Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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		REFERRAL
HB2415	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Repeals the Kapolei recreational sports complex special fund, reclassifies the prepaid airport use charge fund to a trust fund, and abolishes the photo enforcement revolving fund. Transfers the remaining unencumbered balances to the general fund.	FIN
HB2416	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Repeals chapter 201N, HRS, relating to the REFSP. Deposits proceeds in the renewable energy facility siting special fund into the general fund.	EEP, FIN
HB2417	RELATING TO THE HAWAII INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS. Adds the Chair of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Director of Transportation as members of the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness.	HUS, JUD
HB2418	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Authorizes the department of transportation to implement an intra-island water ferry transportation system along the leeward coast of Oahu with one ferry landing originating from the Waianae Small Boat Harbor.	OMH/TRN, FIN
HB2419	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to employ or retain independent counsel.	OMH, JUD, FIN
HB2420	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Appropriates moneys for the Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts to assist with its staffing and operating costs.	WAL, FIN
HB2421	RELATING TO CROP DAMAGE. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to research the interaction of the Hawaiian coot, moorhen, nene goose, stilt, and duck with agricultural practices and publish an annual report in a format that assists the agricultural industry in economically and environmentally interacting with the specified species. Appropriates funds.	WAL/AGR, FIN
HB2422	RELATING TO LIQUOR. Amends liquor license application and operating procedures to allow publicly-owned companies, and entities they solely own, to provide information for only those officers designated as primary decisionmakers regarding the purchase and sale of liquor and specifies that only a transfer of twenty-five per cent or more of outstanding voting capital stock requires a corporation to secure the approval of the transfer from the commission.	EDB, CPC, JUD
HB2423	RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST KEAHOLE MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Keahole Management Group, LLC, with planning, designing, constructing, and equipping facilities for the manufacturing and processing of products.	AGR, FIN
HB2424	RELATING TO BIOSECURITY. Requires DOA to establish or participate in private-public partnerships to enhance the biosecurity program and quarantine inspection process. Appropriates funds.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2425	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires each county police chief to adopt criteria for the approval or denial of concealed weapon license applications. Requires an applicant to be informed of the specific reason for a denial. Requires annual reports.	JUD, FIN
HB2426	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Requires meetings of the board of education to be held at a time when students, teachers, parents, and members of the general public can attend.	EDN, JUD
HB2427	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for a new library and multi-purpose building at Noelani Elementary School.	FIN
HB2428	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Prohibits the University of Hawaii from transferring moneys from its special and revolving funds, or general funds appropriated for other purposes, for the purpose of funding construction projects that are not explicitly authorized by the legislature.	HED, FIN
HB2429	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes various provisions to address homelessness. Increases the conveyance tax and directs the additional revenues towards homeless facilities and programs administered by DHS. Establishes civil rights boards to address civil rights of homeless. Requires a survey of available state property for affordable rental housing. Requires DHS to conduct a homeless summit. Provides job assistance for homeless individuals. Appropriates moneys.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB2430	RELATING TO LICENSING. Requires dentist, physician, osteopathic physician, physician assistant, nurse, and pharmacist licensee applicants who have had a license, permit, or ability to practice suspended in another jurisdiction to undergo a hearing to show cause why suspension should be terminated prior to being issued a license to practice in Hawaii. Requires the board of dental examiners, Hawaii medical board, board of nursing, and board of pharmacy to summarily suspend a Hawaii license upon a determination that a licensee has had a license, registration, or ability to practice suspended or revoked in any other jurisdiction, pending a hearing to show cause. Requires orders of summary suspension or disciplinary action taken due to actions arising in other jurisdictions to be public record.	HLT, CPC, JUD
HB2431	RELATING TO ETHICS. Exempts teachers involved in educational trips from certain ethics code provisions.	EDN, JUD
HB2432	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 18th representative district.	FIN
HB2433	RELATING TO HEALTH. Allowing access to complementary and alternative health care practitioners who are not providing services that require medical training and credentials. Regulating the activities and advertisements of complementary and alternative health care practitioners.	HLT, CPC, JUD
HB2434	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to establish and staff an advanced life support medic unit in Puna on the island of Hawaii.	HLT, FIN
HB2435	RELATING TO WATER CONTAMINATION. Makes an appropriation to the department of health and department of agriculture for a water quality study of the water resources, including, but not limited to, ground water and surface water on and marine waters adjacent to the Waialua district on the Island of Oahu.	EEP/WAL, FIN
HB2436	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY CHECKS. Reduces the frequency of motor vehicle safety inspections for most passenger vehicles from once every twelve months to once every twenty-four months.	TRN, FIN
HB2437	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires that a percentage of the annual purchasing expenditure of the State set-aside for small businesses be awarded to veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, in addition to any other preferences provided under the Procurement Code for such businesses.	VMI/EDB, FIN
HB2438	RELATING TO THE JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE. Establishes in the office of the governor a joint terrorism task force of various State and federal law enforcement agencies to fight terrorism. The federal agencies are invited to participate on a voluntary basis.	PBS, JUD, FIN
HB2439	RELATING TO THE HAWAII MEDICAL BOARD. Adjusts the number of physicians and lay persons on the Hawaii medical board.	CPC, JUD
HB2440	RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS LEAVE. Provides leave to any new State employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at thirty per cent or more for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such disability.	VMI, LAB, FIN
HB2441	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow for the recall of public officials.	JUD, FIN
HB2442	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Temporarily creates credit unions for high school students. Appropriates funds for the program.	EDN, CPC, FIN
HB2443	RELATING TO OHANA DWELLINGS. Allows the building of ohana dwellings on lands within an agricultural district under certain conditions.	AGR, HSG, FIN
HB2444	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Clarifies the grounds under which an employer may take employment action without committing a discriminatory practice.	LAB, JUD
HB2445	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Ensures future ERS benefits for public employees who are terminated from public employment due to the privatization of their positions.	LAB, FIN
HB2446	RELATING TO SEPARATION BENEFITS. Authorizes public employees facing position abolishment, reduction-in-force, or workforce restructuring to opt to receive either voluntary severance benefits or a special retirement benefit in lieu of exercising any reduction-in-force rights.	LAB, FIN
HB2447	RELATING TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICES. Requires a cable operator to disclose the minimum average bandwidth that shall be provided and maximum bandwidth available.	CPC
HB2448	RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.	JUD
HB2449	PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION, CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES. Proposes an amendment to Article XI of the state constitution to require the State to manage game animals, subject to guidelines established by the legislature, for the public's sustained use and enjoyment of game animals as a protected state resource.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB2450	RELATING TO HUNTING. Establishes the Hawaii apprentice hunting license program. Provides for the issuance of a Hawaii apprentice hunting license to program participants. Establishes requirements for program participation. Exempts holder of an apprentice license from taking the required hunter education class prior to licensure under section 183D-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	CPC, JUD
HB2451	RELATING TO THE STATE MICROBE. Establishes and designates Flavobacterium akiainvivens as the official microbe of the State.	VMI, JUD
HB2452	RELATING TO FILIPINO VETERANS. Appropriates funds for burial grants for qualifying Filipino-American veterans to provide funeral and burial services and transportation of their remains to the Philippines; provided that federal funds remain unavailable and there remain eligible Filipino-American veterans living in the State.	VMI, FIN
HB2453	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Appropriates moneys for start-up grants for newly approved, pre-opening, public charter schools.	EDN, FIN
HB2454	RELATING TO LICENSING OF PRIVATE TRADE, VOCATIONAL, AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL. Transfers administration of the licensing and regulation program for private trade, vocational, and technical schools from the department of education to the department of commerce and consumer affairs.	EDN, CPC, FIN
HB2455	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Authorizes the director of health to establish maximum retail prices for medical marijuana and manufactured marijuana products. Delays authority to establish medical marijuana price controls until 7/1/2017.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2456	RELATING TO WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION. Establishes time limits for the approval or disapproval of water quality certification applications for state projects.	WAL, JUD
HB2457	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Establishes an earned credit certificate for contractors in public works projects who meet certain apprenticeship requirements. Clarifies information that a bidder must disclose in a competitive sealed bid for public works projects.	LAB, CPC, FIN
HB2458	RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Establishes a general excise tax at the wholesale rate of one-half of one per cent for the gross proceeds or income from all products produced by Hawaiian loko i‘a.	OMH, FIN
HB2459	RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING. Requires that, in counties with a population of 500,000 or more, moneys from the rental housing revolving fund be used solely for properties within TOD zones or urban core areas.	WAL/HSG, FIN
HB2460	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Establishes a State Law Enforcement Training Academy within the Department of Public Safety to train all candidates for law enforcement positions in the State. Appropriates funds.	PBS, JUD, FIN
HB2461	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 32nd representative district.	FIN
