Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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		Committee
		REFERRAL
HB1933	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires transferors and transferees of used motor vehicles, mopeds, and trailers, including motor vehicles whose owners do not intend to drive the vehicle on public highways, to appear together before the county director of finance with government-issued identification to finalize a transfer of ownership. Directs police officers to remove from public streets any motor vehicle, moped, or trailer not properly transferred. Requires transferees to present a valid certificate of ownership in order to claim a vehicle removed from a public street.	TRN, JUD
HB1934	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Prohibits the construction of injection wells.	EEP/HHS, FIN
HB1935	RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Makes an exemption from tort liability for the State and counties arising from lifeguard services, except for gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions.	JUD, FIN
HB1936	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS. Exempts all proceedings relating to parking violations under certain administrative rules from the exclusive, original jurisdiction of the environmental courts.	JUD, FIN
HB1937	RELATING TO POLYSTYRENE FOAM CONTAINERS. Prohibits the sale and use of polystyrene foam containers statewide.	EEP/HHS, CPC, FIN
HB1938	RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES. Increases the fine to not more than $1,000 for passing or overtaking a school bus on a state highway while the bus is stopped and its visual signals are turned on.	TRN, JUD
HB1939	RELATING TO WAGES. Requires that public utility workers on private utility projects be paid the prevailing wage rate established by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for public works projects.	LAB, FIN
HB1940	RELATING TO SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS. Requires the Contractors License Board to adopt rules to define "incidental and supplemental to the performance of work" with regard to the Board's ability to classify and limit the amounts of unlicensed work that a specialty licensed contractor may perform.	LAB, FIN
HB1941	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) world languages institutional support position within the Department of Education. Appropriates funds to fund the position.	EDN, FIN
HB1942	RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING. Authorizes the issuance of limited purpose driver's licenses, limited purpose provisional driver's licenses, and limited purpose instruction permits to include applicants who voluntarily choose to obtain a REAL ID compliant State Civil Identification Card.	TRN, JUD
HB1943	RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS. Appropriates funds for the establishment of two full-time equivalent (2.00 FTE) permanent program specialist positions within the office of language access to assist state agencies and state-funded agencies in implementing the requirements of Hawaii's language access law.	HHS, FIN
HB1944	RELATING TO FILIPINO VETERANS BURIAL ASSISTANCE. Establishes the Filipino-American Veterans of World War II burial assistance program. Establishes the Filipino-American veterans of World War II burial assistance program special fund. Makes an appropriation.	VMI, FIN
HB1945	RELATING TO PICKUP TRUCKS. Authorizes a county to adopt rules or ordinances that place stricter limitations on a passenger seated in the bed or loading-carrying area of a pickup truck while the vehicle is in operation.	TRN, JUD
HB1946	RELATING TO THE CAREER CRIMINAL PROSECUTION PROGRAM. Appropriates moneys to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui for the career criminal prosecution program.	JUD, FIN
HB1947	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Renames High Street in Wailuku, Maui, to Martin Luther King Jr. Street.	TRN, JUD
HB1948	RELATING TO LICENSING. Clarifies that the licensing requirements for hearing aid dealers and fitters shall not apply to audiologists licensed pursuant to chapter 468E, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	IAC, HHS, CPC
HB1949	RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE. Authorizes a naturopathic physician to prescribe testosterone consistent with naturopathic medical practice. Clarifies that narcotic drugs shall not be included within the naturopathic formulary.	HHS, IAC, CPC/JUD
HB1950	RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY. Amends the definition of "practice of pharmacy" to expand the scope of services and specific medications that pharmacists may furnish.	HHS, IAC, CPC
HB1951	RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS. Clarifies the requirements for dental hygienists to practice under the general supervision of a dentist, including requiring that the dental hygienists complete 1 year of employment, complete 4 hours of medical emergency coursework, and retain various certifications and other documents at each office of employment. Requires the supervising licensed dentist to have written emergency protocols and authorization for the general supervision of dental hygienists; to limit the number of generally supervised dental hygienists to 3; and not take a leave of more than 15 days from the office where a dental hygienist practices.	IAC, CPC
HB1952	RELATING TO SPEEDY TRIAL. Creates a statutory right of victims and witnesses of sexual offenses under part V of chapter 707, HRS, to a speedy trial in criminal cases involving adult defendants.	JUD, FIN
