OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

THIRTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 3

4th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 22, 2019

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -   Economic Development & Business

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HLT -   Health

HSG -   Housing

HSH -   Human Services & Homelessness

IAC -    Intrastate Commerce

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -   Labor & Public Employment

LHE -   Lower & Higher Education

LMG -  Legislative Management

PVM -  Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs

TIA -    Tourism & International Affairs

TRN -   Transportation

WLH -  Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs


 

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Committee

 

 

REFERRAL

 

 

 

 

HB223

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Short form bill relating to transportation.

 

TRN

HB224

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Short form bill relating to transportation.

 

TRN

HB225

RELATING TO STATE HIGHWAYS.

Short form bill relating to state highways.

 

TRN

HB226

RELATING TO HARBORS.

Short form bill relating to harbors.

 

TRN

HB227

RELATING TO AIRPORTS.

Short form bill relating to airports.

 

TRN

HB228

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes the home ownership housing revolving fund to provide loans and grants for the development of affordable for-sale housing projects.  Makes an appropriation into and out of the fund.

 

HSG, FIN

HB229

RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Entitles the landlord to start exhibiting a dwelling unit to prospective purchasers, mortgagees, and tenants 2 days upon receipt of the present tenant's notice of terminating the rental agreement.

 

CPC, JUD

HB230

RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for containment and prevention of the spread of pathogens causing rapid ohia death in Kauai county, including funds to be used in collaboration with the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii and the Kauai Invasive Species Council.

 

AGR, FIN

HB231

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Increases the state tax credit for renters earning less than $60,000 per year and links future increases to the Consumer Price Index.  Makes Hawaii's earned income tax credit refundable.  Increases the state food/excise tax credit by specified amounts and links future increases to the Consumer Price Index.  Minimizes the adverse budgetary effect of increasing tax credits for working families by raising income taxes for high-income taxpayers.

 

FIN

HB232

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Includes persons with disabilities under the minimum wage requirements.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB233

RELATING TO PROSTITUTION.

Removes the criminal statute of limitations for sex trafficking and promoting prostitution.  Exempts minors from criminal liability for prostitution and street solicitation of prostitution.  Establishes minimum criminal and regulatory penalties for prostitution, sex trafficking, and promoting travel for prostitution.  Repeals the offense of solicitation of a minor for prostitution.

 

JUD

HB234

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Requires the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Health, to issue request for proposals to contract for services and housing for homeless individuals with severe mental illness who have been discharged from acute care.  Appropriates funds.

 

HSH/HLT, FIN

HB235

RELATING TO DRUG TREATMENT.

Appropriates additional funding for drug treatment in Hawaii.

 

HLT, FIN

HB236

RELATING TO SIDEWALKS.

Establishes and appropriates funds for a Safe School Sidewalks Program that requires each county to maintain, repair, and construct sidewalks in school zones and other areas of significant school-related pedestrian traffic.  Requires each county to annually report on the status of the program.

 

TRN/LHE, FIN

HB237

RELATING TO COMMUNITY FOOD FORESTS.

Establishes a community food forest program in the Department of Land and Natural Resources to work collaboratively with local government and community organizations to provide sources of healthy food statewide.

 

AGR/WLH, FIN

HB238

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Extends the sunset date for Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, authorizing certain incentives and actions by the Department of Transportation regarding electric vehicles.

 

EEP, TRN, FIN

HB239

RELATING TO FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Exempts fuel cell electric vehicle from payment of parking fees and high occupancy vehicle lane restrictions.  Increases the priority to be placed on fuel cell electric vehicles for state and county entities purchasing new vehicles.  Allows for fuel cell electric vehicles to be parked in designated electric vehicle parking spaces.  For purposes of determining electric vehicle parking spaces, restricts electric system charging systems to those that do not include facilities or systems for refueling hydrogen storage tanks of fuel cell electric vehicles.

 

EEP, TRN, FIN

HB240

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Repeals the requirement that passenger cars obtain a certificate of inspection.

 

TRN, CPC

HB241

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Prohibits vehicle lessors from renting, leasing, or offering for rent or lease, vehicles subject to a manufacturer's recall, until appropriate repairs are made.  Defines peer-to-peer vehicle sharing related terms.  Requires persons in the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing organization business to register with the director of taxation.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

HB242

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR AN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL IN THE NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for a capital improvement project to build a new intermediate school for the 9th Representative District.

 

FIN

HB243

RELATING TO EDUCATION FUNDING.

Requires the Department of Education to contract with a consulting firm that specializes in school finance, particularly with respect to adequacy studies of public education systems in multiple states, to perform a study on the adequacy of funding for education in Hawaii.  Appropriates funds.

 

LHE, FIN

HB244

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Early Learning for equipment and furniture.

 

LHE, FIN

HB245

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Expands the powers of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to include approving professional development courses and programs necessary for teacher reclassification.

 

LHE, FIN

HB246

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Provides funding for rental or lease of facilities under legislative appropriations and bond authorizations to the State Public Charter School Commission for the design, planning, construction, repair, and maintenance of public charter school improvements.  Appropriates general funds for infrastructure costs, rental or lease assistance, and the repair and maintenance of network infrastructure for charter schools.

 

LHE, FIN

HB247

RELATING TO SCHOOLS.

Appropriates funds for the Department of Education to install air conditioning in public schools that prioritize the project.

 

LHE, FIN

HB248

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

Appropriates funds to support the Executive Office on Early Learning Public Prekindergarten Program by appropriating funds to the Executive Office on Early Learning for additional personnel costs.

 

LHE, FIN

HB249

RELATING TO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.

Establishes licensure requirements for school psychologists to be administered by the Hawaii teacher standards board.  Specifies that school psychologists who are employed by an educational institution and practice only within a school setting shall be exempt from licensure under chapter 465.

 

LHE, IAC, CPC

HB250

RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES.

Formally establishes the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn program and special fund within the Department of Education.  Appropriates funds for positions and a vision screening and eye assessment tool, and to implement, expand, and sustain the program.

 

LHE/HLT, FIN

HB251

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds for laptop or tablet computers to be used by teachers and students for digital teaching and learning.

 

LHE, FIN

HB252

RELATING TO SPEECH PATHOLOGY.

Establishes a provisional license for speech pathologists.  Takes effect on 10/01/19.

 

HLT/IAC, CPC

HB253

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Prohibits a person from intentionally or knowingly manufacturing, importing, installing, reinstalling, distributing, selling, or offering for sale any counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, nonfunctional airbag, or airbag that does not meet federal safety requirements.  Prohibits a person from intentionally or knowingly selling, offering for sale, installing, or reinstalling in a motor vehicle any device that causes the motor vehicle's diagnostic systems to fail to warn that the motor vehicle is equipped with a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component or nonfunctional airbag or that no airbag is installed, as applicable.

 

TRN, CPC/JUD

HB254

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Short form bill relating to human services.

 

HSH

HB255

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Short form bill relating to human services.

 

HSH

HB256

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Short form bill relating to human services.

 

HSH

HB257

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Short form bill relating to homelessness.

 

HSH

HB258

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Short form bill relating to homelessness.

 

HSH

HB259

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.

Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to digitize its applicant, beneficiary, and lessee records.  Appropriates funds.

 

WLH, JUD, FIN

HB260

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Requires that food scales be located within 100 feet of self-serve food items sold by weight.

 

EDB, CPC

HB261

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Clarifies definition of "qualified agricultural costs."  Extends through the 2029 taxable year the time in which the Department of Agriculture may certify important agricultural lands qualified agricultural cost tax credits.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2019.

 

AGR, FIN

HB262

RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INCENTIVES.