HB2462	RELATING TO AIR CONDITIONING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the installation of air conditioning in all public schools in the State over 5 fiscal years. Establishes a special fund to be used to reimburse the general fund for payment of debt service on the general obligation bonds. Allocates a portion of environmental response, energy, and food security tax revenues to the special fund.	EDN, FIN
HB2463	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 26th representative district.	FIN
HB2464	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 50th representative district.	FIN
HB2465	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Repeals and transfers the unencumbered balances of various non-general funds and accounts recommended by the auditor in auditor's report no. 15-19. Amends the revenue sources of the spouse and child abuse special account.	FIN
HB2466	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Repeals and transfers the unencumbered balances of various non-general funds and accounts and amends the revenue source of the domestic violence and sexual assault special fund as recommended by the auditor in auditor's report no. 15-17.	FIN
HB2467	RELATING TO THE STATE MICROBE. Establishes and designates Flavobacterium akiainvivens as the official microbe of the State.	VMI, JUD
HB2468	RELATING TO HAWAII DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS. Authorizes and requires the Employees' Retirement System to make direct payment to a spouse or former spouse of a system member or retirant of all or a portion of the member's or retirant's benefits pursuant to a Hawaii domestic relations orders. Appropriates funds.	LAB, JUD, FIN
HB2469	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Establishes motor vehicle insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers.	TRN, CPC, JUD
HB2470	RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Requires the counties to regulate transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers and issue permits to transportation network companies. Requires transportation network companies to pay an annual airport permit fee to the department of transportation, for purposes of authorizing transportation network company drivers to pick up and discharge riders at airports in the State. Establishes insurance, qualifications, and other requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers. Establishes minimum standards for driver qualifications, drug and alcohol policies, and antidiscrimination and accessibility policies for taxicab companies and taxicab drivers operating within each county.	TRN, CPC, JUD
HB2471	RELATING TO WAGES AND HOURS. Requires lessees of public lands with a lease value in excess of $5,000 to meet certain salary, hour, and employment condition thresholds for employees providing services on the leased land.	WAL, LAB, FIN
HB2472	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Appropriates funds for five additional labor law enforcement specialist positions in the department of labor and industrial relations to protect Hawaii employees’ wages and enforce Hawaii's labor laws, including wage and hour laws on public works construction projects. Effective July 1, 2016.	LAB, FIN
HB2473	RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF WAGE LAWS. Changes the penalties for government contractors who violate wages and hours laws. Makes penalties $1,000 for the first offense and ten per cent of the contract amount for the second offense.	LAB, JUD, FIN
HB2474	RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGES. Requires contracts for construction on public lands to comply with wage and hour requirements set forth in chapter 104, HRS.	WAL, LAB, JUD
HB2475	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a maritime industry grant program within the department of labor and industrial relations. Establishes criteria for the awarding of grants. Appropriates funds.	LAB/TRN, FIN
HB2476	RELATING TO GRAY WATER. Prohibits the issuance of new building permits unless it is established that the building will be furnished with equipment that allows for the collection and use of gray water for irrigation. Provides for exemptions.	WAL, CPC, JUD
HB2477	RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEES. Requires that not more than five per cent of the employees of the executive branch be exempt from civil service. Requires DHRD to report on the number of executive branch employees that are exempt from civil service. Requires departments to reduce the number of civil service exempt employees if the percentage of civil service exempt employees exceeds the specified percentage. Excludes DOE, UH, HHSC, and charter school employees.	LAB, FIN
HB2478	RELATING TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SECTION 1332 STATE INNOVATION WAIVER. Authorizes the State to submit and implement a waiver from certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB2479	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH CONNECTOR. Repeals the Hawaii Health Connector and associated references in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB2480	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Establishes the state health insurance exchange, known as the Hawaii Health Insurance Programs. Establishes the Affordable Care Act Legislative Oversight Committee. Repeals the Hawaii Health Connector Law. Appropriates funds to carry out the purposes of the Act.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB2481	RELATING TO HEALTH. Broadens the scope of health and health care data and other information submitted to SHPDA.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB2482	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires managed care plans to provide claims data at no charge to a large group purchaser if the large group purchaser requests the information and meets certain requirements.	HLT, CPC
HB2483	RELATING TO THE ZIPPER LANE. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the capacity and utilization of the zipper lane.	TRN, FIN
HB2484	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study identifying traffic problems on and near the H-1 Freeway.	TRN, FIN
HB2485	RELATING TO CARGO INSPECTIONS. Increases fines for violations of the fireworks control law. Authorizes the department of public safety, sheriff division, to inspect shipping containers for explosives and illegal fireworks. Requires DPS, in collaboration with DOD, DOT, and other federal and state agencies, to establish a shipping container inspection program to randomly inspect shipping containers for illegal fireworks and explosives using explosive-sniffing dogs. Requires DOT to assess a fee of $1 on all shipping containers for FY 2016-2017 and a fee of $2 thereafter to fund the program. Establishes the shipping container inspection program special fund. Makes an appropriation.	PBS/TRN, JUD, FIN
HB2486	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a Kapolei jobs initiative program that offers tax incentives to increase the number of businesses willing to establish or relocate themselves in the Kapolei region. Repeals 6/30/2026.	EDB, LAB, FIN
HB2487	RELATING TO ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER CARDS. Requires an electronic benefits cardholder to present photo identification for certain transactions.	CPC, JUD
HB2488	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 49th Representative District.	FIN
HB2489	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Appropriates funds for the establishment of a veterans services counselor IV position within the Office of Veterans' Services to assist all veterans, with a primary focus on female veterans.	VMI, LAB, FIN
HB2490	RELATING TO VETERANS. Exempts selected disabled veterans from all motor vehicle taxes.	VMI, TRN, FIN
HB2491	RELATING TO VIETNAM WAR COMMEMORATION. Appropriates funds for programs, ceremonies, and activities commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War.	VMI, FIN
HB2492	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Makes appropriations for the department of theater and dance at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.	VMI, HED, FIN
HB2493	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Requires the use of a domestic violence identification code for violent crimes between family or household members. Requires the number of domestic violence incidents to be reported monthly to the Attorney General, posted to the counties' and agencies' websites, and made available to the public.	JUD, FIN
HB2494	RELATING TO BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING. Authorizes DOE employees to volunteer to administer or assist a student with blood glucose monitoring.	HLT, EDN, JUD
HB2495	RELATING TO CROSSWALKS. Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for conducting a study to identify crosswalks where pedestrian fatalities and injuries have occurred and requires the installation of rectangular rapid flash beacons, in order of priority based on the rankings determined by the study.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB2496	RELATING TO DISTRIBUTED GENERATION. Establishes a distributed generation standard of 30 per cent by 2020, 40 per cent by 2030, 70 per cent by 2040, and 100 per cent by 2045. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to enforce the provision. Provides allowances for events out of the electric utility's control.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2497	RELATING TO NET ENERGY METERING. Requires the public utilities commission to approve all eligible customer-generators to participate in a net energy metering program. Creates a maximum monthly charge for basic electrical-grid services. Repeals the public utilities commission's authority to amend the rate structure.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2498	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes a homeless care residence program to provide financial assistance to households providing temporary housing and care to a homeless relative. Requires that providers undergo certification and inspection by the department of human services and caps program participation at twelve months.	HUS/HSG, FIN
HB2499	RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Phases out parking of motor vehicles on the grounds of Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS to remove the blacktop, parking area, and parking meters adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DLNR to develop and maintain a pedestrian area adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS and DLNR to report cost analysis to the legislature.	OMH/VMI, TRN, FIN
HB2500	RELATING TO DAMS AND RESERVOIRS. Short form bill relating to dams and reservoirs.	WAL
HB2501	RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS. Allows a holdover permit to be issued to an applicant seeking to renew their water rights lease.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB2502	RELATING TO WILDLIFE. Prohibits the trafficking of protected animal species, with limited exceptions.	WAL, JUD
HB2503	RELATING TO FOSTER BOARDING HOMES. Requires DHS to distribute confidential lists of foster boarding homes in the community to the respective chiefs of police. Requires DHS to conduct interviews of the neighbors of persons and organizations seeking their initial certificate of approval to operate and maintain a foster boarding home.	HUS, JUD
HB2504	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES. Establishes automobile insurance requirements for transportation network companies and persons who operate or serve as drivers for transportation network companies.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB2505	RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. Requires Department of Education schools and charter schools to post informational signs that include the Department of Human Services phone number for reporting abuse and neglect.	HUS, EDN, FIN
HB2506	RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. Allows persons applying for liquor licenses to present a signed certificate from the state director of taxation or from the state procurement office to establish they do not owe any delinquent state taxes, penalties, or interest and are in compliance with state employment laws. Repeals the requirement that the applicant produce a federal tax clearance.	JUD, FIN
HB2507	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes refundable income tax credits for the development and manufacturing of photovoltaic storage batteries and electric vehicle storage batteries.	EDB, CPC, FIN
