OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

THIRTY-FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 22

27TH LEGISLATIVE DAY - MARCH 11, 2021

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CAI -    Culture, Arts, & International Affairs

CMV -  Corrections, Military, & Veterans

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

ECD -   Economic Development

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

GVR -  Government Reform

HET -   Higher Education & Technology

HHH -  Health, Human Services, & Homelessness

HSG -   Housing

JHA -   Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

LAT -   Labor & Tourism

LMG -  Legislative Management

PDP -   Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness

TRN -   Transportation

WAL -  Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

 

REFERRAL

 

 

SB1, SD2

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes the ALOHA homes program to develop low-cost homes on state-owned and county-owned land in urban redevelopment sites to be sold in leasehold by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation (HHFDC) to qualified residents.  Exempts certain land from the definition of public lands.  Requires HHFDC to gain legislative approval before disposing of certain lands.  Provides for the disposition of lands acquired by HHFDC but no longer needed for the ALOHA homes program.  Appropriates moneys.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HSG, WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB2, SD2

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".  Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to dispose of public lands pursuant to chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Clarifies that lands set aside by the governor or leased to the Hawaii housing finance development corporation from other state agencies are subject to legislative approval prior to the sale or gift of those lands.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HSG/WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB4, SD2

RELATING TO INCLUSIONARY ZONING.

Prohibits any law, ordinance, or rule from imposing an inclusionary zoning requirement on housing offered exclusively for sale in perpetuity to buyers who are residents of the State, are owner-occupants, and do not own any other real property.  Requires each county to submit a report on inclusionary zoning requirements to the legislature every year until the regular session of 2026.  Takes effect 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

WAL, CPC, FIN

 

SB7, SD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation the right of first refusal for the development of property for all development on state lands, excluding Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Department of Hawaiian Home Land lands, that are within a one-half mile radius of a rail transit station provided there is a transfer of any property interest, including a leasehold interest, of state lands that are within a one-half mile radius of a rail transit station.  Effective 7/1/2050.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

 

SB12, SD1

RELATING TO HOUSING OBJECTIVES.

Requires the Hawaii public housing authority and the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to accomplish certain housing objectives.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HSG, FIN

 

SB23, SD1

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL INDUSTRY.

Repeals vehicle license recovery fees.  Takes effect 1/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

 

SB25, SD2

RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE FOR MINORS.

Permits minors to consent to medical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of HIV or the prevention of HIV.  Provides that a minor, under certain circumstances, shall not be liable for payment for treatment or prevention of HIV.  Authorizes physician assistants, in addition to physicians and advanced practice registered nurses, to render medical care and services to minors.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

HHH, JHA, FIN

 

SB32, SD1

RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE.

Requires public utilities to consider the disruption to transportation as a criterion in planning future maintenance.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

 

SB35, SD1

RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Prohibits landlords from recovering possession of a dwelling unit from tenants if habitability of the premises is significantly impaired.  Sets a tenant's liability for rent if habitability of the premises is significantly impaired.  Provides remedies for retaliatory evictions.  Effective 7/1/2124.  (SD1)

 

CPC, JHA

 

SB36, SD2

RELATING TO RENTAL DISCRIMINATION.

Prohibits discrimination, including in advertisements for available real property, based on participation in a housing assistance program, or requirements related to participation in housing assistance programs, in rental transactions and requirements.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

HSG, JHA, FIN

 

SB40, SD2

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Exempts from income restrictions for-sale housing projects that are built for qualified residents, who will be owner-occupants in perpetuity, and who own no other property.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

 

SB56, SD1

RELATING TO REVENUE GENERATION.

Increases the personal income tax rate for high earners for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020.  Increases the tax on capital gains.  Increases the corporate income tax and establishes a single corporate income tax rate.  From 7/1/2021 through 6/30/2023, temporarily repeals certain general excise tax exemptions.  Increases conveyance taxes for the sale of properties valued at $4,000,000 or greater.  (SD1)

 

ECD, HSG, CPC, FIN

 

SB57, SD2

RELATING TO VEHICLE INSPECTIONS.

Codifies certain certification, renewal, and violation processes of vehicle inspectors who conduct vehicle safety inspections under the department of transportation.  Repeals requirement for reconstructed vehicles to obtain a special inspection and certification.  Effective 7/1/2040.  (SD2)

 

TRN, JHA, FIN

 

SB82, SD2

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATION AND POLICY.

Requires each new member of a board or commission to participate in an orientation and training session with the head of the department with jurisdiction of that member's board or commission or their designee.  Requires each department and agency to train their members at least once per calendar year.  (SD2)

 

GVR, CPC, FIN

 

SB86, SD3

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Requires the Department of Health to issue medical cannabis dispensary licenses to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, allowing for increased revenue for beneficiaries.  Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to study the feasibility and revenue to be generated by medical cannabis dispensaries, limited gaming, and other potential revenue-generating options on Hawaiian home lands.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD3)

 

HHH, JHA, CPC, FIN

 

SB112, SD2

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Makes flying or facilitating flying without a pilot license a misdemeanor.  Defines pilot license.  Takes effect 1/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

TRN, JHA, CPC

 

SB132, SD2

RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION.

Beginning January 1, 2023, bans the sale, offer of sale, or distribution in the State of any sunscreen that contains avobenzone or octocrylene, or both, without a prescription issued by a licensed healthcare provider to preserve marine ecosystems.  (SD2)

 

EEP/WAL, CPC, FIN

 

SB135, SD2

RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATION.

Requires the office of enterprise technology services to establish a working group and conduct a study to identify state office buildings that can provide equitable telecommunication access to allow residents of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui, and rural areas of the city and county of Honolulu, including residents with disabilities, to participate remotely in legislative hearings.  Requires a report to the legislature.  Provides that the working group shall be dissolved on an unspecified date.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HET, JHA, FIN

 

SB136, SD1

RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AGENCY.

Requires the department of education school facilities agency to adopt and publish administrative rules necessary to implement Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, by July 1, 2021.  Requires the office of the governor to provide a report to the legislature regarding the process by which the department of education purchases land and executes capital improvement project contracts through the school facilities agency.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

EDN, FIN

 

SB137, SD2

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Authorizes county land use decision—making authorities to amend district boundaries involving certain land areas greater than fifteen acres, but not more than twenty-five acres, if the land areas are proposed for reclassification to the urban district, contiguous to an urban district, and at least sixty per cent of the land areas will be dedicated for the development of affordable housing.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

WAL/HSG, CPC, FIN

 

SB140, SD2

RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

Requires the Hawaii community development authority to develop a transit-oriented development zone improvement program.  Authorizes the Hawaii community development authority to establish transit-oriented development zones for certain state lands within a one-half mile radius around fixed transit stations.  Appropriates funds to the Hawaii community development authority for staff necessary to develop and manage the transit-oriented development zone improvement program.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

TRN/HSG, WAL, FIN

 

SB141, SD2

RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL.

Transfers the State Building Code Council from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Hawaii State Energy Office.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB142, SD2

RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

Exempts affordable housing units, additions to existing dwelling units, accessory dwelling units, ohana dwelling units, and affordable housing projects developed by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority from school impact fee requirements.  (SD2)

 

HSG, FIN

 

SB153, SD2

RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE.

Establishes penalties for violations of the ignition interlock device law.  Requires proof of compliance with the ignition interlock device law to be eligible to apply for a driver's license.  Requires the Department of Transportation to provide ignition interlock device installation and services to qualifying individuals at no cost.  Doubles the revocation period for those who do not own a vehicle in which to place an ignition interlock device.  Effective 1/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CPC, JHA

 

SB159, SD1

RELATING TO VOTING.

Requires any person who is eligible to vote and applies for a motor vehicle driver's license or identification card to be automatically registered to vote unless the applicant affirmatively declines.  Prohibits the Examiner of Drivers from transmitting information if the applicant presents a document demonstrating a lack of United States Citizenship.  Authorizes access to and electronic transmission of databases maintained or operated by the counties or the department of transportation that contains driver's license or identification card information to election officials and the online voter registration system.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB163, SD1

RELATING TO CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE.

