to market, promote, develop, and coordinate entertainment and sports-related activities and events. Provides for funding and appropriates funds for the authority's establishment and operations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2363 RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. |
GABBARD, Chun Oakland, English, Espero, Hanabusa, Inouye, Kim, Nishihara |
| Amends Hawaii Penal Code to make sexual assault against a person who is mentally defective a "strict liability" offense. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2364 RELATING TO ISLAND PACIFIC ACADEMY. |
GABBARD, ESPERO, Bunda, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Hanabusa, Kim, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tokuda, Tsutsui |
| Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds up to $30,000,000 for planning and construction of educational facilities by Island Pacific Academy. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2365 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
GABBARD, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, TOKUDA, Nishihara |
| Provides that high occupancy vehicle lanes may be used by hybrid vehicles. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2366 RELATING TO STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. |
GABBARD, CHUN OAKLAND, Inouye, Taniguchi |
| Prohibits texting using electronic wireless communication device while driving. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2367 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
GABBARD, Nishihara |
| Excludes bodily injury coverage for noneconomic damages if the claimant was uninsured, intoxicated, or committing a felony at the time of the accident. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2368 RELATING TO COUNTY HIGHWAY PATROLS. |
GABBARD, Hanabusa |
| Allows counties to establish highway patrols as part of police departments; requires uncontested traffic fines and forfeitures to be transmitted to the counties for highway patrols. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2369 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
GABBARD, TSUTSUI, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Ige, Inouye, Nishihara, Tokuda |
| Excludes the first $50,000 in deferred income retirement plans from state income taxes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2370 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. |
GABBARD |
| Requires that a new environmental assessment and environmental impact statement be done if the last one done is over ten years old. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2371 RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. |
GABBARD, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, SAKAMOTO, Kim |
| Permits neighborhood board discussion on topics not listed on the meeting notice, but prohibits any action until proper notice may be given. Allows two or more neighborhood board members, but fewer than a majority, to attend outside meetings related to board business. Permits neighborhood board actions on unanticipated events. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2372 RELATING TO FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION. |
GABBARD, Chun Oakland, Espero, Inouye, Kim, Nishihara |
| Requires the taking of buccal swab samples and print impressions of persons arrested for felony offenses. Allows samples taken of persons arrested to be expunged under certain circumstances. Requires that samples collected pursuant to a medical examination of a victim of any felony sexual offense be submitted to the city and county of Honolulu police department for DNA testing. Provides for the collection of samples to assist with identification of missing persons, unidentified persons, and unidentified human remains. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2373 RELATING TO PSEUDOEPHEDRINE SALES. |
GABBARD, ESPERO, Chun Oakland, English, Hooser, Inouye, Kim, Nishihara |
| Requires electronic logs of pseudoephedrine sales to be made in real time and maintained for 2 years in a form searchable by law enforcement. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2374 RELATING TO PERMITS, LICENSES, AND APPROVALS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2375 RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2376 RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2377 RELATING TO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2378 RELATING TO CAMPAIGNING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2379 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2380 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2381 RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2382 RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2383 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, AND THE OMBUDSMAN. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2384 RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2385 RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2386 RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2387 RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2388 RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2389 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2390 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2391 RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Exempts from the general excise tax, commissions earned by a manufacturer's representative for the direct purchase of imported tangible personal property from the manufacturer by a customer. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2392 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Prohibits public housing policies that deny rent supplement benefits based on the number of persons sharing a bedroom in an apartment or whether tenants reside in Department of Housing and Urban Development subsidized housing. Assesses a graduated anti-speculation tax on the capital gains realized on real property held for less than 24 months before sold. Provides lessees under a long-term residential lease the right to purchase the fee simple title to the leased land. Directs the HPHA to expand the eligibility requirements for the family self-sufficiency program and appropriates funds therefor. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2393 RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. |
FUKUNAGA, BAKER, ESPERO, IGE, Slom |
| Extends funding for the Hawaii broadband task force from fiscal year 2007-2008 to add fiscal year 2008-2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2394 RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. |
FUKUNAGA, BAKER, IGE, English, Espero, Slom |
| Clarifies awards procedures for federal small business innovation research grants or federal small business technology transfer program grants. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2395 RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Clarifies definitions related to language access. Requires certain entities to file a language access plan and appoint a language access coordinator. Expands the language access advisory council from 11 to 15 members. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2396 RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. |
HEE, TOKUDA |
| Makes assault of a person employed at a state-operated or contracted mental health facility a class C felony. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2397 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS AFFILIATES. |
TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, Ige, Taniguchi |
| Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds to assist Castle Medical Center. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2398 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
NISHIHARA |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eighteenth senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2399 RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purpose of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2400 RELATING TO DECRIMINALIZATION OF MINOR OFFENSES PURSUANT TO ACT 124, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2005. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Decriminalizes minor offenses outside the Penal Code pursuant to Act 124, SLH 2005. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2401 RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS: MAKING VARIOUS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, AND CLARIFYING LANGUAGE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to condominiums for the purpose of correcting errors and references, and clarifying language. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2402 MAKING VARIOUS HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENTS TO VOLUME 11 OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, AND CLARIFYING LANGUAGE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends various provisions of volume 11 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes for the purpose of correcting errors and references, and clarifying language. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2403 RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. |
HOOSER, TSUTSUI, Ige |
| Appropriates funds for school-based substance abuse programs and for therapeutic living programs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2404 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. |
HOOSER, TSUTSUI, Ige |
| Requires that that 50% of the inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fees and charges collected be allocated to DLNR for the invasive species committees; raises the fee for inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species contained in any marine or air commercial container shipment from $1 to $10 per 20-foot equivalent unit per container or other appropriate unit per container. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2405 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HOOSER, Ige |
| Provides an enhanced tax credit for owners who donate their hazard-prone property to a public entity, or private non-profit land trust, for a permanent non-developmental purpose that is related to a public use. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2406 RELATING TO TELEPHARMACY. |
HOOSER, Ige |
| Requires board of pharmacy to allow telepharmacy by certain federally qualified health centers participating in the federal 340B Pharmaceutical Purchasing Program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Defines "telepharmacy" to limit dispensing to only acute medications. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2407 RELATING TO REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS. |
HOOSER, Ige, Ihara, Kim, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Prohibits licensees with an interest in a real estate transaction involving an appraisal from improperly influencing the reporting, result, or review of a real estate appraisal. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2408 RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. |
HOOSER, ENGLISH, Ihara, Kim, Nishihara |
| Prohibits smoking in and around public housing projects under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii public housing authority. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2409 RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Establishes procedures and criteria and appropriates funds to prevent state or county purchases from businesses that operate sweatshops. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2410 RELATING TO PHTHALATES. |
HOOSER |
| Prohibits the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of toys and child care articles containing phthalates and requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternative. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2411 RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
BAKER, TSUTSUI, ENGLISH |
| Creates a subaccount of the dwelling unit revolving fund to fund county initiated affordable housing projects that exceed the requirements for affordable housing developments in a county's code. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2412 RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, ENGLISH |
| Limits noneconomic damages that may be recovered in medical tort actions. Limits the amount of attorney's fees that may be collected in connection with a medical tort action. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2413 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, ENGLISH |
| Repeals the health insurance rate filing requirements in order to charge health care insurance companies the responsibility of determining their own rates. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2414 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, ENGLISH |
| Authorizes LRB to study two segments of health care in Hawaii: (1) mandatory employee benefits; and (2) state-sponsored portions of medicaid-assisted programs; makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2415 RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, ENGLISH |
| Authorizes prescriptive authority for qualified psychologists who practice at a federally qualified health center. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2416 RELATING TO DENTAL HEALTH. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, ENGLISH |
| Requires the department of health to establish and administer the water fluoridation pilot program in Maui county to adjust the amount of naturally occurring fluoride in the water to a level that will benefit oral health. Makes appropriations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2417 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, ENGLISH |
| Requires a study of health care adequacy on Maui, including regional health information organization establishment; establishes a tax credit providing an incentive for health care providers to furnish services and health care training on Maui. Makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2418 RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF NEED. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, ENGLISH |
| Reorganizes the certificate of need process by eliminating the review panel and the statewide health coordinating council and by renaming the subarea health planning councils to regional health planning councils. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2419 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
BUNDA |
| Establishes the Hawaii innovation development corporation to promote the development and exploitation of innovations and inventions that have direct economic benefits for Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2420 RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. |
BUNDA, Espero, Inouye, Nishihara |
| Requires planned community associations to register and re-register with and pay fees to the real estate commission on a biennial basis. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2421 RELATING TO LAND ACQUISITION. |
BUNDA |
| Appropriates funds for the acquisition of land in Wahiawa, Oahu, currently owned by the George Galbraith Estate. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2422 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
BUNDA |
| Authorizes issuance of revenue bonds to purchase land in central Oahu from the Galbraith Estate; appropriates funds to purchase the lands; enables the Agribusiness Development Corporation to contract with lending institutions to provide lease management services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2423 RELATING TO LAND ACQUISITION. |
BUNDA |
| Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources or any appropriate entity of the State to acquire lands situated in central Oahu owned by the Galbraith Estate by negotiation or condemnation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2424 RELATING TO CHAPTER 853, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Adds street solicitation of prostitution to the offenses for which a defendant may not seek deferred acceptance of a guilty or no contest plea. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2425 RELATING TO ARSON. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Specifies the firefighting costs that a defendant convicted of arson may be requires to reimburse. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2426 RELATING TO STATE HEALTH PLANNING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Repeals certificate of need process and the law governing acquisition of hospitals in relation to state health planning. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2427 RELATING TO SOLID WASTE DISPOSITION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Directs that once there is sufficient solid waste to run a county's resource recovery facility, that a county may no longer control where excess solid waste is disposed of. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2428 RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to provide alternative shelter for the homeless and acquire land. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2429 RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct a study on various homeless solutions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2430 RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. |
HANABUSA |
| Establishes a joint legislative information committee and an office of legislative information to provide the legislature with assistance with the legislature's computer system and network. Repeals chapter 21F, Hawaii Revised Statutes; relating to legislative fiscal and budget analysis and the legislative analyst. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2431 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
TSUTSUI |
| Provides that a zoning ordinance adopted by a county shall not be invalidated by a reclassification of land; provided that the uses allowed under the zoning ordinance are permissible uses under the new classification. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2432 RELATING TO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT LEARNING EXPERIENCE PROGRAM. |
TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, SAKAMOTO, Kim, Nishihara |
| Makes appropriations for the music entertainment learning experience program; amends Act 11, first special session laws 2007. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2433 RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. |
TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, Kokubun |
| Establishes standards and conditions for the receipt of funds appropriated to the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2434 RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY. |
TSUTSUI, KIM, Baker, Chun Oakland, English, Espero, Fukunaga, Ige, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Taniguchi, Tokuda |
| Clarifies appointments to the stadium authority, with the governor appointing three, president of the senate nominating three, and speaker of the house of representatives nominating three. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2435 RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, TOKUDA, Fukunaga, Hooser, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Exempts positions and personal services contracts with a qualified community rehabilitation program, which last for no more than one year, from county civil service law regardless of the cost. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2436 RELATING TO CRIME. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, FUKUNAGA, HOOSER, IGE, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Kokubun |
| Makes harassment by disruptive threats a misdemeanor. Makes it a crime to remotely harass another person by posting any type of writing or message with the intent to harass, intimidate, terrorize, frighten, or cause mental, emotional, or physical distress to another person. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2437 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. |
TSUTSUI, HOOSER, KIM, Baker, English, Kokubun, Nishihara |
| Proposes amendment to article V, section 6, of the state constitution to provide that the attorney general be elected as a nonpartisan rather than appointed by the governor. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2438 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. |
TSUTSUI, HOOSER, KIM, Baker, Espero, Nishihara |
| Amends section 12-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to conform with a constitutional amendment to article V, section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2439 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. |
TSUTSUI, KIM, Baker, English, Espero |
| Proposes an amendment to article V, section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to provide that candidates for the office of lieutenant governor be formally selected by official political parties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2440 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MAUI OFFICE OF VETERANS' SERVICES. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, ENGLISH, Inouye |
| Appropriates funds for personnel, furniture and equipment, and renovations and addition of employee lunch room for Maui office of veterans' services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2441 RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, English, Ige |
| Exempts state highways projects from county subdivision approvals regarding highway projects that involve acquisitions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2442 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
TSUTSUI (BR) |
| Exempts real property rental transactions between related entities from the general excise tax. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2443 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
INOUYE, CHUN OAKLAND, IHARA, MENOR, Bunda, Espero, Trimble |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the first senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2444 RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF NEED. |
INOUYE, ESPERO, Bunda, Fukunaga, Ihara, Menor, Trimble |
| Requires a public hearing on a certificate of need application prior to the agency's decision for approval or denial. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2445 RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. |
INOUYE, CHUN OAKLAND, Bunda, English, Fukunaga, Hooser, Ihara, Menor, Trimble |
| Allows nursing facilities to apply for and receive removable windshield placards for their vehicles that are used solely for transporting nursing facility patients for the purpose of parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2446 RELATING TO DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. |
INOUYE, Bunda |
| Requires half of surplus funds in the deposit beverage container deposit special fund to be shared among the counties equally. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2447 RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD. |
INOUYE, Bunda, Trimble |
| Increases uniform maintenance allowance from $1.50 to $10 per day, not to exceed $150 per year. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2448 RELATING TO THE ARMED SERVICES. |
INOUYE, Bunda, Hooser, Ihara, Menor |
| Provides an exemption of vehicle taxes and registration fees for members of the National Guard and Reserves. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2449 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
BAKER, SAKAMOTO, Ige, Taniguchi |
| Authorizes the board of education to establish the duration of probationary periods for new teachers, principals, and vice-principals of the department of education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2450 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION. |
BAKER (BR) |
| Makes an appropriation to the judicial selection commission for its operating budget. Authorizes one full-time position for the judicial selection commission. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2451 RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION. |
BAKER (BR) |
| Amends sections 26-25 and 40 51, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include the judicial selection commission. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2452 RELATING TO CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Requires an approved peer review for certain certified public accountant firms to practice in Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2453 RELATING TO CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Allows for certified public accountants with out-of-state licenses to practice public accountancy in Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2454 RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Requires a mortgagee to provide the telephone number of an attorney located and licensed in Hawaii as the contact individual, and authorizes this individual to provide information to qualified callers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2455 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Expands the renewable energy technologies tax credit to include hydrogen energy systems. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2456 RELATING TO HARASSMENT. |
FUKUNAGA, BAKER, ESPERO, IGE, MENOR, Slom |
| Adds computer communication as a form of nonconsensual contact in the offense of harassment by stalking. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2457 RELATING TO HARASSMENT. |
FUKUNAGA, BAKER, Espero, Ige, Menor, Slom |
| Provides that harassment includes all computer communications. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2458 RELATING TO CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION. |
FUKUNAGA, Baker, Espero, Ige, Menor, Slom |
| Establishes the offense of criminal impersonation, making it a petty misdemeanor to impersonate another person and place the person at risk of bodily injury. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2459 RELATING TO REMOTE DISPENSING. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Provides for the establishment of remote dispensing pharmacies. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2460 RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Prohibits pre-signed and predated prescriptions. Clarifies how the narcotic enforcement division administrator shall conduct inspections at pharmacies. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2461 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
BAKER |
| Amends various sections of HRS to increase penalties and fines for violations under inattention to driving, speeding; and driving while intoxicated. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2462 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
BAKER, English, Espero, Ige, Ihara |
| Re-opens election and membership into class H until 7/1/09. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2463 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, KOKUBUN, TANIGUCHI, Gabbard |
| Enables the agribusiness development corporation to contract with banks to provide lease management services. Allows corporation to lease agricultural lands for up to 55 years. Authorizes the corporation to purchase agricultural lands owned by the Galbraith Estate. Makes an appropriation to acquire Galbraith Estate Lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2464 RELATING TO THE STATE MAMMAL. |
TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, GABBARD |
| Designates the Hawaiian monk seal as the state mammal. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2465 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL DAY. |
TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, GABBARD, HOOSER |
| Designates the third Saturday in April as Hawaiian monk seal day. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2466 RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. |
TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO, English, Gabbard, Nishihara |
| Requires the department of education to increase opportunities for special needs preschoolers to interact with their non-disabled peers. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2467 RELATING TO LOANS TO ASSIST AGRICULTURAL AND AQUACULTURAL INDUSTRIES. |
TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, GABBARD, KOKUBUN, Menor, Taniguchi |
| Establishes the Hawaii farm renewable sustainable energy loan program to provide financial assistance for the development of sustainable energy by farmers and aquaculturists. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2468 RELATING TO ETHANOL FACILITY TAX CREDIT. |
TOKUDA |
| Caps the total annual amount of ethanol facility tax credits allowed at $8,000,000 between 01/01/08 to 12/31/12. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2469 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, GABBARD, KOKUBUN, SAKAMOTO, Nishihara |
| Establishes a culture resource management graduate level program at the University of Hawaii in Hilo. Appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2470 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
TOKUDA (BR) |
| Requires any reclassification of land contiguous to the agricultural district to the urban or rural district to contain condition prohibiting nonagricultural development within 300 feet of the property line bordering any agricultural parcel used for farming operations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2471 RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. |
BUNDA |
| Prohibits text messaging while driving; provides limited exceptions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2472 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SLOM |
| Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Mohala Pua School, doing business as the Honolulu Waldorf School. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2473 RELATING TO EVIDENCE. |
SLOM, Espero, Inouye, Trimble |
| Protects journalists from compelled disclosure of news or information and the sources of news or information. Establishes exceptions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2474 RELATING TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT. |
SLOM, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, TRIMBLE, Chun Oakland, English, Espero |
| Changes the maximum amount in controversy in all cases for the recovery of money brought in small claims court from $3,500 to $5,000, as well as the maximum amount claimed owed in all cases for the return of leased or rented personal property brought in small claims court from $3,500 to $5,000 and the maximum worth of that leased or rented personal property from $3,500 to $5,000. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2475 RELATING TO ENHANCED 911 SERVICES FOR MOBILE PHONES. |
SLOM |
| Repeals the monthly surcharge on mobile phone connections used to fund implementation of wireless enhanced 911 services by wireless providers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2476 RELATING TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. |
SLOM, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, TRIMBLE, Espero |
| Creates a new section allowing children who are home schooled to participate in extracurricular activities at the public school they would otherwise be required to attend. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2477 RELATING TO GRANTS-IN-AID. |
SLOM, Trimble |
| Changes current grants-in-aid for social services process to a community planning and delivery process. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2478 RELATING TO SMOKING. |
SLOM |
| Requires the Department of Health to promulgate rules governing smoking in outdoor areas of restaurants. Requires posting of appropriate signs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2479 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE KALOKO HOUSING PROGRAM. |
WHALEN |
| Appropriates funds to finance the Koloko housing program on the island of Hawaii to assist the homeless. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2480 RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE AND DEVELOPMENT. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, BUNDA, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HEE, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI |
| Amends Acts 111 and 271, SLH 2007, to appropriate funds for the support and expansion of existing STEM-related programs such as robotics, research experiences for teachers, and project EAST programs while supporting the recently-developed Hawaii excellence through sciences and technology academy pilot program, as well as expanding creating media programs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2481 RELATING TO ADULT CORRECTIONS OFFICERS AND YOUTH CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. |
HEE, HOOSER, Ige, Nishihara |
| Provides adult corrections officers and youth corrections officers with similar retirement benefits afforded other law enforcement and safety officers by allowing retirement after 25 years of credited service, unreduced for age. Requires increased percentage of contributions to ERS for hybrid plan adult corrections officers and youth corrections officers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2482 RELATING TO THE HAWAI‘I INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY. |
HEE, Sakamoto |
| Extends the lapse date of the funds provided for the planning, design, and construction of a modern laboratory and office complex on Coconut Island. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2483 RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. |
HEE |
| Establishes the Hawaii aquatic stewardship Act; establishes a scientific advisory group and a native Hawaiian advisory group. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2484 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A SHOOTING RANGE IN WEST HAWAII ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. |
HEE (BR) |
| Appropriates funds to plan, design, and construct a shooting range in west Hawaii on the island of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2485 RELATING TO WATER. |
HEE |
| Establishes a special fund for a water system on public lands that are used for domestic and agricultural uses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2486 RELATING TO WATER. |
HEE |
| Includes water and irrigation systems as a use for the special land and development fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2487 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
HEE |
| Specifies permissible activities of groups leasing campsites on state parks or public lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2488 RELATING TO WATER SYSTEMS. |
HEE |
| Establishes an irrigation system special account in the irrigation system revolving fund for each separate irrigation and water utilization system. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2489 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
GABBARD (BR) |
| Prohibits possession of tobacco products by any person under age 18. Requires department of health to adopt penalties. Makes appropriation to DOH for youth smoking educational program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2490 RELATING TO JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE. |
GABBARD |
| Amends chapter 703, HRS, to remove requirement to retreat or surrender possession of a thing before the use of force is considered justifiable. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2491 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
GABBARD, Chun Oakland, English, Espero, Hanabusa, Inouye, Kim |
| Establishes a health and safety program within the department of health and an oversight committee for biological research laboratories and facilities that study and contain biological agents, human pathogens, or toxins in Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2492 RELATING TO HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS. |
GABBARD, ESPERO, English, Hanabusa, Hooser, Inouye |
| Enacts the hospital-acquired infection disclosure and hospital-acquired infection prevention law to detect, report, and prevent organism caused infections in hospitals and medical facilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2493 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. |
BAKER, English, Ige, Sakamoto, Tokuda |
| Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for salary increases for unit 5 employees for fiscal year 2008-2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2494 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, IGE, SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes the Hawaii charter school facilities fund for funding the repair, maintenance, and other facilities needs of charter schools. Establishes a tax credit for certain individuals who make contributions to charter school repairs, maintenance, or development. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii charter school facilities fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2495 RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDIT. |
BAKER |
| Provides for a tax credit of $ for taxable year 2008 pursuant to article VII, section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2496 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HANABUSA, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA |
| Provides a general excise tax exemption for an aircraft training facility that offers high technology simulator training. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2497 RELATING TO MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS. |
HANABUSA |