HB2508	RELATING TO A COMMUNITY STATE BANK. Establishes the community state bank. Directs the bank to offer low-interest small loans to only individuals who do not otherwise qualify for financing and requires those individuals to achieve financial literacy.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB2509	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Allows the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to train and deputize volunteer investigators investigating public work projects. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to submit reports. Appropriates moneys.	LAB, FIN
HB2510	RELATING TO HOUSING VOUCHERS. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish a housing voucher program for full-time classroom teachers employed by the Department of Education, including classroom teachers at public charter schools.	EDN, FIN
HB2511	RELATING TO ENERGY STORAGE. Creates an energy storage income tax credit.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2512	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. Requires board members of condominium associations to disclose significant financial interests prior to taking action that affects both the association and a third-party provider. Prohibits board members from receiving gifts from those types of third party providers. Expands the powers of the real estate commission to enforce violations by board members of disclosure requirements and gift prohibitions.	CPC, JUD
HB2513	RELATING TO STUDENT PRIVACY WITH RESPECT TO ELECTRONIC DATA. Protects student privacy with respect to electronic data.	EDN/HED, CPC, JUD
HB2514	RELATING TO FORFEITURE. Requires payment, from the Criminal Forfeiture Fund, of attorneys' fees to individuals that successfully recovered property forfeited to the State.	JUD, FIN
HB2515	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Clarifies that when a unit owner and association reach a payment plan to cure a nonjudicial foreclosure, completion of the payment plan is required to cure the default. Prohibits an association from converting unpaid fines into fees that may cause a unit owner to default. Requires mediation by a unit owner and association over disputed fines before a foreclosure can be commenced.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB2516	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO MANAGE ALBIZIA TREES ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. Makes an appropriation to the department of land and natural resources division of forestry and wildlife for the Big Island Invasive Species Committee for the immediate coordinated management of albizia trees on the island of Hawaii.	WAL, FIN
HB2517	RELATING TO CESSPOOL TAX CREDITS. Adds cesspools that are within two hundred feet of an existing sewer system to the definition of "qualified cesspool" for the purposes of determining eligibility for upgrade or conversion tax credits.	EEP, HLT, FIN
HB2518	RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the business mitigation relief pilot program to assist businesses negatively impacted by the construction of the rail project. Establishes guidelines and procedures for financial assistance through the program. Appropriates funds for the program.	EDB, TRN, FIN
HB2519	RELATING TO COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM TAX DEDUCTION. Provides an annual maximum deduction of $5,000 per individual or $10,000 for a married couple filing jointly for contributions made to the Hawaii college savings program.	HED, FIN
HB2520	RELATING TO THE KAKAAKO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. Repeals the Kakaako community development district.	WAL, FIN
HB2521	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to each county for the establishment of a vacant or unoccupied residential property registration program in each county that requires the owner of vacant or unoccupied residential property or owner's agent to register the property with the county police department in the county where the property is located.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB2522	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE RENTALS. Expands the base of the vehicle-related fees and taxes that motor vehicle lessors may pass on to lessees.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB2523	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes default rules for homeowners, community, and condominium associations that have not adopted rules allowing for the placement of solar energy devices on single-family residential dwellings and townhouse units.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2524	RELATING TO TEACHER INCENTIVES. Clarifies that funds for bonuses required by statute or collective bargaining shall not be paid out of a charter school's facilities funding or per-pupil funds. Appropriates funds for teacher bonuses for hard-to-fill placement incentives and National Board certified teacher incentives for charter school teachers.	EDN, FIN
HB2525	RELATING TO TEACHERS. Creates an incentive program for current educational assistants in hard-to-fill schools to attain teacher licensure if they commit to teaching for three years in a hard-to-fill school. Appropriates funds for the program and alternate teacher route contracts.	EDN, FIN
HB2526	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 27th representative district.	FIN
HB2527	RELATING TO STATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. Establishes a committee on progress of construction projects to monitor certain state construction projects and bring impediments to the attention of decision-makers.	FIN
HB2528	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A SHOOTING FACILITY IN WEST HAWAII ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for public outreach, planning, and an environmental impact statement for a Hawaii island public shooting facility.	EEP/WAL, FIN
HB2529	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for emergency medical services for North Kona.	HLT, FIN
HB2530	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes income tax credits to incentivize the renovation or investment in commercial dairies in the State.	AGR, WAL, FIN
HB2531	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to document violations related to prohibited acts of smoking. Defines the term "violation" as it relates to prohibited acts of smoking in and around public housing.	HLT, HSG, JUD
HB2532	RELATING TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. Protects the free exercise of religious beliefs and moral convictions by prohibiting the State from taking any discriminatory action against a person based on the person's sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction. Provides a cause of action for a violation of the Act.	JUD, FIN
HB2533	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Reduces the annual motor vehicle registration fee and increases penalties for knowingly operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway with delinquent registration.	TRN, FIN
HB2534	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a medical marijuana commission to evaluate and make recommendations about the overall effectiveness of the medical marijuana dispensaries in the State.	HLT, JUD
HB2535	RELATING TO ASTRONOMY. Establishes an astronomy scholarship program to be administered by the BLNR for baccalaureate students in astronomy at a public or private institute of higher education in the State. Establishes a special fund for the scholarship program.	HED, FIN
HB2536	RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY. Establishes a state lottery commission to implement a lottery, the proceeds of which would be used to address homelessness. Appropriates funds.	JUD, FIN
HB2537	RELATING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION. Provides special education teachers with additional preparation time and funds for instructional materials. Makes appropriation.	EDN, FIN
HB2538	RELATING TO URBAN SCHOOL IMPACT DISTRICTS. Allows fee in lieu funds in the Kalihi to Ala Moana school impact district to be used to purchase completed construction, construct new school facilities, improve or renovate existing structures for school use, or lease land or facilities for school use.	EDN, WAL, FIN
HB2539	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Facilitates the establishment of health savings accounts in Hawaii.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2540	RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Establishes within the department of human services a two-year working disabled adults pilot program to be repealed on June 30, 2017. Establishes a medicaid buy-in program for workers with disabilities to be implemented once the pilot program is complete. Appropriates funds for the working disabled adults pilot program.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB2541	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Provides a bidder of a public works construction project with two working days after the closing of bids to provide the name of each person or firm to be engaged by the bidder as a joint contractor or subcontractor and the nature and scope of the work to be performed by each joint contractor or subcontractor.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB2542	RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. Directs the auditor to audit the plant quarantine branch of DOA to facilitate its transfer to DOT.	AGR, LMG, FIN
HB2543	RELATING TO BROADBAND. Extends the provisions of Act 264, SLH 2013, which requires the State and the counties to take action within sixty days for broadband-related permit applications, requires the State to take action within one hundred forty-five days for use applications for broadband facilities within the conservation district, establishes other requirements regarding broadband-related permits, and subjects weight load for utility poles to capacities established by the FCC and PUC. Repeals on June 30, 2023.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2544	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. Subjects the procurement of construction contracts to federal procurement laws.	EDB, JUD, FIN
HB2545	RELATING TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the high-growth grant program and special fund to provide grants to qualified businesses for certain business development activities. Makes an appropriation.	EDB, FIN
HB2546	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes the agriculture grant program and special fund to provide grants to qualified farmers for certain farming activities. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, FIN
HB2547	RELATING TO THE INCREASED ACCESS TO RESPONSIBLE SMALL DOLLAR LOANS PILOT PROGRAM. Establishes the increased access to responsible small dollar loans pilot program, within the department of commerce and consumer affairs division of financial institutions, to increase the availability of responsible small dollar investment loans of at least $300 but less than $2,500. Specifies requirements of the program, including application requirements, interest rates, use of finders, and fees. Requires a preliminary report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2018 and a final report no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2021. Pilot program repeals June 30, 2021.	EDB, CPC, FIN
HB2548	RELATING TO THE ANAHOLA HAWAIIAN HOMES ASSOCIATION. Appropriates funds for the planning, design, construction, and materials and equipment for the Anahola Hawaiian Homes Association.	OMH, AGR, FIN
HB2549	RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Includes the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism as a permanent member on the Broadband Assistance Advisory Council. Ensures a member from each county is represented through appointment on the council. Authorizes the chair of the council to designate representatives of other interested public and private sector organizations to serve as members of the council or the work groups of the council on an ad hoc basis as needed.	EDB, CPC
HB2550	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Appropriates funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the purpose of promoting, regulating, and administering the made in Hawaii brand program.	EDB, FIN