Amends statutory limitations on the time period in which a survivor of childhood sexual abuse may file a civil suit.  Allows punitive damages.  Permits the court to order restorative justice measures at its discretion, if requested by the victim.  (SD1)

 

HHH, JHA, FIN

 

SB167, SD1

RELATING TO THE STATE PLAN.

Establishes green infrastructure objectives and policies for state facility systems in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors.  Adds definition of "green infrastructure".  Requires the office of planning, in partnership with the greenhouse gas sequestration task force, to submit a report to the legislature making recommendations for implementing the green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines established by this measure.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

GVR, EEP, FIN

 

SB176, SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Provides that each industrial park lease shall include a rent escalation clause that specifies that increases in rental rates for a 5-year period shall not exceed the lower of the percentage specified in the Consumer Price Index or 10%.  Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to sell parcels of Sand Island Industrial Park to a lessee under a master lease.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

WAL, CPC, JHA, FIN

 

SB178, SD2

RELATING TO DRIVING ON BEACHES.

Establishes a two-year beach protection pilot program under which no vehicles are authorized to drive on the beach in Polihale state park without a permit.  Requires a report to the legislature.  Effective 5/6/2137.  Repeals on 6/30/2023.  (SD2)

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB180, SD1

RELATING TO DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.

Exempts a beverage dealer who is in a high-density population area from operating a redemption center if the dealer is located within one mile of a certified redemption center operated independently of the dealer.  Requires the department of health to annually adjust the handling fees for the deposit beverage container program to an amount not less than the handling fee in the prior calendar year as adjusted by percentage changes in the Consumer Price Index for the Honolulu area.  Takes effect on 7/1/2024.  (SD1)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB189, SD1

RELATING TO DOG BITES.

Removes the requirement to prove that the dog has bitten on two separate occasions for dog bite victims to bring legal action against a dog's owner.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB191, SD2

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Provides a process for associations to incorporate power of sale language into governing documents.  Clarifies the legislative intent that the explicit grant of power of sale to associations is not required for the purposes of enforcing association liens under the association alternate power of sale foreclosure process.  (SD2)

 

CPC, JHA

 

SB192, SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

Allows the Department of Human Services to administer and provide public assistance to eligible residents of the State during a governor-declared state of emergency.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

PDP/HHH, JHA, FIN

 

SB199, SD2

RELATING TO ASSISTED COMMUNITY TREATMENT.

Mandates appointment of a guardian ad litem to represent the best interest of a mentally ill individual in assistant community treatment proceedings.  Eliminates the need for the office of the public defender to participate in the proceedings.  Effective 5/1/2029.  (SD2)

 

HHH, JHA, FIN

 

SB219, SD2

RELATING TO CRIMES ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Imposes extended terms of imprisonment for certain offenses against property rights negligently committed on agricultural lands.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

AGR, JHA, FIN

 

SB221, SD1

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Allows the governor's coordinator on homelessness, in conjunction with the Hawaii interagency council on homelessness, to develop plans for the City and County of Honolulu and the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui to coordinate the services and shelter facilities of public agencies and nonprofit organizations to meet the concerns of communities impacted by homelessness and the needs of the homeless population within each county.  Effective 5/1/2029.  (SD1)

 

HHH, JHA, FIN

 

SB222, SD1

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES.

Requires the Comptroller's annual report to the Governor and to the Legislature to include a list of all accounts that were closed by the Comptroller during the immediately preceding fiscal year, and a list of accounts that remain open but that are serving a lapsed program or initiative.  (SD1)

 

GVR, FIN

 

SB226, SD1

RELATING TO LAND EXCHANGE.

Allows the governor to negotiate land exchanges to acquire lands suitable for long-term diversified agricultural production in return for state lands to be developed for affordable, workforce, and other housing.  Requires legislative approval for the land exchanges.  Report to the Legislature.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

AGR/HSG, WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB229, SD1

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR.

Requires departments to submit their annual reports concerning their non-general fund accounts to the Auditor in addition to the Legislature.  Requires departments to include the status of implementing any recommendations made by the Auditor, and if no action has been taken, to detail the reasons why any recommendation has not been implemented in their annual reports submitted regarding their non-general fund accounts.  Requires the Auditor to include, in its annual report to the Legislature on special, revolving, and trust funds, identification of any unimplemented fund recommendations made in an earlier auditor's report.  (SD1)

 

LMG, CPC, FIN

 

SB232

RELATING TO LITTERING.

Increases the maximum civil penalty for littering from $500 to $1,000.  Increases the maximum fine for the offense of criminal littering from $1,000 to $5,000.

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB238, SD2

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Amends ballot requirements to display candidates for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, by residency and non-residency requirements and to randomize the order of candidate names within those groupings.  (SD2)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB241, SD1

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.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

HHH/TRN, JHA, CPC

 

SB243, SD2

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Requires the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute to develop a strategic plan that outlines benchmarks to achieve a 100% renewable energy portfolio standard and to submit the strategic plan to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023.  Requires the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute to conduct a feasibility study on the State's ability to achieve its renewable energy goals by 2045 and to submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB244, SD2

RELATING TO FOOD DONATION.

Expands liability protection for donors to include donations of food and similar donations made to needy persons by organizations.  Authorizes the donation of expired food when the donor reasonably believes in good faith that the food remains fit for human consumption.  (SD2)

 

JHA, CPC

 

SB245, SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the department of education's existing Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) working group to create a state plan to make completion of the FAFSA or an opt-out waiver a statewide graduation requirement by the 2023-2024 school year.  Requires a report to the 2022 Legislature.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

EDN/HET, FIN

 

SB246, SD1

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Establishes a state government realignment commission to periodically review the state executive branch's departments, divisions, and agencies, including functions and services, and submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislature.  (SD1)

 

GVR, CPC, FIN

 

SB251, SD2

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES.

Establishes requirements and permitting procedures for transportation network companies operating in the State.  Makes permanent insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network drivers.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CPC, FIN

 

SB255, SD2

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MARINE LICENSES.

Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to establish rules and fees for the issuance of a commercial marine vessel license.  Provides that a single valid commercial marine vessel license satisfies the licensure requirement for all persons aboard the licensed vessel.  Requires any person who provides fishing charter services to obtain a commercial marine license.  Allows marine charter fishing vessels to obtain commercial marine vessel licenses.  Requires the department of land and natural resources to submit a report to the legislature regarding the status of its administrative rules establishing a new commercial marine vessel license category.  (SD2)

 

WAL, CPC, FIN

 

SB257, SD2

RELATING TO LEASE EXTENSIONS ON PUBLIC LAND.

Requires the board of land and natural resources to establish a public lands lease extension pilot project to extend certain leases of public lands for commercial, industrial, resort, mixed-use, or government use upon approval of a proposed development agreement to make substantial improvements to the existing improvements.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

WAL, JHA, CPC, FIN

 

SB262, SD1

RELATING TO VACCINES.

Appropriates moneys.  Effective 7/1/2051.  (SD1)

 

PDP, FIN

 

SB263, SD2

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Transfers oversight of the "Made in Hawaii" program as it relates to manufactured products to the department of business, economic development, and tourism.  Places the "Grown in Hawaii with Aloha" program under the management of the department of agriculture.  Transfers ownership of the "Made in Hawaii with Aloha" trademark from the department of agriculture to the department of business, economic development, and tourism.  Appropriates funds the department of business, economic development, and tourism.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

ECD/AGR, CPC, FIN

 

SB266, SD2

RELATING TO THE CORONAVIRUS 2019 PANDEMIC.

Appropriates moneys.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

PDP, FIN

 

SB270, SD2

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund (ESSER funds) moneys received by the State from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, 2020, Public Law 116-136, and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260, to offset any budget reductions that are identified or proposed by the department of education and the governor that would result in the reduction of personnel who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to chapter 89, Hawaii Revised statutes, and who are employed at the school level, including any budget reduction that would result in a layoff, furlough, or pay reduction.  Requires the board of education and superintendent of education to certify in writing that the board of education, superintendent, and department of education agree to the conditions established by this measure, including that the funds appropriated shall be used only for salaries and wages of officers and employees who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement and are employed at the school level.  Provides that moneys from the appropriation shall lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EDN/PDP, FIN

 

SB279, SD2

RELATING TO MARRIAGE OF MINORS.