| Transfers jurisdiction of municipal solid waste landfills from the counties to the public utilities commission. Provides no extensions on use of existing landfills. Provides that new landfills cannot be situated within fifteen miles of an existing landfill in counties with a population of greater than 500,000. | ||
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SB2498 RELATING TO A MAKAHIKI DAY COMMEMORATION. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, Baker, Espero, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Hee, Hemmings, Hooser, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Kim, Kokubun, Menor, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Taniguchi, Tokuda, Trimble |
| Establishes each November 20th as the Makahiki commemoration day. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2499 RELATING TO TARO. |
ENGLISH, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Gabbard, Hee, Hemmings, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Kokubun, Menor, Nishihara |
| Changes effective date of Act 36, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, which makes kalo the official plant of the State from 1/1/25 to 7/1/08. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2500 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
ENGLISH, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Espero, Gabbard, Hee, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Kim, Kokubun, Menor, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Slom, Tokuda, Trimble |
| Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds for the construction of a new classroom building on the campus of Lana‘i high and elementary school. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2501 RELATING TO THE RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLE SURCHARGE TAX. |
ENGLISH, BAKER, HOOSER, TSUTSUI, Chun Oakland, Ige, Kokubun, Nishihara, Tokuda |
| Extends the sunset date of the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax at $3/day rate for two years to August 31, 2010. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2502 RELATING TO INCOME TAX. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, Baker, Gabbard, Hemmings, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Kokubun, Menor, Tokuda |
| Assesses a graduated anti-speculation tax on the capital gains realized on residential real property held for up to 24 months before being sold. Deposits realizations to the rental housing trust fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2503 RELATING TO HANA HEALTH. |
ENGLISH, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, MENOR, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Gabbard, Hee, Hemmings, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Kim, Kokubun, Nishihara |
| Appropriates funds to Hana Health to further develop its capacity to meet the on-going needs of the community. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2504 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
ENGLISH, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, GABBARD, HEMMINGS, HOOSER, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TRIMBLE, TSUTSUI, Fukunaga, Ige, Ihara, Kim, Kokubun, Menor, Nishihara, Taniguchi |
| Allows the department of transportation and the counties to identify and permit installation of photovoltaic solar panels along highways, roadways, and streets to generate electricity to power lighting fixtures and provide electricity to nearby residential neighborhoods. Allows the DOT and counties to contract with a utility to install photovoltaic solar panels. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2505 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR MANELE SMALL BOAT HARBOR ON LANA‘I. |
ENGLISH, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, HOOSER, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Espero, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Kim, Kokubun, Menor, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Trimble |
| Makes an appropriation for a capital improvement project for Manele small boat harbor on Lana‘i. | ||
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SB2506 RELATING TO FOOD. |
ENGLISH (BR) |
| Bans the use of the artificial sweetener aspartame in food products. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2507 RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN. |
ENGLISH, GABBARD, HOOSER, Baker, Espero, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Kokubun, Menor, Nishihara, Tsutsui |
| Prohibits use of power of eminent domain to take and transfer private property to a private entity that had expressed interest in purchasing the same property for development purposes or other private use. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2508 RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. |
ENGLISH, Hemmings, Nishihara, Tokuda |
| Clarifies the prohibition on liquor labeling indicating an origin in Hawaii; clarifies that a liquor manufacturer's license allows distillers to sell directly to visitors on site. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2509 RELATING TO WIND ENERGY. |
ENGLISH, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Baker, Gabbard, Hemmings, Inouye, Menor, Nishihara, Taniguchi |
| Establishes a consolidated process for the approval of permits for an interisland wind energy and undersea cable project. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2510 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. |
ENGLISH, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Baker, Gabbard, Hemmings, Inouye, Menor, Nishihara |
| Establishes a renewable energy facility siting process to expedite the review and action upon state and county permits necessary for the siting, development, construction, and operation of a renewable energy facility. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2511 RELATING TO THE EAST MAUI COMMUNITY-BASED SUBSISTENCE FISHING AREA. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Espero, Ige, Kim |
| Creating the east Maui community-based subsistence fishing area to consist of the waters along the moku of Ko‘olau, Hana, Kipahulu, Kaupo, and Kahikinui. Authorizes DLNR to regulate uses and activities in the east Maui community-based subsistence fishing area. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2512 RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. |
ENGLISH, Baker, Gabbard, Inouye, Kokubun, Menor, Nishihara |
| Requires the judiciary to establish a program for counties that consist of more than three islands that allows for remote processing of first time citations for traffic violations. Requires a report to legislature; appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2513 RELATING TO ASSISTING PERSONS UNDER A COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, Espero, Ige, Kim |
| Creates one state coordinator position within the department of labor and industrial relations to assist individuals present in Hawaii under the various Compacts of Free Association; makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2514 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, MENOR, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Baker, Espero, Fukunaga, Hee, Ihara, Inouye, Kim, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Provides a one-time nonrefundable tax credit to assist the victims of the December 2007 flood and wind storm damage experienced in upcountry Maui and other areas of the 6th District. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2515 RELATING TO MOLOKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, Espero, Hee, Ige, Kim, Sakamoto |
| Appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2008-2009 to purpose an x ray unit for Molokai general hospital. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2516 RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. |
ENGLISH, MENOR, Ige, Kokubun, Nishihara |
| Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the planning and design of a reservoir in Upcountry Maui to serve both agricultural and residential water needs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2517 RELATING TO GRAY WATER. |
ENGLISH, Ige, Kokubun, Menor, Nishihara |
| Requires the department of health to establish a gray water recycling program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2518 RELATING TO TARO |
ENGLISH |
| Provides a grant for taro research, laboratory costs, and outreach for the control of the invasive apple snail. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2519 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HOOSER |
| Amends the license tax rules to except entities that use diesel oil for power-generating facilities from the additional 1 cent increase in diesel oil license taxes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2520 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. |
HOOSER, TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds for the operation and maintenance of the East Kauai irrigation system. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2521 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RESERVOIRS, DAMS, AND DITCH SYSTEMS. |
HOOSER, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, Espero, Ige, Nishihara |
| Appropriates moneys for a feasibility study on management of dams, reservoirs, and ditch systems. Effective 7/1/08. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2522 RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. |
HOOSER, Chun Oakland, Espero, Ige, Nishihara |
| Requires the Hawaii property insurance association to provide basic property insurance to owners provided that structures on their property are structurally sound, regardless of its age. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2523 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. |
HOOSER, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, IGE, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Espero, Ihara, Kim, Menor, Sakamoto, Taniguchi |
| Prohibits the sale of plants designated as restricted plants or noxious weeds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2524 RELATING TO PRISONS. |
HOOSER, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, English, Ige, Ihara, Kim, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Creates separate forensic treatment facilities within all community correctional centers. Ends practice of housing mentally ill prisoners in solitary confinement and with general prison population. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2525 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ACQUISITION OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF ACCESS TO HAENA BEACH PARK. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates matching funds from the department of land and natural resources for Kauai county's acquisition of a public right of way to Haena beach park. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2526 RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL. |
HOOSER |
| Prohibits cruise ships from burning bunker fuel as an air pollutant within five miles of Nawiliwili harbor; defines bunker fuel oil. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2527 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL. |
HOOSER, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Ige, Ihara, Kim, Nishihara |
| Makes appropriation for expenses of the Hawaii wing, civil air patrol. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2528 RELATING TO STATE PARKS ON KAUAI. |
HOOSER, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Espero, Ige, Nishihara |
| Establishes a sub-account under the state parks special fund into which 100% of the proceeds collected from the various fees collected at the Kokee state park and Waimea canyon state park, less any net amounts due to OHA, will be deposited and used to cover the cost of repair, maintenance, and operation at the Kokee state park and Waimea canyon state park. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2529 RELATING TO STATE PARKS. |
HOOSER, Chun Oakland, Espero, Ige, Nishihara, Tokuda |
| Clarifies that the conservation of park resources and values is the predominant concern of the state park system. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2530 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESS. |
IGE |
| Requires group health issuers to offer all group health plans to self-employed individuals who are licensed by the department of commerce and consumer affairs and are located in the group issuer's service areas. Allows limits on timing of enrollment and reenrollment to control adverse selection and plan costs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2531 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
IGE, Taniguchi |
| Authorizes prescriptive authority for qualified psychologists who practice at a federally qualified health center. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2532 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. |
IGE |
| Requires all health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide mandatory coverage for all policyholders, member, subscribers, and individuals under age 21 for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders beginning 1/1/2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2533 RELATING TO ADVERTISING BY MANUFACTURERS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND DISCLOSURE OF CLINICAL TRIALS. |
IGE |
| Requires prescription drug ads to meet federal standards, public disclosure of clinical trial information, and drug manufacturers to pay fees to department of health to fund a public education initiative on clinical trials and drug safety. Establishes special fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2534 RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST CONTAINMENT AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS. |
IGE |
| Requires the director of human services to establish a pharmacy best practices and cost control program including medicaid and other state public assistance health benefits plans, in which any public and private health plan may participate. Includes a prescription drug preferred list and prior authorization review process. Requires drug manufacturers to disclose economic benefits of $25 or more provided to persons who prescribe, dispense, or purchase prescription drugs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2535 RELATING TO THE TRAUMA SYSTEM SPECIAL FUND. |
IGE |
| Establishes additional funding mechanisms for the trauma system special fund. Makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2536 RELATING TO THE I-SAVERX PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM. |
IGE |
| Directs governor to establish the State of Hawaii's participation in the I-SaveRx prescription drug program to provide residents with increased access to affordable drugs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2537 RELATING TO KIDNEY DISEASE. |
IGE, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Awards a grant to St. Francis Healthcare System to support the modified home care and community health demonstration project; requires $1,000,000 in matching funds. Effective 7/1/08. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2538 RELATING TO WORKERS COMPENSATION. |
IGE |
| Increases workers compensation fee schedule from one hundred ten to one hundred twenty percent. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2539 RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. |
IGE |
| Funds a study to assess the structural integrity of each hospital and nursing home facility to determine their ability to withstand hurricanes and earthquakes. Makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2540 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. |
IGE |
| Appropriates federal funds for community-based dental health clinics. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2541 RELATING TO DENTAL CARE. |
IGE, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Expands coverage under the State's medicaid and QUEST programs to include comprehensive dental care for adults and appropriates funds to provide the additional coverage. Establishes a pilot program in the county of Hawaii relating to hospital dentistry for the developmentally disabled community and appropriates funds. Establishes a task force. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2542 RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH. |
IGE, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Ensures continued community-based primary care for the uninsured, underinsured, or medicaid recipients by helping the community health center system to remain financially viable and stable in the face of the increasing needs of these populations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2543 RELATING TO DENTAL HEALTH. |
IGE, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds to the department of health for the establishment or expansion of community-based dental health clinics that are operated by federally qualified health centers to provide a continuum of dental care to medicaid and QUEST eligible adults and children, the developmentally disabled, and the uninsured. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2544 RELATING TO THE USE OF FORCE. |
ESPERO, Baker, Chun Oakland, Nishihara, Slom |
| Establishes a conclusive presumption that the use of a fist is designed to cause or known to create a risk of causing substantial bodily injury to negate any justifiable use thereof. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2545 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
ESPERO, SAKAMOTO, Ige, Ihara, Kim, Menor, Nishihara |
| Creates the Alzheimer's advisory task force to study the feasibility of establishing an Alzheimer's research center in Hawaii under the University of Hawaii John A. Burns school of medicine. Report to legislature. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2546 RELATING TO OFFENDER REENTRY. |
ESPERO, HOOSER, SAKAMOTO, Hemmings, Ige, Ihara, Nishihara |
| Makes clarifying amendments to chapter 353H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the offender reentry program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2547 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
ESPERO, Hemmings |
| Establishes a committee that may add other medical conditions to the definition of "debilitating medical condition" for the purpose of medical marijuana use; amends the definitions of "primary caregiver" and "written certification"; defines "adequate supply" to include seven plants and three ounces of usable marijuana; adds definition for "registration" and amends the registration requirements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2548 RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION. |
ESPERO, HOOSER, Baker, Fukunaga, Ige, Ihara, Kim, Taniguchi |
| Requires all new development projects with over fifty units to install solar energy devices for water heating and requires the counties to establish rules for the installation of solar energy devices for water heating. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2549 RELATING TO ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES. |
ESPERO, TRIMBLE, English, Fukunaga, Ige, Menor |
| Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to develop an implementation plan to increase electric automobile use in Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2550 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
ESPERO, Chun Oakland, Ihara, Nishihara |
| Requires the DOT to establish minimum sound level standards for all phases of hybrid vehicle operation, applicable to every new vehicle sold in this State and licensed for use on its public streets, roadways, or highways; report to 2009 legislature on findings. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2551 RELATING TO FAMILY COURT JURISDICTION OVER MINORS. |
ESPERO, TRIMBLE |
| Requires the family court to waive jurisdiction when a minor of 15 years or older is charged with murder in the first or second degree and order the minor to be held for criminal proceedings before a court of competent criminal jurisdiction. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2552 RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. |
ESPERO, Hemmings, Slom |
| Makes cockfighting a class C felony. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2553 RELATING TO COUNTY SURCHARGE ON STATE TAX. |
ESPERO, Fukunaga, Ige, Menor, Trimble |
| Broadens the use of the county surcharge on state tax to include the building of highways for counties with a population greater than 500,000. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2554 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
ESPERO, Fukunaga, Ige, Menor, Trimble |
| Amends the definition of "display fireworks"; clarifies that fireworks may not be used within 500 feet of a hotel unless permitted; and clarifies that minors are prohibited from selling fireworks. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2555 RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. |
KOKUBUN, BAKER, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, KIM, NISHIHARA, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA |
| Creates a department of planning and sustainability by combining the office of planning, commission on water resource management, energy resources coordinator responsibilities, agribusiness development corporation, land use commission, office of environmental quality control, and Hawaii community development authority. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2556 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
KOKUBUN, ENGLISH, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, INOUYE, KIM, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Nishihara |
| Requires private landowners to report any inadvertent discovery of historic property on private land to the department of land and natural resources for identification and recordation. Requires the department to provide appropriate treatment options for the care and preservation of the historic property. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2557 RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. |
KOKUBUN, ENGLISH, ESPERO, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Fukunaga, Ige, Kim, Nishihara |
| Transfers jurisdiction of inadvertently discovered native Hawaiian burial sites from the department of land and natural resources to the appropriate island burial council. Provides sixty days for burial council to make a determination on burial site treatment or removal. Allows state historic preservation officer to make a determination if council is unable after sixty days. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2558 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. |
KOKUBUN, HOOSER, TOKUDA, Kim |
| Provides incentives for the greater use of renewable energy technologies in Hawaii by allowing eligible customer-generators to gain compensation for electricity generated in surplus of their actual total usage. Requires electric utility to pay a customer-generator up to 15 cents per kilowatt-hour or up to $2,000 in a calendar year. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2559 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS. |
KOKUBUN, HOOSER, TOKUDA, Kim |
| Creates the agricultural micro loan program authorizing the department of agriculture to issue loans up to $25,000 for projects by Hawaii producers for local markets; appropriates funds into the agricultural micro loan revolving fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2560 RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
KOKUBUN, TOKUDA, Baker, Hooser, Ige, Kim, Taniguchi |
| Establishes a self-help housing technical assistance trust fund under the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to provide funding for technical assistance costs generated by self-help housing projects. Makes an appropriation into the fund and authorizes the moneys to be expended to carry out the purposes of the fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2561 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
KOKUBUN, HOOSER, TOKUDA, Kim |
| Establishes tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic structures. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2562 RELATING TO VOTING. |
KOKUBUN, BAKER, ENGLISH, TOKUDA, Hooser, Ige, Kim |
| Authorizes permanent absentee voting. Makes appropriations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2563 RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. |
KOKUBUN, ENGLISH, Baker, Espero, Fukunaga, Hanabusa, Hooser, Ige, Inouye, Kim, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Requires the judiciary to establish a program for counties whose land area is greater than 4,000 square miles that allows for remote processing of first time citations for traffic violations. Requires a report to legislature. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2564 RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. |
KOKUBUN, ENGLISH, HOOSER, INOUYE, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Fukunaga, Hanabusa, Ige, Kim, Taniguchi |
| Allows nursing facilities to apply for and receive removable windshield placards for their vehicles that are used solely for transporting nursing facility patients for the purpose of parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2565 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. |
KOKUBUN, Baker, English, Espero, Fukunaga, Hanabusa, Hooser, Ige, Inouye, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Taniguchi |
| Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds to H2 Technologies, Incorporated for construction of Hydrogen Generator Appliance Laboratory and hydrogen generation and conversion facilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2566 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
KIM |
| Increases the post retirement allowance to three per cent beginning ten years after the date of retirement. Appropriates funds for the post retirement allowance increase. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2567 RELATING TO PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS. |
KIM |
| Requires pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers to change daily record transaction methods from a manual system to an electronic method through the use of the Internet or a computer disk. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2568 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
KIM, Sakamoto |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 14th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2569 RELATING TO THE MUSEUM OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE. |
KIM, ENGLISH, HOOSER, Espero, Gabbard, Ige, Ihara, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Extends the interim and final reporting deadlines for the museum of Hawaiian music and dance committee under Act 230, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2570 RELATING TO STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. |
KIM, HOOSER, SAKAMOTO, Gabbard, Ige, Kokubun, Nishihara, Taniguchi, Tokuda |
| Prohibits legislators and state employees from using state time, equipment, or other facilities to solicit support for a nominee in a senate advice and consent proceeding. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2571 RELATING TO FOOD WASTE RECYCLING. |
KIM, CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, HOOSER, KOKUBUN, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Baker, English, Espero, Fukunaga, Ige, Ihara, Nishihara |
| Requires the department of education, in a partnership with the department of health, to establish a three-year food waste recycling pilot project within public school districts. Makes an environmental management special fund appropriation for this purpose. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2572 RELATING TO ADVICE AND CONSENT. |
KIM, Fukunaga, Hooser, Ige, Ihara, Nishihara, Tokuda |
| Authorizes the senate, in its discretion, to limit to a provisional or temporary appointment, the advice and consent of the nomination of any executive of a principal department or the chairpersons of the board of agriculture, board of land and natural resources, or Hawaiian homes commission. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2573 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SENATE TO LIMIT ITS ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE NOMINATION OF ANY EXECUTIVE OR CHAIRPERSON OF A PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENT TO A PROVISIONAL OR TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT. |
KIM, Fukunaga, Hooser, Ige, Ihara, Nishihara, Tokuda |
| Amends the constitution to authorize the senate, in its discretion, to limit the advice and consent of the nomination of any executive or chairperson of a principal department to a provisional or temporary appointment. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2574 RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. |
KIM, HOOSER, Ige, Ihara, Kokubun, Nishihara, Slom |
| Requires that moneys received pursuant to a solicitation of funds by a government body to cover costs and expenses of state-sponsored trips and endeavors to generate business opportunities and goodwill be deposited into the general fund and disbursed pursuant to legislative appropriation. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2575 RELATING TO COUNTIES. |
KIM, GABBARD, SAKAMOTO, SLOM, Espero, Hooser, Ige, Ihara, Tokuda, Trimble, Tsutsui, Whalen |
| Restricts the eminent domain powers of the counties to ensure that private property, if acquired by a county through its eminent domain powers, is acquired only for public uses and not for private uses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2576 RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. |
KIM |
| Authorizes the State and counties to rehire, in certain circumstances, retired employees as permanent workers, without the retirees incurring any negative impact to their normal retirement benefits. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2577 RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. |
KIM |
| Authorizes the State and counties to rehire retired employees as permanent workers, without the retirees incurring any negative impact to their normal retirement benefits. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2578 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
KIM |
| Prohibits the manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of a .50 Browning machine gun rifle or .50 cartridge. Creates penalties. Adds definitions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2579 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies who is subject to administrative fines for violations relating to campaign contributions and expenditures. Provides for deposit of collected fines into the state general fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2580 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STEVENSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. |
TANIGUCHI, Fukunaga |
| Appropriates funds for Stevenson middle school to construct a building to house administrative and support offices and multipurpose educational facilities, and plan and design a multipurpose recreational facility. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2581 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Doubles the amount a candidate can transfer from campaign or surplus funds to a community or charitable organization. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2582 RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Defines the active practice requirement for member of the board of public accountancy to mean 1,000 hours of practice in the prior calendar year. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2583 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII CAPITAL CULTURAL DISTRICT. |
TANIGUCHI, English, Hanabusa, Ige, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tokuda |
| Appropriates funds to renovate the Kamamalu Building and renames the No. 1 Capitol District Building the Hawaii State Art Museum to be used exclusively by the museum. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2584 RELATING TO HONEY. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Recognizes honey as an agricultural commodity. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2585 RELATING TO HONEY. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Requires grocers to list the country of origin of all honey sold. Establishes penalties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2586 RELATING TO APIARIES. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Provides for the regulation of bees and beekeeping in the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2587 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Provides a refundable physician's relocation tax credit equal to 50% of the physician's medical malpractice premium costs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2588 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Provides a refundable physician's recruitment tax credit for companies that recruit physicians to practice medicine on the neighbor islands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2589 RELATING TO PHYSICIANS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Establishes a rural medical practice loan repayment program for licensed physicians who participate in the family practice residency program and who, upon completion of the program, commit to practice medicine for five years in rural areas on the neighbor islands. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2590 RELATING TO HEALTH CARE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Requires all graduates from the University of Hawaii school of medicine who have completed residency and are licensed to practice medicine to work 2 years in a rural community in the State. Imposes penalty for noncompliance. Requires board of medical examiners to adopt rules. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2591 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Provides that an independent physician be selected to conduct medical examinations in cases where major and elective surgery, or either, is contemplated or in cases where an employee or employer are dissatisfied with the medical progress. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2592 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Provides parameters for conducting medical examinations when determining permanent partial disability in workers compensation cases. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2593 RELATING TO PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Clarifies that a single violation refers to each separate project where the department of labor and industrial relations finds that a contractor has failed to comply with chapter 104. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2594 RELATING TO LABOR. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Certifies entities as exclusive representatives absent an election where no other representatives are certified as the exclusive representatives. Requires immediate collective bargaining between parties once entities are certified as exclusive representatives. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2595 RELATING TO THE TRAUMA SYSTEM SPECIAL FUND. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Provides additional sources of funding for the trauma system special fund from surcharges paid by those convicted of drunk driving. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2596 RELATING TO HUNTING. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Authorizes the board and department of land and natural resources to make decisions and changes relating to hunting issues without adopting rules pursuant to Administrative Procedure Act. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2597 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION ON PRIMARY AND SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS. |
IHARA |
| Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit a member of a political party to voting in a primary election on a ballot for that person's political party, and no other party. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2598 RELATING TO PRIMARY AND SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS. |
IHARA |
| Effectuates a constitutional amendment, if adopted, to limit a member of a political party to voting in a primary election on a ballot for that person's political party, and no other party. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2599 RELATING TO THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY. |
IHARA, BAKER, IGE, Espero |
| Establishes requirements for pre-need funeral and interment salespersons. Establishes requirements for the solicitation of pre-need funeral and interment goods and services. Makes various amendments to the laws governing pre-need funeral and interment contracts and trusts. Requires the director of commerce and consumer affairs to conduct yearly audits of funeral authorities engaging in the sale of pre-need funeral and interment goods and services for three years, beginning fiscal year 2008. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2600 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
IHARA, ESPERO, Chun Oakland, Kim |