HB2551	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who incur certain expenses for manufacturing products in Hawaii. Applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016. Sunsets January 1, 2023.	EDB, FIN
HB2552	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Creates a comprehensive public funding program for candidates for election to the state House of Representatives. Repeals those candidates' eligibility for partial public funding under the existing partial public funding program. Appropriates funds to the Campaign Spending Commission.	JUD, FIN
HB2553	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to prepare for the closure of the HC&S thirty-six thousand-acre sugar plantation on Maui by, among other things, monitoring the closure; identifying suitable lands for acquisition by the State; and investigating the means necessary to develop and sustain diversified agriculture on the former sugarcane lands. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, FIN
HB2554	RELATING TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. Establishes and designates American Sign Language as an official foreign language of the State.	JUD, FIN
HB2555	RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP. Authorizes the board of agriculture to allow persons to research, grow, and sell industrial hemp. Requires licensure of persons to purchase unprocessed, harvested industrial hemp. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, JUD, FIN
HB2556	RELATED TO MAUNA KEA LANDS MANAGEMENT. Transfers the management of Mauna Kea lands back to DLNR. Establishes the office of Mauna Kea Management in DLNR and the Mauna Kea management commission within the office.	HED, WAL, FIN
HB2557	RELATING TO AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES. Clarifies that the use of sirens by a driver of an emergency vehicle is discretionary and must follow the best practices of the driver's profession.	TRN, CPC
HB2558	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires state agencies to participate in a carbon offset program to offset carbon emissions caused by their employees' air travel. Requires DLNR to establish and administer a carbon offset program.	EEP, FIN
HB2559	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Requires the family court to consider assisted community treatment as an alternative to commitment to a psychiatric facility for a person subject to a petition for involuntary hospitalization.	HLT, JUD
HB2560	RELATING TO CORPORATIONS. Requires domestic and foreign corporations to provide their shareholders with detailed reports of independent expenditures and political contributions.	JUD, FIN
HB2561	RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. Enacts recommendations of the penal code review committee convened pursuant to HCR155, SD1 (2015).	JUD, FIN
HB2562	RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Bikeshare Hawaii develop a bikeshare system in the State.	TRN, FIN
HB2563	RELATING TO TOURISM. Appropriates funds for the restoration of a continuous beach and infrastructure for public access along the Waikiki waterfront.	OMH, FIN
HB2564	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a pilot program that creates a vegetative buffer zone around five selected schools near a commercial agricultural production area.	AGR/EEP, FIN
HB2565	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Short form bill relating to recycling.	EEP
HB2566	RELATING TO ELECTRICITY. Establishes criteria for the PUC's methodology in determining the rate that a public utility should pay a producer for nonfossil fuel generated electricity that the producer supplies to the public utility.	EEP, CPC
HB2567	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Establishes "substantial net benefit" as the Public Utilities Commission's standard for a transfer or assignment of a franchise.	EEP, CPC
HB2568	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Requires, in places of public accommodation, a ratio of one electric vehicle parking stall per 100 stalls by 2017 and a ratio of two electric vehicle parking stalls per 100 stalls by the year 2022. Designates the appropriate county authority having jurisdiction over planning and permitting for enforcement. Specifies procedures for enforcement.	TRN/EEP, FIN
HB2569	RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires the DOE to: (1) establish a goal of becoming net-zero with respect to energy use by 1/1/2035; (2) establish microgrid pilot projects at two public schools that are civil defense shelters; and (3) expedite the cooling of all public school classrooms to a temperature acceptable for student learning. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the implementation of cooling measures in public school classrooms.	EEP, EDN, FIN
HB2570	RELATING TO ENERGY MODERNIZATION. Prohibits counties from requiring buildings served by a microgrid to be connected to an otherwise available source of electrical power. Excludes microgrids from being regulated as public utilities.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2571	RELATING TO ELECTRIC PUBLIC UTILITY TRANSFORMATION. Requires investor-owned electric utilities to phase out their acquisition, ownership, and use of new and existing generation resources.	EEP, CPC
HB2572	RELATING TO ENERGY. Eliminates the use of coal as a fuel for electricity generation by 2023 by prohibiting the approval of such power purchase agreements and recovery of such power purchase costs.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2573	RELATING TO ENERGY. Prevents the Public Utilities Commission from approving power purchase agreements that prohibit the sale of energy to third parties or require the utility consent to the sale of energy to third parties.	EEP, CPC
HB2574	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires reporting guidelines for large-scale, outdoor commercial agricultural operations across the State. Establishes disclosure and public notification requirements for outdoor application of pesticides in various environmentally sensitive areas.	EEP, AGR, FIN
HB2575	RELATING TO RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS. Simplifies the renewable portfolio standards law by establishing maximum fossil fuel standards instead. Allows the Public Utilities Commission to establish reasonable interim percentages, variances, and penalties.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2576	RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTER PROTECTION. Establishes a 3-year pilot parametric disaster insurance program within DAGS to be funded by the interest from the hurricane reserve trust fund.	CPC, FIN
HB2577	RELATING TO TELEHEALTH. Requires patient approval prior to the delivery of any medical services through telehealth. Prohibits health insurance companies from limiting the setting where telehealth services are provided or requiring in-person contact between a patient and physician before the delivery of telehealth services.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2578	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. Requires motor vehicle safety inspections to be conducted every two years rather than annually.	TRN, CPC
HB2579	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the driver of a slow-moving motor vehicle on a two-lane highway where passing or overtaking is unsafe or not permitted to pull over at the nearest reasonable and safe location to allow other motor vehicles to overtake the driver if five or more motor vehicles are immediately trailing behind the driver.	TRN, JUD
HB2580	RELATING TO SEPSIS. Requires the DOH to conduct a one-year pilot project for sepsis education and awareness. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2016.	HLT, FIN
HB2581	RELATING TO COMMUNITY FOOD FORESTS. Establishes a community food forest program in the Department of Land and Natural Resources that shall work collaboratively with local government and community organizations to provide sources of healthy food statewide. Appropriate funds.	AGR, WAL, FIN
HB2582	RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Requires the Department of Agriculture to develop and implement an Agricultural Food Safety Certification Program that concurrently complies with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act as it applies to farmers and ranchers. Authorizes and appropriates funds for program staff.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB2583	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires principals to consult with teachers and school community councils when expending moneys provided to their schools. Requires the weighted student formula to include a superintendent's reserve to address needs at unique and remote schools. Grants the DOE discretion in allocating superintendent's reserve funds to specific schools; provided that the committee on weights shall recommend the amount of the reserve and criteria for use of the reserve.	EDN, FIN
HB2584	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an on-farm mentoring program to teach and train farmers to utilize a whole farm system approach to agriculture. Appropriates funds as a grant for existing on-farm mentoring programs and a pilot on-farm mentoring program in Maui.	AGR, FIN
HB2585	RELATING TO JURY DUTY. Exempts mothers who breastfeed or express breast milk from jury duty; provided that this exemption shall end when a mother is no longer breastfeeding or expressing breast milk.	HUS, JUD
HB2586	RELATING TO NUTRIENT CYCLING. Makes an appropriation for a nutrient cycling center pilot project on Maui. Requires DOA to report on the efficacy of the pilot project.	AGR, FIN
HB2587	RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS. Allows UH and the community colleges to waive tuition for spouses and children of totally disabled veterans and active or reserve members of the armed forces who were killed in action.	HED, VMI, FIN
HB2588	RELATING TO COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES. Establishes term limits on board of director members for planned community associations and condominiums. Establishes exceptions to term limits.	CPC, JUD
HB2589	RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF TAX REVENUES. Repeals certain maximum dollar amounts that limit the distribution among certain non-general funds from the conveyance tax. Requires that twenty-five per cent of conveyance tax revenues be distributed to the natural area reserve fund.	WAL, FIN
HB2590	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Appropriates funds for the establishment of a veterans services counselor IV position within the Office of Veterans' Services to assist all veterans, with a primary focus on female veterans.	LAB/VMI, FIN
HB2591	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the University of Hawaii system to allocate fifty acres of land for a creative media technology campus at the West Oahu Campus. Requires specific entities to enter into a memorandum of agreement to design, plan, and develop the creative media technology campus.	WAL, HED, FIN
HB2592	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST PELATRON POWER EVOLUTION LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Pelatron Power Evolution LLC with the development of renewable energy power plants within the State.	EEP, FIN
HB2593	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR HAWAII RENEWABLE RESOURCES, LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Renewable Resources, LLC, with the development of facilities for food crop, animal feed, and renewable non-fossil fuel production on O‘ahu.	AGR, FIN
HB2594	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Requires the counties to impose a county electric vehicle annual road use fee. Provides that an unspecified percent of revenues collected be deposited into the state highway fund.	TRN, EEP, FIN
HB2595	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT. Authorizes general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for improvements to irrigation systems statewide.	AGR, FIN
HB2596	RELATING TO THE MACADAMIA FELTED COCCID. Appropriates moneys to DOA to research and develop methods for the prevention and treatment of macadamia felted coccid.	AGR, FIN