Requires that in the event that one of the respective parties to a marriage contract is a minor and the other party is more than five years older than the minor, the child protective services unit of the department of human services shall investigate and report to the family court of the circuit in which the minor resides before the marriage is approved.  Takes effect 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

HHH, JHA

 

SB287, SD2

RELATING TO VISION ZERO.

Requires the department of transportation and the counties to implement a vision zero program in Hawaii by 7/1/2022.  Establishes a goal of no traffic fatalities or serious injuries by 2045.  (SD2)

 

TRN, JHA, FIN

 

SB301, SD1

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Expands the ban on pistols with a detachable magazine with over ten round capacity to any firearm with a detachable magazine with over ten round capacity.  (SD1)

 

JHA

 

SB304, SD2

RELATING TO CARBON OFFSETS.

Establishes procedures for the department of transportation to assist and enable a person to voluntarily purchase a verified carbon offset for carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the person's air travel to or from an airport in the State.  Effective 1/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB307, SD1

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Includes any firearm or rifle with the capacity to fire ammunition of fifty caliber or higher except shotguns and muzzle-loading firearms in the list of prohibited weapons.  Takes effect 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

JHA

 

SB320

RELATING TO TAX RETURN PREPARERS.

Requires each tax return preparer to have a valid preparer tax identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service and to furnish the preparer's tax identification number on any return or claim for refund if required by DOTAX.  Establishes penalties for failure to comply.  Provides that tax return preparers shall not be liable for penalties prior to January 1, 2022.

 

CPC, JHA, FIN

 

SB321, SD2

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

Requires agencies that collect receipts for any disposition of the public land trust shall each fiscal quarter transfer to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs twenty per cent of each receipt from the disposition.  Returns to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs certain moneys previously claimed as public land trust overpayments to the office.  Establishes a public land trust revenues negotiating committee exempted from part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Takes effect 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB332, SD2

RELATING TO PREAUDIT PAYMENTS.

Increases the minimum dollar amount of payments required to be preaudited.  Allows, rather than requires, the comptroller to preaudit all proposed payments of expenditures under the threshold dollar amount.  (SD2)

 

GVR, FIN

 

SB335, SD2

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Requires the Hawaii department of agriculture and agribusiness development corporation to annually lease at least 50% of land leased or up for lease renewal to operations whose primary business is, or supports, local food production beginning 1/1/2022.  Requires the Hawaii department of agriculture and agribusiness development corporation to submit reports to the legislature on leasing activities.  Requires the agribusiness development corporation and its board of directors to implement by 1/1/2023 the recommendations in the State Auditor's Report No. 21-01 and requires a progress report to the 2022 legislature and a final report by 12/31/2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

AGR, FIN

 

SB337, SD2

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.

Establishes a cover crop reimbursement pilot program to provide up to 75% cost reimbursement to farming operations in the State for acquiring cover crop seeds, green manure, or compost.  Requires the convening of a review panel to screen and rate applicants on the quality of their cover crop and green manure and composting practices.  Establishes a cover crop reimbursement pilot program manager position within the department of agriculture to administer the program.  Requires a report to the legislature.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

AGR, FIN

 

SB338, SD2

RELATING TO A FOOD HUB PILOT PROGRAM.

Requires the department of agriculture to establish a 5-year food hub pilot program to increase access to local food.  Provides for the award of grant funding to qualified applicants wishing to establish or expand a food hub.  Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Honalo Marshalling Yard.  Requires reports to the legislature.  Makes an appropriation.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

AGR, FIN

 

SB341, SD2

RELATING TO TARO.

Establishes an exclusion from the state income tax for an unspecified portion of a person's income derived from the business of taro cultivation or production of taro products. Provides that the exclusion shall not apply if the department of agriculture determines that more than 30,000 acres of land is used for locally grown taro.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

AGR, FIN

 

SB345, SD2

RELATING TO COSMETICS.

Bans the import for profit, sale, and offer for sale of any cosmetic in the State if the final product or any component of the final product was developed or manufactured using animal testing performed on or after 1/1/2022.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

AGR, CPC

 

SB346, SD2

RELATING TO FARM ANIMALS.

Requires farm owner or operators to confine egg-laying hens in accordance with the standards established in this measure. Effective 6/30/27 prohibits a business owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products that are produced by egg-laying hens that were confined in a cruel manner.  (SD2)

 

AGR, FIN

 

SB350, SD2

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Requires the department of health to fill the vacant division chief staff position within the environmental management division by 10/1/2021, and consider environmental justice issues when making certain assessments and determinations.  Requires the clean water branch to perform water quality testing during brown water advisories, inform the public of health risks associated with water runoff during brown water advisories, and establish an environmental management division oversight advisory board.  Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a comprehensive review of the environmental management division.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB358, SD2

RELATING TO THE COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM.

Establishes a state income tax deduction for eligible contributions made by residents of the State into the HI529‑Hawaii's College Savings Program.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HET, FIN

 

SB367, SD2

RELATING TO WATER QUALITY.

Waives the requirement for section 401 water quality certification for certain small-scale beach restoration projects authorized by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  (SD2)

 

WAL, JHA

 

SB369, SD1

RELATING TO WASTEWATER SYSTEMS.

Establishes the time of transfer wastewater system inspection program in the Department of Health to oversee the inspection and repair of any individual wastewater system at the time of sale or transfer of residential real property attached to the wastewater system.  Excludes certain sales or transfers.  Removes the limitation on specific types of wastewater systems to which cesspools must be upgraded or converted, and instead requires a cesspool to be upgraded or converted to a wastewater system approved by the department of health, prior to 1/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

EEP/HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB375, SD2

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the department of transportation to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of repairing or renovating the Kalaeloa airport air traffic control tower.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

TRN, FIN

 

SB385, SD1

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM TRUST CODE.

Enacts the Uniform Trust Code (2018).  Repeals the Uniform Trustees' Powers Act, Uniform Prudent Investors Act, and article VII (trust administration) of the Uniform Probate Code.  Takes effect 1/1/2022.  (SD1)

 

JHA, CPC, FIN

 

SB386, SD1

RELATING TO THE DETENTION OF A MINOR IN AN ADULT JAIL OR LOCKUP.

Requires a family court to make findings, after a hearing and in writing, before a minor can be transferred to an adult jail or lockup or be permitted sight or sound contact with adult offenders.  (SD1)

 

HHH/CMV, JHA, FIN

 

SB405, SD1

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

Provides that excess contributions by nonresident contributors shall escheat to the Hawaii election campaign fund if not returned to the contributor within 30 days of the end of the election period.  (SD1)

 

GVR, JHA, FIN

 

SB410, SD2

RELATING TO ABUSE OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER.

Adds abuse of a family or household member to those felonies that qualify for repeat offender sentencing.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

HHH, JHA

 

SB414, SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU.

Appropriates funds to the department of the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu as a grant-in-aid for the career criminal prosecution unit.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB421, SD1

RELATING TO VACANCIES.

Amends the manner in which a vacancy in the membership of the State Senate is filled and certain time frames relevant thereto.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB459, SD1

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Authorizes the department of the attorney general to develop and implement a state program to issue firearm qualification certifications to qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm in the State pursuant to the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004.  Makes a conforming amendment to state firearm laws.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB463, SD2

RELATING TO GARDENS.

Authorizes the Department of Education to develop programs to encourage the development of gardens on school property. Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to develop programs that provide incentives to establish gardens in housing projects, communities, and schools.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EDN, WAL, FIN

 

SB465, SD2

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Requires the Auditor to perform a program audit of the policies and procedures of the Board of Education and Department of Education to support schools in meeting the goals and statewide student success indicators outlined in the 2017-2020 strategic plan of the Board and Department.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EDN, LMG, FIN

 

SB466, SD2

RELATING TO A SCHOOL FACILITIES AGENCY.

Amends Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, to require that the school facilities agency complies with the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.  Authorizes the school facilities agency to have additional powers and duties.  Specifies additional uses for the school facilities special fund.  Provides the executive director of the school facilities agency with authority relating to capital improvement projects for the school facilities agency.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EDN, FIN

 

SB468, SD1

RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.