Requires the Department of Agriculture to create a dollar-for-dollar matching program for beneficiaries of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program who use their benefits to purchase Hawaii-grown produce.  Appropriates funds.

 

AGR, FIN

HB263

RELATING TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO RECEIVE WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

Establishes a rebuttable presumption that any firefighter, emergency medical service personnel, or law enforcement officer diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder incurred that injury while in the course of employment for the purposes of receiving workers' compensation benefits.

 

LAB, FIN

HB264

RELATING TO RESOURCE LAND ACQUISITION PLAN.

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to prepare a resource land acquisition plan by 6/30/2021.  Requires periodic reporting to the Legislature on the progress of preparing the plan.

 

WLH, FIN

HB265

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the substantial reduction and eradication of certain invasive species in Maui County.

 

AGR, EEP, FIN

HB266

RELATING TO HEMP.

Legalizes hemp to the extent legalized under federal law.  Imposes a penalty for the production of hemp unless produced as authorized under federal law or under the state industrial hemp pilot program.  Requires the Chairperson of Agriculture to prepare and submit a proposed state plan to monitor and regulate hemp production, including commercial production and research, to the federal Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to section 297B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended.  Requires a report to the Legislature.

 

AGR, JUD, FIN

HB267

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Requires that if a proposed increase in the wholesale price of certain drugs would result in a 16% or more price increase over a 2‑year period, the drug manufacturer shall notify various drug insurance providers.

 

HLT, CPC

HB268

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Allows public utilities commission members who are residents of a county other than the city and county of Honolulu to receive an allowance of $225 per day for expenses related to board, lodging, and incidental expenses, in addition to actual air travel expenses, beginning on July 1, 2019.

 

LAB, FIN

HB269

RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE.

Authorizes the sale of stored property insurance by self-service storage facility owners under certain conditions.  Requires self-service storage facility owners to hold a limited lines license in order to sell, solicit, or offer coverage under a stored property insurance policy.

 

IAC, CPC, FIN

HB270

RELATING TO REBUILT VEHICLES.

Includes flood damage and material damage to a motor vehicle's electronics in the definition of "rebuilt vehicle" in section 286-2, Hawaii Revised Statues.

 

IAC, CPC

HB271

RELATING TO MEDICAL INFORMED CONSENT.

Requires the Hawaii medical board to establish standards for health care providers to follow to ensure that a patient's consent to treatment is an informed consent.  Requires that informed consent for a proposed medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure be obtained prior to the day of that treatment or procedure.  Specifies that if the treatment or procedure is to occur on the same day it is scheduled, the informed consent shall be obtained at the time the decision is made to schedule that treatment or procedure.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB272

RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

Except for requirements under federal law and section 269-7 and 269-16.9, exempts a public utility providing basic exchange service to every county in the State or any affiliate or parent of such public utility from chapter 269 and the jurisdiction of the PUC and consumer advocate.  Exempts a public utility providing basic exchange service to every county in the State from financial report requirements.  Repeals language requiring approval of the PUC prior to a telecommunications carrier charging a higher rate for basic exchange service than the rate included in the carrier's filed tariff.  Allows any public utility providing basic exchange service to every county in the State to issue stocks and stock certificates, bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness payable at periods of more than twelve months after the date thereof, for any purpose, without securing approval of the PUC.  Exempts telecommunications carriers from utility rate regulation and ratemaking procedures and provisions relating to valuations, regulatory flexibility for effectively competitive services, cross-subsidies, and access to advanced services.  Allows any public utility providing basic exchange service to every county in the State to sell, lease, assign, dispose of, or encumber its property by any means without approval of the PUC, provided that the utility notifies the PUC in writing of such a transaction within 30 days.  Exempts any transactions by public utilities providing basic exchange service to every county in the State from provisions regulating relations with an affiliated interest and contracts with affiliates filed and subject to PUC action and issuance of voting stock restrictions.

 

IAC, CPC, FIN

HB273

RELATING TO PRIVACY NOTICE FOR INSURANCE.

Establishes an exemption for insurers to the required annual privacy notice to customers under certain circumstances.

 

CPC/JUD

HB274

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.

Requires agencies to maintain a website with a list of open contested cases and requires access to all documents filed.  Requires that each agency establish a subscription-based email notification system that notifies interested parties of all filings made in a contested case proceeding.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB275

RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE.

Prioritizes the duties of the division of the consumer advocate to proceedings that involve accounting, financing, and utility rates.

 

CPC, FIN

HB276

RELATING TO FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products.  Effective 1/1/2020.

 

HLT, CPC

HB277

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to higher education.

 

LHE

HB278

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to higher education.

 

LHE

HB279

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to education.

 

LHE

HB280

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to education.

 

LHE

HB281

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to education.

 

LHE

HB282

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 38th Representative District.

 

FIN

HB283

RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS.

Prohibits sex offenders from residing within 1,000 feet of a public or private school, child care facility, playground, or park where children may gather.

 

LHE, JUD

HB284

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires the Department of Human Services to compile information regarding employers with employees who receive public assistance.  Requires the Department of Human Services to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the 50 employers with the highest number of employees receiving public assistance.  Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to share employment data for the report.

 

LAB/HSH, FIN

HB285

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires county police departments to disclose to the Legislature the identity of an officer upon the officer's suspension or discharge.  Amends the Uniform Information Practices Act to allow for the disclosure of employment misconduct information that results in the suspension of a county police officer.

 

LAB, JUD

HB286

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires candidates for president and vice president of the United States to post their most recent income tax return on the Internet at least sixty days prior to and continuing through the date of the general election for free access by the public in order to be included on the state ballot, subject to certain conditions.  Prohibits electors from voting for a candidate for president or vice president of the United States unless the candidates have posted their most recent income tax return on the Internet at least sixty days prior to and continuing through the date of the general election for free access by the public, subject to certain conditions.

 

JUD

HB287

RELATING TO VACANT AND ABANDONED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

Requires counties to expedite demolition permits for vacant and abandoned residential homes.  Allows the department of taxation to seek sale of the property through non-judicial foreclosure of vacant and abandoned residential properties with outstanding recorded state tax liens at any time after establishing vacancy and abandonment.

 

JUD, FIN

HB288

RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE IN HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS.

Requires lot owners to pay for the repair and maintenance of subdivision roads where the applicable deed does not specify that requirement.  Authorizes court-appointed entities to collect and assess fees.  Requires counties to provide: (1) training to associations on their responsibilities; (2) services for certain subdivision assessments; and (3) assistance in drafting a recorded instrument regarding the maintenance and operations of roads following the designation of a responsible entity.

 

WLH, JUD, FIN

HB289

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY.

Requires that public notice for power of sale and tax lien foreclosures contain a provision regarding the prospect of obtaining a title insurance policy from a title insurance company.

 

CPC, JUD

HB290

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act to make it consistent with amendments in federal controlled substances law as required under the authority to schedule controlled substances.

 

JUD

HB291

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Authorizes the counties to adopt ordinances to legalize marijuana cultivation, possession, sale, transfer, and use, for persons over the age of twenty-one.  Clarifies that medical use of cannabis laws and penal code provisions pertaining to drug and intoxicating compounds offenses do not apply to counties that have adopted ordinances legalizing marijuana and adopted administrative rules to regulate marijuana.

 

JUD, FIN

HB292

RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH.

Specifies that at least two members of the State Council on Mental Health shall have demonstrated knowledge of or work experience involving native Hawaiian concepts of well-being, culturally-grounded mental health methodologies, or traditional healing or health practices.

 

WLH/HLT, CPC

HB293

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS.