HB2597	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Allows, subject to funding, the office of aerospace development to hire various positions. Establishes PISCES as a division of the office of aerospace development that is to be located on the island of Hawaii. Directs the PISCES staff to promote and market Hawaii as a research destination and allows PISCES to hire various positions, subject to funding. Amends the board of directors of PISCES to seven members and amends their powers and duties. Transfers various duties of the PISCES executive director to PISCES staff. Effective 1/1/2017. Simplifies PISCES' annual report to include a summary of significant accomplishments and activities, and also status of the development of partnerships.	EDB, FIN
HB2598	RELATING TO DROUGHT MITIGATION. Allows for a reduction or waiver of fees for critical dams and reservoirs and provides funding to implement drought mitigation measures across the State.	WAL, FIN
HB2599	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax exemption on the first $10,000 of income derived from tips received by a tipped employee.	LAB, FIN
HB2600	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax deduction for political contributions.	JUD, FIN
HB2601	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM. Repeals provision requiring counties to adopt ordinances regulating agricultural tourism as a precondition for allowing agricultural tourism activities in an agricultural district.	TOU/AGR, FIN
HB2602	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Appropriates funds for DLNR to study the size and storage of archeological collections. Requires a report.	WAL, FIN
HB2603	RELATING TO COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATIONS. Allows a board of directors of a cooperative housing corporation to authorize the installation of separate utility meters for each dwelling unit; provided that the corporation pays the cost of installing the meters.	HSG, EEP
HB2604	RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY. Clarifies that acceptance by the territorial legislature or the legislature of a dedication of land by a private owner is sufficient to convey title to the State.	WAL, JUD
HB2605	RELATING TO LABOR. Appropriates funds to establish, administer, and support on-the-job training for individuals who are unemployed and dislocated due to the closure of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company on Maui.	LAB, FIN
HB2606	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Establishes a retirement benefit incentive for public employees, otherwise eligible to retire, whose positions are subject to layoff due to the consolidation or abolition of functions, or the privatization of the functions of the position.	LAB, FIN
HB2607	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST PQ ENERGY LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist PQ Energy LLC and to be formed special purpose entities with the development and construction of renewable energy plants within the State of Hawaii.	EEP, FIN
HB2608	RELATING TO DEFERRED DEPOSITS. Requires registration of check cashers, requires bond, requires verification that customer has only one deferred deposit agreement outstanding at any time, allows extended payment plan by customer, increases investigatory and enforcement powers, and increases penalties for violations.	CPC, JUD
HB2609	RELATING TO DRUG OFFENDERS. Mandates the enrollment of certain drug offenders into the Judiciary's substance abuse treatment program.	PBS, JUD, FIN
HB2610	RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS. Requires a film production to make reasonable efforts to hire at least sixty per cent of the production's crew from the county in which the film's qualified costs are incurred. Requires a taxpayer claiming a motion picture income tax credit to verify the county of residency of local hires.	EDB, FIN
HB2611	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a tax credit for the production of fuel-grade renewable fuels using renewable feedstocks originating in Hawaii. Repeals the ethanol facility tax credit.	EEP/TRN, FIN
HB2612	RELATING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the ninth representative district.	FIN
HB2613	RELATING TO OCEAN SHIPPING. Requires DBEDT to conduct a study of the ocean shipping industry and its impact on the cost of living in Hawaii. Appropriates funds.	TRN, EDB, FIN
HB2614	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 21st representative district.	FIN
HB2615	RELATING TO DEFERRED DEPOSIT LENDING. Creates a deferred deposit lending database program in DCCA to assist a deferred deposit lender in determining the eligibility of a potential borrower of a deferred deposit loan. Makes an appropriation.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB2616	RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes a community net energy metering program. Requires the public utilities commission to administer the program.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2617	RELATING TO LAND USE. Authorizes the counties to petition LUC to reclassify lands. Requires LUC to group contiguous lands, set land boundary standards, ensure land use descriptions conform to the state plan and county plans. Establishes criteria and guidelines for districting and classification of urban, rural, agricultural, and conservation districts. Clarifies jurisdiction of the counties for amendments to district boundaries for lands 15 acres and less. Establishes requirements for special use permit applications. Requires LUC to conduct the five year regional boundary change review. Repeals section relating to real property tax assessment where the State administered the property tax.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB2618	RELATING TO WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND. Requires 50% of the funds in the works of art special fund to be used for art education at DOE schools effective 7/1/17. Requires the auditor to audit the value of the art objects purchased by the works of art special fund. Appropriates funds.	VMI, EDN, FIN
HB2619	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Gives the Real Estate Commission enforcement powers over planned community associations.	CPC, JUD
HB2620	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. Clarifies that the laws relating to condominium management apply to condominium projects developed by the counties and the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB2621	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES. Allows the counties in which medical marijuana dispensary licenses are authorized to apply for a license.	HLT, FIN
HB2622	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Makes an appropriation for the appointment of an administrative monitor in the Office of the Auditor to assess the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' progress in meeting its constitutional and legal duties.	OMH, FIN
HB2623	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to evict a tenant if the tenant is convicted of a felony related to the Authority's property or funds.	HSG, JUD
HB2624	RELATING TO CHAPTER 245, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Amends the definitions of "dealer", "retailer", "wholesale price" and "wholesaler" to include electronic smoking devices and e-liquid. Establishes definitions for "disposable electronic smoking device", "electronic smoking device", "e‑liquid", and "reusable electronic smoking device". Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products, and includes electronic smoking devices and e-liquid. Effective January 1, 2017.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB2625	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 31st representative district.	FIN
HB2626	RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. Prohibits the permitting of new underground storage tanks within one hundred yards of the shoreline and phases out all such tanks by January 1, 2030.	EEP/WAL, JUD
HB2627	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 36th representative district.	FIN
HB2628	RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY, PURCHASING, AND CONTRACTING. Provides that, for public contracting purposes, a contractor's tax clearance will be valid for one year from the date the procuring agent receives the clearance from the contractor.	CPC, FIN
HB2629	RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. Authorizes county police departments to enroll firearms applicants into a criminal record monitoring service used to alert police when an owner of a firearm is arrested for a criminal offense anywhere in the country.	PBS, JUD
HB2630	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Authorizes the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to view firearm registration data to facilitate a firearms registration information sharing initiative among the county police departments.	PBS, JUD, FIN
HB2631	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Amends the qualification requirements to allow lawful permanent residents to apply for a permit to acquire a firearm. Clarifies the background check process for firearm permit applicants and authorizes county police departments to enroll firearm permit applicants into a criminal record monitoring service.	JUD
HB2632	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires firearms owners who have been disqualified from owning a firearm and ammunition due to mental illness to immediately surrender their firearms and ammunition to the Chief of Police.	HLT, JUD
HB2633	RELATING TO PRODUCT LABELING. Establishes product labeling standards for products purporting to be Hawaiian sea salt or alaea salt.	CPC, FIN
HB2634	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Grants authority to counties to make district boundary amendments for lands with an area of one hundred acres or less.	WAL, FIN
HB2635	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Allows arthritis, anxiety, insomnia, and stress to be included among the debilitating medical conditions for which medical marijuana may be authorized to be used.	HLT, JUD
HB2636	RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES. Restricts solar energy facilities in residential housing areas in agricultural districts to no more than twenty-five kilowatts in capacity.	EEP, AGR, CPC
HB2637	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 41st representative district.	FIN
HB2638	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Authorizes the Public Housing Authority to impose maximum rental periods of seven years for state low-income housing projects which receive State funds for repair and maintenance or capital improvement. Requires rates for the seven-year rentals to be fixed for entire term of lease. Establishes a savings account for the authority to provide matching funds for tenants who choose to participate in those seven-year rentals. Authorizes GO bonds. Appropriates funds.	HSG, FIN
HB2639	RELATING TO WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE. Requires a wireless telecommunications service provider, upon request by a domestic abuse victim, to: (1) transfer billing authority and all rights to a wireless telephone number to the victim; or (2) remove or release the victim from a shared wireless plan and assign the victim a substitute telephone number without charge, penalty, or fee. Provides that there is no cause of action against a wireless telecommunications service provider, its officers, employees, or agents for transferring billing authority and all rights to a wireless telephone number to a domestic abuse victim.	HUS, EEP, CPC
HB2640	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes the homeless emergency action response team program in DHS. Appropriates moneys.	HUS, FIN
HB2641	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Requires the department of human services to create a domestic violence call sheet with a domestic violence legal hotline number and domestic violence shelter hotline number. Requires all employers to post the call sheet in the workplace. Requires both departments to make an electronic version available on their websites. Creates a fine of $100 for employers for failure to comply.	HUS/LAB, JUD, FIN
HB2642	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT TRAINING. Establishes a rapid response training program to facilitate rapid custom training in the event of sudden layoff. Establishes a rapid response training revolving fund.	LAB, FIN
HB2643	RELATING TO STRESS MANAGEMENT. Requires that law enforcement personnel and other employees involved in emotionally traumatic incidents be given access to critical incident stress management counseling.	HLT, LAB, JUD