Repeals the school impact fee exemptions for nonresidential development and housing subject to the transient accommodations tax when seeking development in a designated school impact district requiring county subdivision approval, county building permit, or condominium property regime approval of the project.  Allows Construction cost component impact fees to be used to improve or renovate existing structures for school use.  Repeals the requirement that an expenditure plan for all collected impact fees be incorporated into the department of education's annual budget process.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HSG, EDN, FIN

 

SB478, SD2

RELATING TO FARMS.

Creates an exclusion from income tax for the lesser of a percentage of gross annual income or an amount of gross annual income earned by a farmer from farming activities.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

AGR, FIN

 

SB479, SD2

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.

Requires the Department of Agriculture to collaborate with agricultural growers and researchers to develop and implement a program to safely distribute disease- and insect-free tropical plant materials to Hawaii farmers.  Requires the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules to specify the plant species and varieties that warrant additional regulations.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

AGR, FIN

 

SB493, SD2

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes the Hawaii agriculture and forest carbon positive incentive program.  Effective 7/1/2050.  Appropriates funds on 7/1/2051.  (SD2)

 

EEP/AGR, CPC, FIN

 

SB496, SD2

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes a task force to identify the top 10 fruits and vegetables that are imported into the State but may be commercially grown in the State.  Creates an income tax credit to incentivize the production of those fruits or vegetables to obviate the need to import them into the State.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

AGR, ECD, FIN

 

SB502, SD2

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO GUARANTEE ALL INDIVIDUALS THE RIGHT TO HAVE A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.

Proposes a constitutional amendment which guarantees individuals the right to a clean and healthy environment, including pure water, clean air, and healthy ecosystems, and to the preservation of the natural, cultural, scenic, and healthful qualities of the environment.  Self-executing.  Effective fifty years after approval by vote of the electorate.  (SD2)

 

EEP/WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB506, SD2

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST WAHIAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for long-term debt restructuring of Wahiawa General Hospital.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB508

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the Department of Education to establish and administer an ocean safety and stewardship education program for all fourth grade students.

 

WAL, EDN, FIN

 

SB509, SD2

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes criteria for industry certification awards to public high schools to incentivize public high schools to encourage students to obtain industry-recognized certifications.  Requires the department to submit an annual report containing specified information about the progress of the incentivization.  (SD2)

 

ECD, EDN, FIN

 

SB513, SD1

RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS.

Increases the fireworks display permit fee from $110 to $150 and the fine for certain fireworks violations from $2,000 per violation to $5,000 per violation.  Clarifies that each aerial device, display firework, or article pyrotechnic having a total weight of 25 pounds or less that is illegally imported, transferred, or sold constitutes a separate violation.  Increases the penalty for removing or extracting the pyrotechnic contents.  Requires the Attorney General to establish an explosion detection technology working group.  Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop and implement a web-based fireworks reporting tool.  Authorizes the Sheriff Division to enforce the fireworks control law.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

CPC, JHA, FIN

 

SB516, SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the State board for career and technical education to oversee and review annually statewide data collection processes and reporting requirements related to the student attainment of industry-recognized credentials.  Requires certain agencies to collect and report disaggregated data on students' attainment of industry-recognized credentials.  Requires certain agencies to pursue data-sharing agreements with credentialing entities.  Requires an annual report to the governor and legislature.  (SD1)

 

EDN, JHA, FIN

 

SB528, SD1

RELATING TO POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

Requires printed and electronic political advertising to prominently display candidate-approval language on each odd-numbered page.  (SD1)

 

GVR, JHA, FIN

 

SB550, SD1

RELATING TO VOTING.

Allows an individual who is seventeen years of age but will be eighteen years of age on or before the next general election to register and vote at the primary election immediately preceding that general election and in any co-occurring or intervening special election.  Takes effect upon ratification of an appropriate constitutional amendment.  (SD1)

 

GVR, JHA, FIN

 

SB551, SD1

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 1, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO CHANGE THE AGE QUALIFICATION FOR VOTING IN STATE OR LOCAL ELECTIONS.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow individuals who are seventeen years of age but will be eighteen years of age on or before the next general election to vote at the primary election immediately preceding the general election by which the citizen will attain the age of eighteen and any intervening or co-occurring special election.  (SD1)

 

GVR, JHA, FIN

 

SB560

RELATING TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

Establishes ranked choice voting for special federal elections and special elections of vacant county council seats.

 

GVR, JHA, FIN

 

SB576, SD2

RELATING TO USED MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS.

Requires licensed used motor vehicle part dealers to obtain a written statement by a seller of a catalytic converter that the seller has the lawful right to sell and dispose of the catalytic converter.  Requires a seller of a catalytic converter to present a receipt or notarized declaration regarding the catalytic converter.  Prohibits a licensed used motor vehicle part dealer from purchasing a catalytic converter with no receipt or notarized declaration and to report the attempted sale to the police.  Establishes the offense of theft of catalytic converter as a class C felony.  Takes effect 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

CPC, JHA

 

SB579, SD1

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HOUSE OF ALOHA ENTERPRISES LLC.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist the House of Aloha Enterprises LLC, with planning, designing, constructing, and equipping facilities in Hawaii for the manufacturing and processing of certain products.  (SD1)

 

ECD, FIN

 

SB582, SD2

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Amends the definition of "water pollutant" as used in chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to water pollution, to include plastic.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB589, SD2

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes the cancer research center of Hawaii as an organized research unit of the University of Hawaii that conducts cancer research and that shall be administered by a director appointed by the board of regents.  Requires the cancer research center of Hawaii to be affiliated with the John A. Burns school of medicine with direct lines of reporting to the provost of University of Hawaii at Manoa and the dean of John A. Burns school of medicine.  Requires funds expended from the tuition and fees special fund for the John A. Burns school of medicine or cancer research center of Hawaii to be used for educational purposes only.  Requires funds expended from the research and training revolving fund for the John A. Burns school of medicine and cancer research center of Hawaii to be used for research and research-related purposes only.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, HET, FIN

 

SB597, SD2

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Allows candidates seeking election to use campaign funds for child and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions.  Effective 5/1/2029.  (SD2)

 

GVR, JHA, FIN

 

SB602, SD2

RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS.

Prohibits certain contracts for managed care entered into after June 30, 2021, from containing a provision that authorizes a pharmacy benefit manager to reimburse a contracting pharmacy on a maximum allowable cost basis, and voids any such provisions in existing managed care contracts.  Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from engaging in unfair methods of competition or unfair practices.  Prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager from reimbursing a 340B pharmacy differently than any other network pharmacy.  Prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager from reimbursing an independent or rural pharmacy an amount less than the rural rate for each drug under certain circumstances.  Prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager from restricting a pharmacist's ability to provide certain information to insureds.  Increases pharmacy benefit managers' annual reporting requirements.  Requires the insurance commissioner to file annual reports with the legislature.  Increases pharmacy benefit manager registration and renewal fees by an unspecified amount.  Makes certain violations of pharmacy benefit managers subject to the penalties provided in chapters 480 and 481, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Effective 7/1/2050.  Repeals certain provisions on 6/30/2026.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB613, SD2

RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT.

Repeals the requirement that no less than fifty per cent of the physician workforce assessment fees deposited into the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund be used for purposes identified by the Hawaii medical education council.  Repeals the monetary cap of expenditures from the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund.  Authorizes the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund to provide loan repayment to certain physicians and scholarships to qualifying medical students.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, HET, FIN

 

SB619, SD2

RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES.

Amends provisions concerning fitness to proceed examinations in criminal proceedings to specify circumstances in which qualified advanced practice registered nurses or advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority who hold an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization may participate.  Takes effect 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, JHA, CPC, FIN

 

SB628, SD2

RELATING TO THE TRANSITION OF THE OAHU REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FROM THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Commences the transfer of the Oahu regional health care system in its entirety from the Hawaii health systems corporation to the department of health, beginning with the transfer of the Oahu regional health care system's budget into the department of health.  Enables the Oahu regional health care system, department of health, Hawaii health systems corporation, and other state agencies to manage and implement the processes required to effectuate the completion of such transition.  Provides certain protections and exemptions for the Oahu regional health care system and the inpatient services division of the department of health.  Prohibits the substantial reduction or elimination of direct patient care at any Oahu regional health care system facility unless certain conditions are met.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, LAT, FIN

 

SB639, SD1

RELATING TO COURTS OF APPEAL.