HB1953	RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS. Allows the child support enforcement agency, at the request of a noncustodial parent or on its own initiative, to require a custodial parent to provide evidence that child support funds are being spent in compliance with an order of support. Allows a noncustodial parent to petition the family court for modification of a child support order if the custodial parent does not provide the requested evidence. Requires the child support enforcement agency to hold the portion of disputed child support funds in trust pending the final disposition of the petition.	HHS, JUD
HB1954	RELATING TO FORECLOSURE. Requires complaints for mortgage foreclosure cases to include various supporting documents demonstrating the authority of the mortgagee to foreclose.	CPC, JUD
HB1955	RELATING TO HOTELS. Requires the HTA to make available to hotel owners, operators, and employees a course of training on appropriate handling and response procedures for suspected human trafficking activities.	HHS, TOU, FIN
HB1956	RELATING TO ADULT ABUSE AND NEGLECT. Requires the Auditor to conduct a performance and management audit of the Department of Human Services Adult Protective and Community Services branch and to report its findings to the 2019 Legislature.	HHS, FIN
HB1957	RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. Prohibits a person who is entitled enforce a mortgage note as a negotiable instrument from also foreclosing on the property in a foreclosure by action unless the person is the owner, as opposed to a holder, of the mortgage note.	CPC, FIN
HB1958	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Authorizes HTDC to issue phase II and III awards in the form of convertible note loans. Appropriates moneys.	EDB, FIN
HB1959	RELATING TO INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT. Expands the duties and functions of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to include innovative activity development.	EDB, FIN
HB1960	RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Appropriates funds to support the planning and participation of the Hawaii aquaculture industry in the Aquaculture America 2020 conference.	EDB/OMH, FIN
HB1961	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Provides an appropriation for the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to support the continuation of business accelerator programs.	EDB, FIN
HB1962	RELATING TO MANUFACTURING. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to conduct an economic development study on automated manufacturing opportunities in Hawaii. Makes an appropriation for the study.	EDB/LAB, FIN
HB1963	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Directs the procurement policy board to adopt rules for joint offers and joint awards.	LAB, FIN
HB1964	RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. Increases the conveyance tax for certain properties valued at $4,000,000 or greater. Establishes the Tianxin Zhang public education special fund and deposits a portion of conveyance tax moneys into the special fund. Requires moneys in the special fund to be used for educational programs and activities.	HSG, EDN, FIN
HB1965	RELATING TO VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. Appropriates funds to the veterans treatment court on the island of Hawaii.	VMI, JUD, FIN
HB1966	RELATING TO MASSAGE THERAPY. Exempts individuals specializing in only foot, hand, and outer ear manipulation from licensure as a massage therapist.	IAC, CPC
HB1967	RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTOR TAX CREDITS. Allows advanced practice registered nurses, physicians, dentists, and pharmacists to receive tax credits for acting as preceptors in volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotations provided to eligible students that enable the students to obtain an eligible healthcare professional degree or certificate.	HHS, CPC, FIN
HB1968	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE. Appropriates funds to the UH college of tropical agriculture and human resources cooperative extension service for one full-time ornamental plant extension agent.	HED, FIN
HB1969	RELATING TO FOOD SUSTAINABILITY. Requires the office of planning, in coordination with the appropriate departmental agency, to prepare and periodically update a functional plan for seafood sustainability that expands the State's priority on food by including wild seafood as a viable food source.	EDB, FIN
HB1970	RELATING TO HUNTING. Establishes the Hawaii apprentice hunting license program. Allows a license holder to participate in hunting under certain conditions.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB1971	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO KUNOA CATTLE COMPANY, LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kunoa Cattle Company, LLC, to fund the construction of a multi-species livestock farm, expansion of the slaughter and processing infrastructure, development of distribution assets and agritourism services, and expanding renewable energy assets.	AGR, FIN
HB1972	RELATING TO STATE SMALL BOAT HARBORS. Requires all use permits at the Ala Wai boat harbor to be obtained at public auction. Requires that public notice of the public auction for a use permit at the Ala Wai boat harbor be given and include certain information. Requires all public auctions for use permits at the Ala Wai boat harbor to be conducted by the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources or an authorized employee of the department of land and natural resources under the direction of the board of land and natural resources without additional compensation. Takes effect on 8/1/2018.	WAL, FIN