HB2644	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 40th representative district.	FIN
HB2645	RELATING TO THEFT OF BICYCLE. Establishes the offense of theft of bicycle.	JUD
HB2646	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Appropriates funds to site and install two monitor wells near Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility to test groundwater. Creates a permanent fuel tank advisory committee to study and monitor fuel tank leak issues.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB2647	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes a three-year Work for a Day Pilot Program to be administered by the City and County of Honolulu that provides homeless individuals with work opportunities. Appropriates funds.	HUS, LAB, FIN
HB2648	RELATING TO FOOD WASTE DISPOSAL. Establishes a phased reduction of food waste in the municipal solid waste stream. Establishes an advisory committee to evaluate solid waste infrastructure needs. Makes an appropriation.	EEP, FIN
HB2649	RELATING TO ENERGY. Provides that electric utility rates or rate changes shall only be considered just and reasonable if the rate is derived from an earnings impact mechanism that directly ties the utility's revenues to the achievement of certain performances-based metrics and conditions. Effective upon approval, but allows PUC to delay implementation until no later than 1/1/2020.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB2650	RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes the condominium sub-meter working group within DBEDT to examine installing sub-meters in condominiums.	CPC, FIN
HB2651	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Defines the term "Hawaii attest work". Provides clarification to the term "peer review".	CPC, FIN
HB2652	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the Hawaii tax credit scholarship program to benefit students with disabilities by providing scholarships to cover transportation costs and any other educational fees associated with a student attending a public school that is not in the service area where the student resides or a nonpublic special education school or program. Establishes eligibility criteria for students to apply for the scholarship program, responsibilities of the department of taxation and department of education, and eligibility criteria for nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations. Applies to tax years beginning after 12/31/16.	HED, FIN
HB2653	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 13th representative district.	FIN
HB2654	RELATING TO THE MOLOKAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM WATER USERS ADVISORY BOARD. Authorizes Molokai irrigation system water users advisory board members to designate an agent, officer, or employee. Removes requirement that members be an active general excise tax licensee.	AGR/WAL, JUD
HB2655	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires remote schools to be allocated funds using categorical allotments, rather than through the weighted student formula. Defines a remote school as any public school that is a high school located at least a one-hour drive away from the next nearest high school or a high school located on the island of Lana‘i, Moloka‘i, or Ni‘ihau. Specifies minimum number of teachers for Hana high and elementary school.	EDN, FIN
HB2656	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires remote schools to be allocated funds using categorical allotments, rather than through the weighted student formula. Defines a remote school as any public school that is a high school located at least a one-hour drive away from the next nearest high school or a high school located on the island of Lanai, Molokai, or Niihau.	EDN, FIN
HB2657	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Provides loans from the Maui County Revolving Loan Program to Molokai farmers and ranchers to reimburse costs of mandated food safety compliance audits and other related costs. Appropriates moneys to the Maui office of economic development to review and approve applications for the loan program.	AGR/EDB, FIN
HB2658	RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE. Authorizes a county to seek an exemption or modification of the state building codes as applicable in that county. Authorizes the state building code council to grant code exemptions and modifications for a county.	WAL, FIN
HB2659	RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires funds in the dwelling unit revolving fund and the rental housing revolving fund to be used to provide rent subsidies, loans, or grants to persons who qualify for social security disability benefits and are diagnosed with life-long, serious mental illnesses.	HSG/HUS, FIN
HB2660	RELATING TO VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS. Amends the definition of vexatious litigant by altering criteria based upon the amount of civil actions brought during a period of time.	JUD, FIN
HB2661	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Repeals the motor vehicle tire surcharge. Transfers $574,000 from the environmental management special fund to the general fund.	EEP, TRN, FIN
HB2662	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires that, following a prenatal test revealing Down syndrome or other disorder, medical care professionals provide information to the pregnant mother. Requires that a pregnant woman receive information on available care resources before an abortion of a fetus facing Down syndrome or any other disorder amenable to prenatal diagnosis.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB2663	RELATING TO A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS. Requires the department of land and natural resources, in consultation with the office of the governor and the department of human services, to establish a transitional housing center for the homeless at Sand Island state recreation area. Makes an appropriation.	HUS, WAL, FIN
HB2664	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 6th Representative District.	FIN
HB2665	RELATING TO SCIENCE AND INNOVATION. Short form bill relating to science and innovation.	EDB
HB2666	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 14th, 15th, and 16th representative districts.	FIN
HB2667	RELATING TO CORPORATE INCOME TAX. Reduces the corporate income tax rate by fifty per cent. Allocates fifty per cent of corporate income tax revenues to DBEDT and fifty per cent to the general fund.	EDB, FIN
HB2668	RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates funds to continue the Small Business Innovation Research Program within the High Technology Development Corporation.	EDB, FIN
HB2669	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST TRUTAG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for TruTag Technologies, Inc.	EDB, FIN
HB2670	RELATING TO FERRY SYSTEMS. Requires the department of transportation to implement an intra-island or inter island ferry system.	TRN, FIN
HB2671	RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA. Requires chiefs of police and agencies of State and county government that have the power of arrest to report crime incident reports to the Attorney General. Counties shall be fined for noncompliance by county police departments.	JUD, FIN
HB2672	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Requires the seller or landlord of a residential unit or apartment to disclose (1) whether smoking occurred within the unit or apartment and other parts of the property; and (2) the applicable smoking policy if the unit or apartment is a residential condominium unit, cooperative apartment, or rental dwelling unit.	HLT, CPC
HB2673	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Requires that before the surrender of a state highway can be deemed to have taken place, the legislature must adopt by concurrent resolution, the same as a state highway or trail. Establishes certain exemptions for highways surrendered to the State or county.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB2674	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL THEFT. Establishes a two-year Agricultural Theft Pilot Project in the Department of Agriculture to focus on investigating and prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the county of Hawaii. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture.	AGR, JUD, FIN
HB2675	RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH. Appropriates funds for research to combat rapid ohia death.	WAL, FIN
HB2676	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes, within CTAHR's agribusiness incubator program, a five-year energy independent farming community pilot project. Appropriations.	AGR, HED, FIN
HB2677	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 39th representative district.	FIN
HB2678	RELATING TO URBAN RENEWAL. Authorizes the director of finance to issue GO bonds to the counties for infrastructure construction related to urban renewal projects. Allows each county to have more than one local redevelopment agency. Repeals the specific naming requirement for local redevelopment agencies. Requires all five members of the local redevelopment agency to reside within the boundaries of an area defined by the county via resolution. States that redevelopment projects carried out by the local redevelopment agency are public works.	WAL, FIN
HB2679	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 37th representative district.	FIN
HB2680	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR KALOKO RESERVOIR. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to provide financing to assist Mary N. Lucas Estate with Kaloko reservoir.	WAL, FIN
HB2681	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR WAILUKU RESERVOIR #6. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to provide financing to assist Spencer Homes, Inc. with Wailuku Water Reservoir 6.	WAL, FIN
HB2682	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Redefines "common elements" and "limited common elements". Makes statutory definitions of "common elements" and "limited common elements" supersede the necessity of restating the declaration and bylaws. Requires a vote or written consent of the owners, rather than the board of directors, when restating the declaration and bylaws. Limits the board of directors to requiring the submission of affidavits only once, when owners request certain association documents.	CPC, JUD
HB2683	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Invests in high technology development by facilitating a connection between the high technology industry, returning kama‘aina, and visitors to the State. Appropriates funds to the High Technology Development Corporation.	EDB, LAB, FIN
HB2684	RELATING TO AIR CARGO. Aids in the research and development of drone-powered cargo planes by authorizing test flights arriving or departing from Honolulu International Airport, provided that all necessary clearances have been obtained from the federal government.	TRN, CPC, JUD
HB2685	RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL. Requires the State Capitol Management Committee to develop and implement in phases a master security plan to increase safety and security in the Hawaii state capitol building through the mandatory use of metal detectors, x-ray scans of baggage, and other prudent measures.	LMG, FIN
HB2686	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates a 3-year pilot program to fund a selected public school at a level of funding equivalent to a private school.	EDN, FIN
HB2687	RELATING TO AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES. Authorizes for research and testing purposes the operation of autonomous vehicles in the State. Requires department of transportation to establish an application and approval process and report annually to the legislature. Makes an appropriation.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB2688	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 4th Representative District.	FIN
HB2689	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides energy-efficient air conditioning to all public school classrooms within five years. Appropriates funds and authorizes general obligation bonds for public school air conditioning.	EDN, EEP, FIN
HB2690	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, requires all elementary, middle, and intermediate public schools to allocate 20 percent of all student hours to arts and culture education.	EDN, VMI, FIN