Prohibits courts of appeal from affirming, modifying, reversing, or vacating a matter on grounds other than those raised by the parties to the proceeding, unless the parties are provided the opportunity to brief the court.  (SD1)

 

JHA

 

SB645, SD2

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Extends the period in which a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions.  Authorizes the use of county surcharge revenues for affordable and workforce housing infrastructure.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

ECD/HSG, JHA, CPC, FIN

 

SB646, SD2

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Increases the amount of the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax from $5 to $8 for any county with a resident population of more than 125,000, but less than 195,000.  Allocates the increase in surcharge tax revenues to the county's subaccount within the state highway fund.  Effective 1/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CPC, FIN

 

SB651, SD1

RELATING TO RENAMING KAHULUI AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD.

Renames Kahului Airport Access Road on Maui as the Mayor Elmer F. Cravalho Way.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

TRN, JHA

 

SB659, SD2

RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.

Allows the low-income housing tax credit to be allocated among the partners or members of the partnership or limited liability company earning the credit in any manner agreed to by the partners or members.  Extends the increases made to the low-income housing tax credit from 12/31/2021 to 12/31/2027.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

 

SB663, SD1

RELATING TO THE SOLEMN COVENANT OF THE STATES TO AWARD PRIZES FOR CURING DISEASES.

Enacts an interstate compact to award prizes for the curing of diseases.  (SD1)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB664, SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires the Department of Public Safety to develop the new Oahu Community Correctional Center.  Takes effect 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

CMV, JHA, FIN

 

SB666, SD2

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Establishes a green fee surcharge of $20 on transient accommodations for the purposes of funding workforce programs and services that promote certain environmental goals.  Establishes a conservation workforce special fund.  Repeals on 12/31/2031.  (SD2)

 

EEP/LAT, CPC, FIN

 

SB670, SD1

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF A MINOR.

Allows minors under the age of sixteen years to work in theatrical employment provided that the employer procures a valid certificate of employment and the minor is accompanied by a parent, guardian, or responsible adult designated by the parent or guardian, to supervise and advocate on behalf of the minor.  Requires the employer to hire a nurse certified in basic life support to accompany, supervise, and advocate on behalf of an infant under the age one who is on set.  Requires a studio teacher to accompany, teach, and attend to the health, safety, and well-being of a minor who attained the age of five years, is working during periods when the minor is legally required to attend school.  Defines "nurse" and "studio teacher".  Takes effect 1/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

LAT, CPC, JHA

 

SB675, SD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS FUND.

Amends the definition of "employee-beneficiary" to include the surviving unmarried adult child of a deceased retired member; provided that the child is incapable of self-support due to a mental or physical incapacity, which existed prior to the unmarried child's reaching the age of majority.  Effective 7/1/2020.  (SD1)

 

LAT, CPC, FIN

 

SB676, SD1

RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE.

Increases the minimum wage for certain employees to $12.00 per hour beginning 7/1/2022.  (SD1)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB678, SD1

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Requires the representative of labor on the Hawaii Labor Relations Board (HLRB) to be a person selected by a simple majority of the exclusive representatives of the collective bargaining units.  Establishes procedures for removal of the representative of labor on the HLRB during the member's term by a simple majority of the exclusive representatives of the collective bargaining units.  Takes effect 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

LAT, JHA, FIN

 

SB694, SD1

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and indicators.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

EEP, WAL, CPC, FIN

 

SB697, SD1

RELATING TO KALAUPAPA MONTH.

Designates January as "Kalaupapa Month".  (SD1)

 

CAI, JHA, FIN

 

SB700, SD2

RELATING TO SEARCH AND RESCUE.

Requires government entities to seek reimbursement for all or a portion of search and rescue expenses for persons who require rescue after leaving a hiking trail to enter a prohibited area or hiking on a trail closed to the public.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB702, SD2

RELATING TO EDUCATION FUNDING.

Requires the committee on weights to submit a report to the legislature detailing any changes to the funding formula within 30 days of the final report.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EDN, CPC, FIN

 

SB717, SD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.

Requires the department of Hawaiian home lands to digitize its applicant, beneficiary, and lessee records and create a usable digital database no later than 7/1/2022.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HET, JHA, FIN

 

SB732, SD2

RELATING TO THE NON-VIOLENT RESPONSE TEAM PILOT PROGRAM.

Directs the legislative reference bureau to conduct a study examining the efficacy of the Hawaii CARES program offered by the department of health's behavioral health administration adult mental health division.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LMG, PDP, FIN

 

SB742, SD1

RELATING TO POLICING.

Requires each county police department to collect certain data regarding police stops, uses of force, and arrests, and submit to the legislature annual reports.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB744, SD1

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Repeals the authorization for the governor to negotiate with any person for the development or expansion of private correctional facilities.  Prohibits the establishment of private correctional facilities in the State.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

CMV, JHA, FIN

 

SB749, SD2

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Allows the Hawaii public housing authority to build non-subsidized housing.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

 

SB754

RELATING TO OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED.

Lowers the threshold blood alcohol concentration for the offense of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.

 

JHA, CPC

 

SB755, SD1

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to include an option for the lessee in the motor vehicle rental agreement to contribute a sum to DLNR for the preservation and protection of the environment.  Takes effect 1/1/2023.  (SD1)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB756, SD2

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Authorizes each county to adopt ordinances to enforce section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including the establishment of penalties for failure to comply with its requirements or make reasonable efforts to maintain electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in working order.  Clarifies that certain enforcement officers may enter private property to enforce EV parking space violations.  Requires new EV charging systems installed pursuant to the EV charging system requirement to be at least Level 2 and network capable.  Changes EV charging equipped parking requirements per one hundred stalls from one stall by 2012 to five stalls by 2025 and ten stalls by 2030.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB757, SD1

RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST LE JARDIN ACADEMY, INC.

Authorizes the issuance of up to $25,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Le Jardin Academy.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

EDN, FIN

 

SB758, SD1

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Increases from three grams to thirty grams:  (1) the minimum amount of marijuana that a defendant must possess to be charged with a petty misdemeanor; and (2) the maximum amount of marijuana that a defendant convicted of possessing marijuana could have possessed without being disqualified from the subsequent expungement of the record of that conviction.  (SD1)

 

HHH, JHA/CPC, FIN

 

SB762, SD2

RELATING TO STATE CAPITOL FACILITIES.

Requires the department of accounting and general services to develop and implement an enhanced security plan for the state capitol and surrounding grounds.  Amends provisions regarding the internal governance of the state capitol management committee.  Requires the department of accounting and general services to submit annual reports to the legislature regarding the enhanced security plan.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LMG, FIN

 

SB765, SD2

RELATING TO OPERATING A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICANT.

Defines "highly intoxicated driver".  Provides the evidentiary standard for establishing that a person was a highly intoxicated driver.  Requires that ignition interlock devices be installed and maintained on all vehicles operated by anyone convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant, during the applicable period of license revocation.  Increases the license revocation period ordered by the Administrative Driver's License Revocation Office and extends the applicable lookback periods from five to ten years.  Establishes higher penalties for a highly intoxicated driver operating a vehicle.  Establishes higher penalties for offenses of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB767, SD2

RELATING TO CANNABIS.

Legalizes the personal use, possession, and sale of cannabis in a specified quantity.  Requires licensing to operate cannabis establishments.  Subjects cannabis establishments to excise taxes and income taxes.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

HHH, JHA/CPC, FIN

 

SB768, SD2

RELATING TO ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES.