| Requires the department of health to post monthly on its website each food establishment inspection report that includes a violation of the sanitation rules established by the department; Appropriates funds for ten new sanitarian positions; Appropriates funds for the enhancement of the environmental health services division information management system. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2601 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
IHARA, Baker, Bunda, Espero, Ige |
| Amends Hawaii law to make it clear that mopeds shall be required to operate only with an exhaust system that meets original manufacturing specifications. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2602 RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. |
IHARA, Baker, Bunda, Espero, Ige |
| Expands the state ethics code section 84-17(d), HRS, to include members of ten boards and commissions as public officials required to file financial disclosure statements that are open to public review. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2603 RELATING TO PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. |
IHARA, Espero, Ige, Kim |
| Requires the DOT to expend an unspecified percentage of moneys in the state highway fund annually for maintenance and repair of the state highway system and county roads; to annually determine and repair the ten most critical public highways and the ten most critical public highways in resort destination areas; to determine and adhere to minimum quality standards for materials and construction methods, a formula for pothole repair and maintenance of previous pothole repairs, and a reasonable time period for the use of temporary plates when maintenance and repair require extensive road patching; establishes unspecified penalty for failure to meet requirements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2604 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BROADCAST PROGRAM. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, IGE, Baker, Kim, Slom |
| Appropriates funds for closed captioning for legislative broadcasts. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2605 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, Espero, Ige |
| Increases the election fund contribution amount on state income tax returns from $2 to $5 for campaign spending purposes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2606 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. |
IHARA, SLOM, Chun Oakland, Ige |
| Expands prohibition of campaign donations from persons who hold contracts with the government to include contractors who are recipients of grants or subsidies awarded under chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Extends prohibition period to begin at submission of a bid for a contract or application for a grant. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2607 RELATING TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. |
IHARA |
| Provides for full public funding for delegate candidates for the constitutional convention. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2608 RELATING TO PUBLIC, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS ORGANIZATIONS. |
IHARA, BAKER |
| Clarifies that the director of commerce and consumer affairs does not have the authority to appoint public, educational, and governmental corporation board members. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2609 RELATING TO EXECUTIVE MEETINGS. |
IHARA |
| Amends section 92-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require that votes on matters discussed during executive meetings shall be publicly held. Requires the reason for an executive meeting to be accompanied by a description of agenda items and the statutory exemption that justifies such a meeting. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2610 RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE SUNSHINE PROVISIONS. |
IHARA |
| Requires the legislature to follow fundamental principals of the sunshine law, including: conducting public hearings on legislative rules; deeming correspondence on measures to be testimony; giving a forty-eight hour public notice for hearings, second reading, and third reading votes in the order of the day; and requiring a majority vote to suspend legislative rules. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2611 RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES. |
IHARA |
| Allows counties to enact ordinances to provide for more openness of government records than provided by state laws. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2612 RELATING TO COUNTY ETHICS COMMISSIONS. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, Espero, Ige, Kim, Slom |
| Provides standards for the selection of county ethics commission members to ensure their impartiality and independence. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2613 RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING. |
IHARA, IGE, Baker, Espero, Kim |
| Appropriates $80,000 to upgrade and enhance the wiring in the public rooms of the capitol, including the conference rooms used for public hearings, the capitol auditorium, and both chambers, to increase digital access and to improve safety and ease of use by the public. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2614 RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERNET. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, IGE, Baker, Kim, Slom |
| Appropriates funds for archived and indexed video and audio streams of legislative proceedings on the internet. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2615 RELATING TO GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES. |
IHARA, ESPERO, Ige, Kim, Slom |
| Requires additional information from applicants for grants and subsidies. Provides greater transparency as to the selected recipients. Adds requirement of an accounting from recipients within thirty days of the expiration of their contract. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2616 RELATING TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, SLOM, Espero, Ige, Kim |
| Provides that if voters in the 2008 general election approve a constitutional convention, there shall be a special election for 102 delegates to be held in August 2009; voters will elect two nonpartisan delegates for each district of the house of representatives by mail-ballots; the constitutional convention will convene on September 1, 2009; constitutional amendments proposed by the convention will be submitted for ratification by the voters in the 2010 general election. Appropriates funds for the special election, convention expenses and compensation of delegates, a citizen education program, and updating of the constitutional convention studies. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2617 RELATING TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. |
IHARA |
| Amends campaign spending laws to include public funding for special elections for the election of delegates to a constitutional convention. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2618 RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. |
IHARA |
| Requires the auditor to perform a financial and managerial audit of the public, education, and government access organizations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2619 PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO A CITIZENS ASSEMBLY TO PROPOSE BY REFERENDUM CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS TO LAWS GOVERNING ELECTIONS, POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, ETHICS, AND PUBLIC ACCESS. |
IHARA |
| Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide for a citizens assembly and to authorize the citizens assembly to propose constitutional and statutory revision or amendments to the laws governing elections, political campaigns, including campaign finance, ethics, and public access to information by referendum. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2620 RELATING TO REAPPORTIONMENT. |
IHARA |
| Requires the commission to apportion multi-member house districts of not more than three members that conform to the boundaries of the senate districts, where practicable. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2621 RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES. |
MENOR, ESPERO, Baker, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Hooser, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Requires large school buses to have an operable seat belt assembly at all designated seating positions and seat backs that are a minimum height by 1/1/11, in order to pass inspection. Requires the department of education to adopt rules requiring the use of seat belt assemblies by pupils and school discipline for a pupil in violation. Requires the State to purchase and lease large school buses in compliance with the new inspection requirements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2622 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AT THE STATE CAPITOL. |
MENOR, HOOSER, Baker, Chun Oakland, English, Espero, Fukunaga, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Appropriates funds for automated external defibrillators to be made available at the State Capitol building. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2623 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. |
MENOR, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, TRIMBLE, Baker, Bunda, Chun Oakland, Espero, Fukunaga, Ige, Nishihara, Slom |
| Expands the renewable energy technologies tax credit to include solar electric energy systems. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2624 RELATING TO THE HAWAII ENERGY POLICY FORUM. |
MENOR, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, FUKUNAGA, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, TRIMBLE, Baker, Bunda, Espero, Ige, Nishihara |
| Makes an appropriation for the continuation of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2625 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, HOOSER, TRIMBLE, Ige |
| Appropriation for the Hawaii energy policy forum to conduct a study on energy-efficient transportation strategies at the University of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2626 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
MENOR, Baker, Bunda, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Ige, Inouye, Nishihara |
| Requires the department of health to establish a grading system and grade retail food establishments and restaurants on food handling. Makes an appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2627 RELATING TO COPPER PURCHASES. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, HOOSER, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, Espero, Fukunaga, Ige, Nishihara |
| Requires scrap dealers and recyclers to pay for copper purchases by check. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2628 RELATING TO PAPER WASTE REDUCTION. |
MENOR, Baker, Bunda, Chun Oakland, Espero, Fukunaga, Nishihara |
| Requires telephone utilities and companies that publish or distribute telephone directories to distribute directories only upon receiving written authorization executed by the customer. Repeals in 2015. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2629 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
MENOR, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, INOUYE, Baker, Bunda, Espero, Fukunaga, Ige, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Prohibits use of polystyrene foam takeout food containers beginning January 1, 2010. Requires department of health to find alternatives to polystyrene containers. Makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2630 RELATING TO PETROLEUM INDUSTRY REPORTING. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, Bunda, English, Fukunaga, Ige, Nishihara |
| Clarifies the reporting and publishing requirements of the public utilities commission to more accurately reflect the information reported by oil producers, refiners, marketers, oil transporters, oil storers, and oil retailers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2631 RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. |
MENOR, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, Baker, Bunda, Espero, Fukunaga, Ige, Nishihara |
| Prohibits distribution of plastic shopping bags by retail stores and supermarkets in the State of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2632 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. |
MENOR, HOOSER, Baker, Chun Oakland, Espero, Fukunaga, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Trimble |
| Adds concentrating solar power energy systems as a new category for claiming the renewable energy technologies tax credit. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2633 RELATING TO REPORTS OF PERSONS WITH A DEMENTING ILLNESS. |
MENOR, Espero, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Requires physicians to report to county examiners of drivers the name of every patient diagnosed as having a dementing illness, including Alzheimer's disease. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2634 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
MENOR, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, Fukunaga, Nishihara, Trimble |
| Declares, as state policy, certain best practices to which the governor and the department of transportation must adhere to ensure that the public interest is protected in any transportation public-private partnership agreement. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2635 RELATING TO SCHOOL SPORTS CONCUSSIONS. |
MENOR, Baker, Chun Oakland, Espero, Hooser, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Requires department of education to implement a concussion evaluation tool for each high school student athlete participating in the sport of football statewide. Appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2636 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
MENOR, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Fukunaga, Ige, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Allows issuance of temporary removable windshield parking placards for women in their third trimester of pregnancy. Makes appropriation to the counties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2637 RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
TOKUDA (BR) |
| Provides certain incentives to landowners who designate important agricultural lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2638 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPER SUCKER. |
TOKUDA, Kokubun |
| Appropriates moneys to provide one year of funding for the full-time operation of the super sucker project in Kaneohe bay and for the purchase of a portable super sucker unit. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2639 RELATING TO LOANS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND AQUACULTURE PURPOSES. |
TOKUDA |
| Increases aquaculture loan limits for Class A and B loans to $800,000. Makes credit denial requirements identical to the agricultural loan program by eliminating the one loan denial. Creates a "new aquaculturist program". Transfers and incorporates aquaculture funds into the agricultural loan revolving fund and increases the expenditure ceiling of the agricultural loan revolving fund up to the combined ceiling total for the agricultural and aquaculture loan revolving funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2640 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
TOKUDA, Kokubun |
| Makes an appropriation to the college of tropical agriculture and human resources for the acquisition of land for its agricultural business incubator, its Poamoho field station, and other needs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2641 RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
TOKUDA, English, Kokubun |
| Establishes a five-year moratorium on the development of agricultural lands located in the State for which general planning has not commenced. Creates a sunset date of 6/30/2013. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2642 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. |
TOKUDA, English, Gabbard, Kokubun |
| Appropriates funds for the Hawaii association of conservation districts to assist with its staffing and operating costs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2643 RELATING TO IRRIGATION. |
TOKUDA, ENGLISH, Gabbard, Kokubun |
| Authorizes general obligation bond funds to be deposited into the irrigation repair and maintenance special fund for repair and maintenance of certain irrigation systems, and for additional personnel to improve irrigation system management. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2644 RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER. |
TOKUDA, ENGLISH, KOKUBUN |
| Specifies the required qualifications for a state historic preservation officer and adds requirement that notice of the appointment of a state historic preservation officer be given to the legislature. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2645 RELATING TO DROUGHT MITIGATION. |
TOKUDA, ENGLISH, Gabbard, Kokubun |
| Appropriates funds for drought mitigation projects in each county of the state. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2646 RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
TOKUDA, GABBARD, English, Kokubun |
| Provides incentives and protections to establish and sustain viable agricultural operations on important agricultural lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2647 RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, Kokubun |
| Requires the HHFDC to focus on developing affordable housing in urban cores. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2648 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. |
TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds for the planning of inspection facilities by the department of agriculture as part of its biosecurity program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2649 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, Kim, Taniguchi |
| Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii college of education and University laboratory school. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2650 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, Kim, Trimble |
| Directs the University of Hawaii to compile an inventory of all real estate holdings that the university controls. Establishes a priority list of lands available for development for university or non-university purposes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2651 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, Hooser, Nishihara |
| Appropriates funds for an office of school redesign in the college of education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2652 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, Kim |
| Provides for periodic wage adjustments for substitute teachers that are comparable to the wage adjustments negotiated for teachers in bargaining unit 5. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2653 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER |
| Appropriates funds for a Hawaii beginning teacher induction pilot program within the department of education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2654 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
SAKAMOTO, Chun Oakland, Hooser, Kim |
| Establishes and appropriates funds for the teacher workforce strategic planning committee to address teacher workforce issues in the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2655 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, Kim, Tokuda |
| Appropriates funds to establish professional development schools within Hawaii public schools to train preservice teachers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2656 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, Kim |
| Appropriates funds for public school teachers to take PRAXIS preparatory courses, tutorials, or programs to become highly qualified under the No Child Left Behind Act. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2657 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, Kim |
| Establishes the teacher housing allowance program to provide housing assistance to teachers employed in schools in geographically isolated areas or hard-to-fill positions within the State. Appropriates funds for the program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2658 RELATING TO SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, FUKUNAGA, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, Ige |
| Establishes that the interim compensation of substitute teachers shall be tied to the salary or wage increases provided to licensed class II teachers of the department of education. Appropriates funds for retroactive pay and per diem increases for substitute teachers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2659 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes penalties for truant students and their parents or guardians; authorizes adjudication of truancy matters by administrative hearings officers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2660 RELATING TO COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAMS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, KIM |
| Provides an annual maximum deduction of $5,000 per individual or $10,000 for a married couple filing jointly against their taxable income for contributions made to a section 529 college savings program in calendar year 2008 and beyond. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2661 RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER |
| Requires the department of education to plan, design, and implement a pre-kindergarten academy for four-year-old children and an educational resource program for parents of newborn children. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2662 RELATING TO SCHOOLS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, Kim, Taniguchi |
| Appropriates funds to modernize Hawaii's schools and classrooms with such items and services as textbooks, supplies, equipment, computers, software licenses, and services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2663 RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD. |
SAKAMOTO, Chun Oakland, Hooser, Kim |
| Changes the composition of the Hawaii teacher standards board to include seven licensed teachers regularly engaged in teaching members; defines the term "teachers regularly engaged in teaching"; and clarifies nominating procedures for board members. Appropriates funds for data/information management efforts of the board. Requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to include in its annual report to the governor and the legislature information on income and expenditures and supporting data. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2664 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, Kim |
| Establishes an ombudsman for each school district to address questions and concerns of interested parties. Appropriates funds for the new positions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2665 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, Hooser, Kim |
| Establishes and appropriates funds for the department of education real property and facilities use revolving fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2666 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, KIM |
| Appropriates funds for the department of education and the University of Hawaii for repair and maintenance projects. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2667 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, Kim |
| Appropriates funds to school complex areas for leadership training and induction mentoring. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2668 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires the submission of candidates' names for the regents candidate advisory council within sixty days following the notification of a vacancy. Clarifies the requirement of the submission of the names of the candidates to the governor. Makes confidential all information received or maintained by the regents candidate advisory council. Requires candidates to reside in the geographic area which the candidate represents. Appropriates funds for an administrative position to support regents candidate advisory council operations. Requires the governor to notify the regents candidate advisory council of vacancies on the board of regents in a timely manner. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2669 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes the community-based exchange program to nurture stronger partnerships between the community and the schools. Appropriates funds for the coordinator and the volunteer website. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2670 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes a task force to conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine the cost savings, compensation, and a process for school closures or consolidations. Appropriates funds for the task force. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2671 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Prohibits the movement of junior kindergarten and kindergarten students between tiers, except under certain circumstances; prohibits a junior kindergartener from directly graduating to first grade; ensures that a separate curriculum is established for the junior kindergarten program; requires the department of education to staff junior kindergartens with qualified preschool teachers and preschool teacher aides; and appropriates funds for the implementation of a junior kindergarten program that achieves a student to teacher ratio of 10:1 and not more than 15:1 and for an educational specialist to focus on early childhood education issues. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2672 RELATING TO GRADUATE LOAN PROGRAMS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Hooser, Nishihara, Taniguchi |
| Establishes a graduate school loan program and corresponding special fund for qualified individuals in the areas of occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, and school psychology. Provides for a loan forgiveness schedule for individuals who maintain approved employment. Appropriates funds for the program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2673 RELATING TO THE CANCER RESEARCH SPECIAL FUND. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, Hee, Nishihara |
| Increases the sources of revenue available to support the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii. Allows moneys in cancer research special fund to be used for capital expenditures. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2674 RELATING TO NURSING. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, Hee, Taniguchi |
| Allows a master's degree candidate in a nursing program who has completed the pre-licensure component of the program to apply for a license by examination to practice as a registered nurse. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2675 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO, Chun Oakland, Hooser, Nishihara, Tokuda |
| Authorizes the transfer of all university funds, with the exception of general funds, into the University of Hawaii commercial enterprises revolving fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2676 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Authorizes and funds sixteen additional positions at the University of Hawaii, West Oahu campus for teacher education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2677 RELATING TO COMPTROLLER SUPERVISION OF ACCOUNTS. |
SAKAMOTO, HOOSER, Chun Oakland |
| Limits the University of Hawaii duty to preaudit all proposed payments to those that amount to $10,000 or more. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2678 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Authorizes the board of education to establish the duration of probationary periods for new teachers, principals, and vice-principals of the department of education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2679 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, Taniguchi |
| Appropriates funds for information technology projects of the department of education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2680 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Taniguchi |
| Provides for workers' compensation coverage for students participating in school-approved work-based learning programs sponsored by the department of education or the University of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2681 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Increases the compensation rate per day to $200 for board of education members. Establishes a protocol allowance for expenses incurred in the performance of board members' duties and responsibilities. Allows board members to receive personal expenses at rates specified by the board while attending board meetings or while on official business as authorized by the board chairperson. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2682 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD OF EDUCATION ANALYST POSITIONS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds for two full-time equivalent (2.00 FTE) permanent analyst positions in the board of education to staff and support the budgetary and school-community-related responsibilities of the board of education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2683 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, NISHIHARA, HOOSER, Ige |
| Appropriates funds to complex areas for academic coaches, professional development, and the retention of teachers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2684 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Changes the method of funding for capital improvement projects from general fund appropriations to bond funds. Provides for the appropriation of funds for the renovation of classrooms statewide in the department of education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2685 RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI |
| Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to the department of education to develop a plan to provide temperature reduction measures which incorporates energy conservation initiatives, in public school facilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2686 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ASSIST GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED SCHOOLS UNDER THE WEIGHTED STUDENT FORMULA. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds for travel and associated costs to assist students of geographically isolated schools to explore academic enhancement. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2687 RELATING TO LEGAL SERVICES. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Authorizes the board of education to retain or employ its own attorneys. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2688 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Makes clarifying amendments to laws affecting the charter schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2689 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds to support science and technology resource needs within the department of education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2690 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, Hee, Hooser, Kim, Nishihara, Taniguchi |
| Appropriates funds for grants by the department of education for the establishment of schools within schools on certain high school campuses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2691 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, NISHIHARA, HOOSER |
| Provides teachers receiving satisfactory service performance evaluations with annual step increases for five years. Prohibits department of education teachers with marginal service performance evaluations from receiving annual step increases. Excludes teachers at the top salary levels from receiving annual step increases. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2692 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE TEACHER RECRUITMENT PIPELINE. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Taniguchi |
| Appropriates funds for the Hawaii teacher cadet program to address the teacher shortage. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2693 RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, NISHIHARA, HOOSER, Ige |
| Establishes an affordable housing program for public school teachers and a second mortgage revolving fund. Appropriates funds for: (1) the repair and maintenance of teacher housing; and (2) second mortgage loans for public school teachers. Provides for a report on the effectiveness of housing availability in increasing teacher recruitment. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2694 RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, Hee, Hooser, Kim, Nishihara |
| Requires developers to install siren warning devices in development. Provides an income tax credit for the installation of wind resistive devices. Transfers investment earnings of the Hawaii hurricane relief fund to the loss mitigation grant fund for the next fiscal year. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund the retrofitting of public school buildings for use as emergency shelters. Appropriates funds to retrofit existing and construct new emergency shelters. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2695 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, INOUYE, English, Espero, Kim, Tsutsui |
| Requires the department of transportation to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of sound barriers along H 1 to reduce traffic noise problems in adjacent buildings and communities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2696 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, English, Kim, Tsutsui |
| Establishes a task force to study long-term road repair and maintenance solutions. Appropriates funds for the task force. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2697 RELATING TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI |
| Requires the department of education to implement physical education instruction for grades kindergarten through eight; allows credit to be granted for certain athletic and co curricular activities; provides for the recruitment of licensed physical education teachers; and makes appropriations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2698 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Authorizes the expansion of the Hawaii educator loans program to include applicants from state-approved teacher education programs outside of the University of Hawaii and the State. Appropriates funds for the loans. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2699 RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, Ige |
| Appropriates funds for the Hawaii 3R's to expedite repair and maintenance in the public schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2700 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, Tsutsui |
| Appropriates funds for mental health and campus security services within the University of Hawaii system. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2701 RELATING TO STUDENT HEALTH. |
IGE, Sakamoto |
| Requires each student to have a vision evaluation done by an ophthalmologist, physician, optometrist, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse 6 months before entering the beginning grade of any school in the State, at parents' cost. Gives parents right to refuse examination. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2702 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
IGE |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 16th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2703 RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. |
ESPERO, GABBARD, NISHIHARA, Fukunaga, Ige, Kim, Kokubun, Menor |
| Establishes a hospital loan guarantee program to guarantee a portion of a loan by a private financial institution to a hospital that is experiencing short-term financial problems. Repealed 6/30/20 . | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2704 RELATING TO HOSPITALS. |
ESPERO, GABBARD, NISHIHARA, Menor |
| Establishes a hospital capital loan program under department of health. Requires loan to Hawaii Medical Center, LLC. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2705 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
ESPERO, GABBARD, NISHIHARA, Kim, Menor |
| Requires the department of taxation to defer general excise tax collection for the Hawaii Medical Center's hospital operations between July 1, 2008, and an unspecified date. Also requires the department to collect the deferred taxes plus interest after the unspecified date. Provides for immediate payment of deferred taxes, interest, and penalty upon occurrence of certain events. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2706 RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
ESPERO, GABBARD, NISHIHARA, Fukunaga, Kim, Kokubun, Menor |