HB2691	RELATING TO TAXICAB REGULATION. Authorizes the counties to conduct criminal history background checks of taxicab operators.	TRN, JUD
HB2692	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a general excise tax exemption for businesses affected by construction from a county mass transit project.	TRN, FIN
HB2693	RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION. Establishes two positions in the State Historic Preservation Division in the Department of Land and Natural Resources.	WAL, LAB, FIN
HB2694	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ADDRESS THE SELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION. Ensures participation of all political parties on the reapportionment commission by providing that if there are no members belonging to the minority party or parties in a house of the legislature, the members belonging to the same minority party or parties in the other house of the legislature shall nominate persons to serve on the commission.	JUD, FIN
HB2695	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 47th representative district. Effective July 1, 2016.	FIN
HB2696	RELATING TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING. Requires the department of education to establish a student repair and maintenance program at selected public high schools. Makes an appropriation.	EDN, FIN
HB2697	RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL SECURITY. Allows the community council of each public school to make a decision either to secure the services of armed police officers during school hours or on as as-needed basis only. Makes an appropriation.	EDN, FIN
HB2698	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Allows for the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purposes of building infrastructure and constructing homes on Hawaiian home lands.	OMH, FIN
HB2699	RELATING TO SCHOOL CLOSURES. Requires unaccredited institutions to post a bond along with their application for registration with the department of commerce and consumer affairs.	CPC, FIN
HB2700	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a Health Care Task Force to examine the impact of federal rules extending minimum wage and overtime pay protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act to direct care workers who provide essential home care services to persons with disabilities and older adults.	HLT/LAB, JUD
HB2701	RELATING TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. Requires the department of the attorney general to mail a certified letter containing a warning notification to the owner of an internet protocol (IP) address found to have accessed child pornography.	JUD, FIN
HB2702	RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases TAT. Requires distribution of one-half of TAT revenue collections to each county based on the proportion of TAT revenues generated by each county. Reduces the general excise tax rate for gross proceeds received on the sale of food or on the provision of medical expenses. Requires one-half of TAT revenues after distribution to the counties to be applied to reducing general excise tax on fuel sold to consumer, fuel taxes, and county fuel taxes.	TOU, FIN
HB2703	RELATING TO CAMPUS SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. Requires the UH to adopt policies preliminarily recommended by the affirmative consent task force.	HED, JUD, FIN
HB2704	RELATING TO CROWDFUNDING. Establishes a crowdfunding exemption and funding portal for limited intrastate investments between Hawaii residents and Hawaii businesses, not to exceed $1,000,000 raised over a twelve month period or $100,000 per investor. Includes disclaimer requirements.	EDB, CPC, FIN
HB2705	RELATING TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION. Establishes a working group to assess physical education in kindergarten through elementary grades in public schools and report to the legislature.	EDN, FIN
HB2706	RELATING TO HEALTH. Clarifies requirements for licensure as a dental hygienist. Prohibits dental assistants from performing certain intra-oral functions and related activities.	HLT, CPC, JUD
HB2707	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Establishes the medical cannabis advisory commission. Amends various definitions and provisions relating to medical marijuana dispensary operations, paraphernalia, and testing. Provides that advanced practice registered nurses may certify patients for medical marijuana use. Excludes dispensaries from enterprise zone tax exemptions. Excludes medical marijuana from certain federal tax provisions.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB2708	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Clarifies that qualifying patients and primary caregivers, and government officials and employees, shall not be subject to background checks to enter or remain on the premises of certain medical marijuana facilities for an authorized purpose.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB2709	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Requires the department of health to issue a receipt that shall serve as a temporary registration certificate for the medical use of marijuana upon receipt of a written certification form completed by or on behalf of a qualifying patient. Increases penalty for fraudulent misrepresentation to a law enforcement official relating to the issuance of a written certificate by a physician.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB2710	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA MONITORING AND RESEARCH. Requires the UH John A. Burns school of medicine to monitor and research issues related to medical marijuana dispensaries. Appropriates moneys.	HLT, HED, FIN
HB2711	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 1st representative district.	FIN
HB2712	RELATING TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH SUBZONES. Establishes science and technology research subzones and an approval process for future research facilities that incorporates alternative dispute resolution principles.	WAL, JUD
HB2713	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a K-12 agriculture workforce development pipeline initiative in DLIR to conduct training sessions for teachers and school administrators on agricultural self-sufficiency. Appropriates funds to support the initiative.	LAB/AGR, EDN, FIN
HB2714	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for a basalt rebar market study.	LAB, FIN
HB2715	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Repeals HEMIC. Establishes a public corporation attached to DLIR to provide workers' compensation insurance. Requires employers to obtain work comp coverage only from the public corporation or be self-insured.	LAB, CPC, FIN
HB2716	RELATING TO SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES. Authorizes limits in rental agreements on the liability of the owner of self-service storage facilities based on the monetary value of the stored property and allows owner to send notices by e-mail, publish notices of sales in any commercially reasonable manner, conduct sales online, and charge late fees.	CPC, JUD
HB2717	RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. Requires the Director of Human Services to apply annual cost of living increases to the income and asset thresholds for medicaid eligibility.	HUS, FIN
HB2718	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes and appropriates funds for the Korean natural farming pilot program to combat various agricultural pests in Hawaii. Repeals on June 30, .	AGR, FIN
HB2719	RELATING TO DRUG OVERDOSE PREVENTION. Provides immunity for individuals and harm reduction organizations who prescribe, possess, or administer an opioid antagonist such as naloxone hydrochloride to prevent opioid-related drug overdoses. Authorizes emergency personnel and first responders to administer opioid antagonists. Requires medicaid coverage for opioid antagonists. Exempts individuals and harm reduction organizations from licensure and permitting requirements for storing and distributing opioid antagonists. Allows pharmacists, in accordance with standing orders and protocols, to dispense opioid antagonists to persons and harm reduction organizations without a prescription.	HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB2721	RELATING TO LIPOA POINT. Requires DLNR to implement a management plan for Lipoa point on Maui.	WAL, FIN
HB2722	RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT. Creates a temporary program providing additional benefits to unemployed workers by extending their unemployment insurance benefits. Make an appropriation.	LAB, FIN
HB2723	RELATING TO MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES. Prohibits a pedestrian from crossing a street, road, or highway while using a mobile electronic device.	TRN, JUD
HB2724	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Prohibits planned community associations and their boards of directors from: (1) disallowing a member or their bona fide tenant from displaying house-mounted United States or State of Hawaii flags on their residential dwelling; and (2) assessing or charging any fee or fine, or imposing any penalty, on their members, for house-mounted display of these flags. Requires the flags to be displayed in a prominent position on the residential dwelling.	HSG, JUD
HB2725	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 42nd representative district.	FIN
HB2726	RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. To provide for air conditioning, heat abatement and related energy efficiency measures at public schools by authorizing a loan from the green infrastructure loan program to the departments of education and budget and finance, and making appropriations for expenditure of the borrowed funds, additional capital improvements and the initial loan repayment.	EEP, EDN, FIN
HB2727	RELATING TO MOVIE THEATERS. Requires a public accommodation that owns, leases, leases to, or operates a motion picture theater in more than two locations in the State to provide open movie captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture that is produced and offered with open movie captioning. Requires a public accommodation that owns, leases, leases to, or operates a motion picture theater in the State to provide, upon request, audio description of any motion picture that is produced and offered with audio description.	EDB, JUD, FIN
HB2728	RELATING TO TAXATION. Restores the definition of "power-generating facility" and fuel tax rate for naphtha fuel used in power generation facilities, which were repealed on 12/31/2015. Clarifies that naphtha fuel, used in a power-generating facility, is subject to the fuel tax at a rate of 2 cents per gallon, retroactive to 1/1/2016.	EEP, FIN
HB2729	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE COUNTY OF KAUAI. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects by the department of water, county of Kauai for the Lihue/Kapaa water system projects and the Haena/Wainiha water system project.	WAL, FIN
HB2730	RELATING TO STANDARDIZED TESTING. Limits public school student participation in standardized tests, prohibits the use of standardized tests scores for evaluation purposes, authorizes standardized testing exemptions, and requires the board of education to provide notice of the right to opt out of standardized testing.	EDN, JUD
HB2731	RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the general excise tax from four per cent to five per cent and requires that additional revenue collected from the general excise tax increase be deposited into a special account in the general fund for department of education operations, including salaries and maintenance costs.	EDN, FIN
HB2732	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes maximum student enrollment per school class for various types of public school classrooms beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.	EDN, FIN
HB2733	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends laws affecting the public education system in Hawaii, including whole child education, special education, vocational education, facilities, weighted student formula, teacher recruitment and retention, standardized testing, early childhood education, evaluations, classroom supplies, class size, and funding.	EDN, FIN