Authorizes qualifying patients and qualifying out-of-state patients to transport cannabis between islands of the State for personal medical use.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB294

RELATING TO CRIME.

Establishes a presumption that a person charged with a crime is entitled to unconditional release unless proven otherwise.  Requires the consideration of nonfinancial conditions of release before bail is ordered.

 

PVM, JUD

HB295

RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE.

Amends the definition of domestic abuse under Hawaii's insurance laws and domestic abuse protective orders to include emotional abuse between family or household members.  Defines emotional abuse.

 

CPC/JUD

HB296

RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION.

Requires a finding that denial of reasonable grandparent visitation rights would cause significant harm to the child as a condition of awarding grandparent visitation rights.  Clarifies procedures for an order awarding reasonable grandparent visitation rights.  Specifies that a violation of the terms and conditions of the order is punishable as contempt of court.

 

HSH, JUD

HB297

RELATING TO MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL.

Directs the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to review the Aedes aegypti mosquito with Wolbachia bacteria and place it on the appropriate animal import list.  Requires DOA and the Department of Health to collaborate on a report to the legislature with recommendations for appropriate vector control programs.

 

HLT/AGR, FIN

HB298

RELATING TO INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL WHEELING.

Authorizes any government agency to engage in the wheeling of electricity that is produced at its own facilities from renewable energy resources, subject to disallowance by the Public Utilities Commission.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB299

RELATING TO GRANTS.

Requires grantees to publicly recognize state support of project that have been awarded grants.

 

FIN

HB300

RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

Appropriates an unspecified amount to the State Department of Defense for installation of three additional outdoor warning sirens in the Royal Kunia area of Oahu.

 

PVM, FIN

HB301

RELATING TO HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS.

Prohibits a homeowners' association from requiring a unit owner to pay the full amount claimed by the association prior to the unit owner's filing of a claim against the association in court or requiring the association to mediate, if the dispute concerns the unit owner's construction of a nonconforming structure.

 

CPC, JUD

HB302

RELATING TO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.

Requires the Auditor to conduct a study, including a cost analysis, on the necessity and feasibility of establishing an agency within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate homeowners associations, and to submit a report of its progress to the Legislature prior to the 2020 Regular Session.

 

CPC, FIN

HB303

RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.

Requires general acute care hospitals to use lift teams and lifting equipment and devices for the lifting and transferring of patients for whom not using lift teams and lifting equipment and devices would pose the risk of injury to the health care workers or the patients.

 

HLT, CPC

HB304

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the posting of depth gauge signs on any portion of a public highway that lies within a special flood hazard area and is prone to flooding.  Requires that the signs to be posted in a manner consistent with the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

 

TRN, FIN

HB305

RELATING TO CROSSWALKS.

Requires the Department of Transportation to establish a Community Crosswalks Pilot Program to design and implement specially painted crosswalks in neighborhoods.  Appropriates funds for the pilot program.  Creates a Community Crosswalks Pilot Program Special Fund.

 

TRN, FIN

HB306

RELATING TO COUNTY LAND USE REQUIREMENTS.

Requires public notice of sale of agricultural property in a planned community association within 90 days of subdivision and sale.  Prohibits any residential use for any period of structures on agricultural and preservation land.  Allows for county enforcement of state and county requirements on subdivided agricultural land based on community reports of suspected violations.  Permits consideration of infrastructure and environmental impacts on applications for condominium projects on agricultural land.  Applies to counties with a population of at least 750,000.

 

WLH/AGR/EEP, FIN

HB307

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Broadens the definition of "renewable energy" to include other self-replenishing non-fossil fuel resources.

 

EEP, CPC

HB308

RELATING TO SHOPPING CARTS.

Authorizes the solid waste disposal division of each county with a population of 500,000 or more to: (1) confiscate abandoned shopping carts; (2) dispose of shopping carts not retrieved by owners within 24 hours of notification of confiscation; and (3) impose fines upon owners for unretrieved shopping carts.  Allows businesses that are fined to contest the fines in certain circumstances.

 

EEP, JUD, FIN

HB309

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Appropriates funds for the extension of the zipper lane on the H-1 Freeway to Kapolei in the vicinity of the Kualakai parkway on/off ramp.

 

TRN, FIN

HB310

RELATING TO ON-SITE EARLY CHILDHOOD FACILITIES.

Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create on-site early childhood facilities.  Establishes and appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE on-site early childhood facility coordinator position.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2019.

 

LHE/LAB, FIN

HB311

RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Directs specified percentages of the general excise tax revenues to the Department of Education to augment its capacity and infrastructure and to the Department of Transportation to protect the state highway system from the threat of inundation and damage caused by climate change.

 

LHE/TRN, FIN

HB312

RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA.

Requires the University of Hawaii, West Oahu campus to offer a bachelor's degree in creative media.

 

LHE, FIN

HB313

RELATING TO FUEL TAX FUNDS.

Requires that fuel tax revenues deposited into the state highway fund be used in and for the county in which the taxes are collected.

 

TRN, FIN

HB314

RELATING TO GIFT CERTIFICATES.

Requires a certificate issuer to redeem the remaining value of a gift certificate for cash if the gift certificate has a value of less than $5.

 

EDB, CPC

HB315

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHILD CARE SITE DIRECTOR POSITION.

Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) child care site director position in the University of Hawaii Windward Community College Ke Kula Kamali‘i ‘o Hanaiaulu Hawaiian Language Immersion Childcare Center.

 

WLH/LHE, FIN

HB316

RELATING TO DERELICT VEHICLES.

Includes vehicles valued at less than $1,000 for the purposes of a county or Hawaii Public Housing Authority removing derelict vehicles.

 

JUD

HB317

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a pilot program for a low- or no-cost daycare for children of working parents.  Appropriates funds.

 

LHE, LAB, FIN

HB318

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to convene a Staggered School Start Times Task Force to study and evaluate the issues and implications of instituting a staggered school start times program, including effects on school bus schedules.  Requires a report to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

LHE, FIN

HB319

RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.

Amends the conveyance tax by adding a fee schedule for foreign entity-owned investment properties sold within five years.

 

FIN

HB320

RELATING TO OFFENDER REENTRY.

Requires the Department of Public Safety to issue certificates to inmates who complete rehabilitation programs.

 

PVM, JUD

HB321

RELATING TO FISHING.

Prohibits line-and-hook or net fishing at any time in the Kaimana Beach-Waikiki Shoreline Fisheries Management Area, which includes the portion of the submerged lands and overlying waters beginning at the high-water mark on the shoreline to a distance of 300 yards or to the seaward edge of the fringing reef if one occurs beyond 300 yards, and between the Outrigger Canoe Club and the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium.

 

WLH, JUD

HB322

RELATING TO EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS.

Allows persons with disabilities to be accompanied by an emotional support animal in public places when the emotional support animal has been determined to provide a therapeutic benefit by a licensed medical professional.  Amends the definition of service dog.

 

HSH, CPC

HB323

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.

Classifies certain former military vehicles as special interest vehicles.  Enables owners of former military vehicles to apply for registration.  Makes conforming amendments.

 

TRN, CPC

HB324

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Extends certain certificates of inspection, registration, and licensing exemptions to marine terminal equipment used near neighbor island harbors.

 

TRN, CPC

HB325

RELATING TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.

Repeals minimum and maximum allowable fine amounts for certain convictions relating to operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant and leaves the amounts unspecified.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB326

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES.

Authorizes the examiner of drivers to waive the knowledge test for a commercial driver's license applicant who meets the requirements of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations section 383.77 or 383.123(b).