| Extends the general excise tax exemption for non-profit hospitals, infirmaries, and sanitaria to for-profit hospitals, infirmaries, and sanitaria. Makes conforming amendments. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2707 RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends certain statutory provisions to facilitate the judicial selection commission's independent status. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2708 RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds for the judicial selection commission. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2709 RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Permits the judicial selection commission to employ, exempt from chapters 76 and 89, employees as the commission deems necessary to carry out its functions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2710 RELATING TO THE RE-EMPLOYMENT OF RETIREES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows a county to hire retired state or county government employees without restriction as to length of employment or number of hours worked per week. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2711 RELATING TO INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Permit the department of health to distribute excess moneys in the deposit beverage container deposit special fund to the counties to support the establishment and maintenance of recycling programs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2712 RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for FY 2008-2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2713 RELATING TO THE BOARD OF THE JUDICIARY HISTORY CENTER. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Reduces the number of candidates nominated by the friends of the judiciary history center to the center's executive board. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2714 RELATING TO THE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the intermediate appellate court to subpoena and compel the attendance of witnesses and compel the production of books, papers, documents, or tangible things. Authorizes any intermediate court of appeals judge to administer oaths. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2715 RELATING TO COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL AND GUARDIANS AD LITEM IN FAMILY COURT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies compensation rates for court-appointed attorneys and Guardians Ad Litem in family court. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2716 RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies applicability of probate laws to payable-on-death accounts and requirements for providing copies and notice of supplementary inventory or appraisement. Allows courts to modify kokua kanawai duties and service requirements for orders appointing a guardian or conservator. Authorizes disclosure of kokua kanawai reports and professional evaluations to certain parties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2717 RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Prohibits sale of cigarettes in Hawaii that are not reduced ignition propensity "fire-safe" beginning 07/01/09. Sets civil fines and requires state fire council to adopt rules to enforce law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2718 RELATING TO CONSUMER FIREWORKS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Imposes a total ban on consumer fireworks except for permitted religious or cultural purposes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2719 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Prohibits the sale or use of consumer fireworks on the Fourth of July in counties with populations over 500,000. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2720 RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes 2 full-time equivalency positions for the state fire council, an administrator and an administrative assistant, to be funded by the department of labor and industrial relations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2721 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the respective county councils to enact more stringent fireworks laws than those imposed by state fireworks law, chapter 132D, Hawaii Revised Statutes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2722 RELATING TO A FIRE SPRINKLER TAX DEDUCTION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides an income tax deduction to residential unit owner occupants for qualifying costs of installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system installed after 12/31/08. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2723 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Redefines "display fireworks" to include display fireworks designated as UN0334 by the United States Department of Transportation. Eliminates permits for acts that are generally prohibited. Authorizes the setting off of fireworks within 500 feet of a hotel if done by permit. Prohibits minors from selling fireworks. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2724 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds to conduct a feasibility study for a Hawaii state public safety and emergency response training facility to respond to natural and manmade disasters. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2725 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the office of Hawaiian affairs to develop housing projects that will be exempt from county ordinances and rules relating to planning, districting, zoning, and construction standards for subdivisions, development and improvement of land, and the construction of units thereon, provided that certain conditions are met. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2726 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies that OHA may create limited liability companies and other entities to and to engage in other transactions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2727 RELATING TO HA`IKU VALLEY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes the Ha‘iku Valley cultural preserve commission to have policy and management oversight of the Ha‘iku Valley cultural preserve. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2728 RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds for teaching positions at schools with Hawaiian language immersion programs, where supplemental teaching positions are most needed. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2729 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a student loan forgiveness program to provide health care to underserved areas of the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2730 RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a grandparent preference for out-of-home placement of children needing child protective services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2731 RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Permits a child's grandparent to participate as a party at certain child protective hearings. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2732 RELATING TO BIODIVERSITY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Protects the biological diversity on state lands even if they are leased or sold. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2733 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC TRUST LANDS SETTLEMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Resolves claims and disputes relating to the portion of income and proceeds from the lands of the public land trust for use by the office of Hawaiian affairs between 11/7/1978 and 7/1/2008; fixes prospectively the minimum amount of income and proceeds from the lands of the public land trust that are to be paid to the office of Hawaii affairs at $15,100,000 each fiscal year. Effective 07/01/08. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2734 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes a cultural activities education program under the department of education to provide greater opportunities for public school students to participate in cultural activities. Appropriates funds to the department of education to establish a cultural activities education program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2735 RELATING TO MINORS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Allows minors to consent to entering into emergency shelters or other homeless facilities when minors do not have a parent or guardian to consent on their behalf. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2736 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes a self-help housing trust fund. Amends section 247 7, HRS, to provide for a certain per cent of taxes collected under the chapter to be deposited into the self-help housing trust fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2737 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ASSET BUILDING. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes three-year pilot project within the department of human services to conduct and expand asset building classes statewide to serve individuals with disabilities and the parents of children with a disability. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2738 RELATING TO AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders for covered individuals less than twenty-one years of age. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2739 RELATING TO THE MAKENA-KEONEOIO GOVERNMENT ROAD. |
BAKER, TSUTSUI, English |
| Establishes that Makena-Keoneoio government road is under the jurisdiction of the department of land and natural resources and is to be used as an access road to the Ahihi-Kinau natural area reserve. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2740 RELATING TO THE BUDGET. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI, Ige, Kim |
| Removes the governor's policy decisions as consideration for state agencies administering programs and the department of budget and finance's review of state operations plan. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2741 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MAUI REGION OF THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI, Ige |
| Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the planning, design, development, and equipment for additional long-term care beds for the Maui region of the Hawaii health systems corporation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2742 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MAUI REGION OF THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI, Ige |
| Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the modernization of Maui memorial medical center, including the updating of medical technology and systems and replacement of outmoded facilities and infrastructure. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2743 RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. |
BAKER (BR) |
| Allows for the restatement of planned community association documents. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2744 RELATING TO HYDROGEN FUEL. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Provides a tax credit and general excise tax exemption for the hydrogen fuel industry. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2745 RELATING TO DEFAMATION. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Establishes that communication of defamatory statements by telephone, facsimile, electronic mail, or other computer communication meets the requirement of publication. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2746 RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS. |
HEE |
| Establishes a disabled veterans license plate. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2747 RELATING TO HUNTING. |
HEE (BR) |
| Provides the board and the department of land and natural resources with the power to make rule changes and decisions regarding hunting without going through the rulemaking process. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2748 RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. |
HEE (BR) |
| Requires chief procurement officer to hold a pre-job conference at least 30 days before contract work begins. Allows unselected offerors of professional services and in competitive sealed proposals to ask for a debriefing. Requires any subsequent protest to be submitted before the pre-job conference. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2749 RELATING TO THE NI‘IHAU ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION. |
HEE |
| Establishes the Ni‘ihau Island Reserve Commission to protect and preserve the island of Ni‘ihau, its historic sites, resources, and culture. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2750 RELATING TO STATE HEALTH PLANNING. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI |
| Repeals the certificate of need and the hospital acquisition processes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2751 RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Prohibits the board of education member on the charter school review panel to sit on appeals from the panel's decisions. Authorizes the board of education to remove a panel member for cause. Require the charter school administrative office to be represented by an assigned deputy attorney general, separate from counsel for the board of education. Requires submission to and approval of the charter school budget by the panel. Authorizes the charter school administrative office to submit a capital improvement projects budget for charter school facilities to the department of budget and finance, subject to approval by the panel. Excludes fringe benefits, special education, and federal funding from the per pupil appropriation to charter schools. Specifies the executive director's duties with regard to the preparation of the budget. Clarifies that the panel is subject to the requirements of the sunshine law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2752 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Directs department of education to implement recommendations of the online learning task force. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2753 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Denies the University of Hawaii the use of the deliberative process privilege in closing an agency meeting to the public. Specifies that the deliberative process privilege does not cover meetings related to the budget of the University of Hawaii. Requires the University of Hawaii to disclose beforehand the range of proposed compensation to executives, including head athletic coaches. Extends annual salary reporting requirement to include salaries of head athletic coaches. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2754 RELATING TO OWNER-BUILDER PERMITS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Increases period prohibiting sale or lease by owner-builder from 1 to 2 years, and requires that an exemption from licensing requirements is given no more than once in 3 years. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2755 RELATING TO PUBLIC HUNTING AREAS. |
BUNDA |
| Provides hunters access to public hunting areas by authorizing the board of land and natural resources to establish easements across private lands and appropriating funds for the acquisition of easements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2756 RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. |
BUNDA |
| Prohibits text messaging while driving; provides limited exceptions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2757 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. |
BUNDA, INOUYE, Espero, Hemmings, Hooser, Nishihara |
| Provides a one-time nonrefundable tax credit to assist the victims of the Waialua brushfires on Oahu in 2007. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2758 RELATING TO AN AUDIT OF THE HAWAII DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER. |
BUNDA |
| Requires the auditor to perform a financial and management audit of the Hawaii Disability Rights Center. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2759 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
BUNDA, INOUYE, English, Espero, Hemmings, Hooser, Nishihara |
| Grants residency status for tuition purposes at the University of Hawaii for members of the armed forces on active duty, or dependents of the members, whose permanent duty station is in the State, notwithstanding a subsequent change in the permanent duty station of the member to a location outside of the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2760 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
BUNDA, INOUYE, Espero, Hemmings, Hooser, Nishihara |
| Establishes historic agricultural landmarks, designated by law, to be preserved and perpetuated as agricultural land for the benefit of the people of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2761 RELATING TO FRAUD PREVENTION. |
NISHIHARA, HOOSER |
| Requires notary public to place seal over a succinct phrase describing document being notarized and to separately record a description of the document. Authorizes attorney general to adopt rules to prevent fraudulent use of notarized documents. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2762 RELATING TO COPPER. |
WHALEN |
| Repeals the requirement that sellers of scrap copper obtain notarized declarations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2763 RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. |
NISHIHARA, HOOSER |
| Requires the director of transportation to certify traffic schools for traffic offenders. Allows certain violators who receive a citation for a moving violation to attend a traffic school, have the case dismissed, and have the record of the moving violation deleted from the person's driving record. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2764 RELATING TO ETHANOL FACILITY TAX CREDIT. |
TSUTSUI |
| Repeals the qualifying capacity limits of ethanol production facilities, provides a vehicle to change the total tax credits allowed per year, and repeals the sunset provision with respect to the total annual nameplate capacity for qualifying ethanol production facilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2765 RELATING TO ENERGY. |
TSUTSUI |
| Transfers general funds into the energy systems development special fund. Appropriates funds from the energy systems development special fund for the Hawaii natural energy institute. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2766 RELATING TO ETHANOL. |
TSUTSUI |
| Creates a tax credit for retail stations for the installation of E-85 fueling facilities. Effective 12/31/08. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2767 RELATING TO AN ELECTED ATTORNEY GENERAL. |
TSUTSUI, HOOSER, KIM |
| Amends the election statutes to include the attorney general as an elected office. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2768 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST THE MAUI REGION OF THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER, ENGLISH, IGE |
| Authorizes issuance of $150,000,000 in revenue bonds for a heart, brain, and spine center at the Maui memorial medical center. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2769 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ATHLETICS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER |
| Appropriates funds for an athletic director at Anuenue School; equipment, supplies, and transportation for school athletic programs; and athletic programs for females. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2770 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
TSUTSUI |
| Exempts motor vehicle insurers from being required to make available to the insured, at the insured's option, personal injury protection benefits through managed care, if there are fewer than 5 managed care providers or equivalent entities within 25 miles of the claimant. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2771 RELATING TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGISLATURE. |
TSUTSUI, BAKER |
| Requires the legislature to appropriate moneys for each capital improvement project as an appropriation for plans, design, and land acquisition; and upon completion of plans, design, and land acquisition, an appropriation for construction and equipment. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2772 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
SAKAMOTO, KIM |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 15th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2773 RELATING TO FISHING. |
WHALEN (BR) |
| Designates the Honaunau and Hookena Community-based Subsistence Fishing Areas in the South Kona District of the island of Hawaii. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to consult with the inhabitants of the respective fishing areas. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2774 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
TOKUDA, Sakamoto |
| Establishes a task force within the department of education to conduct an analysis into the creation of a comprehensive school recycling program; makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2775 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
TOKUDA |
| Mandates a sex education curriculum that includes the concepts of abstinence, contraception, and sexually-transmitted disease prevention, and is required for graduation from public secondary schools in Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2776 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 10th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2777 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies that "ordinary and customary" expenditures are allowable under campaign spending law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2778 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STUDY ON THE MOLUCCA ALBIZIA TREE AND ALTERNATIVES FOR REFORESTATION. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Appropriates funds to study the risks, characteristics, uses, and effects of the moluccca albizia tree on surrounding environments, and alternatives for the reforestation of these areas with native flora. | ||
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SB2779 RELATING TO LABOR. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies the circumstances under which the governor may suspend statutes relating to wages and hours on public works projects. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2780 RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Includes as public works, construction contracts using public lands for commercial, for-profit activity. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2781 RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Creates nurse-to-patient staffing requirements in health care facilities. | ||
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SB2782 RELATING TO METAL. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Includes beer kegs in laws intended to prevent theft and resale of copper. | ||
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SB2783 RELATING TO LOSS MITIGATION. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Includes earthquake resistive devices in the loss mitigation grant program. Directs the insurance commissioner, in consultation with department of defense, to develop criteria for earthquake resistive devices. Appropriates moneys to the loss mitigation grant fund. Effective 07/01/08. | ||
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SB2784 RELATING TO THE POWER OF ARREST. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Authorizes agents of the United States Marshal Service to make arrests under state law. Updates references to former U.S. Customs Service and Immigration and Naturalization Service to reflect current names of agencies within the federal Department of Homeland Security. | ||
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SB2785 RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Increases the amount over which the District Court has jurisdiction in civil cases from $20,000 to $30,000. | ||
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SB2786 RELATING TO FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. |
NISHIHARA |
| Designates the month of October as Filipino-American History Month to annually commemorate the contributions of Filipino-Americans to Hawaii and the United States. | ||
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SB2787 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
NISHIHARA |
| Appropriates funds to ensure that children whose first language is not English have the resources they need to succeed in Hawaii's school system. | ||
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SB2788 RELATING TO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE COURTS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER |
| Establishes a medical malpractice court pilot project within the State and assigns jurisdiction over civil actions arising from medical malpractice. | ||
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SB2789 RELATING TO LIABILITY. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER |
| Exempts from liability emergency care rendered by a health care provider or health care facility in response to specified emergencies. | ||
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SB2790 RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER |
| Appropriates funds to continue operations and services for the perinatal clinic within the department of human services. | ||
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SB2791 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
SLOM |
| Amends definition of firearm to include electric guns. Repeals restriction on electric guns. | ||
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SB2792 RELATING TO SMOKING. |
SLOM, Bunda, Gabbard, Inouye, Tsutsui, Whalen |
| Allows smoking in properly licensed establishments. Requires collection of smoking establishment licensing fee with proceeds to go towards organ donation education and tobacco education. | ||
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SB2793 RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. |
SLOM |
| Clarifies licensure requirements for adult residential care homes. | ||
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SB2794 RELATING TO CRIME. |
SLOM |
| Requires DNA collection from those arrested on felony charges. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2795 RELATING TO THE REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSES OF MINORS CONVICTED OF PROPERTY CRIMES. |
SLOM |
| Requires court to suspend a license of a minor who has been convicted of criminal property damage for a period of 6 months. | ||
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SB2796 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT LIABILITY. |
SLOM |
| Authorizes the superintendent of education to agree to indemnify the counties whenever the department of education uses county facilities for the purpose of interscholastic athletic activities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2797 RELATING TO NOISE. |
TRIMBLE, CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, Bunda, Espero, Fukunaga, Inouye, Kim, Nishihara, Slom |
| Prohibits the sale of leaf blowers and other motorized landscape tools with untested sound levels. Appropriates funds for the director of health to establish a buyback program for noncompliant tools. Expands disorderly conduct to include noise from motorized apparatuses. | ||
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SB2798 RELATING TO SPECIAL FUNDS. |
TRIMBLE, Bunda, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ige, Inouye, Sakamoto |
| Requires all state revenues collected from fees, concessions, permits, or taxes to be deposited into the special fund, if available, associated with the state agency with which the revenue is most closely associated. | ||
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SB2799 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. |
TRIMBLE, Bunda, Chun Oakland, Espero, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Hemmings, Hooser, Ige, Inouye, Kim, Nishihara, Tsutsui |
| Includes the inspection of the exhaust system in the safety inspection of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Imposes penalties for violations. | ||
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SB2800 RELATING TO HARBORS. |
TRIMBLE, Bunda, Espero, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Hemmings, Hooser, Kim, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Slom, Tsutsui |
| Extends the department of transportation's jurisdiction and administrative authority over Honolulu harbor Pier 2 to include lots 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Forrest Avenue subdivision, as well. | ||
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SB2801 RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. |
TRIMBLE, CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, Baker, Bunda, English, Espero, Hemmings, Ige, Inouye, Kim, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Slom, Tsutsui |
| Allows voters to register to vote on election day at the polling place for the precinct in which the voter resides. | ||
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SB2802 RELATING TO RENTAL SECURITY DEPOSITS. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Requires landlords to add 6% interest to security deposits returned to tenants. Requires landlords to maintain security deposits and any interest accruing thereto in trust or separate accounts. | ||
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SB2803 RELATING TO PERSONAL INFORMATION. |
FUKUNAGA, BAKER, ESPERO, IGE, MENOR, English, Kokubun, Slom, Taniguchi |
| Implements recommendations of the 12/2007 report of the Hawaii identity theft task force to protect the security of personal information collected and maintained by state and county government. | ||
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SB2804 RELATING TO PRE-PACKAGED MEAT. |
TOKUDA |
| Amends the definition of "adulterated" to include pre-packaged meat that has been treated with gas or other technology to enhance color only. | ||
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SB2805 RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES. |
TOKUDA |
| Establishes a special master and an advisory council to address specific problem areas and develop a comprehensive plan for the bureau of conveyances to solve its current problems and create strategies to remain and maintain or exceed an efficient level of operation in the future. | ||
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SB2806 RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. |
BUNDA, ESPERO, HEMMINGS |
| Requires the judiciary to establish a three-year statewide electronic temporary restraining order pilot project to allow the filing and issuance of temporary restraining orders on weekends and nights. Makes an appropriation. | ||
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SB2807 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT TO THE USS MISSOURI MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, INC., FOR REPAIRS AND RESTORATION OF THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI. |
BUNDA, Espero, Hemmings, Sakamoto, Slom |
| Appropriates funds for a grant for the Battleship Missouri memorial for repairs and restoration work. | ||
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SB2808 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. |
INOUYE, Baker, English, Espero |
| Exempts lands from environmental impact statement law, state or county lands for specified uses of existing public street, road, highway, trail, or bikeways. | ||
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SB2809 RELATING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLE. |
INOUYE, ESPERO, Ihara, Tsutsui |
| Changes the gross vehicle weight for a neighborhood electric vehicle from less than 2,500 pounds to less than 3,000 pounds. | ||
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SB2810 RELATING TO MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT. |
INOUYE, BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI, Espero, Ihara |
| Amends medicaid fee schedule law to require an annual adjustment for inflation. Amends medicaid fee schedule to a percentage of the 2006 medicare fee schedule. Appropriates funds to retroactively adjust for inflation payments made to fee-for-service providers for fiscal biennium 2005-2007. | ||
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SB2811 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
INOUYE, Espero |
| Permits a current lessee of public land to be disposed by public auction to match the winning bid under certain circumstances. | ||
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SB2812 RELATING TO ARMED SERVICES. |
INOUYE, ENGLISH, ESPERO, IHARA, TSUTSUI |
| Creates Hawaii military family relief trust program and trust fund to pay cash benefits to certain members of the armed forces who have served in active service. | ||
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SB2813 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE LANGUAGE BANK. |
MENOR, English, Espero, Hooser, Ihara, Nishihara |
| Requests funds for the Office of Language Access under the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a statewide language bank as a centralized resource for interpretation and translation services for state agencies and covered entities providing language access for limited English proficient persons. | ||
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SB2814 RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS. |
MENOR, Baker, Espero, Hooser, Ihara, Nishihara |
| Clarifies the definitions for "access or participate", "covered entity", "oral language services", "state", and "vital documents"; defines "purchase-of-service contract", and "written language services"; requires covered entities to file a language access plan and appoint a language access coordinator; expands the language access advisory council to include one member from each of the counties; makes the executive director of the Hawaii civil rights commission an ex officio member. | ||
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SB2815 RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS. |
MENOR, English, Espero, Hooser, Ihara, Nishihara |
| Requires a patient's medical records to be copied, scanned, or printed at a health care provider's premises, upon proper authorization, within ten working days at a charge not to exceed $25. | ||
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SB2816 RELATING TO INTRA-COUNTY FERRY SERVICE. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI |
| Requires department of land and natural resources to assign priority mooring space to intra-county ferries serving a county with 500,000 or less people and at least 3 islands inhabited by permanent residents. Exempts distributors from fuel tax for fuel sold for ultimate use by the intra-county ferry service. | ||
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SB2817 RELATING TO HONOLUA BAY. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI |
| Creates a temporary Honolua Bay advisory committee to develop an acquisition and management plan for Lipoa Point on the island of Maui. Report to the legislature. Appropriates funds. | ||
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SB2818 RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Extends the sunset date for the Hawaii Anti-trafficking Task Force to 2010. Adds members to the Task Force. Appropriates funds. | ||
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SB2819 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Makes an appropriation for civil legal service organizations that provide free or low-cost direct legal services to indigent and low-income residents. | ||
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SB2820 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund department of education and the University of Hawaii repair and maintenance projects. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2821 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
NISHIHARA, HOOSER |
| Provides educational stability for foster children by requiring decisions made on where a child will be enrolled for school be based on the best interests of the child. Requires that foster children, including those living outside the geographic area of the school district, receive services comparable to those for children living within the school district. Appropriates funds for school transportation services for foster children. | ||
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SB2822 RELATING TO NON-SCHOOL HOUR PROGRAMS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Appropriates TANF funds for non-school hour programs to be expended by the DOE, OYS, and the counties. | ||
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SB2823 RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. |
KIM, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Hee |
| Requires the procurement policy board to conduct audits of two executive departments each year to ensure compliance with chapter 103D, HRS, and report results to the legislature. Also requires the procurement policy board to initiate or conduct follow-up audits of executive agencies that utilize procurement procedures that are not in compliance with the state procurement code or otherwise authorized by law. | ||
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SB2824 RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. |
KIM, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Requires the auditor to review and make recommendations concerning the effectiveness of implementation and compliance by state departments and agencies with the Hawaii public procurement code. Appropriates funds for the audit. | ||
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SB2825 RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. |
KIM, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, INOUYE, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Ihara, Sakamoto |
| Requires that any determination of corrective action by the administrator of the state procurement office to a governmental body shall be complied with within 30 days or the governmental body shall be subject to an administrative fine under section 103D-106, HRS, for every day of noncompliance. | ||