Establishes the rental car modernization task force to develop a plan to ensure that electric vehicle charging infrastructure is installed to support a one hundred per cent zero-emission rental motor vehicle fleet by 2035.  Requires the task force to submit an initial report to the legislature no later than December 1, 2021, and a final report to the legislature no later than December 1, 2022.  Dissolves the task force on May 31, 2023.  (SD2)

 

TRN, CPC

 

SB775, SD2

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Provides for a mechanism to adjust the transient accommodations tax rate based on visitor arrivals for a calendar year.  Requires the Hawaii tourism authority and the department of business, economic development, and tourism to determine and the latter to publish visitor arrivals annually.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, CPC, FIN

 

SB787, SD2

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires that revenue estimates provided by the department of taxation to the legislature or to any executive or administrative office be accompanied by a description of the methodology used and assumptions made in providing the estimate.  Requires the estimate and description to be subject to public disclosure.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

ECD, CPC, FIN

 

SB788, SD2

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Implements certain recommendations of the procurement policy review conducted pursuant to House Resolution No. 142, Regular Session of 2016.  Allows a bidder for a construction contact to clarify and correct non-material or technical issues with subcontractor listings for up to 24 hours after the bid submission deadline; provided that the bidder is prohibited from adding or substituting listed joint subcontractors.  Requires that bids for construction be publicly opened no sooner than 24 hours after the bid submission deadline.  Effective 7/1/2021; provided that part III is effective 12/31/2022.  (SD1)

 

GVR, CPC, FIN

 

SB789, SD2

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Authorizes a special procurement process for the procurement of goods and services.  Requires the procurement policy board to establish rules and procedures for the special procurement process by December 31, 2021.  Requires the head of a purchasing agency to prepare a procurement plan and submit the plan to the Attorney General or corporation counsel.  Requires the head of a purchasing agency to electronically post, for at least one year, all contracts awarded through a special procurement process within seven days of the contract award.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

GVR, CPC, FIN

 

SB791, SD2

RELATING TO VESSELS.

Clarifies removal processes for unauthorized vessels.  Clarifies the criteria for determining whether a vessel is abandoned.  Reduces the allowable time frame to claim an unauthorized vessel that is impounded by the department of land and natural resources from thirty days to ten working days.  Reduces the allowable time frame to claim an abandoned vessel that is impounded by a state or county agency from twenty days to ten working days.  Makes abandonment of a vessel in the waters of the State or public property a petty misdemeanor.  Clarifies auction requirements regarding abandoned vessels.  Allows the department of land and natural resources to charge an impound storage fee.  (SD2)

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB793, SD1

RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE.

Repeals the exemption of persons with disabilities from minimum wage requirements.  Effective 1/1/2022.  (SD1)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB795, SD2

RELATING TO STATE SMALL BOAT HARBOR FEES.

Changes the criteria for calculating the various fees that the department of land and natural resources may charge for the usage of state small boat harbors, including requiring that certain state small boat harbor fees be set at fair market value, and how certain fees are applied.  (SD2)

 

WAL, FIN

 

SB797, SD1

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

Provides the chief information officer with the authority to approve, or expedite the approval process of, a state agency's management information system project that is budgeted at or more than $1,000,000, or any other project the chief information officer deems necessary to expedite, by coordinating and focusing appropriate state personnel and resources.  Requires the chief information officer to annually report the status of all pending or completed projects over $1,000,000, including whether they are on time and on budget.  (SD1)

 

ECD, FIN

 

SB798, SD2

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES.

Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to purchase only zero-emission vehicles for its motor pool fleet beginning on 1/1/22.  Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services, in coordination with other state agencies, to submit to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2022 a plan to convert the State's motor pool fleet to zero emissions vehicles.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB804, SD1

RELATING TO TEACHER RENTAL HOUSING.

Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide rental housing projects for teachers employed by the Department of Education and public charter schools.  Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.  Appropriates funds for deposit into the dwelling unit revolving fund.  Requires the Department of Education to lease land and contract with private entities for the development, management, maintenance, or revitalization of teacher housing.  Permits a project owner to lease teacher housing to other eligible tenants if occupancy of teacher housing is less than 95 per cent of total units in a project.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

EDN, HSG, FIN

 

SB805, SD2

RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.

Makes the exemption from the behavior analyst licensing requirements permanent for certain teachers working in collaboration with a licensed behavior analyst or licensed psychologist.  Clarifies exemptions from licensure as a behavioral analyst for general education teachers, direct support workers, special education teachers, and teacher trainees working in collaboration with or under the supervision of licensed professionals.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB808, SD2

RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AGENCY.

Describes the powers and responsibilities of the school facilities agency by amending chapter 302A, part VI, subpart C and Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020.  Transfers the total fund balance in the state educational improvement fund to the school facilities special fund by a certain date.  Makes appropriation.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EDN, FIN

 

SB809, SD2

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds for public school positions and the Hawaii teacher standards board.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EDN, FIN

 

SB810, SD1

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Eliminates the superintendent of education as a voting member constituting the public employer for the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with personnel of the department of education.  (SD1)

 

EDN, LAT, CPC, FIN

 

SB813

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Requires authorizers to provide to each charter schools it oversees a list of approved independent auditors.

 

EDN, CPC, FIN

 

SB815, SD2

RELATING TO EDUCATION FUNDING.

Establishes maintenance of effort provisions.  Establishes a public education stabilization trust fund.  Requires reports. Makes appropriations.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EDN, FIN

 

SB820, SD1

RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.

Extends the nursing facility sustainability program to 2024.  Specifies that the nursing facility sustainability fee limit is 5.5 per cent of overall net patient service revenue.  Removes the per resident daily maximum fee of $20 for each facility.  Specifies facilities that meet certain exceptions shall pay a reduced daily fee in comparison to other participating facilities.  Allows nursing facilities to pay assessed fees within 60 days, instead of 30 days.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HHH, FIN

 

SB821, SD2

RELATING TO CHILDREN.

Allows a minor who has reached the age of 16 to petition the family court for emancipation, and directs the court regarding investigation of the petition, appointment of legal counsel and a guardian ad litem for the petitioner, and the findings necessary to grant the petition.  Specifies the rights gained by the minor upon emancipation and authorizes the court to require the minor's parents or legal guardians to pay for any services ordered by the court.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

HHH, JHA, FIN

 

SB826, SD1

RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS.

Prohibits a sex offender from residing within two thousand feet of the sex offender's former victim or the victim's immediate family members.  Requires the sex offender to receive approval from the Attorney General prior to a change in address.  (SD1)

 

JHA

 

SB827, SD2

RELATING TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING.

Increases the categories of women required to be covered for mammogram screenings.  Requires the existing health insurance mandate for coverage of low-dose mammography to include digital mammography and breast tomosynthesis.  Defines "digital breast tomosynthesis".  Requires health care providers to be reimbursed at rates accurately reflecting the resource costs specific to each service, including any increased resource cost after January 1, 2021.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB829, SD1

RELATING TO ABUSE OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.

Adds coercive control as part of the petty misdemeanor offense of abuse of a family or household member to the pilot program to strengthen state and county responses to domestic violence and increase violator accountability established by Act 19, Regular Session of 2020.  Sunsets 6/30/2026.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB830, SD2

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.

Directs the Department of Human Resources Development to convene a working group of stakeholders to update and create policies and procedures relating to telework and alternative work schedules to address the caregiving responsibilities and other needs of state employees and submit a report on its proposed telework and alternative work schedule policies and procedures, including any recommendations on proposed legislation or specific budget requests, to the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2022.  Requires departments to adopt Department of Human Resources Development policies that permit state employees to telework while caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, JHA, FIN

 

SB839, SD2

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority.  Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient.  Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to fifteen days.  Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, JHA, FIN

 

SB850, SD2

RELATING TO BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES.

Creates a task force jointly convened by the department of transportation and department of business, economic development, and tourism to provide equitable broadband access for historically marginalized, unserved, and underserved rural communities.  Requires the task force to apply for federal moneys for broadband access.  Requires the departments' report to include the findings of the task force and an accounting of amounts received from the CARES Act and Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020 and grants disbursed by the State for broadband infrastructure for rural communities.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HET, CPC, FIN

 

SB863, SD2

RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS.

Requires the department of education to conduct an electrical assessment on all public and conversion charter schools in the State to determine whether its electrical capacity will allow for the installation of air conditioning units and other air purifying devices and note the level of need in each classroom.  Requires the department of education to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature no later than 12/31/2021.  (SD2)

 

EDN, FIN

 

SB864

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Requires that a minimum of two of the three auditors selected by the authorizer for the State's public charter schools have offices on the neighbor islands.

 

EDN, CPC, FIN

 

SB866, SD2

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Temporarily exempts affordable housing projects from specific state and county fees and exactions related to discretionary approval or ministerial permitting, except application fees; provided that the units are exclusively for qualified residents who are owner/renter occupants and own no other real property.  Effective 5/6/2137.  Sunsets on 6/30/2027.  (SD2)

 

HSG, JHA, FIN

 

SB873, SD1

RELATING TO CONTESTED CASES.