 

TRN, CPC

HB327

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Directs the Department of Transportation to develop and implement a single occupant vehicle access fee to use a zipper lane on Oahu.  Requires that revenues generated from the single occupant vehicle access fee be deposited in the state highway fund.

 

TRN, FIN

HB328

RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONES.

Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC), at the request of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), to establish and operate transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone subaccounts within the dwelling unit revolving fund for the benefit of infrastructure improvement projects within a transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone.  Requires HCDA to develop a transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone program to foster infrastructure development by strategically investing in public facilities.  Requires the executive director of HHFDC in collaboration with the executive director of HCDA and Hawaii interagency council for transit-oriented development to conduct a study examining the current infrastructure of a transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone and the requirements necessary to upgrade the infrastructure to facilitate future transit-oriented development.  Appropriates funds to HCDA for staff necessary to develop and manage the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone program.

 

TRN/HSG, WLH, FIN

HB329

RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF.

Amends the Kauai flooding disaster relief appropriation made in Act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, to include flood mitigation measures.  Extends the lapse date of the appropriation to June 30, 2020.  Exempts the appropriation from certain restrictions on transfers of or changes to appropriations.

 

PVM, FIN

HB330

RELATING TO SUICIDE PREVENTION.

Appropriates moneys for youth suicide early intervention, prevention, and education initiatives in Kauai and Hawaii counties.

 

HLT, FIN

HB331

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the excise tax rate on large cigars.

 

CPC, FIN

HB332

RELATING TO CHECK CASHING.

Requires check cashers to be registered with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  Requires a check casher to offer a voluntary payment plan under certain circumstances.  Provides the structure for voluntary payment plans.  Clarifies that a customer may only have one outstanding deferred deposit transaction from any source.  Amends notices required of check cashers.  Removes the exemption from the regulations of check cashers for persons engaged in the bona fide retail sale of goods or services.

 

IAC, CPC, FIN

HB333

RELATING TO THE STATE HIGHWAY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.

Establishes the State Highway Enforcement Program and related fund within the Department of Transportation.  Establishes a parking violation surcharge to be imposed by courts in addition to other penalties and fines for parking violations on State highways.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB334

RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS.

Expands eligibility for state-funded individual development accounts to households with income up to 100 percent of the area median income.  Expands allowable uses of account funds to rental housing and transportation.  Clarifies reporting requirements for fiduciary organizations.  Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to certify the tax credits for contributions.  Reactivates the tax credit for the five-year period from 2020 through 2024.

 

HSH, FIN

HB335

RELATING TO ZONING.

Allows counties to enact a zoning ordinance to amortize or phase out nonconforming single-family transient vacation rental units over a reasonable period of time.

 

TIA/WLH, FIN

HB336

RELATING TO HAWAII STATE AND CONTRACTED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Requires the Director of Public Safety, in the event of any death of an inmate who is in a state or contracted correctional facility or correctional facility or community correctional center employee, to provide a report to the Governor and Legislature with certain information regarding the death.  Authorizes Director to withhold disclosure of decedent's name under specific conditions.

 

PVM, JUD

HB337

RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.

Changes the time to file a suit to void a final action taken in violation of sunshine laws from within ninety days to within one hundred eighty days of the action.

 

JUD, FIN

HB338

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Makes an appropriation into and out of the research and development special fund for the research and development program of the Hawaii technology development corporation.

 

EDB, FIN

HB339

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Increases the state tax credit for research activities to one and one-quarter times the allowable federal tax credit.  Amends qualifying tax years.

 

EDB, FIN

HB340

RELATING TO HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Appropriates funds to the Hawaii technology development corporation for the small business innovation research program.

 

EDB, FIN

HB341

RELATING TO SPECIES CONSERVATION.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate funds for the construction of an invertebrate and plant propagation facility and baseyard improvements on Oahu, a predator proof fence on Oahu, and a predator proof fence on Maui.

 

EEP, FIN

HB342

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Prohibits the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation from investing in fossil fuel or firearm companies.  Requires the Corporation to divest all fossil fuel and firearm investments by 12/31/2024.  Earmarks a portion of the Corporation's profits to the Department of Education.

 

EDB, JUD, FIN

HB343

RELATING TO A SMALL CRAFT BEER PRODUCER TAX CREDIT.

Establishes a small craft beer producer income tax credit.

 

EDB, FIN

HB344

RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS.

Provides that where public access is required as a condition of a subdivision, either the county must accept dedication of and maintain the access or identify an entity to own and maintain the access.  Authorizes the county to require the subdivider to establish a stewardship fund for maintenance purposes.

 

WLH, JUD, FIN

HB345

RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Exempts gross receipts from the sale of mobility enhancing equipment, prosthetic devices, and prescription drugs sold pursuant to a doctor's prescription from the general excise tax.  Amends the definition of "prosthetic device" to include devices worn on the body.

 

HLT, FIN

HB346

RELATING TO COASTAL HIGHWAYS.

Requires the department of transportation to work in conjunction with any relevant educational institution or federal, state, or county agency to develop a strategic plan to protect coastal highways from the effects of coastal erosion and update the plan as needed every five years.  Requires a report to the legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

TRN/EEP, FIN

HB347

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Amends the requirements for a condominium association's standard proxy form by deleting the option for a condominium owner to give the proxy to the board as a whole.

 

CPC, JUD

HB348

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Makes appropriations for public employment cost items of and cost adjustments for employees of various legislative agencies.  Appropriates funds.

 

FIN

HB349

RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY.

Designates June 21 of each year as International Yoga Day.

 

TIA, JUD

HB350

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Prohibits fundraisers and the solicitation of contributions during the regular legislative session, and directs fines assessed for violations of this prohibition to the Hawaii election campaign fund.

 

JUD, FIN

HB351

RELATING TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH POSITIONS.

Amends the membership of the State Capitol Management Committee and Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development by replacing the Governor's Chief of Staff with the Administrative Director of the State.

 

FIN

HB352

RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL.

Provides the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives the authority to jointly allocate and assign for occupation non-metered parking stalls and all office space at the state capitol except the fifth floor.  Provides the Governor the authority to allocate office space on the fifth floor of the state capitol.

 

LMG, JUD

HB353

RELATING TO THE FAMILY COURT.

Makes decisions of the family court appealable to the supreme court instead of the intermediate court of appeals.  Requires the supreme court to render a final decision on appeals from family court orders within 180 days.  Encourages a reduction in the number of remands to the family court.

 

JUD, FIN

HB354

RELATING TO STATE SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

Requires moorage fees for non-commercial mooring use permits at state small boat harbors to be determined by appraisal and set at fair market value.  Establishes effective date for state small boat harbor moorage fee increases.  Effective August 1, 2019.

 

WLH/TRN, FIN

HB355

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MARINE LICENSES.

Requires commercial marine license applicants to appear in person before the department of land and natural resources.  Prohibits the department from issuing or renewing a commercial marine license to an alien crew member who has not been granted permission to land temporarily pursuant to federal law.

 

WLH/TRN, JUD

HB356

RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.

Requires the Comptroller to annually adjust the threshold amount for which settlements for claims against the State must be approved by the legislature for inflation.

 

JUD, FIN

HB357

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to perform aspiration abortions.

 

HLT/IAC, CPC, JUD

HB358

RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT AND ATTORNEY WORK-PRODUCT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS TO THE OMBUDSMAN.

Specifies that disclosure of communications by an agency to the ombudsman does not waive any existing attorney-client or attorney work-product privilege pertaining to those communications.  Prohibits the ombudsman from disclosing privileged communications to others.

 

LMG, JUD

HB359

RELATING TO HEALTHY BEVERAGES FOR CHILDREN.