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SB2826 RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. |
KIM, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Fukunaga, Hee |
| Requires state and county procurement officers to undergo annual procurement training furnished by the state procurement office. | ||
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SB2827 RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS. |
KIM, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Hee |
| Requires purchasing agencies, when posting public contract awards, to include information regarding the basis for the award. | ||
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SB2828 RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. |
HANABUSA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, KIM, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Gabbard, Nishihara, Taniguchi |
| Clarifies the use of the governor's emergency powers. Clarifies that the governor shall not utilize the power to suspend laws authorized under the Civil Defense and Emergency Act when the State is attacked for purposes of noncivil defense situations unless there is a tangible and measureable threat to the people or environment of the State. Establishes that certain provisions of the State's disaster relief chapter are operative and supersede provisions of the Civil Defense and Emergency Act in times when an emergency arises that is not considered a civil defense emergency. States that any emergency powers in force prior to the effective date of this measure expire at the end of the 2008 regular session unless reauthorized by the legislature. | ||
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SB2829 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
BAKER, BUNDA, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Hee, Gabbard |
| Adopts amendments to Hawaii tax laws to implement the streamlined sales and use tax agreement. | ||
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SB2830 RELATING TO CAREGIVING. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee, Taniguchi |
| Extends the joint legislative committee on family caregiving; changes the committee's name to the joint legislative committee on aging in place; expands the committee's mandate to include aging in place issues related to family caregiving; requires the aging and disability resource center to report to the committee; requires the joint legislative committee to conduct a cash and counseling project; appropriates funds to the joint legislative committee; allows kupuna care to include overnight, weekend, and emergency respite, as well as provide grants to caregivers and for home modification; appropriates funds to the kupuna care program. | ||
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SB2831 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CENTER ON AGING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee, Taniguchi |
| Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii center on aging research and education faculty positions and program expenses. | ||
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SB2832 RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. |
KOKUBUN, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Establishes sustainable communities in Hawaii with the combined effort of state departments and agencies. | ||
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SB2833 RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. |
KOKUBUN, BAKER, BUNDA, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Hee |
| Adopts the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan. Establishes a sustainability council to coordinate, implement, measure, and evaluate the progress of the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan and activities. Appropriates funds to the sustainability council. | ||
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SB2834 RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. |
HOOSER, BAKER, ENGLISH, KOKUBUN, TSUTSUI, Hee |
| Convenes a temporary Hawaii sustainable inter-island transportation task force to study environmental impacts of air and sea inter-island transportation modalities and make regulatory recommendations; makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2835 RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. |
HOOSER, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Hee, Ige, Kokubun, Nishihara |
| Requires state and county agencies to ensure that a public right-of-way is available prior to the approval of any development project, subdivision, or zoning change. Modifies definitions of "public recreational area." | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2836 RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. |
HOOSER, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, Hee, Ige, Inouye, Kim, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tokuda |
| Modifies definitions of "public recreational area" and the offense of obstructing access to public property; defines "public right-of-way." | ||
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SB2837 RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, BUNDA, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Hee |
| Appropriates funds for the individual development account program, instead of making grants. Requires the department of human services to provide technical and administrative assistance to entities seeking to become fiduciary organizations. Prohibits fiduciary organizations from using more than 25% of state funds per year for operating costs. | ||
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SB2838 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, ENGLISH, ESPERO, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, Bunda, Hee |
| Allows income tax refunds to be electronically deposited in a maximum of three checking or savings accounts, by request of the individual taxpayer. | ||
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SB2839 RELATING TO FINANCIAL EDUCATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, BUNDA, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HEE, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI |
| Establishes a public financial education and asset building task force; makes an appropriation. | ||
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SB2840 RELATING TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, ENGLISH, ESPERO, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Fukunaga, Hee |
| Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to establish, update, and define the self-sufficiency standard. | ||
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SB2841 RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, KIM, KOKUBUN, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Requires retail dealers with more than 75,000 square feet of retail space to operate redemption centers. Effective 10/1/08. | ||
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SB2842 RELATING TO LIGHTING. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Phases-out and bans the use of lighting products with lead and high mercury content; establishes a statewide lighting efficiency standard for general purpose lights; directs the Department of Health to develop a statewide recycling program for recycling mercury-containing compact florescent bulbs. | ||
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SB2843 RELATING TO ELECTRONIC DEVICE RECYCLING. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Establishes a state program for collection, recycling, enforcement, and monitoring of covered electronic devices; establishes program funding through the electronic device recycling fund. | ||
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SB2844 RELATING TO ENERGY. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee, Taniguchi |
| Establishes a renewable energy facilitator position with DBEDT. | ||
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SB2845 RELATING TO REORGANIZATION OF STATE AGENCIES. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on Hawaii's most effective and efficient options to reorganize state agencies tasked with issues relating to energy and environmental protection. | ||
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SB2846 RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Appropriates funds to establish two positions to support the implementation of Act 234, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007. | ||
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SB2847 RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Makes solar energy facilities a permitted use in the agricultural district on class D or E land. | ||
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SB2848 RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. |
MENOR, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Provides appropriation to auditor to contract with the UH for a study to modernize Hawaii's EIS process. | ||
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SB2849 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
MENOR, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee, Taniguchi |
| Permits the use of lands in agricultural land use districts to be used for agricultural-energy facilities provided that the primary activity of the agricultural-energy enterprise is agricultural activity. | ||
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SB2850 RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. |
TOKUDA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, Bunda, Hee |
| Establishes statutory provisions on and appropriates funds for the department of agriculture's biosecurity program. | ||
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SB2851 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
BAKER, IGE |
| Amends the informed written consent and pre-test counseling requirements to provide for voluntary HIV testing as a routine part of clinical care. Makes an appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2852 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION. |
FUKUNAGA, BAKER, ENGLISH, ESPERO, IGE |
| Appropriates moneys for economic diversification activities. | ||
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SB2853 RELATING TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Amends Act 213, SLH 2007, to amend section 70 to appropriate additional moneys in fiscal year 2008-2009 for the Hawaii Academy of Science, to assist the organization in the administration and operations of all its current and future interscholastic academic programs, including outreach and training programs. | ||
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SB2854 RELATING TO PROPERTY. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Requires a landlord who rents 2 or more dwelling units in an apartment building to designate the common area in each tenant's rental agreement; provided that in the absence of a designation in the rental agreement, the statutory definition shall apply. Effective 01/01/09. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2855 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
IGE |
| Expands the definition of a patient "identification number" to include the number assigned by a payor, insurer, or pharmacy benefit manager. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2856 RELATING TO TAXATION OF PREMIUMS. |
IGE (BR) |
| Eliminates the insurance premium tax on health insurers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2857 RELATING TO HOME CARE AGENCIES. |
IGE, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires home care agencies to be licensed by the Department of Health. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2858 RELATING TO MEDICAID. |
IGE, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes a timeline by which the department of health shall reconcile managed care supplemental payments; provides a clear definition of what conditions constitute a “change of scope” for purposes of increasing or decreasing rates paid to a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic; specifies a process through which these providers may file for a new rate due to “change of scope;” and identifies services that are required to be reimbursed under the prospective payment system. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2859 RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. |
IGE |
| Prohibits use of tobacco products by minors. Requires minor to complete a tobacco use cessation program, perform community service, and have his or her driver's license revoked for one year. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2860 RELATING TO A TECHNOLOGY MASTER PLAN. |
IGE, FUKUNAGA |
| Creates a high technology industry task force, attached to the high technology development corporation, to develop a state master plan for high technology prior to the convening of the 2010 regular session and updated every 2 years thereafter. Changes composition of task force after 2010 regular session. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2861 RELATING TO THE UNIFORM LAND SALES PRACTICES ACT. |
IGE (BR) |
| Exempts offers or dispositions of interests in time share plans from the Uniform Land Sales Practices Act. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2862 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
IGE, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, FUKUNAGA, SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes the science, technology, and education special fund and amends Act 111, SLH 2007, to provide funding for the special fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2863 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
IGE, CHUN OAKLAND, FUKUNAGA, Baker, Sakamoto |
| Amends Act 111, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, to enable the appropriations to not lapse at the end of the fiscal year. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2864 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
IGE, BAKER |
| Provides that health insurance companies with more than 50 per cent of the market share provide increased insurance reimbursements and those insurers with less than 50 per cent of the market share will be afforded an exemption from taxes on premiums provided they work toward decreasing the number of uninsured in Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2865 RELATING TO BEACH RESTORATION. |
KIM, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, English, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Nishihara, Trimble, Tsutsui |
| Provides that any unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the special land and development fund at the end of each fiscal year, determined to be in excess of what is necessary to carry out the purposes of the fund, are to be deposited into the beach restoration special fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2866 RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. |
KIM, SAKAMOTO, Chun Oakland, Espero, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Nishihara, SLOM |
| Provides a transient accommodations tax credit for hotels furnishing blocks of rooms for Hawaii convention center bookings. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2867 RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. |
KIM, CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO, Espero, Gabbard, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Nishihara, Slom, Tokuda, Trimble |
| Provides sanctions for false information or misrepresentation in competitive sealed proposals and competitive sealed bids. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2868 RELATING TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA. |
KIM, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, GABBARD, HOOSER, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Espero, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Nishihara, Slom, Taniguchi, Trimble |
| Establishes an archaeological data survey as an online database program under the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Authorizes the museum, in consultation with the office of Hawaiian affairs and the state historic preservation division to withhold information from the database if a disclosure may pose a threat to a site or artifact. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2869 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF HEIAU. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Requires the department of land and natural resources to consult with the office of Hawaiian affairs on issues relating to heiau. Establishes procedures for inadvertent discovery of heiau. Authorizes the office of Hawaiian affairs to designate caretaker for heiau. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2870 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
KOKUBUN, ENGLISH, TOKUDA |
| Provides tax credits for new renewable energy businesses that are located in Hawaii and provides enhanced tax credits for those new businesses that are located in economically depressed areas. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2871 RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. |
KOKUBUN, ENGLISH, TOKUDA |
| Encourages the department of land and natural resources to work with local communities to manage near shore reef resources through the maka‘i o ke kai program; provides grants for community-based marines resource management; establishes the community-based marine resource management advisory committee to advise the department of land and natural resources on resource management and fisheries' rules; appropriates moneys. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2872 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. |
KOKUBUN, TOKUDA |
| Requires the invasive species council to give priority to eradicating coqui frogs that are on state or county land and within 1 mile of residential areas. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2873 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII COUNTY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL. |
KOKUBUN, ENGLISH, Tokuda |
| Makes an appropriation to the office of community services for the Hawaii county economic opportunity council to implement new programs and expend existing programs to aid the Marshallese in the county of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2874 RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS. |
KOKUBUN, ENGLISH, TOKUDA |
| Appropriate funds for structural and non-structural earthquake recovery and mitigation projects, provided that the projects include measures to ensure survivability in future disasters with a multi-hazard approach. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2875 RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. |
KOKUBUN, TOKUDA, English |
| Appropriates funds for the Safe Haven after school program in the county of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2876 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. |
KOKUBUN, ENGLISH, TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2007-08 in Reed Act funds for services of the unemployment insurance and workforce development divisions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2877 RELATING TO INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN. |
SAKAMOTO, INOUYE, KIM, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI |
| Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2878 RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Baker, Espero, Gabbard, Ige, Kim, Taniguchi, Trimble |
| Creates the Early Learning Council to govern the state's early learning system. Establishes an early learning system. Establishes the Keiki First Steps Program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2879 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes a power of attorney for special education; establishes the process to appoint a surrogate decision maker for an adult student that lacks capacity; and clarifies the authority of a guardian an adult student. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2880 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Authorizes the Hawaii teacher standards board to coordinate an effort that creates a data interface network to promote the free interchange of information among public and private Hawaii teacher education institutions and the department of education. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2881 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Creates the facilities alignment commission to revitalize school facilities by developing and submitting recommendations for areas for new school construction, schools for expansion, and schools for consolidation or closure. Allows the legislature to disapprove these recommendations only in their entirety. If no legislative disapproval occurs, requires the Board of Education to comply with these recommendations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2882 RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. |
BAKER, IGE |
| Authorizes the use of a payor provided identification number in mail-order prescriptions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2883 RELATING TO JUVENILE COURT RECORDS. |
ESPERO |
| Allows limited disclosure of information from family court records on minors under family court jurisdiction pursuant to section 571(1); requires family court to notify public or private school officials registered with court of adjudication of minors for offenses for which court records become public; requires family court to notify public or private school officials of petitions filed with the court for minors accused of offenses that would be serious crimes under penal code; requires that disclosed information remain confidential. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2884 RELATING TO WATER SAFETY. |
ESPERO, INOUYE, Bunda, Gabbard, Hooser, Ige, Ihara, Kim, Menor, Slom |
| Establishes requirements for rainwater and storm water retention, detention, and catchment area pond inspection and safety. Allows fines. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2885 RELATING TO INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULBS. |
ESPERO, INOUYE, Baker, Bunda, Fukunaga, Hooser, Ige, Ihara, Kim, Menor, Taniguchi |
| Prohibits after 12/31/08, the sale of general service incandescent lamps in the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2886 RELATING TO CHILD ABANDONMENT. |
ESPERO, Chun Oakland, Gabbard, Inouye, Nishihara, Slom |
| Increases child abandonment to a class C felony and renames the offense to child abandonment in the first degree. Makes it a misdemeanor to abandon a child by leaving the child with a person in reckless disregard of the risk that the person is not who the person claims to be or has no ascertainable address. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2887 RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. |
ESPERO, Chun Oakland, Gabbard, Inouye, Nishihara, Taniguchi |
| Requires the offender reentry legislative oversight committee to establish a work group to conduct a study and convene public hearings to determine the factors that contribute to the over-representation of native Hawaiians and part-Hawaiians in the State's prisons and jails. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2888 RELATING TO WORKPLACE TRAINING. |
ESPERO, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Requires the department of public safety to develop a curriculum on ethnic and cultural diversity in the workplace and its implications on working with offenders and their families. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2889 RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. |
ESPERO, BAKER, FUKUNAGA, Ige, Inouye |
| Specifies matters that are subject to mediation. Permits unsatisfied parties to mediation to pursue arbitration after 30 days. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2890 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES. |
ESPERO, Baker, English, Inouye, Menor |
| Appropriates funds to the department of health for health care and related services to people living with the human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2891 RELATING TO AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT. |
ESPERO, TRIMBLE, Fukunaga, Hooser, Ige, Inouye, Menor |
| Appropriates funds for the continuing operations of the Pacific international space center for exploration systems. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2892 RELATING TO TRAFFIC. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Makes changes to traffic code to improve bicyclist safety. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2893 RELATING TO TORTS. |
HEE |
| Abolishes joint and several liability for design professionals except when design professional's degree of negligence is twenty-five per cent or more. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2894 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
HEE |
| Authorizes a inventory of burial sites in the State and increases the penalties for removal of artifacts from burial sites. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2895 RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER. |
HEE |
| Adds horses to the list of animals designated as pet animals under the law pertaining to offenses relating to cruelty to animals. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2896 RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. |
HEE |
| Amends section 444-10.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to prohibit the resumption of work for any person who is issued a citation for operating without a license until a hearing is conducted, and provide a $10,000-per-day fine for operating without a license. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2897 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND REVENUE BONDS FOR COCONUT ISLAND IMPROVEMENTS. |
HEE |
| Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and make an appropriation for improvements to coconut island facilities of the Hawaii institute of marine biology; authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds by the UH for the same purpose. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2898 RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE. |
HEE |
| Adds a new chapter to Hawaii Revised Statutes to allow member states to determine the winner of a presidential election by "national popular vote". | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2899 RELATING TO GUARDS. |
HOOSER (BR) |
| Establishes training requirements for guards. Disqualifies persons with criminal records or persons who use controlled substances. Bans unprofessional conduct. Requires criminal history background checks of applicants for licensure. Requires drug testing of applicants for licensure and license holders. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2900 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
HOOSER, Baker, Gabbard, Hee, Inouye, Tsutsui |
| Establishes that there is no private right to possess any public roadway arising from the fact that the ownership of the roadway is disputed between the State and county in which the roadway exists. Gives counties the power to enforce traffic laws on these roadways without a presumption of ownership being created. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2901 RELATING TO VETERANS CEMETERIES. |
HOOSER, BAKER, GABBARD, INOUYE, Nishihara |
| Clarifies the legislature's intended statewide use of funding allotted in the state budget for the repair and improvement of veterans cemeteries by allocating the distribution of funds by country. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2902 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOR PEACE EDUCATION. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Baker, Espero, Gabbard, Hee, Ige, Nishihara |
| Appropriates funds for the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaii for the hiring of a director; administrative, professional, and technical staff; and an assistant professor. Also appropriates funds for research and an international conference. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2903 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 7th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2904 RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. |
HOOSER |
| Requires the installation of solar energy or comparable renewable energy devices to heat water in newly constructed residential properties. Incrementally increases limits for renewable energy income tax credit to systems installed and placed in service, in single family residential properties constructed prior to 1/1/2010. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2905 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
TOKUDA, KOKUBUN, ENGLISH |
| Appropriates funds for a study by the legislative reference bureau on the effect of regulations of Kona coffee blends. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2906 RELATING TO APPLIED ARCHAEOLOGY. |
TOKUDA, KOKUBUN, English, Sakamoto |
| Establishes an applied archaeology graduate program at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; makes appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2907 RELATING TO THE PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL HOMESTEADING DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. |
TOKUDA, English, Kokubun |
| Establishes a division and appropriates funds for pastoral and agricultural homesteading within the department of Hawaiian home lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2908 RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
TOKUDA, English, Kokubun |
| Appropriates funds to establish a pilot nonprofit developer consultation project program within the department of Hawaiian home lands in an effort to increase nonprofit developers in Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2909 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. |
TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds to the invasive species council and the department of agriculture to eradicate invasive species, prevent them from spreading, and protect Hawaii's native species. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2910 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 24th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2911 RELATING TO THE HAWAII UNITED OKINAWA ASSOCIATION. |
TSUTSUI |
| Amends an appropriation for fiscal year 2006 2007 to the Hawaii United Okinawa Association. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2912 RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF MAUI. |
ENGLISH, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, MENOR, Ihara, Inouye, Kim, Tokuda |
| Appropriates moneys to Maui county for fiscal year 2008-2009 for damage repair and mitigation projects necessary as a result of the winter storms of December 2007. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2913 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
ENGLISH, INOUYE, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ihara, Menor, Tokuda |
| Exempts from general excise and use taxes the fuel sold from a foreign-trade zone for intrastate air transportation by common carriers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2914 RELATED TO TOWING. |
ENGLISH, Baker, Gabbard |
| Allows towing companies to charge overtime fees during certain hours of operations. Requires tow companies operating in a county with a population of 500,000 or more to offer consumer service 24 hours a day. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2915 RELATING TO TARO. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, GABBARD, TOKUDA, Baker, Fukunaga, Ihara |
| Creating the taro security and purity task force and appropriating funds for that purpose. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2916 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
ENGLISH, Baker, Chun Oakland, Gabbard |
| Authorizes the Department of Transportation to establish and collect car rental customer facility charges. Creates a car rental customer facility charge special fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2917 RELATING TO THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, MENOR, Fukunaga, Gabbard |
| Requests the compact of free association task force, established pursuant to H.R. 94, H.D.1, 2007, to include in its final report to the 2009 legislature a recommendation for a pilot program for delivery of medical, educational, housing and social services for the migrants from the freely associated state | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2918 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
ENGLISH, BAKER, GABBARD, MENOR, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga |
| Establishes the classroom teacher program to guarantee home loans for qualified public school teachers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2919 RELATING TO KULEANA LANDS. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Fukunaga, Gabbard |
| Makes the office of Hawaiian affairs the trustee of any unclaimed kuleana lands. Prohibits quieting title to or claiming by adverse possession of any kuleana lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2920 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga, Gabbard |
| Provides certain vehicle identification exemptions required when shipping a motor vehicle between islands for interisland ferry service providers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2921 RELATING TO NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE YEAR HOMESTEAD LEASES. |
ENGLISH, Baker, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Gabbard |
| Reverts to the original intent that, notwithstanding any rights of the occupier or lessee, conveyance, devise, or bequest to the contrary, in the case of the death of any occupier or lessee under an existing certificate of occupation or homestead lease, the land will vest in the relations specified by law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2922 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINETEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
GABBARD |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 19th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2923 RELATING TO LIMITING CIVIL LIABILITY. |
GABBARD, ESPERO, Chun Oakland, Ihara, Inouye, Kim |
| Limits the civil liability of property owners, tenants, and household members to persons injured or killed on a premises during the commission of class A or B felony or certain violent crimes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2924 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES. |
GABBARD, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, FUKUNAGA, HOOSER, INOUYE, Espero, Hanabusa, Ihara, Menor, Nishihara, Taniguchi |
| Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii college of tropical agriculture and human resources for additional researchers and specialists to support organic agriculture research and teaching programs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2925 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
GABBARD, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, FUKUNAGA, HOOSER, INOUYE, MENOR, NISHIHARA, Hanabusa, Taniguchi |
| Establishes a state organic program under the direction of the department of agriculture. Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to implement a state organic program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2926 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
GABBARD, Espero, Nishihara |
| Makes operation of motor vehicles on unencumbered lands, other than on roads, trails, or tracks designated or provided by the department of land and natural resources for vehicular use, a petty misdemeanor and imposes mandatory fines. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2927 RELATING TO ALLOWANCE ON SERVICE RETIREMENT. |
GABBARD, Espero, Fukunaga |
| Makes police radio dispatchers class A members of the Employees' Retirement System. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2928 RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE. |
GABBARD |
| Establishes a right of conscience for healthcare providers, institutions, and payers who do not want to participate, provide, or pay for medical services that violate their conscience, including abortions, artificial birth control, artificial insemination, assisted reproduction, human cloning, euthanasia, human embryonic stem cell research, fetal experimentation, physician assisted suicide, and sterilization. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2929 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. |
IHARA |
| Includes county neighborhood boards in the definition of "office" for purposes of election campaign contributions and expenditures; requires candidates for neighborhood board elections to file an organizational report with the campaign spending commission if they receive or expend more than $1,000. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2930 RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. |
IHARA (BR) |
| Clarifies licensure requirements for adult residential care homes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2931 RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. |
IHARA, Bunda, Chun Oakland, Espero, Hooser, Ige, Inouye, Menor, Nishihara, Tokuda, Trimble, Tsutsui |