Authorizes contested case hearings to use interactive conference technology.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB900, SD2

RELATING TO MATERNAL HEALTH.

Requires the department of human services to collect and report data on severe maternal morbidity incidents, disaggregated by county, race, and ethnicity.  Requires the department of human services to develop and the Hawaii state commission on the status of women to administer implicit bias training for health care professionals in perinatal facilities.  Effective 5/1/2029.  (SD2)

 

HHH, JHA, FIN

 

SB905, SD1

RELATING TO THE STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH.

Requires the state council on mental health to include an unspecified number of members with demonstrated knowledge of or work experience involving native Hawaiian health practices.  Takes effect 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

HHH, JHA, FIN

 

SB913, SD2

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE ELECTRONICS MANAGEMENT.

Requires persons who receive state funds and state financial assistance to donate unnecessary but functioning electronic devices, hardware, and televisions to nonprofit organizations that will refurbish and distribute them to eligible persons in the State.  Sets reporting requirements for donating entities, nonprofit refurbishers, and the Department of Accounting and General Services.  Sets administrative penalties for violations.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

GVR, HET, FIN

 

SB920, SD2

RELATING TO STATE LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES.

Establishes clean ground transportation goals for state agencies to achieve a one hundred per cent light-duty motor vehicles zero-emission fleet by 12/31/2030.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB921, SD2

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit by reducing the cap amount per qualified production to $12,000,000.  Requires the Department of Taxation to make a public disclosure identifying the names of the taxpayers who are receiving the tax credits and the total amount of tax credit received.  Establishes an exception to the general prohibition against the Department of Taxation disclosing tax returns and return information.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

ECD, FIN

 

SB925, SD2

RELATING TO SECONDHAND DEALERS.

Clarifies that the secondhand dealers law applies to a secondhand dealer's operation of an automated recycling kiosk.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

ECD, CPC, JHA

 

SB931, SD2

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Prohibits, after December 31, 2045, the approval or extension of any electricity generation facility that applies or proposes to use fossil fuels to generate electricity or store electricity into a public utility grid-tied energy storage system resource.  Prohibits, after December 31, 2045, the use of fossil fuels for the generation or storage or electricity.  Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from approving applications or proposals for public utility cost recovery from any generation or storage facilities that use fossil fuels, except in certain circumstances.  Effective 7/1/2055.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB932, SD2

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

Establishes the clean energy and energy efficiency revolving loan fund.  Repeals the building energy efficiency revolving loan fund.  Authorizes moneys in the green infrastructure special fund to be used to finance the option to purchase solar energy systems and other clean energy equipment, including the purchase or lease of electric vehicles.  Appropriates an unspecified amount out of the clean energy and energy efficiency revolving loan fund.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

ECD/EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB936, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

Requires employers to provide employees access to seizure first aid information specified by the department of labor and industrial relations.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, CPC, FIN

 

SB938, SD1

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Specifies that moneys in the tourism emergency special fund are to be used exclusively for emergency measures directly related to safety and security initiatives necessary to respond to any tourism emergency.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

LAT, CPC, FIN

 

SB947, SD2

RELATING TO A BROADBAND AND DIGITAL EQUITY OFFICE.

Establishes the Hawaii broadband and digital equity office within the department of business, economic development, and tourism.  (SD2)

 

ECD, CPC, FIN

 

SB950, SD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.

Requires that the 3.5% cap on spending from the tourism special fund include all governance and employment expenses and organization-wide costs as administrative expenses.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

LAT, CPC, FIN

 

SB962, SD2

RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY.

Transfers operational authority of the Makai Research Pier to the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority.  Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds for the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority to repair and upgrade the pier.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

WAL, HET, FIN

 

SB969, SD2

RELATING TO ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS.

Beginning July 1, 2021, prohibits the manufacture for sale or importation of certain animal fur products in the State.  Beginning December 1, 2021, prohibits the offer for sale, display for sale, or sale of certain animal fur products in the State.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB970, SD2

RELATING TO TELEHEALTH.

Authorizes the establishment of a physician-patient relationship via a telehealth interaction if the physician is licensed to practice medicine in the State.  (SD2)

 

PDP/HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB974, SD2

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Provides for new viable installment-based small dollar loan transactions in addition to enhanced deferred deposit transactions.  Specifies various consumer protection requirements for small dollar loans.  Beginning 1/1/23, requires licensure for small dollar lenders that offer small dollar loans to consumers, subject to the oversight of the division of financial institutions of the department of commerce and consumer affairs to protect against illegal lending.  Specifies licensing requirements for small dollar lenders.  Caps the maximum allowable loan size at $1,500, providing more flexibility for lenders and borrowers than under the current law.  Effective 7/1/50; provided that the licensing requirements shall take effect on 1/1/23. (SD2)

 

CPC, FIN

 

SB976, SD2

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Amends the definition of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to improve accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors.  Includes the director of health on the Preceptor Credit Assurance Committee.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CPC

 

SB987, SD2

RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

Convenes a Sustainable Aviation Fuel Task Force within the Hawaii natural energy institute to develop a state action plan to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of international air transportation from Hawaii.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB998, SD1

RELATING TO THE HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION.

Grants voting rights to members of the board of directors of the Honolulu authority for rapid transportation appointed by the president of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

TRN, JHA, FIN

 

SB1008, SD2

RELATING TO AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes a permanent autonomous transportation task force to be placed in the department of transportation.  (SD2)

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

 

SB1015, SD2

RELATING TO THE COMPTROLLER.

Expands Comptroller's duties to include the assessment of office space, including initiating, canceling, and renegotiating current and new leases, office space allocation, and telework infrastructure requirements for agencies and employees occupying facilities managed by the Department of Accounting and General Services.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

PDP, FIN

 

SB1021, SD2

RELATING TO BURIALS.

Prohibits the sale, transfer, conveyance, or other disposal or offer for sale of any plot, conveyance, or niche unless the property on which the plot, crypt, or niche is located allows the interment of up to ten sets of human remains that are cremated or prepared consistent with traditional Hawaiian burials.  Includes the use of alkaline hydrolysis, water cremation, and natural organic reduction as methods for the disposal of human remains.  Amends the procedures for the resolution of disputes regarding the right of disposition, the right to rely and act upon written instructions in a funeral service agreement or similar document, and provisions for the disposition of a decedent's remains and recovery of reasonable expenses to include hydrolysis facilities and natural organic reduction facilities.  (SD2)

 

HHH, JHA, CPC

 

SB1023, SD2

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Allocates fixed amounts of the transient accommodations tax revenues to provide funding for the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum and Iolani Palace.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CAI, JHA, FIN

 

SB1024, SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a cannabinoid medicine program within the University of Hawaii, to be administered by the John A. Burns school of medicine.  (SD1)

 

HHH/HET, CPC, FIN

 

SB1026, SD2

RELATING TO THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY SPECIAL FUND.

Adds new sources of revenue generated by the State Veterinary Laboratory and Animal Disease Control Branch that shall be deposited into the animal industry special fund.  (SD2)

 

AGR, FIN

 

SB1027, SD2

RELATING TO HEMP.

Redesignates the industrial hemp special fund as the hemp special fund for the department of agriculture's duties regarding hemp.  Makes an appropriation.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

AGR, FIN

 

SB1033, SD2

RELATING TO MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY.

Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Stadium Authority for payroll and other expenses.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

ECD/WAL, FIN

 

SB1034, SD1

RELATING TO SUNSHINE LAW BOARDS.