Requires restaurants that sell children's meals that include a beverage to make the default beverage a healthy beverage.

 

HLT, CPC

HB360

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.

Extends the deadline for the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit the sunrise analysis required by Act 109, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, from 9/1/2019, to 12/13/2019.

 

LAB, FIN

HB361

RELATING TO EMOLUMENTS.

Prohibits any Governor or county mayor, while holding those offices, to maintain any other employment or receive any emolument, beginning on the sixty-first calendar day after their election or appointment to office.

 

JUD

HB362

RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES.

Permits public inspection and duplication of salary ranges, for legislative employees in incremental amounts of $15,000, rather than exact compensation amounts.  Defines "legislative employees."

 

LAB, JUD

HB363

RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

Dissolves the state capitol management committee.

 

LMG

HB364

RELATING TO VACANCIES.

Requires vacancies in the office of United States Senator to be filled by special election.  Requires any vacancy in the office of State Senator or State Representative to be filled by special election if more than half of the term has not yet been served at the time of the vacancy.  Establishes deadlines for holding special elections for vacancies in the foregoing offices and the office of United State Representative.

 

JUD, FIN

HB365

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Repeals the exemption of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority from certain administrative supervision by its board of directors regarding personnel matters.

 

HSG, FIN

HB366

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Establishes an exemption from the prohibition against using election campaign funds to make charitable donations or to award scholarships during the period from the filing of nomination papers to the date of the general election for candidates who are already declared elected to office after running unopposed in an election or who would be unopposed in the general election.

 

JUD, FIN

HB367

RELATED TO ELECTIONS.

Excludes from the definition of "advertisement" communications on clothing and other attire associated with a candidate's candidate committee.  Removes clothing, other attire, yard signs, and sundry items and advertisements made by a candidate or candidate's candidate committee from electioneering communication reporting requirements.

 

JUD

HB368

RELATING TO VOTING.

Requires the office of the lieutenant governor to establish a system to track the mailing and receipt of ballots returned by mail.  Requires the county clerks to notify the office of the lieutenant governor immediately upon mailing and receipt of absentee ballots by mail.  Appropriates funds to the counties.

 

JUD, FIN

HB369

RELATING TO COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Provides that the legislature shall have standing to intervene in any court proceeding involving a claim based upon a constitutional or statutory provision.

 

JUD

HB370

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires manual recounts of election votes when the margin of victory is less than two hundred fifty votes or less than one per cent of the votes cast, whichever is less.

 

JUD, FIN

HB371

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires a manual recount of election votes when the margin of victory is equal to or less than one hundred votes cast or equal to or less than one-half of one per cent of the votes cast, whichever is less.

 

JUD

HB372

RELATING TO APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

Amends appellate jurisdiction of the supreme court and the intermediate appellate court to conditions as they existed prior to July 1, 2006.  Reestablishes criteria for assigning appeals.  Reestablishes requirement that most appeals be filed with the supreme court instead of the intermediate appellate court.  Takes effect on 7/1/2020.

 

JUD, FIN

HB373

RELATING TO WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND.

Specifies that 0.5 per cent, rather than one per cent, of state fund appropriations for capital improvements shall be transferred into the works of art special fund.  Limits the 0.5 per cent amount to appropriations designated for the construction of new state buildings, properties, or facilities.

 

TIA, FIN

HB374

RELATING TO THE STATE COORDINATOR ON HOMELESSNESS.

Establishes the position of state coordinator on homelessness and requires the state coordinator on homelessness to report directly to the lieutenant governor.  Makes an appropriation.

 

HSH, FIN

HB375

RELATING TO URBAN AGRICULTURE.

Requires the counties to incorporate urban agriculture principles and policies in land use planning.

 

WLH/AGR, JUD

HB376

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT LAW.

Requires a supplemental environmental assessment or supplemental environmental impact statement after the passage of 15 years from the date of the acceptance of the statement or the determination of a finding of no significant impact, if the proposed action is not completed.

 

EEP, JUD, FIN

HB377

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council for 4 full-time equivalent positions to promote access, diversity, and workforce development, including programs and policies related to Philippine courses and Filipino students.

 

LHE, FIN

HB378

RELATING TO FILIPINO VETERANS BURIAL ASSISTANCE.

Appropriates funds for burial grants for qualifying Filipino-American World War II veterans to provide funeral and burial services and transportation of their remains to the Philippines.  Requires funds for burial grants to not lapse to the general fund and remain available as needed.

 

PVM, FIN

HB379

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes the Department of Education, at its own expense, to develop and coordinate mental health training to be offered annually to complex area superintendents, registered school nurses, and school health aides.  Includes autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder training.

 

HLT, LHE, FIN

HB380

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Provides that certain pregnant women receiving substance abuse treatment are eligible for substance abuse treatment and mental health services for an additional ten months following childbirth.

 

HLT/CPC, FIN

HB381

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Codifies certain developmental disabilities under the Department of Health.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB382

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Requires the Auditor to conduct a management and program audit of the Department of Education's policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying, especially as they apply to students who are members of certain minority groups.

 

LHE, LMG, JUD, FIN

HB383

RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.

Establishes a Child Welfare Services Task Force to review the Child Welfare Services Branch and examine best practices that will help to improve child care safety through the Branch.

 

HSH, FIN

HB384

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes licensure requirements for school psychologists to be administered by the board of psychology.  Amends the composition of the board to include 2 school psychologists.

 

HLT/LHE, IAC, CPC

HB385

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Adds specific requirements to Hawaii's sexuality health education law.  Requires the Board of Education to collaborate with the Department of Education and the Sexuality Health Education Working Group to provide curricula information to the public.  Requires students to be excused from the provided instruction upon written request by a parent or guardian.  Establishes the Sexuality Health Education Working Group.

 

HLT/LHE, CPC

HB386

RELATING TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION.

Establishes the Erin's law task force to review policies, programs, and curricula for educating public school students about sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention, report recommendations for the establishment of a program to educate public school children on sexual abuse prevention through age appropriate curricula, provide relevant training to school teachers and staff, and inform parents and guardians about important child sexual abuse topics.  Requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a systemwide sexual abuse prevention education program at the conclusion of the task force.  Appropriates funds.

 

LHE, JUD, FIN

HB387

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Prohibits the shipment of tobacco products, and the transport of tobacco products ordered or purchased through a remote sale, to anyone other than a licensee.  Makes all provisions of the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law that relate to tobacco products applicable to e-liquid.  Increases the license fee for wholesalers or dealers and the retail tobacco permit fee.  Amends the taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products.  Increases the excise tax for each cigarette or little cigar sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer.  Increases the excise tax on the wholesale price of each article or item of tobacco products, other than large cigars, sold by the wholesaler or dealer.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB388

RELATING TO THE HAWAII ZERO TO THREE COURT.

Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Zero to Three Court.

 

JUD, FIN

HB389

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Requires persons performing an independent medical exam or permanent impairment rating exam for a workers' compensation work injury examine the employee within 30 calendar days upon receipt of notice.  Provides that the employee be provided a copy of the exam within 30 calendar days.  Makes the report invalid if the time requirements are not met.

 

LAB, FIN

HB390

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Repeals the requirement that the examining physician or surgeon of an employee's medical examination approve of the recording of the medical examination relating to a work injury for workers' compensation purposes.

 

LAB, FIN

HB391

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Establishes restrictions on the participation in political activities of certain state employees and officers.  Imposes penalties for violations.

 

LAB, JUD

HB392

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Allows the scope of collective bargaining negotiations to include benefits.  Allows collective bargaining parties to resolve impasses related to contribution disputes through binding arbitration.