| Requires persons who hire lobbyist to register. Requires lobbyists to retain records for four years. Adds additional requirements for lobbyists with regard to registration and reporting. Increases the fine for violations of chapter 97, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to lobbyists. Adds additional powers and duties of the state ethics commission. Requires the state ethics commission to conduct random audits. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2932 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE TAX. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Bunda, Fukunaga, Hooser, Ige, Inouye, Nishihara, Tokuda |
| Increases the state environmental response tax on petroleum in order to increase funding available for energy conservation, alternative energy development, global warming initiatives, and other programs pursuant to section 128D, HRS. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2933 RELATING TO HOUSEHOLD ENERGY DEMAND. |
IHARA, ENGLISH, ESPERO, HOOSER, Baker, Bunda, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Ige, Inouye, Menor, Nishihara |
| Allows for the use of clotheslines on any privately owned single-family residential dwelling regardless of a contrary provision in any instrument or contract. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2934 RELATING TO THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Bunda, Espero, Fukunaga, Hanabusa, Nishihara, Tokuda, Tsutsui |
| Establishes requirements for pre-need funeral and interment salespersons. Establishes requirements for the solicitation of pre-need funeral and interment goods and services. Makes various amendments to the laws governing pre-need funeral and interment contracts and trusts. Requires the director of commerce and consumer affairs to conduct yearly audits of funeral authorities engaging in the sale of pre-need funeral and interment goods and services for three years, beginning fiscal year 2008. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2935 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
IHARA, Baker, Fukunaga, Ige |
| Directs a portion of transient accommodations tax moneys to initially capitalize the Hawaii preservation fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2936 RELATING TO COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARDS. |
IHARA, Baker, Fukunaga |
| Establishes requirements for community advisory boards when receiving testimony from the public and provides definitions for "community advisory board" and "publicly noticed meeting". | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2937 RELATING TO ETHICS. |
IHARA, Fukunaga, Ige |
| Conforms county ethics procedures for civil fines with state ethics commission procedures by allowing appeals of civil fines directly to a court and authorizing counties to adopt an ordinance to allow a county ethics commission to issue civil fines without first requesting correction or ceasing of violation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2938 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO FACILITATE THE SHARING OF INFORMATION OF FAMILY COURT RECORDS WITH SCHOOLS IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN MINOR OFFENDERS. |
ESPERO |
| Appropriates funds for positions within the Department of Education and the Judiciary to allow for the limited disclosure of family court records to school personnel in the case of violent offenders. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2939 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Increases food tax credit established by Act 211, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2940 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Appropriates funds to repair public housing and to construct a permanent facility for the homeless. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2941 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Appropriates funds to the rental housing trust fund to finance development of affordable rentals through public-private partnerships. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2942 RELATING TO TORTS. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Limits non-economic damages in medical tort actions contingent on compliance with premium rate caps by insurers providing professional liability insurance in Hawaii. Sunsets on the earlier of the date on which an insurer does not comply with the premium rate caps, or July 1, 2015. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2943 RELATING TO ENERGY. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Increases incentives for renewable energy. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2944 RELATING TO ENERGY. |
HEMMINGS, TRIMBLE |
| Amends definition of renewable electric energy. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2945 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Provides for the organization of renewable energy cooperatives to generate, transmit, and sell electricity to their membership. Authorizes issuance of revenue bonds to finance costs related to constructing, upgrading, and acquiring transmission facilities. Exempts cooperatives from Public Utilities Commission regulation, except for interconnection agreements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2946 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITY ZONES. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Requires director of business, economic development, and tourism, in consultation with advisory committee, to designate renewable energy opportunity zones, and determine types of energy generation for a zone, number of zones, and period of zones, and to perform required EIS for zones and expedite issuance of county permits. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2947 RELATING TO VEHICLE IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEMS. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Establishes an ignition interlock program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2948 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE |
| Increases penalties for certain traffic infractions and driving under the influence. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2949 RELATING TO SAFETY. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Mandates that internet service providers and computer technicians report incidents of child pornography discovered during their course of business. Provides civil immunity for good faith disclosure to law enforcement authorities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2950 RELATING TO STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE |
| Reduces the value of a gift that must be reported by a legislator or government employee, spouse or dependent child of a legislator or government employee from $200 to $100. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2951 RELATING TO GRANTS-IN-AID. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Changes current grants-in-aid for social services process to a community planning and delivery process. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2952 RELATING TO ETHICS. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE |
| Increases time period for restriction on post-employment lobbying of former legislators and state employees. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2953 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
HEMMINGS, SLOM, TRIMBLE, WHALEN |
| Increases the number of Hawaii teacher standards board members from thirteen to fifteen by adding a representative for charter schools and an additional representative for independent schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2954 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Protects and promotes the proper use of Hawaii's best agricultural lands by requiring conditions of approval for subdivisions of agricultural land into smaller lots and farm dwellings, thereby ensuring meaningful agricultural use. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2955 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL INSPECTIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Grants the Department of Agriculture authority to require advance written notification of arrival of articles transported to the State or from one island within the State to another as freight, air freight, baggage, or otherwise, for the purpose of debarkation. Broadens the range of articles subject to advance notification and possible inspection to include non-agricultural articles capable of harboring pests. Corrects an error that occurred in Act 64, SLH 2005, regarding import of restricted articles so as to be consistent with other parts of the statute. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2956 RELATING TO MILK. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Ensures that the remaining Hawaii dairy producers are paid a price commensurate with the quality of the milk they produce. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2957 RELATING TO THE OBLIGATION OF FUNDS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows the Department of Hawaiian Homelands and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to start housing projects when they have the initial portion of construction funds for affordable housing projects rather than waiting until they have the entire financing appropriated. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2958 RELATING TO ENHANCED 911 SERVICES FOR MOBILE PHONES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Decreases from $0.66 to $0.43 cents per month the surcharge customers pay on each mobile phone for E911 emergency mobile phone services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2959 MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTRICITY, SEWER, REFUSE, AND INSURANCE PREMIUM PAYMENTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates $271,852 from the Stadium Special Fund to pay fiscal year 2007-2008 increases in electricity, sewer, refuse, and insurance premium payments for Aloha Stadium. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2960 MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTRICITY PAYMENTS STATEWIDE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates $1.0 million in general funds to pay statewide increases in electricity payments for fiscal year 2007-2008. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2961 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2962 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Revamps Hawaii's sex offender registry laws so as to provide more up-to-date and more useful information about registered sex offenders to the public; strengthens some criminal laws, including relating to electronic enticement of a child; and makes other criminal law changes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2963 RELATING TO CRIME. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Strengthens laws relating to obstruction of justice; revises Hawaii's murder statute to better protect the public; and makes other criminal law changes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2964 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amend Hawaii Constitution so a criminal case witness who asserts self-incrimination privilege may be compelled to testify/provide evidence as long as the testimony/evidence cannot later be used against the witness in a criminal case except for perjury, false statement, or failure to comply with the order to testify. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2965 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends Hawaii's Constitution so that only Yes and No votes will be counted in determining whether or not constitutional amendments are adopted; blank votes will no longer count as No votes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2966 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL CASES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends Hawaii's Constitution so that in criminal cases, juries and fact finders can learn of prior convictions involving dishonesty of testifying defendants, to the same extent as with any other testifying witness in a criminal case. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2967 RELATING TO HABEAS CORPUS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Places time limits on claims challenging criminal convictions, prison conditions, and related matters. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2968 RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF CHARITABLE GIVING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires registration with the Attorney General of most charitable organizations before they can solicit funds; adds other requirements for charitable organizations and related matters. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2969 RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies certain limitations regarding the State's liability in tort cases and brings State liability in line with similar federal liability in many cases. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2970 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT TORT LIABILITY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies that government entities are only liable in certain cases for the percentage share of the damages they actually caused; changes definition of "similar circumstances" concerning joint liability in certain motor vehicle accidents. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2971 RELATING TO APPELLATE JURISDICTION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes immediate appeals from certain court orders regarding injunctions and denials of sovereign, absolute, or qualified immunity. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2972 RELATING TO ACTIONS BY AND AGAINST THE STATE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies that certain waivers of the State's sovereign immunity can only take place if the Legislature has in a statute unequivocally waived that sovereign immunity. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2973 RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows juries in civil cases, like those involving accidents, to hear evidence that operators or passengers in motor vehicles, motorcycles, or motor scooters were not wearing seat belts or helmets; currently juries are usually not allowed to hear such evidence. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2974 RELATING TO TOBACCO. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Repeals the July 1, 2009 sunset clause of the law requiring those who sell tobacco at a retail level to get a retail tobacco permit from the Department of Taxation; without this law, no permits will be necessary starting July 1, 2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2975 RELATING TO NOTARIES PUBLIC. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies the powers and duties of the Attorney General with respect to notaries public; identifies conduct that would subject a notary to fines; and identifies criminal conduct with regard to notarization, notarized documents, and related matters. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2976 RELATING TO CHAPTER 480, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies antitrust and unfair competition law with regard to who can sue in certain instances, including when having made indirect purchases. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2977 RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Changes the law relating to Child Support Enforcement Agency notification in some circumstances to custodial parents; establishes a CSEA Assistant Administrator; clarifies rules relating to some CSEA hearings and related matters. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2978 PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends Hawaii's Constitution to establish an independent Judicial Conduct Commission. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2979 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes permanent the 50 per cent allocation of conveyance tax proceeds into the Rental Housing Trust Fund set to expire on June 30, 2008. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2980 RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides an increase in Hula Mae multifamily revenue bond authority from $400 million to $500 million to provide financing assistance for the development and preservation/rehabilitation of affordable housing. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2981 RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Reduces the period over which state low-income housing tax credits are taken from 10 years to 5 years. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2982 AUTHORIZING THE RESALE OF RESERVED HOUSING UNITS BY THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows the Hawaii Community Development Authority to resell reserved housing units as defined in section 206E-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2983 RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Updates sections of Chapter 210D, Hawaii Revised Statues, which created the Hawaii Community-Based Economic Development (CBED) Program, the Hawaii Community-Based Economic Development Revolving Fund, and the CBED Advisory Council; allows for smaller CBED loans, and reduces the maximum interest rate on these loans. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2984 RELATING TO DISASTER LOANS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides for variable interest rates below the applicable Small Business Administration rates; increases loan amounts; allows for remediation/mitigation; adjusts loan application deadlines; and makes other housekeeping changes to the State Disaster Commercial and Personal Loan Program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2985 RELATING TO PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS FOR PAY AS YOU SAVE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Expands the successful "Pay As You Save" solar water heater program to photovoltaic systems that convert sunshine into electricity, allowing users to pay each month through their electricity bill. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2986 RELATING TO REFUNDABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY TAX CREDIT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows a taxpayer with an adjusted gross income of $20,000 or less to take a refundable tax credit for the purchase and installation of a renewable energy technology, which includes solar water heating, photovoltaic, and wind systems. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2987 RELATING TO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT LEARNING EXPERIENCE PROGRAM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes an appropriation of $4,800,000 for the music entertainment learning experience program at Honolulu Community College, and issues general obligation bonds for site development, renovation, facilities remodeling, and studio construction. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2988 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH CREATIVITY ACADEMIES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes an appropriation of $1,629,474 to establish a digital media pilot program that builds upon the success of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics/Hawaii excellence through science and technology academies. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2989 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A CREATIVE CENTER INCUBATOR. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Making an appropriation of $500,000 to equip, train and hire faculty for a Creative Center Incubator. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2990 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires that the renewable portfolio standards of 20 per cent by 2020 be met by classic electricity generation from renewable sources. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2991 RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| To comprehensively address deficiencies in Hawaii's energy resources coordination statutes. Provide policy guidance needed to provide adequate detail on the nature and relationship of the energy data analyses functions required of the State Energy Resources Coordinator and Energy Program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2992 RELATING TO ENERGY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| To comprehensively address deficiencies in Hawaii's energy emergency preparedness statutes. Provide up to date policy guidance needed for consistency with current federal and state energy emergency and overall emergency management policies and plans, and to provide definitive guidance on critical energy data analyses functions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2993 RELATING TO ENDOWED CHAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establish an eminent scholars program to create endowed chairs in science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines in the University of Hawaii by appropriating State general funds to be matched by private donations. Appropriate $2,000,000 to be matched by private donations, for an endowed chair in power generation and distribution in the University of Hawaii college of engineering as the first STEM endowed chair. The endowed chair would serve as the foundation of a new power program to support workforce needs at the Pearl Harbor naval shipyard and the growing renewable energy sector. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2994 RELATING TO THE HAWAII HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Rename the state post-secondary education commission to the Hawaii higher education commission, broaden the membership, and expand the powers and authority. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2995 RELATING TO INNOVATION CAPITAL. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii to invest up to $100 million in Hawaii venture capital opportunities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2996 RELATING TO A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PARTNERSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriate $100,000 to the department of business, economic development, and tourism to enter into a partnership with a qualified private entity to assist the office of technology transfer and economic development to accelerate commercialization of University of Hawaii discoveries. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2997 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Sets up a process for determining when land use classifications should be rescinded because they have not been used for a period of time, particularly for lands classified as urban or rural. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2998 RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a rapid response, custom training program and revolving fund in DBEDT to facilitate rapid, custom training for emerging growth industry and high priority business investments. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB2999 RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM PROCUREMENT CODE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| To add the exemption from the State's procurement code for special purpose revenue bonds issued for not-for-profit private organizations, for-profit private organizations, and public instrumentalities and their qualified affiliates in the development of low- and moderate-income housing and for agricultural enterprises serving important agricultural lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3000 RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII SECTION 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| To provide taxpayers a state tax deduction for contributions to Hawaii’s college savings program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3001 RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies provisions of chapter 269, Part VII, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the administration and use of moneys supporting energy-efficiency and demand-side management programs and services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3002 RELATING TO PROPERTY OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Grants public utilities the authority to transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of property, without prior approval from the Public Utilities Commission, under circumstances calling for timely, decisive action in order to aid a customer whose operations have been disrupted due to unforeseeable events. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3003 RELATING TO PUBLICATION OF HEARING NOTICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies the type of public notice required for public hearings held by the Public Utilities Commission in its regulation of utility rates and ratemaking procedures. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3004 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires government employers to provide information to the ERS electronically. Provides for direct deposit of refunds and other lump sum payments. Clarifies that contributions for unpaid leaves are required for service credit. Conforms provision re compensation of ERS member on military leave to USERRA. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3005 RELATING TO FEDERAL TAX QUALIFICATION OF THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Repeals the provisions that (1) make ERS membership by elective officers optional and (2) allow elective officer and judges to withdraw from ERS membership by nominally retiring even though they remain in office. Provides for service by retirants as elective officers without suspension of retirement benefits. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3006 RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| (1) To make the laws governing corporate dissolution and director's rights consistent; (2) to more accurately reflect the administrative procedures of administratively cancelling a limited partnership; (3) to make provisions regarding the expiration of corporations consistent with other entities; and (4) to streamline and conform limited liability company law filing requests. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3007 RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies the law relating to registration and protection of trademarks and names and clarifies how similar trade names are resolved. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3008 RELATING TO THE CODE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Updates Hawaii’s Code of Financial Institutions by requiring licenses to be conspicuously displayed, addresses temporary closures during emergencies, clarifies how prepayment penalties are calculated, and allows greater access to records by State inspectors. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3009 RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends the Money Transmitters Act, Chapter 489D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to amend the fee structure, enhance consumer protection, make necessary clarifications, and correct errors and omissions, to effectively regulate the industry. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3010 RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE PRACTICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Repeals the law on Mortgage Brokers and Solicitors, chapter 454, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and replaces it with a statute that provides for more specialized regulation of residential mortgage brokers, residential mortgage lenders and residential loan originators by the Division of Financial Institutions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3011 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows the Insurance Division to include a 3-month reserve in the calculation of Compliance Resolution Fund (CRF) assessments in order to ensure continued operations of the Division at the end of the fiscal year. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3012 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| In determining motor vehicle insurance policy personal injury protection benefits, imposes the same limitations on the number of visits, charge per visit, and combined total visits for therapeutic massage treatments as are imposed on naturopathic, chiropractic, and acupuncture treatments. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3013 RELATING TO LOSS MITIGATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Repeals and replaces the loss mitigation grant program with a wind resistive devices tax credit. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3014 RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Increases insurance coverages available under the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to reflect increases in property values. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3015 RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends the Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act by prohibiting certain unfair or deceptive business practices by managed care plans, such as disenrolling a person because of a medical condition. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3016 RELATING TO MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Maintains competition and consumer choice by deleting requirements that pose obstacles to smaller health plans. Deletes requirement that health plans must maintain a fund equal to "one half of twenty times the maximum benefits paid in 30 days" and caps the deposit requirement at $20 million. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3017 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Improves the Insurance Commissioner's ability to protect consumers from improper transactions between health insurance companies and their affiliates by authorizing the Commissioner to monitor the relationships and transactions between these companies and their affiliates. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3018 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Adopts National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Model provisions relating to the insurers' disclosure of material financial transactions and actuarial reports. The uniform reporting requirements for all insurers is necessary to meet NAIC requirements for accreditation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3019 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides insurers with greater investment flexibility by updating the Insurance Code to reflect the investment strategies, such as stocks, bonds, and notes developed since the Code was last updated in 1987. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3020 RELATING TO ACTIVITIES REGULATED BY THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Creates uniformity between other states' laws and Hawaii law in regard to licensing requirements. Increases educational requirements to keep a license, automatically inactivates a license if fees are not paid on time, allows reactivation if the fee is paid in 30 days, and broadens the types of reinsurance that can be used to meet the financial obligations of insurance agents. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3021 RELATING TO VIATICAL SETTLEMENTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Protects those with terminal or chronic illnesses from unscrupulous brokers who trade in life insurance policies of the sick, by requiring disclosure of the consequences to the consumer, providing the right to rescind the contract, and prohibiting the transfer of the life insurance benefits to the new owner for five years. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3022 RELATING TO ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR INSURANCE VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST ELDERS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Adds enhanced civil and administrative penalties for insurance violations committed against elders. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3023 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the creation and regulation of special purpose financial captive insurance companies (SPFCIC). Establishes confidentiality provisions applicable to captives, including SPFCs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3024 RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Addresses medical malpractice insurance costs by capping non-economic damages at $250,000, establishing limits for attorney contingent fees, and requiring that economic damages be allocated based upon proportionate percentage of negligence. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3025 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies suspension pending a hearing requirements for actions to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license. Establishes a cap on the bond amount that managing general agents are required to furnish. Requires insurers to require managing general agents's compliance with bond and errors and omissions policy requirements. Conforms financial statement filing requirements for title insurers with existing law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3026 RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF MORTGAGE RESCUE FRAUD. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires mortgage foreclosure rescuers to provide specific information and disclosures to distressed property owners as well as impose specific prohibitions on mortgage foreclosure rescuers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3027 RELATING TO OSTEOPATHY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Includes doctors of osteopathy in the medical doctors chapter (chapter 453) so that the Board of Medical Examiners may treat medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy in the same manner; repeals osteopathy chapter (chapter 460). | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3028 RELATING TO GRADUATES OF FOREIGN ACUPUNCTURE PROGRAMS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires applicants for acupuncture licensure who graduated from foreign institutes to have their educational information evaluated by a professional crediting evaluator as a prerequisite for taking an exam and getting a license in Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3029 RELATING TO OWNER-BUILDER PERMITS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires sellers to disclose whether a building or structure was built or improved under an owner-builder permit, clarifies that owner builders must use licensed subcontractors, and establishes penalties for owner-builders who fail to comply with the owner-builder permit requirements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3030 RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a fee structure to fund mixed martial arts regulation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3031 RELATING TO DISPENSING OPTICIANS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Specifies that a dispensing optician's license is required for the dispensing and fitting, upon written prescription, of non-corrective contact lenses and for the sale of or offer to sell non-corrective contact lenses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3032 RELATING TO CONTRACTOR PENALTIES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Increases fines five-fold that may be imposed on contractors for performing work outside of their licensed specialty, unlicensed activity, and other violations relating to contractors. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3033 RELATING TO PRICE GOUGING DURING EMERGENCIES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Prohibits price gouging and unfair business practices during a declared State disaster by clarifying that price increases on services, rentals, and construction or repair contracts during disasters are illegal. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3034 RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Supports State Civil Defense’s Shelter-in-Place initiative by exempting civil liability for care homes and schools, in addition to hotels, during an officially designated emergency. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3035 RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Expedites the purchase of equipment and services by allowing state and county agencies to participate in government cooperative purchasing programs outside of Hawaii when using federal Homeland Security grants. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3036 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides an exemption from motor vehicle tax and registration fees for private vehicles of Hawaii residents who are members of the military, including the National Guard and Coast Guard. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3037 RELATING TO UNIFORM MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE FOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Repeals the Uniform Maintenance Allowance of $1.50 per day since uniforms no longer need to be dry-cleaned. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3038 RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Improves the composition of the Charter School Review Panel; makes the Panel subject to the sunshine law; removes the cap on the number of charter schools; and ensures funding for new charter schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3039 RELATING TO THE HAWAII EDUCATOR LOAN PROGRAM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows recipients of awards from the Hawaii Educator Loan Program to attend any university or college with a State-approved teacher education program and allows them to teach at traditional public or charter schools as a way to repay the loan. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3040 PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows voters in each county to decide whether or not to establish a district (local) school board; requires the legislature to establish a fair allocation of public school resources if a new district is established. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3041 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends the requirements for the candidate advisory council which screens and proposes candidates for appointment to the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to allow background checks and geographic representation and extends from 30 to 60 days the period to submit candidate names. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3042 RELATING TO ANIMAL QUARANTINE FACILITIES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows the Department of Agriculture to negotiate the lease rent for use of the Animal Quarantine Station located in Halawa Valley on Oahu. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3043 RELATING TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires physical education as a mandatory component of the public school education curriculum. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3044 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires precinct chairperson to post preliminary election results at the poll site; provides for an automatic recount when there is only a ½ of one per cent difference between winning and losing candidates; moves primary date to the 2nd Saturday in August in every even numbered year to allow time for run-off elections. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3045 RELATING TO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends the current certificate of need requirement under chapter 323D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to promote increased access to quality health care. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3046 RELATING TO INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Adopts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3047 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Expands the current $7.5 million annual Ko Olina tax credit to allow the credits to be used for commercial activities and affordable housing built on the Leeward Coast. Clarifies recapture provisions to require recapture of credits certified where results of certain expenditures are not placed in service by December 31, 2013. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3048 RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Increases the loan ceiling for farm and ranch operations on Hawaiian home lands from $50,000 to $200,000. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3049 RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Expands authority to investigate allegations of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3050 RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Expands the list of persons mandated to report known or suspected abuse of vulnerable adults to include caregivers and the entity or agency designated by the governor to provide advocacy services to persons with developmental disabilities and mental illness. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3051 RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the Department of Human Services or its designee to conduct criminal history record checks for those providing services to vulnerable adults and children | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3052 RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a grant program to assist operators of community care foster family homes and increases the capacity for cost effective home and community based services for elderly and disabled medicaid clients. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3053 RELATING TO SIBLING VISITATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Specifies that the Family Court may grant reasonable visitation with their siblings before and after adoption or award of legal guardianship. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3054 RELATING TO AGE OF CONSENT FOR ADOPTION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Changes the age of consent by a child for adoption from 10 to 14. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3055 RELATING TO MANDATORY REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Broadens the group of persons required to report child abuse and neglect to include family members. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3056 RELATING TO WELL CHILD FOLLOW-UP VISITS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a pilot project allowing the Department to conduct well-child follow-up visits for children who have been reported but not confirmed as abused or neglected. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3057 RELATING TO FEDERAL REVENUE MAXIMIZATION IN THE JUDICIARY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the District and Family Courts to report to the Governor and the Legislature on the reasons for not establishing and implementing a federal revenue maximization program for all services they provide to children in their care that may be eligible for federal financial participation and the Family Court's plan to do so in the future. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3058 RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies the law to ensure that local customs of caring for children outside the home by friends and relatives are an available alternative when considering the custody of children. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3059 RELATING TO INVESTIGATORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows the Department of Human Services to appoint and commission an administrative investigator for the Office of Youth Services, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3060 RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY EVICTIONS BOARDS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to hold eviction hearings without the tenant member of the Authority's eviction boards present, provided that quorum is met. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3061 RELATING TO THE FIRST-TO-WORK PROGRAM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Conforms state law to current federal law by deleting references to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Act and replaces it with the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3062 MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Emergency appropriation in general funds for fiscal year 2007-2008 to repay the department of budget and finance for a loan made to cover payroll and risk management costs for liability insurance for fiscal year 2006-2007, and to address a critical funding shortfall for operational costs of its public housing programs for fiscal year 2007-2008. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3063 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides flexibility and reliability to the hiring and contracting processes by exempting from civil service law positions or contracts lasting up to one year with non-government entities for personal services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3064 RELATING TO SALARIES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Increases the salaries of the Stadium Manager, the Public Utilities Commissioners, Executive Director of Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, and Civil Defense Director to be commensurate with their duties and responsibilities by linking them to 92% of the Director of Health's salary. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3065 RELATING TO PARENTAL PREFERENCES IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Repeals an obsolete requirement that all State and County Executive Branch agencies and the Judiciary report to the Legislature annually identifying programs, contracts, and services that provide preference to a parent. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3066 RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Encourages employees to save for retirement by automatically enrolling newly hired employees into the Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) unless the new employee elects not to enroll. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3067 RELATING TO STATE AND COUNTY CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the procurement of contracts for services by the State and counties and exempts the contracts from chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3068 MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE ADULT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| To authorize an emergency appropriation for fiscal year 2007-2008 of $10,000,000 from general funds to the Department of Health (DOH), for the Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD). | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3069 RELATING TO RECORDS OF DEFENDANTS COMMITTED TO A HOSPITAL CONTROLLED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH OR TO CUSTODY OF DIRECTOR OF HEALTH |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the courts to provide the Director of the Department of Health (DOH) records of defendants court-ordered to the State Hospital or related facility under the cognizance of the Department. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3070 RELATING TO CONDITIONAL RELEASE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provide statutory guidance and clarification on the seventy-two (72) hour hold and extended hold process, especially as it relates to patients under Conditional Release (CR) from the State Hospital or related facility. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3071 RELATING TO CONDITIONAL RELEASE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Grants the Director of the Department of Health (DOH) the authority to apply for discharge from conditional release (CR) or modification of the CR order for any patient in a mental health facility served by the DOH directly or through a contracted provider. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3072 RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies the different reporting requirements for hazardous substances and extremely hazardous substances. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3073 RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PERMITTING FEES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows certain Department of Health environmental programs to conduct business electronically and withhold sufficient moneys to cover the cost of electronic and credit card provider services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3074 MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND INJURY PREVENTION SYSTEM BRANCH. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes an emergency appropriation for FY 2008 to pay for the City and County of Honolulu's collective bargaining costs relating to emergency medical services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3075 RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Grants the Department of Health authority to take samples necessary for epidemiologic investigations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3076 RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the Department of Health (DOH) to create permanent or temporary exempt epidemiologist positions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3077 RELATING TO VOLUNTEER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides immunity from liability and workers' compensation for licensed medical personnel providing volunteer medical services on behalf of the State or a county. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3078 RELATING TO WORKSITE WELLNESS PROGRAMS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Gives State and counties immunity from liability for injury and damage that occur as a result of voluntary participation in state and county worksite wellness programs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3079 RELATING TO DIRECT PAYMENT TO PROVIDERS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows medical services providers to receive payment directly from health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and mutual benefit societies, rather than attempting to collect from the patient when the provider does not have a contract with the insurer. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3080 RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION BACKGROUND CHECKS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorize the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to conduct FBI criminal history record checks through the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center on employees, applicants, current or prospective contractors, providers, or volunteers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3081 RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires hospital participation with the department of health in an electronic health surveillance system to benefit the public health and safety of the people of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3082 RELATING TO CRUISE SHIPS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Transfers the cruise ship air emission provisions from HRS, chapter 342D, Water Pollution, to HRS, chapter 342B, Air Pollution Control. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3083 MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriation of general funds for fiscal year 2007-2008 to pay current, essential vendors, reduce accounts payable, and allow operation and provision of current levels of service in Hawaii Health Systems Corporation’s facilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3084 RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Transfer the Workforce Development Council from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to assist in aligning Hawaii's workforce development policy with the State's economic development initiatives. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3085 RELATING TO THE SPECIAL FUND FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends the purpose of the special fund for disability benefits to allow for the use of currently available funds for automation purposes. Appropriates $5,000,000 from the special fund for disability benefits for automation of the department of labor and industrial relations' disability compensation division. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3086 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION NEGOTIATION FOR BENEFIT COVERAGE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides public unions and employers the same ability as private unions and their signatory employers to collectively design and enter into an alternative workers' compensation systems. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3087 RELATING TO CONTRACTOR SUSPENSION ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Suspends contractors found to be in violation of Chapter 104 for falsification of records or delaying an investigation under the wage and hour statute, section 104-22(b). | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3088 RELATING TO THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPEALS BOARD. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (Board) to employ a hearings officer, as well as to allow that hearings officer to hold a hearing, in order for the Board to expedite hearings on certain workers' compensation matters. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3089 RELATING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN FUNDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarifies the classification of the unemployment compensation fund, the workers’ compensation special compensation fund, the temporary disability insurance special fund for disability benefits, and the prepaid health care special premium supplementation fund as trust funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3090 RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT CONTRIBUTION RATES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Intended to conform Hawaii's unemployment insurance law to federal law to ensure uniform application to all state unemployment insurance experience rating transfers for employers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3091 RELATING TO LIFELONG LEARNING ACCOUNTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a Lifelong Learning Accounts program and tax credit in the department of labor and industrial relations to support upgraded training for the incumbent workforce, and encourages participation by employers and employees through tax credit incentives. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3092 RELATING TO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Stipulates that only the last four digits of an individual's social security number shall be listed on judgments, orders, or decrees endorsed and recorded in the Bureau of Conveyances or Land Court. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3093 RELATING TO THE LAND COURT SYSTEM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Removes fee-simple time share transactions from the Land Court System and to provide the option for all landowners to transfer their property from the Land Court System to the Regular System of the Bureau of Conveyances. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3094 RELATING TO ELECTRONIC FILINGS IN THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES AND THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the Registrar and Assistant Registrar of the Bureau of Conveyance to accept electronic signatures and electronically filed documents in lieu of an original document with original signatures. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3095 RELATING TO GROUNDED VESSELS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to remove a grounded vessel under its control, by any means necessary, in order to minimize damages to the natural resources and not become a hazard to navigation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3096 RELATING TO FEDERAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Clarify that the Department of Land and Natural Resources may adopt, amend, or repeal administrative rules to be consistent with federal fishery regulations to improve management and enforcement in a state and federal marine water fishery that has been determined to be in decline. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3097 RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MARINE FISHING REPORTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amend the title of section 189-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from "monthly catch" to "commercial marine fishing reports" to more accurately reflect that reports will be filed on a "per catch" basis. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3098 RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR DAMAGE TO STONY CORAL AND LIVE ROCK. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Imposes administrative fines for damage to stony coral and live rock based on the amount of area damaged. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3099 RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Increases the maximum penalty for violations within the Conservation District and authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to assess fines based on damages to natural resources within the Conservation District. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3100 RELATING TO CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS ON PUBLIC LANDS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Increases civil penalty fine amounts for violations on public lands and clarifies penalties for encroachment on public lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3101 RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCER. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends the definition of "renewable energy producer" to include growers and producers of organic materials used primarily for the production of biofuels or other fuels, so that they will be eligible for direct leases of public land. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3102 RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows public and private moneys to be deposited into the Land Conservation Fund (Fund) and distributed as grants for acquisition of land having value as a resource to the State, and allows moneys from the Fund to be used for the operation, maintenance, and management of the acquired lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3103 RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the development and use of programmatic safe harbor agreements and programmatic habitat conservation plans that cover multiple landowners or a class of landowners and over a wide area or region. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3104 RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the Office of Information Practices to conduct inquiries and provide advisory opinions on alleged Sunshine Law violations the same way the office is authorized to conduct inquires and provide opinions for violations of the Uniform Information Practices Act | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3105 RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allows boards and commissions to conduct on-site inspections without public participation if public attendance is impracticable, such as on working farms. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3106 RELATING TO INTEREST ARBITRATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Modifies the factors that an arbitration panel must consider when reaching collective bargaining wage decisions including considering the impact of pay increases on other bargaining units, compliance with budget provisions, and ensuring that wage comparisons are kept within Hawaii's labor market. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3107 RELATING TO PRISON LITIGATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires inmates to exhaust their administrative remedies before filing a lawsuit in State court, to avoid frivolous lawsuits. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3108 RELATING TO PRISON LITIGATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires inmates to pay for the civil lawsuit they file in State court and requires inmates who have three lawsuits deemed "frivolous" to pay the filing fees prior to filing another lawsuit. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3109 RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM REVOLVING FUND. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Deletes the correctional program revolving fund which has never been used by the Department of Public Safety and has no funds in it. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3110 RELATING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends the parameters of the comprehensive offender reentry system program (Act 8 of 2007) to ensure its provisions are in compliance with good governance of correctional facilities. Eliminates provisions allowing contact between former inmates and those still in prison, requires return of out-of-state prisoners only when safety of staff and inmates is not endangered, and involves relevant State agencies in helping with family, education, and housing needs of inmates. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3111 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides an additional exemption for those with a dependent aged 18 and under with adjusted gross incomes of $200,000 or less. Modifies and increases the child and dependent care credit. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3112 RELATING TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides a constitutionally-mandated refund to Hawaii taxpayers based upon federal adjusted gross income. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3113 RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides a short form measure for conforming amendments to the Hawaii income tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code for calendar year 2007. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3114 RELATING TO REVENUE AUTHORITIES ADMINISTERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a twenty per cent penalty for erroneous refund or credit claims. Clarifies that information discussed in a public board of review hearing is public information. Provides authority for taxpayer and the department of taxation to redact parts of a social security number in tax returns filed with the tax appeal court. Amends conformity law to allow discretion in submitting a digest to the legislature and requires testimony by the department of taxation. Makes technical corrections to conform Hawaii tax law to the internal revenue code for purposes of the "Kiddie Tax." Clarifies the uses of funds available in the tax administration special fund. Extends the capital goods excise tax credit to include canned computer software. Clarifies the general excise tax wholesale rate for sales of tangible personal property. Clarifies that the general excise tax exemption for building and repair of a surface vessel applies to subsurface vessels. Clarifies tax lien recording requirements. Adds an exemption for the proper use of social security numbers for tax administration. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3115 RELATING TO ELECTRONIC TAX ADMINISTRATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides the Department of Taxation with the authority to require electronic filing and electronic payment by rule. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3116 RELATING TO INCOME TAXATION EXCLUSION FOR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS AGED 65 AND OVER. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Excludes the first $25,000 of income from income taxation for Hawaii taxpayers age 65 and over. Phases out the exemption amount for income received over $25,000 and for currently exempt retirement income received on a graduated basis. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3117 RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDIT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides a refundable income tax credit for up to 50% of costs incurred in retrofitting a primary residence for purposes of accommodating aging and disability access. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3118 RELATING TO RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLE SURCHARGE TAX. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Extends the $1 per day surcharge on rental motor vehicles beyond September 1, 2008 and deposits the money into the State Highway Fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3119 MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates $21,253,032 out to the State Highway Fund for fiscal year 2007-2008. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3120 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Prohibits the use of cell phones, including hands-free, or other electronic communications devices by persons aged fifteen years and six months but less than eighteen years while operating a motor vehicle under either a temporary instruction permit or a provisional license. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3121 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Strengthens the current reckless driving penalties for individuals guilty of two or more traffic violations under the State’s Traffic Code. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3122 RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS FROM THE COUNTY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL PROCESS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Exempts State Highways from county subdivision approval requirements to expedite highway projects and reduce project costs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3123 RELATING TO VEHICLE IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEMS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes an ignition interlock program, which directs the courts and the administrative driver’s license revocation office to require use of the system as part of the sentence for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, as a condition for conditional license permits, and as a condition for being relicensed. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3124 RELATING TO COMMERICAL HARBORS MODERNIZATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Expands the authority of the Aloha Tower Development Corporation to assist in the development of the statewide harbors modernization plan. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue revenue bonds to finance the harbor improvements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3125 RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Conforms Hawaii to federal law by closing a loophole that allows individuals convicted of driving under the influence to operate a commercial vehicle on a restructured commercial driver's license. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3126 RELATING TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Reinstates the ability of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to develop internal policies and procedures for the procurement of goods and services rather than use the State procurement code. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3127 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| To increase the sources of revenue available to support the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3128 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Authorizes the transfer of all University funds with the exception of general funds, into the University of Hawaii Commercial Enterprise Revolving Fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3129 RELATING TO COMPTROLLER SUPERVISION OF ACCOUNTS |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Allow the University of Hawaii to preaudit all proposed payments of $10,000 or more. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3130 RELATING TO NURSING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| To provide an additional means to qualify for licensure as a registered nurse by allowing a graduate with a completed portion of a master’s entry program in nursing to apply as a registered nurse by examination. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3131 RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends the General Appropriations Act of 2007 that appropriates general, general obligation bond, federal, revenue bond, special and other funds for departmental operating and capital improvements budgets. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3132 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
WHALEN |
| Allows vested members in the contributory and hybrid plans of the employees' retirement system to withdraw their accumulated contributions before retirement. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3133 RELATING TO AUTOMOBILE PARTS RECYCLING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires a deposit on automobile tires and batteries as incentive to return them after use for recycling. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3134 RELATING TO TRAUMA SCENE WASTE MANAGEMENT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes regulations for the uniform and safe cleaning of trauma scenes and infectious waste management on both public and private property and to authorize the environmental management special fund to be used for trauma scene and infectious waste management cleaning by a licensed practitioner. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3135 RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds for repair and maintenance at the Mo‘okini heiau. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3136 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR A MONUMENT TO BE PLACED IN KALAWAO COUNTY RECOGNIZING THOSE WHO WERE SENT TO KALAUPAPA WITH HANSEN'S DISEASE. |
HANABUSA |
| Makes an appropriation to the department of health for a monument to be placed in Kalawao county recognizing those who were sent to Kalaupapa with Hansen's disease. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3137 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOR AKULE FISH MONITORING. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes an appropriation to the department of land and natural resources for the purpose of monitoring akule fish from Pearl Harbor to Ka‘ena Point. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3138 RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST. |
HANABUSA |
| Amends Act 6, SLH Special Session 2005, to require an interim report on the baseline environmental study to be submitted to the 2008 legislature and the final report to the 2009 legislature; appropriates moneys to DLNR for continuing preparation of the study. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3139 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii county economic opportunity council to establish a renewable energy project to build components for rechargeable, battery-powered automobiles. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3140 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. |
HANABUSA |
| Clarifies that the campaign spending commission shall not issue rules through the issuance of an advisory opinion. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3141 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. |
HANABUSA |
| Clarifies that in the case of a corporation or company using funds from its own treasury, there shall be no limit on contributions or expenditures to the corporation or company noncandidate committee. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3142 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires department of transportation to implement traffic congestion reduction plans, a statewide traffic flow improvement plan, a statewide infrastructure maintenance and improvement program, and a traffic safety enhancement plan. Requires partnering with academia. Requires annual reports. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3143 RELATING TO UTILITIES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Adopts a state policy of favoring underground utilities. Establishes an underground conversion fund for sustained incremental conversion of overhead utilities. Allows income tax refund as a voluntary contribution to the fund. Directs the public utilities commission to establish and administer an underground conversion program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3144 RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes the goal of reducing the amount of solid waste entering the State's waste stream by 75%. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3145 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Appropriates funds to the city and county of Honolulu for the development of a data encryption system. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3146 RELATING TO CRIMES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Makes it a misdemeanor to consume a cat or dog. Clarifies definition of "pet animal". | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3147 RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a 4th judicial circuit on the island of Oahu. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3148 RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Removes family court jurisdiction over various offenses. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3149 RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the remittance of general excise tax revenues from liquid fuel sales to the state highway fund. Repeals provisions authorizing transfers of revenues deemed excess out of the state highway fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3150 RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes the Hawaiian home lands community development fund with revenue-sharing from commercial development projects in order to fund community and cultural programming for beneficiaries of the trust in the Hawaiian homestead communities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3151 RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides for consultation with beneficiaries when a project includes commercial development. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3152 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT 1920, AS AMENDED. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires the department of Hawaiian home lands to consult with the beneficiaries of the trust before agreeing to lower allowable loan amounts. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3153 RELATING TO WATER RATES FOR AGRICULTURAL USE. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Directs the Public Utilities Commission to require public utilities that furnish agricultural water in an area zoned for agricultural use to establish a water rate structure for agricultural water users. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3154 RELATING TO WATER RATES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes a process for just and reasonable water rates for farming operations with PUC oversight, but excludes the water supplier from the definition of a "public utility." | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3155 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER RATES. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Directs the public utilities commission to require private utilities that furnish water used for agricultural purposes in areas zoned for agricultural use to establish a reduced water rate for qualified agricultural water users. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3156 RELATING TO DROUGHT MITIGATION TAX CREDIT. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides a tax credit equal to 50% of the costs for construction of a new drought mitigation water storage facility, or repair or reconstruction of an existing water storage facility | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3157 RELATING TO WATER FOR IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Amends the state water code to support making sufficient water available for agricultural activity on important agricultural lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3158 RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes limitations on liability for damages for owners of dams and reservoirs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3159 RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Includes common areas of housing projects governed by chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for purposes of prohibiting the drinking of alcoholic beverages under section 281-78, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Includes common areas of housing projects governed by chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as a "public place" for purposes of section 281-101.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Specifies that law enforcement officers may enter housing projects governed by chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in order to enforce laws concerning consuming alcohol in public places, as well as minors and alcohol. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3160 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Makes appropriation in the amount of $1 for each veteran living in Hawaii to the national museum of the United States Army. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3161 RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Authorizes a district court to order parties to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process in cases to enjoin and temporarily restrain harassment. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3162 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HONOLULU SYMPHONY AND ITS PROGRAMS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds to support the Honolulu Symphony and its programs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3163 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 11th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3164 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. |