HB2734	RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Repeals mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses. Establishes a mental health specialist position in the Office of the Public Defender. Authorizes evidence-based sentencing alternatives to incarceration. Requires fiscal impact statement for legislation relating to sentencing and corrections.	PBS, JUD
HB2735	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the Eleventh Representative District.	FIN
HB2736	RELATING TO BALLOTS. Requires that all information included on a ballot be in both English and Hawaiian.	OMH, JUD, FIN
HB2737	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-THIRD, THIRTY-FOURTH, AND THIRTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 33rd, 34th, and 35th representative districts.	FIN
HB2738	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the Hawaii three to six out-of-school program for grades kindergarten through twelve. Authorizes the department of education to contract with private providers to furnish out-of-school programs for grades kindergarten through twelve, conducted during after-school hours, on weekends, and during inter-sessions on the premises of the private providers. Specifies the Hawaii three to six out-of-school program revolving fund is to be administered by the department of education. Makes appropriations.	EDN, FIN
HB2739	RELATING TO STUDENT TRAVEL. Appropriates funds to support the DOE's student travel program.	EDN, FIN
HB2740	RELATING TO LIABILITY. Prohibits health insurance preauthorization requirements that cause undue delay in receipt of medical treatment or services. Specifies that insurers, but not health care providers, are liable for civil damages caused by undue delays for preauthorization.	HLT, CPC, JUD
HB2741	RELATING TO MILITARY IN THE ARTS. Appropriates moneys for the state foundation on culture and the arts to establish an arts in the military program.	VMI, FIN
HB2742	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Authorizes procurement officers to permit clarification of a listed subcontractor's scope of work and consider a previously licensed and listed subcontractor's license as valid; provided that certain conditions are satisfied.	EDB, CPC
HB2743	RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. Requires DOH to implement standards consistent with federal regulations for the installation, operation, maintenance, and inspection of release prevention systems for all metal underground storage tanks and tank systems.	EEP, HLT, FIN
HB2744	RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends the low-income housing tax credit by removing provisions related to subawards issued under section 1602 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Clarifies the allocation of tax credits for pass-through entities. Bases the amount of the tax credit on whether or not a building is financed by tax-exempt bonds. Removes reference to Internal Revenue Code sections regarding the application of at-risk rules and limitation of passive activity losses and credits.	HSG, FIN
HB2745	RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Repeals the Hawaii products preference from the procurement code.	AGR, EDB, FIN
HB2746	RELATING TO VEHICULAR LOLLYGAGGING. Requires drivers in the left lane to safely move to the adjacent lane if the driver's vehicle is being overtaken from the rear by multiple vehicles traveling at a higher rate of speed; the driver is proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic; and the driver has three or more vehicles following immediately behind.	TRN, JUD
HB2747	RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Designates the area within a one-half mile radius from any location along the rail corridor of the Honolulu rail transit system as the transit-oriented development district. Excludes areas within the Kakaako community development district from the new district. Add 3 members from the new district to the Hawaii community development authority.	TRN/WAL, FIN
HB2748	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 48th representative district.	FIN
HB2749	RELATING TO WASTE. Establishes a sewage runoff task force in DOH to examine levels of sewage contamination in coastal areas as a result of runoff. Establishes a sewage infrastructure review task force in DOH to examine the sewage infrastructure in each county. Makes an appropriation for each task force.	EEP, HLT, FIN
HB2750	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Establishes the Native Hawaiian housing task force that is administratively attached to the office of Hawaiian affairs. Requires a report. Appropriates moneys.	OMH, FIN
HB2751	RELATING TO POLICE EVASION. Establishes the misdemeanor offense of evading law enforcement.	JUD
HB2752	RELATING TO HOUSING ON AGRICULTURAL LAND. Limits dwellings and employee housing on agricultural land to farmers and immediate family members. Establishes standards for dwellings and employee housing on agricultural land.	AGR/HSG, FIN
HB2753	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 45th representative district.	FIN
HB2754	RELATING TO KAENA POINT. Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources for additional enforcement officers and on-site educational staff for Kaena point state park and Kaena point natural area reserve to provide full-time coverage and monitoring.	WAL, FIN
HB2755	RELATING TO INCIDENT RESPONSE. Requires the cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator to develop and maintain an incident response plan to cyber-attacks for each executive department in the State.	VMI, FIN
HB2756	RELATING TO A PORT AUTHORITY. Establishes the Hawaii Port Authority. Empowers the Authority to administer a statewide system of small boat harbors and small airports. Appropriates funds.	TRN, WAL, FIN
HB2757	RELATING TO HOUSING. Allows dwelling units and housing facilities for the elderly on class D or E lands in the agricultural districts.	HUS, AGR, FIN
HB2758	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 5th representative district.	FIN
HB2759	RELATING TO ANIMAL DISSECTION IN SCHOOLS. Authorizes DOE students to decline to dissect animals. Requires schools to provide an alternative to students who have declined.	EDN, JUD
HB2760	RELATING TO FISHING ON THE NORTH COAST OF MOLOKA‘I. Designates certain state waters surrounding the north coast from Kalaupapa to Halawa head of the island of Moloka‘i as the Moloka‘i Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area.	OMH/WAL, FIN
HB2761	RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Specifies the criteria to be used for evaluating conservation district use applications submitted by public agencies.	WAL/EEP, FIN
HB2762	RELATING TO FERRIES. Requires the department of land and natural resources to conduct any necessary environmental impact statements to enable the department of transportation to fully implement a Hawaii state ferry system. Makes an appropriation.	TRN, WAL, FIN
HB2763	RELATING TO BORN ALIVE INFANTS. Ensures the protection and promotion of the health and well-being of all infants born alive the State. Mandates medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment to all born alive infants. Provides civil and criminal penalties.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB2764	RELATING TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. Provides that government should not substantially burden religious exercise without compelling justification. Establishes protections for religious freedom, including in the laws concerning public accommodations and marriage.	JUD, FIN
HB2765	RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF HONEY BEE COLONIES. Requires pest control operators to contact an expert prior to terminating a honey bee colony to determine whether the colony can be safely removed and transported.	AGR, EEP, FIN
HB2766	RELATING TO STATE LANDS. Provides that DLNR shall be immune from liability for any civil action that arises from an act or omission that occurs during the process of conducting rockfall mitigation activities on public lands.	WAL, JUD
HB2767	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Prohibits the University of Hawaii from placing a financial obligation hold on a student's financial account due to an unpaid tuition balance, prior to the last day by which students are allowed to drop a course or receive a refund of tuition.	HED, FIN
HB2768	RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST. Authorizes an update of the Waianae baseline environmental study.	WAL/OMH, FIN
HB2769	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the Forty-fourth Representative District.	FIN
HB2770	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS. Incorporates the principles of environmental justice and the precautionary principle into the environmental review process.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB2771	RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Requires that rental housing project developers who receive tax and law exemptions and fail to complete a project, pay a penalty of no less than the tax exemption amount and comply with the exempted laws.	HSG, JUD, FIN
HB2772	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires UH to train employees and students on sexual harassment policies, appoint a campus advocate at each campus for students to discuss incidents of sexual harassment, report sexual assault cases to the police, and conduct a campus climate survey. Prohibits romantic relationships between a UH student and a UH faculty member.	HED, JUD, FIN
HB2773	RELATING TO VOTING. Repeals statutory provisions that disenfranchise incarcerated persons. Provides for the determination of residency of and delivery of ballots to incarcerated persons.	JUD
HB2774	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Prohibits planned community associations from preventing members from erecting and using a flag pole to display the state flag on a detached single-family residence or townhouse.	CPC, JUD
HB2775	RELATING TO PARALEGALS. Establishes a licensure program for paralegals.	CPC, JUD

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HB1806	RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. Revises language pertaining to penal responsibility and mental health. Provides courts with discretion to appoint one mental health examiner, rather than three, to evaluate a felony defendant's mental fitness to proceed.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB1840	RELATING TO SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK. Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs in consultation with the Comptroller to develop strategies for the upkeep, repair, and maintenance of Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City, Oahu. Requires a report to the legislature.	WAL/CPC, FIN
HB1860	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Allows county lifeguards to enforce state laws, rules, and regulations in the near shore zone.	LAB, WAL, JUD
HB1889	RELATING TO STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES. Provides that the sale or production of medical marijuana and manufacturing of manufactured marijuana products are not eligible business activities for state enterprise zone purposes.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB2092	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Authorizes the authority to prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on sidewalks on private streets in the Kakaako community development district.	WAL, JUD
HB2109	RELATING TO CHAPTER 183, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Clarifies that any person that violates: (1) section 183-17, HRS, (timber trespass in forest reserves) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; or (2) a provision of part II of chapter 183, HRS, (forest reserves) or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, other than section 183-17, HRS, shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. Repeals the general penalty provision of chapter 183, HRS.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB2252	RELATING TO DISCHARGE PLANNING. Requires hospitals to adopt and maintain discharge policies, consistent with recent updates to federal regulations, to ensure that patients continue to receive necessary care after leaving the hospital. Effective July 1, 2017.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB2300	RELATING TO STATE PLANNING. Requires the Office of Planning to review and propose updates to the State Planning Act and submit a written report to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation.	WAL, FIN