 

LAB, FIN

HB393

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Creates a fiduciary duty on EUTF trustees.  Prohibits transactions where the trustee has a conflict of interest.  Establishes liabilities for breach of fiduciary duty.

 

LAB, JUD

HB394

RELATING TO HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION.

Makes the motor vehicle registration fee for U-drive motor vehicles consistent with the fee for all other motor vehicles.  Makes any county ordinance that increases a motor vehicle registration fee applicable to U-drive vehicles.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

HB395

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.

Establishes a Remote Legislative Access Program to allow for the submission of testimony remotely.  Appropriates funds.

 

LMG, FIN

HB396

RELATING TO COASTAL EROSION PROACTIVE ADAPTATION PLAN.

Establishes a Coastal Erosion Proactive Adaptation Plan Task Force, to be assisted by an Advisory Group, to develop a Coastal Erosion Proactive Adaptation Plan for streamlined and proactive shoreline permitting procedures that better mitigate impacts to Hawaii's coastal zone and lower the costs to public and private permit applicants.

 

EEP/WLH, FIN

HB397

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes expedited county approvals for district boundary amendments for affordable housing projects on land areas fifteen acres or less.  Requires consultation with the Hawaii Community Development Authority for affordable housing development within designated Community Development Districts.

 

HSG/WLH, JUD, FIN

HB398

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Requires the University of Hawaii system to create additional distance-learning classes in teaching for students who are pursuing undergraduate degrees in education.

 

LHE, FIN

HB399

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Allocates transient accommodations tax revenues to the Hawaii Tourism Authority to counties with a population less than 500,000 in providing bus routes that service popular tourist destinations and the airport.

 

TIA, FIN

HB400

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS HOSTING PLATFORMS.

Allows counties to regulate transient accommodations hosting platforms.

 

TIA, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB401

RELATING TO CONTRACTING FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES.

Allows agencies to enter performance contracts to undertake or implement energy conservation or alternate energy measures for vehicles.  Amends definition of energy performance contract to include vehicles.  Defines vehicle.

 

EEP, FIN

HB402

RELATING TO INCREASING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS' PRO RATA SHARE OF PUBLIC LAND TRUST FUNDS.

Establishes $35,000,000 as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' pro rata share of the public land trust.  Transfers $139,000,000 less certain funds to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for underpayment of the public land trust funds for 7/1/2012 to 6/30/2019.  Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide an annual accounting of receipts from lands described in section 5(f) of the Admissions Act.  Establishes a committee to recommend the annual amount of the income and proceeds from the public land trust that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs shall receive annually.  Appropriates funds.

 

WLH, JUD, FIN

HB403

RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS.

Amends money transmitter licensure requirements by adding a credit report and extending personal background history from five years to ten years, which will enable the division of financial institutions to join a compact of states that license money transmitters for purposes of efficiency and standardization.

 

IAC/CPC, FIN

HB404

RELATING TO EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP.

Replaces the term "master and servant" with "employer and employee" throughout the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB405

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING.

Requires a tow truck company not operating under a police department contract to provide a written estimate for services prior to the attachment of a motor vehicle to the tow truck when towing a motor vehicle from an accident.  Specifies the fees that may be charged for services.

 

IAC/TRN,CPC, FIN

HB406

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Requires DBEDT to develop annual regional economic plans for each county to provide K-16 pathways and qualified internship programs to meet each region's specific industry needs.  Exempts qualified internship programs from the procurement process.  Appropriates funds.

 

EDB, LHE, FIN

HB407

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Grants the Board of Education the authority to appoint complex area superintendents for schools.

 

LHE, FIN

HB408

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

Excepts from the definition of historic property any private residence that has not been entered, or nominated by the owner of the residence for entry, onto the Hawaii register of historic places.  Clarifies that nothing in section 6E-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be construed to require review by the department of land and natural resources for a project on a private residence fifty or more years old that has not been entered, or nominated by the owner of the residence for entry, onto the Hawaii register of historic places.

 

WLH, FIN

HB409

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Defines, for the purpose of compulsory education, a private school to be an education institution that teaches kindergarten through grade twelve and that is licensed or accredited by the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools or the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

 

LHE, CPC

HB410

RELATING TO RESTITUTION FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME.

Clarifies that reimbursement to crime victims includes lost wages, mental health treatment, and therapy.

 

JUD, FIN

HB411

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Requires the board of education to hold no less than six community meetings each year; provided that at least one meeting shall be held in each county.  Requires the board of education to allow public testimony on items not on a public meeting agenda if certain requirements are met.  Repeals the public testimony requirement on June 30, 2024.  Requires the board of education to report to the legislature.

 

LHE, JUD, FIN

HB412

RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE STATE LIBRARIAN.

Limits the state librarian's salary to ninety per cent of the superintendent of education's salary.

 

LAB/LHE, FIN

HB413

RELATING TO EDUCATION INNOVATION GRANTS.

Establishes the Education Innovation Grants Program to support school-level innovation.  Authorizes the Board of Education to administer the Grants Program.  Establishes the Education Innovation Grants Special Fund.  Makes appropriations.

 

LHE, FIN

HB414

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Makes permanent Act 42, SLH 2018, which restores authority to the UH President to act as UH's Chief Procurement Officer for all procurement contracts under chapter 103D, HRS.

 

LAB/LHE, FIN

HB415

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TUITION AND FEES SPECIAL FUND.

Repeals the requirement that each UH campus prepare an operations plan for each fiscal year.  Repeals the automatic lapse of moneys in the UH Tuition and Fees Special Fund.

 

LHE, FIN

HB416

RELATING TO CHILD CARE.

Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to establish and operate two child care centers on Oahu for eligible children of state employees, one in or near the state capitol and one in Kapolei.  Appropriates funds.

 

HSH/LAB, FIN

HB417

RELATING TO EYE CARE MEDICATION COVERAGE.

Prohibits health insurers from denying coverage for early refills of topical eye medication prescriptions under certain conditions.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB418

RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts under the purview of the House Standing Committee on Tourism and International Affairs.

 

TIA, FIN

HB419

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS.

Provides that a county shall be eligible to receive funds from the State for the purpose of enforcing all applicable laws and ordinances relating to transient accommodations, provided that no funds shall be released to a county until it has satisfactorily complied with specified conditions.  Makes an allocation from TAT revenues.  Requires reports from counties receiving funds for enforcement of transient accommodations and short-term vacation rentals ordinances.

 

TIA, FIN

HB420

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN CULTURE.

Removes a provision designating the Hawaii convention center as the location for operation of a Hawaiian center and the museum of Hawaiian music and dance.

 

TIA/WLH, FIN

HB421

RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Establishes a five-year general excise tax exemption for amounts received from the servicing and maintenance of helicopters in an aircraft service and maintenance facility or from the construction of a facility that services and maintains helicopters; provided that 75% of the helicopters serviced and maintained annually in the facility are equipped with quiet technology.  Sunsets 12/31/2023.

 

TRN, EDB, FIN

HB422

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.

Authorizes contracts entered by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for the marketing of all uses of the Hawaii Convention Center to be issued separately from the management, use, operation, or maintenance of the facility.

 

TIA, FIN

HB423

RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to combat rapid ohia death in the State.  Requires matching funds.

 

EEP/WLH, FIN

HB424

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Prohibits the Department of Public Safety from using for-profit prisons to house inmates by 2035.

 

PVM, JUD, FIN

HB425

RELATING TO WATER QUALITY MONITORING.