NISHIHARA |
| Allows persons eligible to receive Medicaid funds for care at nursing home facilities to remain at home and receive home and community-based long-term care. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3165 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
FUKUNAGA, CHUN OAKLAND, IGE, Baker, Ihara, Slom, Taniguchi, Trimble |
| Specifies that a county shall not grant an exemption from GET or receipt taxes for a mixed use transit oriented joint development project; exempts from GET a project developed to provide affordable rental housing or a community health care facility within a mixed use transit oriented joint development project; exempts from GET amounts received by the operator of a county fixed guideway transportation system operated under an operating contract with a county or political subdivision. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3166 RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. |
FUKUNAGA, CHUN OAKLAND, IHARA, SLOM, TOKUDA, Trimble |
| Amends chapter 206E, HRS, to designate that at least two members of the HCDA shall be designated as the small business representatives of the HCDA and to provide that these members shall not be prohibited from voting on matters concerning small business in the initial designated district that they represent. Also directs the governor to initially designate the foregoing small business representatives from the existing members of the HCDA. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3167 RELATING TO KAKAAKO. |
FUKUNAGA, CHUN OAKLAND, SLOM |
| Provides an unspecified tax credit for real property in the Kakaako community development district zoned I-1 and I-2 for a portion of the industrial real property tax assessment imposed by the city and county of Honolulu; provided that the property was in use for light industrial, wholesaling, or service and commercial operations in the year in which the tax credit is taken and retains I-1 or I-2 zoning; clarifies that the HCDA may, not shall, affix assessments against real property for district-wide improvements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3168 RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA. |
FUKUNAGA, BAKER, BUNDA, ENGLISH, ESPERO, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI |
| Establishes the academy for creative media program in statute under the University of Hawaii at west Oahu; amends Act 11, special session 2007, to delete all references to a lease agreement with PBS Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3169 RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED AQUATIC MAMMALS. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates funds to create two seal coordinator positions in the department of land and natural resources division of aquatic resources sanctuary program to reverse the decline in the population of Hawaiian monk seals. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3170 RELATING TO PESTICIDES. |
HOOSER |
| Establishes a pesticide-free buffer zone around elementary schools and imposes a seventy-two hour written notice to all schools in immediate area of spraying requirement. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3171 RELATING TO CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. |
IHARA, BAKER, HOOSER, INOUYE, Bunda, Chun Oakland, Espero, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ige, Menor, Nishihara, Taniguchi, Tokuda, Tsutsui |
| Requires charitable trusts and nonprofits to register and file annual financial reports with the attorney general; authorizes the attorney general to conduct investigations on possible violations; prohibits contracting with unregistered solicitors; requires a report submittal fee based on total revenue of organization; appropriates funds to staff additional positions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3172 RELATING TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Gabbard, Inouye |
| Provides qualified rental assistance applicants up to six months to find a qualified rental dwelling. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3173 RELATING TO KUKUI GARDENS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, ENGLISH, ESPERO, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI |
| Appropriates $26,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finalize the sale of the Kukui Gardens housing project. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3174 RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, ENGLISH, ESPERO, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, HANABUSA, HOOSER, IGE, IHARA, INOUYE, KIM, KOKUBUN, MENOR, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, TANIGUCHI, TOKUDA, TSUTSUI, Bunda, Hee |
| Extends sunset of allocation of conveyance tax to the rental housing trust fund; makes appropriation in general obligation bonds for dwelling unit revolving fund; makes appropriation for expedited third party review of affordable projects. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3175 RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. |
BUNDA |
| Makes various housekeeping amendments to clarify the recodification of the condominium laws. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3176 RELATING TO ORGANIC AGRICULTURE. |
BUNDA |
| Establishes an organic agriculture task force under the direction of the department of business, economic development, and tourism to focus on the promotion of organic agriculture as a key industry for the State. Makes an appropriation to the task force to carry out its purposes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3177 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO FACILITATE THE SHARING OF INFORMATION OF FAMILY COURT RECORDS WITH SCHOOLS IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN MINOR OFFENDERS. |
SLOM |
| Appropriates funds for positions within the Department of Education and the Judiciary to allow for the limited disclosure of family court records to school personnel in the case of violent offenders. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3178 RELATING TO JUVENILE COURT RECORDS. |
SLOM |
| Allows limited disclosure of information from family court records on minors under family court jurisdiction pursuant to section 571(1); requires family court to notify public or private school officials registered with court of adjudication of minors for offenses for which court records become public; requires family court to notify public or private school officials of petitions filed with the court for minors accused of offenses that would be serious crimes under penal code; requires that disclosed information remain confidential. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3179 RELATING TO CRIME. |
SLOM |
| Mandates minors be tried as adults in cases of first degree murder, second degree murder, first degree sexual assault and second degree sexual assault. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3180 RELATING TO CRIME. |
SLOM |
| Makes it a class C felony to possess or control any matter produced using and depicting a minor engaged in or simulating sexual conduct if the person depicted or used is known to be a minor. Prohibits a person who is required to register under sex offender registration law from living, while on parole, with another person required to register, unless related to that person by blood, marriage, or adoption. Prohibits person required to register from residing within 2,000 feet of a school or public park. Requires use of global positioning system to monitor sexually violent predators on conditional release. Adds definition of "communicates" to the offense of electronic enticement of a child and amends penalty provisions to make the offense commensurate with underlying crime. Requires use of global positioning system to monitor the whereabouts of registered sex offenders. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3181 RELATING TO TOLL FACILITIES. |
HEMMINGS, Bunda |
| Authorizes the State to enter into agreements with private entities to build, operate, or finance toll facilities. Amends authority of counties to charge general excise tax surcharge. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3182 RELATING TO EXTENDED SENTENCING. |
HEMMINGS, Baker, Bunda, Espero, Gabbard, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Slom, Tokuda |
| Qualifies for extended term sentencing criminal offenders who commit enumerated felonies against good samaritans. Defines good Samaritan. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3183 RELATING TO DRUG TESTING. |
HEMMINGS, Bunda, Sakamoto |
| Requires recipients of Med-Quest benefits to submit to random drug testing. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3184 RELATING TO DRUG TESTING. |
HEMMINGS, Bunda |
| Requires recipients of general assistance, food stamps, and temporary assistance to submit to random drug testing. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3185 RELATING TO CANCER. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga |
| Appropriates funds for cervical and breast cancer screening. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3186 RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. |
BAKER, English, Tsutsui |
| Allows charter schools to acquire facilities through lease purchase financing agreements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3187 RELATING TO AGING IN PLACE. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI |
| Requires state building code council to amend the international building code relating to physical assistance in evacuation for residents in assisted living facilities or similar facilities. Prohibits counties from amending or repealing these amendments. Extends the task force convened under senate concurrent resolution no. 144 S.D.1 (2006), to develop a long-term care infrastructure plan, for 1 year to 6/30/2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3188 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
MENOR, BUNDA |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 17th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3189 RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. |
MENOR, CHUN OAKLAND, Bunda, Espero, Gabbard |
| Requires owners of privately owned shoreline access paths to keep access to the shoreline open to the public, at minimum, from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3190 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SOPOGY INC., IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU. |
MENOR, CHUN OAKLAND, ESPERO, Baker, Bunda, English, Gabbard, Nishihara, Sakamoto |
| Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds in an amount not exceeding $35,000,000 to assist Sopogy, Inc. with planning, designing, construction, equipping, and operating a solar farm power plant on the island of Oahu to produce electricity from solar power. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3191 RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES. |
MENOR, CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO, Bunda, Espero, Nishihara, Tsutsui |
| Authorizes criminal injuries compensation for mental health services of survivors and witnesses in cases involving death or violent crimes and of young or elderly witnesses of violent crimes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3192 RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Requires a claimant who rejects the decision of a medical claim conciliation panel and subsequently institutes litigation to pay a fee of $10,000 to the court. Allows a refund of the $10,000 if the claimant prevails in court. Allows the claimant to use a decision, conclusion, finding, or recommendation of the medical claim conciliation panel as evidence at trial. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3193 RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Establishes the pono-plus program to provide a well-rounded after-school learning experience for our keiki. Appropriates funds for the program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3194 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides an exemption for common carriers from general excise and use taxes on fuel used for intrastate air travel. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3195 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
HANABUSA |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 21st senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3196 RELATING TO LEASE TO FEE CONVERSION. |
HANABUSA |
| Grants lessees a right of first refusal contingent upon a lessor displaying an objective intent to sell or its acceptance of an offer to purchase. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3197 RELATING TO IMMIGRATION CONSULTANTS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Regulates the business of immigration consulting by prohibiting non attorneys from rendering opinions or aiding in completion of immigration documents in exchange for consideration. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3198 RELATING TO DISABLED PERSONS. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Permits disabled persons with the proper windshield placards obtained under chapter 291, part III, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to use high occupancy vehicle lanes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3199 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Provides an exemption from general excise tax for basic necessities and services such as food, medicine, residential homes, medical services, dental services, and legal services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3200 RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL RETENTION OF ATTORNEYS. |
HANABUSA |
| Allows a department to retain an attorney if the attorney general declares a conflict of interest. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3201 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to plan, design, and construct alternatives to mitigate flooding to facilities at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, sites at Manoa valley, and the entire Ala Wai watershed. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3202 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO EXTEND THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR STATE JUSTICES AND JUDGES FROM SEVENTY TO EIGHTY YEARS OF AGE. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Proposes a constitutional amendment to change the mandatory retirement age of justices and judges from 70 to 80 years of age. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3203 RELATING TO ANIMAL HOARDING. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Makes it a misdemeanor to hoard pet animals without necessary sustenance and under conditions deleterious to the health and wellbeing of the animals and the owner. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3204 RELATING TO POST CONVICTION PROCEEDINGS. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Establishes time limits for filing habeas corpus complaints and limits successive complaints. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3205 RELATING TO SURCHARGE FOR INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Increases indigent legal services funding by increasing the surcharge on initial filing fees for civil actions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3206 RELATING TO KAWAI NUI MARSH. |
TOKUDA, IGE, Baker, English, Hanabusa, Kokubun |
| Establishes the Kawai Nui marsh advisory council; appropriates moneys to DLNR for the work of the council. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3207 RELATING TO WATER. |
TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds for various measures to address water quality and other issues facing Kailua waterways. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3208 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
TOKUDA, KOKUBUN |
| Appropriates funds for a grant to the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3209 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. |
TOKUDA, Kokubun |
| Provides a tax credit for qualified agricultural costs incurred to improve farms on land classified as agricultural districts. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3210 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
TOKUDA, KOKUBUN |
| Establishes State's sole jurisdiction over land in agricultural districts. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3211 RELATING TO BOATING FACILITIES AT KEEHI LAGOON. |
TSUTSUI |
| Appropriates funds for boat repair facilities at Keehi Lagoon. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3212 RELATING TO ENERGY. |
TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, HOOSER, Ige, Kokubun, Tokuda |
| Creates a department of energy to administer energy resources pursuant to chapter 196, Hawaii Revised Statutes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3213 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. |
TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, HOOSER, KOKUBUN, Hanabusa |
| Requires the city and county of Honolulu to make a decision by June 30, 2008, on the technology of the fixed guideway system for the locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project, or the surcharge to fund the project shall be suspended effective July 1, 2008, for that county; requires the county by December 31, 2008, to award any related contracts for the technology of the fixed guideway system for the locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project, or return any unexpended moneys to the State for deposit into the state highway fund; authorizes expenditures from the fund, as deemed appropriate by the legislature, for transportation projects in the county for which the surcharge was collected. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3214 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. |
TSUTSUI, Baker |
| Specifies that legislative appropriations to the trust fund do not revert to the general fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3215 RELATING TO BIODIESEL. |
TSUTSUI, HOOSER |
| Provides various market stimulation incentives for the development of biodiesel, including making state agricultural lands available for biodiesel fuel crops; establishing a state biodiesel feedstock crop and biodiesel fuel purchasing program; and creating tax exemptions for biomass crushing facilities and lands used for biodiesel feedstock crops. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3216 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. |
BAKER |
| Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds and use the proceeds from the bonds to assist not-for-profit organizations that support charter schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3217 RELATING TO PUBLIC FUNDS. |
BAKER |
| Limits the award of a grant or subsidy to an entity no more than once every years. Sets deadline for application for a grant or subsidy at January 31 at the start of each regular legislative session, or the last weekday in January. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3218 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 13th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3219 RELATING TO COMMERCIAL FISHING. |
HOOSER |
| Requires commercial fishermen to report to the department of land and natural resources whenever fish have been trapped in a mesh net for two days or more. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3220 RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF NEED. |
HOOSER |
| Exempts certain health care equipment acquisitions, additional beds, and long-term care facilities from requiring a certificate of need. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3221 RELATING TO THE COCO PALMS RESORT. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates matching funds for the board of land and natural resources in partnership with other public and private non-profit entities to acquire the Coco Palms Resort and convert it into a public historical park and cultural education center to preserve and benefit native Hawaiian culture. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3222 RELATING TO CRIMES. |
HEE, TOKUDA |
| Makes it a class C felony to consume a cat or dog. Clarifies definition of "pet animal". | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3223 RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. |
HEE, TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds to be matched by the city and county of Honolulu for the creation of a GPS/GIS based property ownership data base for Oahu. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3224 RELATING TO THE MOLOKAI WATER IRRIGATION SYSTEM. |
HEE |
| Creates the Molokai irrigation system water users board. Repeals Molokai irrigation system water users advisory board. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3225 RELATING TO FISHING. |
HEE |
| Imposes bag limits on certain ornamental fish; prohibits catching of certain ornamental fish; appropriation | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3226 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
ENGLISH |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 6th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3227 RELATING TO HARBORS. |
ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, HANABUSA, HEMMINGS, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, SAKAMOTO, Baker, Espero, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ige, Inouye, Tokuda, Trimble, Tsutsui |
| Expands the authority of the Aloha Tower development corporation to assist in the development of the statewide harbors modernization plan; authorizes the DOT to issue revenue bonds to finance the harbor improvements; transfers the pier portion of Hana ramp and wharf to DOT. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3228 RELATING TO ADJUSTING THE ANNUAL PENSIONS OF RETIRED PATIENT EMPLOYEES AT HANSEN'S DISEASE FACILITIES. |
ENGLISH, BAKER, TSUTSUI |
| Adjusts pension amounts for retired patient employees of Hansen's disease facilities; provides for annual increase to be paid to deceased retired patient employees' estates. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3229 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
ENGLISH |
| Requires at least 90 per cent of revenues from University of Hawaii post-season athletic appearances to be allocated to the UH athletics program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3230 RELATING TO ENERGY. |
ENGLISH |
| Establishes the energy security special fund and the energy security tax and appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/08. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3231 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
GABBARD |
| Allows police officers a retirement allowance of five percent of the retirees average final compensation for each year of service as a police officer. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3232 RELATING TO LABELING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS. |
GABBARD, ENGLISH, HOOSER, NISHIHARA, Chun Oakland, Hanabusa |
| Prohibits sale or distribution of any genetically engineered whole food intended for human consumption that does not have a label conspicuously affixed identifying it as a genetically engineered. Defines "genetically engineered crop", "modern biotechnology", and "genetically engineered whole food". | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3233 RELATING TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANTS. |
GABBARD, ENGLISH, HOOSER, SAKAMOTO, Chun Oakland, Hanabusa, Nishihara |
| Requires the department of agriculture to notify the public of the location of field tests and the production of genetically engineered plants. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3234 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
GABBARD, CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO, Baker, Espero, Fukunaga, Hanabusa, Kokubun, Menor, Nishihara, Taniguchi, Tokuda |
| Requires installation of ignition interlock device on the vehicle of a person arrested for driving under the influence that prevents the person from starting or operating a motor vehicle with more than a minimal alcohol concentration while their case is pending and while their license is revoked pursuant to chapter 291E, HRS. Provides for certification of devices and vendors and funds installation of devices for the indigent with surcharges on offenders and fees on vendors. Effective 7/1/10. Establishes a task force to prepare for implementation. Appropriates funds for the task force. Effective 7/1/08. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3235 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
IGE |
| Appropriates funds to provide care for uninsured Hawaii residents. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3236 RELATING TO LIFE SCIENCES. |
IGE, BAKER, English, Fukunaga |
| Provides for an income tax credit amounting to fifteen per cent of qualified clinical trials incurred, in any county of Hawaii with a population over 700,000, and twenty per cent in any county with a population under 700,000. Establishes criteria to qualify for the tax credit. Caps credit at $8,000,000 per clinical trial. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3237 RELATING TO LEAHI HOSPITAL MASTER PLAN. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Bunda, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Hee, Ige, Inouye, Sakamoto, Taniguchi |
| Requires the Hawaii health systems corporation Oahu regional board to convene a task force to develop a long-term care master plan for Leahi hospital. Appropriates funds to develop master plan and for support staff. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3238 RELATING TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. |
IHARA, Baker, Fukunaga, Hee, Ige, Sakamoto, Taniguchi |
| Appropriates funding for the Office of Elections to provide in print, radio, television, and other media education on the pros and cons of holding a constitutional convention. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3239 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
IHARA |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 9th senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3240 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE. |
INOUYE, Bunda, Espero, Fukunaga, Ihara, Tokuda |
| Allows an active service member of the U.S. armed forces to apply for renewal of driver's license twenty-four months prior to the date of expiration. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3241 RELATING TO CONSUMER CREDIT. |
INOUYE, Bunda, Espero, Fukunaga, Ihara, Taniguchi |
| Requires financial institutions and creditors that extend consumer credit to the members of the armed forces or reserves on active duty and their dependents, to conform their lending practices to the federal John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, as amended, relating to the terms of consumer credit extended to the military and their dependents, including maximum annual percentage rates and required disclosures. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3242 RELATING TO MACADAMIA NUTS. |
INOUYE, Bunda, Espero, Fukunaga, Ihara |
| Establishes a macadamia nut commission to develop marketing and promotional programs for the macadamia nut industry in the State. Appropriation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3243 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
KOKUBUN |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 2nd senatorial district. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB3244 RELATING TO WATER. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Imposes a 5 cent surcharge for bottled water produced or distributed in the State to protect watershed areas and to fight invasive species. | ||
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SB3245 RELATING TO LIFE INSURANCE. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Eliminates insured employees as a source of funding the premiums for employee group life insurance policies. Eliminates requirement that the employee group life insurance policies must cover at least 10 employees at date of issue. Eliminates policy limits against loss due to death of a dependent other than the spouse of the insured employee under an employee group life insurance policy. Excludes from the applicability of laws relating to the replacement of life insurance policies and annuities the exercise among corporate affiliates of a term conversion privilege. | ||
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SB3246 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Provides regulations, licensing, and examination requirements relating to life settlement contracts. | ||
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SB3247 RELATING TO LABOR. |
TRIMBLE, Slom |
| Provides that no labor organization is required to provide legal defense or legal representation to a member accused of a crime under circumstances in which the labor organization believes in good faith that there is reasonable cause to believe that the member is guilty and that legal representation would be inappropriate. | ||
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SB3248 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. |
TRIMBLE, CHUN OAKLAND, Bunda, Espero, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Hemmings, Hooser, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Slom, Taniguchi, Tokuda |
| Permits motor vehicle backup warning beepers to be disabled if the vehicle is equipped with a rear view camera system or a watchperson is on duty. | ||
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SB3249 RELATING TO CONFORMING STATE INCOME TAX STANDARD DEDUCTION TO FEDERAL STANDARD DEDUCTION. |
TRIMBLE, SLOM, Bunda, Chun Oakland, English, Espero, Gabbard, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Kokubun, Nishihara, Tokuda, Tsutsui |
| Conforms the state income tax standard deduction amounts to the federal amounts. | ||
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SB3250 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH |
| Requires the University of Hawaii to develop a system of institutional financial performance incentives. | ||
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SB3251 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Increases the general excise tax to fund state education costs; exempts groceries, over-the-counter nonprescription medications, education and child care costs from the general excise tax; establishes a state earned income tax credit and a volunteer tax credit for individual taxpayers providing volunteer services in public schools. Increases the standard deduction. | ||
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SB3252 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH |
| Addresses the teacher shortage problem in the State through various initiatives. Appropriates funds to address the problem. | ||
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SB3253 RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH |
| Address workforce development issues within the State through various initiatives, programs, and appropriations. Extends the educational workforce working group two years. | ||
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SB3254 RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. |
SAKAMOTO, BAKER |
| Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to not-for-profit organizations that support charter schools. | ||
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SB3255 RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE. |
IHARA, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, IGE, INOUYE, SAKAMOTO, Bunda, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Hee |
| Establishes a long term care commission to research what resources are necessary to meet state long term care public policy goals and to recommend a program and funding mechanism that can provide these services. Appropriates funds. Sunsets on 12/01/10. | ||
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SB3256 RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB3257 RELATING TO MEDICAID PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short form bill relating to Medicaid presumptive eligibility. | ||
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SB3258 RELATING TO MEDICAID HOSPITAL AND LONG TERM CARE REIMBURSEMENTS. |
HOOSER |
| Short form bill relating to Medicaid Hospital and Long Term Care Reimbursements. | ||
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SB3259 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
BUNDA |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 22nd senatorial district. | ||
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SB3260 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTIETH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
ESPERO |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 20th senatorial district. | ||
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SB3261 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
ESPERO, CHUN OAKLAND, MENOR, SAKAMOTO, TRIMBLE, Baker, Bunda, Fukunaga, Hanabusa, Hooser, Ige, Ihara, Inouye, Nishihara, Slom, Tokuda, Tsutsui |
| Requires installation of ignition interlock device on the vehicle of a person arrested for driving under the influence that prevents the person from starting or operating a motor vehicle with more than a minimal alcohol concentration. Requires the judiciary to procure a single vendor pursuant to chapter 103D, HRS, to provide ignition interlock installation and maintenance services at no cost to State. | ||
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SB3262 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
ESPERO |
| Requires all school buses purchased or leased for use in Hawaii as of July 1, 2010, to be equipped at all designated seating positions with a combination pelvic and upper torso passenger restraint system; defines "passenger restraint system"; deletes school buses from exemptions for mandatory use of seat belts. | ||
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SB3263 RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS. |
ESPERO, Baker, Bunda, English, Hanabusa, Ige, Ihara, Nishihara, Slom, Tokuda, Tsutsui |
| Gives the State of Hawaii courts jurisdiction over civil actions brought by Hawaii inmates for events that occurred while incarcerated in a mainland prison. | ||
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SB3264 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. |
HEE |
| Requires that development of non-homestead lands be done in compliance with county zoning, subdivision, and other land use laws. |