Appropriates funds for an additional full-time Environmental Health Specialist IV position within the Department of Health to monitor water quality on the island of Hawaii.

 

HLT/WLH, FIN

HB426

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the Department of Education to include community service as a graduation requirement for public high school students.

 

LHE, FIN

HB427

RELATING TO DAM AND RESERVOIR SAFETY.

Requires the board of land and natural resources to prepare all studies to determine the safe removal or retirement of a dam or reservoir upon the request of a homeowner association or homeowner of property where a dam or reservoir is situated.

 

WLH, FIN

HB428

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires an automatic recount of election votes when the difference between the two candidates with the highest number of votes is less than 0.5 (one half of one) per cent of the apparently prevailing candidate's vote total.

 

JUD, FIN

HB429

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides that, for counties with a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopt a county surcharge on state tax ordinance, no less than 50% of the revenues shall be used for public transportation systems and compliance with the ADA.

 

TRN, FIN

HB430

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION.

Requires that high school students complete a health class.  Requires teacher and principal training to include suicide prevention.  Allows the training to be conducted through self-review.

 

HLT/LHE, FIN

HB431

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Repeals the requirement for special inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles prior to operation upon a public highway.

 

TRN, CPC/JUD

HB432

RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS.

On or before June 30, 2021, requires planned community associations to register with the real estate commission.  Requires the real estate commission to administer and enforce planned community association laws.  Establishes the planned community association trust fund for specific purposes related to planned community associations, including the use of mediation and arbitration of association related disputes.

 

CPC, JUD, FIN

HB433

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Provides, under certain circumstances, amnesty for used car purchasers from paying unpaid vehicle registration fees or penalties if the purchaser had no knowledge of the delinquent fees or penalties upon the purchase of the vehicle.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

HB434

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Establishes the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division Special Fund (Special Fund) within the Department of Health.  Reclassifies specific low-level marijuana offenses as non-criminal violations subject to a fine, which shall be deposited into the Special Fund for public education and awareness programs aimed at reducing the use of harmful drugs.

 

HLT/PVM, JUD, FIN

HB435

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Establishes an uninsured motorist identification database program and special fund within the Insurance Division to verify motorist compliance with insurance requirements and reduce the number of uninsured motorists.

 

TRN, CPC/JUD, FIN

HB436

RELATING TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY.

Establishes a Homeland Security and Resiliency Council to identify electric grid and other critical infrastructure needs and provide recommendations for enhancing the State's grid and critical infrastructure resiliency.  Appropriates funds.

 

EEP/PVM, FIN

HB437

RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

Authorizes crime victim compensation for mental health services for survivors in cases involving a death and for children who witness domestic violence.

 

JUD, FIN

HB438

RELATING TO ARRANGEMENT OF CANDIDATE NAMES ON BALLOTS.

Requires candidate names to be randomized on individual ballots and randomly rotated across precincts.

 

JUD, FIN

HB439

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Short form bill relating to land use.

 

WLH

HB440

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Short form bill relating to land use.

 

WLH

HB441

RELATING TO MARINE RESOURCES.

Short form bill relating to marine resources.

 

WLH

HB442

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Short form bill relating to Hawaiian affairs.

 

WLH

HB443

RELATING TO THE BUDGET.

Short form bill relating to the budget.

 

WLH

HB444

RELATING TO ONSITE-NON-POTABLE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS.

Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules by January 1, 2020, for onsite non-potable water reuse systems.

 

HLT/WLH, FIN

HB445

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR WATER REUSE.

Authorizes general obligation bonds for capital improvements to the State's water reuse systems.

 

WLH, FIN

HB446

RELATING TO FISHING.

Establishes a near shore fishing tour guide license requirement.  Expands permitted fishing areas for near shore fishing tour guides.

 

WLH, FIN

HB447

RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.

Establishes the Molokini special fund.  Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to require commercial operators who conduct activities within the Molokini shoal to charge a user fee for each customer.  Appropriates funds.

 

WLH, CPC, FIN

HB448

RELATING TO LAND RECORDATION.

Specifies that the data requirements for land recordation by the Bureau of Conveyances, on land other than fee simple timeshare interests deregistered by the land court, shall include a map and description prepared by a licensed surveyor.

 

WLH, JUD, FIN

HB449

RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY.

Establishes a statewide sustainability division within the Office of Planning to ensure long-term planning, coordination, and implementation of Hawaii's sustainability goals and policies.  Appropriates funds.

 

LMG, EEP/EDB, FIN

HB450

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCIES.

Specifies the conditions in which the Board of Agriculture can submit a request to the Governor to declare an agricultural emergency, consistent with chapter 127A, HRS.  Requires the Department of Agriculture to develop and implement measures to respond to the agricultural emergency.  Establishes the Agricultural Emergency Trust Fund.  Appropriates funds.

 

AGR, PVM, FIN

HB451

RELATING TO THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.

Makes an appropriation from the special land and development fund to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the operational expenses and staffing costs of the Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts.

 

WLH/EEP, FIN

HB452

RELATING TO PREFERENTIAL ELECTRICITY RATES FOR PROTECTED AGRICULTURE.

Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish preferential electricity rates for agricultural activities that utilize protected agriculture to produce fruits or vegetables for distribution.

 

AGR/EEP, CPC, FIN

HB453

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Excludes lands set aside by the Governor to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) and lands to which HPHA holds title from the definition of public lands in section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Requires prior legislative approval for the sale of lands to which HPHA holds title.

 

WLH, JUD, FIN

HB454

RELATING TO KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to support native dryland forest restoration, management, and maintenance on Kahoolawe Island Reserve.

 

WLH/EEP, FIN

HB455

RELATING TO THE KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for support of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission, including 2 full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) permanent positions.

 

WLH, FIN

HB456

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires training, certification, and related records management and equipment for non-lethal use of force by deputy sheriffs appointed by the Department of Public Safety.  Appropriates funds.

 

PVM, JUD, FIN

HB457

RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Establishes a pilot program to retrofit various Department of Education buildings to withstand a category 5 hurricane.  Requires the Department of Education to work in collaboration with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.  Appropriates funds.

 

PVM/LHE, FIN

HB458

RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to transfer the operation, administration, management, and maintenance of the Kihei Small Boat Harbor, with some exceptions, to Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission.  Authorizes the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission to undertake those duties.

 

WLH, TRN, FIN

HB459

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR REFERENDUM.

Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to provide for referendum by the electorate.

 

JUD, FIN

HB460

RELATING TO THE COUNTIES.

Prohibits a county from accepting a discounted payment of a fine levied by the county planning and permitting department or agency.

 

FIN

HB461

RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE.

Establishes the Sea Level Rise Relocation Program and the position of Sea Level Rise Relocation Coordinator in the Office of Planning to coordinate mitigation measures, relocation, and site planning for public infrastructure and facilities affected by sea level rise.

 

EEP/WLH, FIN

HB462

RELATING TO THE LANDLORD TENANT CODE.

Exempts the residency or occupancy in a structure or on a property directly controlled, owned, or managed by the Department of Agriculture from the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code.

 

CPC, FIN

HB463

RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY.

Requires and appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to partner with the Hawaii agriculture community to establish a food safety certification training program to assist small to medium sized farms to comply with the United States Department of Agriculture Good Agricultural Practices Certification Program.

 

AGR, EDB, FIN

HB464

RELATING TO NUCLEAR ENERGY.

Establishes a nuclear energy commission within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to study the feasibility, risks, and benefits of developing nuclear energy generation facilities in Hawaii.  Requires report to 2020 Regular Session of Legislature.

 

EEP/EDB, CPC, FIN

HB465

RELATING TO AGING.

Makes an appropriation to the department of health to provide full funding for the kupuna care program.

 

HSH/HLT, FIN

HB466

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER.

Appropriates funds to the department of health for the aging and disability resource center.

 

HSH/HLT, FIN

HB467

RELATING TO THE KUPUNA CAREGIVERS PROGRAM.

Changes the kupuna caregivers program allocation cap from $70 per day to $350 per week.  Appropriates funds for implementation of the kupuna caregivers program.

 

HSH/HLT, FIN

HB468

RELATING TO THE HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for the healthy aging partnership program to further the program's role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna.

 

HSH/HLT, FIN

HB469

RELATING TO HEARING AIDS.

Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/19 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months in their base plans.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB470

RELATING TO RETIREMENT SAVINGS.

Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a feasibility study to determine the feasibility of establishing a Hawaii retirement savings program.  Subject to a positive finding in the feasibility study, establishes the Hawaii retirement savings board to establish, implement, and maintain the Hawaii retirement savings program to cover private sector employees who are not provided a retirement savings plan by their employers.  Appropriates funds to the legislative reference bureau to conduct a market analysis.  Prohibits employers that offer retirement savings plans or programs to employees from canceling these plans or programs for an unspecified number of years after July 1, 2019.

 

HSH/LAB, IAC/CPC, FIN

HB471

RELATING TO AGING.

Requires the policy advisory board for elder affairs to establish quorum requirements through its bylaws and post its bylaws on the executive office on aging's website.

 

HSH, JUD

HB472

RELATING TO ACTIVE AGING.

Requires the executive office on aging to coordinate with the University of Hawaii center on aging to implement an active aging initiative.  Establishes an active aging advisory committee.  Appropriates funds.

 

HSH, FIN

HB473

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Establishes the long-term rental assistance pilot program to be administered by the department of health.  Appropriates funds for the administration of the pilot program.

 

HSG/HSH, FIN

HB474

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to establish a pilot program for dementia screening and outreach with an emphasis on the Native Hawaiian and uninsured populations.

 

HSH/WLH, CPC, FIN

HB475

RELATING TO TAXATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS.

Disallows dividends paid deduction for real estate investment trusts.

 

EDB, CPC, FIN

HB476

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Authorizes the issuance of $125,000,000 of general obligation bonds.  Appropriates $125,000,000 to the Rental Housing Revolving Fund for construction of low-income housing. Appropriates $75,000,000 for the construction of Permanent Supportive Housing units.

 

HSG/HSH, FIN

HB477

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes a Homeownership Housing Revolving Fund within HHFDC to provide loans to nonprofit housing development organizations for the development of affordable homeownership housing projects under a self-help housing program.

 

HSG/HSH, FIN

HB478

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Clarifies that lands set aside to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation by the Governor or leased to the Corporation by other state departments and agencies are exempt from the definition of "public lands".

 

HSG/WLH, JUD, FIN

HB479

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes the ALOHA homes authority to facilitate the development of low-cost homes for sale to Hawaii residents on state-owned and county-owned land near rail stations of the Honolulu rail transit system, to be known as the urban redevelopment district.  Establishes guidelines within the urban redevelopment district.  Establishes provisions related to the sale of leasehold interest of ALOHA homes.  Exempts land owned by the authority from the definition of public lands in section 171-2, HRS.  Exempts development by the authority from school impact fees.  Establishes the ALOHA homes authority special fund.  Authorizes the ALOHA homes authority to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

HSG/TRN/WLH, JUD, FIN

HB480

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO CHANGE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

Proposes an amendment to the State constitution to prohibit a person who has been appointed by the governor to fill a vacant seat in the legislature from seeking election to that seat for the term immediately following the person's appointment.

 

JUD

HB481

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Clarifies that the existing health insurance mandate for coverage of low-dose mammography includes coverage for digital mammography and breast tomosynthesis.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB482

RELATING TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

Extends the amount of time from the date an act of child sexual abuse occurred for a victim to bring a civil cause of action.

 

JUD, FIN

HB483

RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit by 1/24/2019, a report studying how other jurisdictions oversee Title IX enforcement.

 

LMG, JUD, FIN

HB484

RELATING TO CLINICAL VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES.

Clarifies that clinical victim support services for victims of sexual violence and abuse are a mental health outpatient services benefit required to be covered under health insurance policies offered by health insurers, mutual benefit societies, fraternal benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB485

RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

Requires the State Commission on the Status of Women to establish a statewide training program on the state human trafficking laws for criminal justice personnel.

 

JUD, FIN

HB486

RELATING TO PROSTITUTION.

Permits persons convicted of certain prostitution offenses to file a motion to vacate the conviction if the defendant is not convicted of another offense under the penal code within three years of the prostitution offense.

 

JUD

HB487

RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING.

Requires the State Commission on the Status of Women to maintain a database on sex trafficking.  Requires reports to the Legislature.

 

JUD, FIN

HB488

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Prohibits written nondisclosure agreements involving sexual assault and sexual harassment as part of an employee's conditions of employment.  Prohibits employers from retaliating against an employee for disclosing or discussing sexual harassment or sexual assault.

 

LAB, JUD

HB489

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Amends the offense of strangulation of a family or household member to include blocking the nose or mouth of the person or applying excessive pressure to the chest.  Clarifies that infliction of visible injury is not required to establish the offense.

 

JUD

HB490

RELATING TO THE LICENSURE OF MIDWIVES.

Establishes licensure of midwives including scope of practice, professional code of conduct, continuing education requirements, and prescriptive drug authority.  Appropriates funds from the compliance resolution fund.  Exempts traditional birth attendants and Native Hawaiian healers from licensure requirements.

 

HLT/WLH, CPC, FIN

HB491

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Amends the offense of abuse of family or household members to provide for misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor penalties.  Allows the granting of a deferred acceptance of guilty plea in cases involving misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor abuse of a family or household member if certain conditions are met.  Requires the judiciary to submit annual reports to the legislature on the number and outcome of abuse of family or household members cases.  Repeals June 30, 2024.

 

HSH, JUD, FIN

HB492

RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE CODE.

Amends the process for adoption of the state fire code to conform with other Hawaii state building codes.

 

CPC, JUD

HB493

RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL.

Authorizes the State Fire Council to use moneys in the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to support the duties and responsibilities of the state fire council.  Specifies the testing procedures of the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program.  Provides that a manufacturer of cigarettes that fail certain testing may be subject to civil penalties.

 

LAB, FIN

HB494

RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE.

Repeals the requirement for administrative rules in the adoption process of the state building codes.

 

JUD

HB495

RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.

Specifies the allowable fire protection systems certifications that an individual may obtain.

 

CPC

HB496

RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL.

Authorizes the State Fire Council to employ additional staff, contract with any county fire department to fulfill staff positions, and purchase office equipment and supplies.  Repeals the requirement that the State Fire Council administrator be employed on a full-time basis.

 

LAB, FIN

HB497

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for cultural events.

 

JUD

HB498

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Requires shippers that have knowledge of cargo entering the State or being shipped between counties and containing fireworks to report the cargo to the applicable county fire department.  Authorizes the applicable county fire department to inspect shipments containing fireworks or articles pyrotechnic.

 

TRN, CPC, JUD

HB499

RELATING TO FIREWORKS LABELING.

Corrects labeling dimension with regard to fireworks used for display.

 

CPC

HB500

RELATING TO PERMIT FEES FOR AERIAL DEVICES, DISPLAY FIREWORKS, AND ARTICLES PYROTECHNIC.

Increases the fireworks display permit fee to keep pace with administrative costs.

 

FIN