Expands board and public participation by giving boards the option, in conjunction with in-person meetings, to use interactive conference technology to remotely conduct public meetings under the Sunshine Law, even when no emergency has been declared by government authorities.  Authorizes boards to exclude the public from nonpublic locations, such as homes, where board members are physically present when remote board meetings are held by interactive conference technology, with members of the public given the option to participate either remotely or at an in-person public location.  Establishes requirements for the conduct of remote meeting.  Requires remote meetings held by interactive conference technology to recess for a maximum prescribed period when audiovisual communication cannot be maintained by the board (not due to a member of the public's inability to maintain such communication) and allows the meeting to be reconvened even if only audio communication can be reestablished.  Establishes a new notice requirement to provide the board's contact information for the submission of written testimony by electronic or postal mail, which also applies to remote meeting agendas.  Amends existing option to hold in-person meetings at multiple public meeting sites connected by interactive conference technology to require termination of meeting only if audio communication is lost and cannot be reestablished within twenty minutes and the board had not provided reasonable notice of how the meeting would be continued.  Allows for additional courtesy sites open to the public for both remote and in-person meetings held by interactive conference technology.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

PDP, JHA

 

SB1035, SD2

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Establishes and appropriates moneys from the procurement automation system special fund.  Allows the State Procurement Administrator to set procedures for final decisions on investigations of procurement policy and compliance.  Authorizes the State Procurement Administrator to assess and collect an administrative fee to cover the costs of the procurement automation system.  (SD2)

 

GVR, CPC, FIN

 

SB1036, SD2

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Repeals the establishment of the community council on purchase of health and human services.  Amends various sections of the state procurement code.  Establishes the state payor committee within the department of health to implement a unified framework for tracking, coordinating, and guiding the purchase of behavioral health and homelessness services.  Requires nongovernmental entities that contract for services relating to behavioral health, substance abuse, or homelessness services to disclose any sources of funding to perform such services.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

GVR, CPC, FIN

 

SB1039, SD1

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES.

Makes appropriations and approves payments for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB1050, SD1

RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS.

Adds the Department of the Attorney General to the list of agencies that are authorized to conduct criminal history record checks on current or prospective employees or employees or agents of contractors who have access to federal tax information.  (SD1)

 

JHA

 

SB1053, SD2

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Expands the eligibility of organizations that can receive Community-based Economic Development (CBED) technical assistance from not just community-based organizations (non-profits), but also includes businesses, particularly those that currently have CBED loans or may apply for a CBED loan in the future.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

ECD, FIN

 

SB1054, SD2

RELATING TO THE BROWNFIELDS CLEANUP REVOLVING LOAN FUND.

Enables use of moneys in the brownfields cleanup revolving fund for subgrants to eligible entities for assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites and certain site monitoring activities.  (SD2)

 

EEP, ECD, FIN

 

SB1069, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (1) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1070, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (2) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1071, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (3) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1072, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (4) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1073, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (5) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1074, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (6) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1075, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (7) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1076, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (8) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1077, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (9) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1078, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (10) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1079, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1080, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (13) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1081, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1087, SD1

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

Suspends the requirement for public employers to make annual required contributions to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund through fiscal year 2024-2025.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1091, SD2

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.

Authorizes the transfer of moneys from various funds to the general fund.  Appropriates funds for Na Wai Eha land acquisition.  Repeals or abolishes various non-general funds and accounts and transfers the unencumbered balance to the general fund.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

FIN

 

SB1096, SD1

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Amends various portions of title 24 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to update and improve existing provisions.  (SD1)

 

CPC, FIN

 

SB1097, SD2

RELATING TO NONDEPOSITORY TRUSTS.

Establishes provisions concerning nondepository trust companies.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CPC, FIN

 

SB1098, SD1

RELATING TO THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.

Adopts certain provisions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Producer Licensing Model Act, Public Adjuster Licensing Model Act, Reinsurance Intermediary Model Act, and Independent Adjuster Licensing Model Guidelines to provide consistency and promote efficiency in processing insurance licensing fees, applications, certificates, registrations, and renewals.  Effective 01/01/2022.  (SD1)

 

CPC, FIN

 

SB1100, SD1

RELATING TO INSURANCE DATA SECURITY.

Adopts the National Conference of Insurance Commissioners' Insurance Data Security Model Law to establish insurance data security standards for Hawaii insurance licensees.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

CPC, JHA, FIN

 

SB1101, SD2

RELATING TO HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS.

Establishes the safe home program to provide matching and nonmatching grants for installation of wind resistive devices to owners of single-family, owner-occupied, residential properties in certain circumstances.  Creates 1 temporary position within the insurance division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs to implement and administer the safe home program.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CPC, FIN

 

SB1104

RELATING TO THE CONTRACTORS RECOVERY FUND.

Increases the monetary amount an injured homeowner may recover from the Contractors Recovery Fund.

 

CPC, FIN

 

SB1107, SD2

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

Establishes the hazard mitigation special fund for the Hawaii emergency management agency.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

PDP, JHA, FIN

 

SB1112, SD2

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

Amends the minimum appointment eligibility requirement for the Adjutant General to be an officer that holds or has held a commission of the rank of Colonel in the military grade of O6 or above in the Army or Air National Guard, state defense force, or the Army or Air Force active component of the United States or a reserve component thereof, and has no administrative actions that would prevent promotion to the rank of a general officer in the military grade of O7 or O8.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CMV, FIN

 

SB1116, SD2

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELATING TO COVID-19 EXPENDITURES.

Provides emergency appropriations in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Department of Defense to continue funding for various COVID-19 response programs and activities.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

PDP, FIN

 

SB1117, SD2

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELATING TO COVID-19 EXPENDITURES.

Provides an emergency appropriation in an unspecified amount to the office of the governor in fiscal year 2020-2021 to continue funding for various COVID-19 response related programs and activities.  Requires, before the expenditure of any funds by the office of the governor, for the establishment of a task force to develop recommendations on the roles and responsibilities of the department of the attorney general and the county police departments regarding COVID-19 emergency order enforcement.  Requires the governor, before the expenditure of any funds, to establish a statewide tier system, to be deployed at the county level, that include clear metrics for allowable business activities, other allowable activities, and in-person gathering restrictions  Appropriates funds to the department of the attorney general for enforcement of COVID-19 emergency orders and rules.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

PDP, FIN

 

SB1122, SD2

RELATING TO THE COUNTY BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY.

Requires each board of water supply to transmit an accounting of all water credits held by the board to the department of Hawaiian home lands (DHHL).  Allows DHHL to request unused and unallocated water credits from each board.  Requires each board to develop policies that comply with the public trust doctrine to implement in case of water shortage.  Adds a representative of DHHL to each county board of water supply.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB1123, SD2

RELATING TO COUNTIES.

Gives counties jurisdiction over the infrastructure of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands housing developments in their boundaries under specific conditions.  Requires counties, under specific conditions, to commence maintenance on that certain infrastructure within sixty days, subject to tolling to comply with certain other laws.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

HSG/WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB1127, SD1

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Makes an emergency appropriation from the general revenues of the State of Hawaii for fiscal year 2020-2021 to address the budget shortfall for the general support for the general assistance program (HMS 204) in the department of human services.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HHH, FIN

 

SB1128, SD2

RELATING TO OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES.

Permits individual vocational programs within the purview of the Office of Youth Services to engage in commercial enterprises, including the sale of goods and services, for self-sustainability purposes, for young adults only.  Establishes the Office of Youth Services Revolving Fund.  Takes effect 5/1/2029.  (SD2)

 

HHH, FIN

 

SB1132, SD2

RELATING TO THE MEDICAID SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.

Establishes the Medicaid Sustainability Program for 2 years. Appropriates funds out of the Medicaid Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.  Sunsets on 12/31/2023.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, FIN

 

SB1134, SD2

RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

Broadens the department of human services employees' right of entry into a vulnerable adult's premises without a warrant to investigate any type of abuse regardless of physical injury.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

HHH, JHA

 

SB1137, SD2

RELATING TO THE SPOUSE AND CHILD ABUSE SPECIAL FUND.

Amends the spouse and child abuse special fund to allow up to $5,000,000 of federal reimbursements received from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, in the year following the fiscal year in which Family First Prevention Services funds and the title IV-E funds were expended to be deposited and retained.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, FIN

 

SB1138, SD2

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HEALTHCARE ASSURANCE SPECIAL FUND.

Provides that the annual expenditure ceiling of the office of healthcare assurance special fund shall be established through the state budget process.  Authorizes emergency spending beyond the established budget ceiling.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, FIN

 

SB1139, SD2

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF MEDICAL CANNABIS CONTROL AND REGULATION.

Authorizes the department of health to set patient registration fees by administrative rulemaking, adds 3.0 FTE positions for staff and operations of the office of medical cannabis control and regulation.  Appropriates moneys from the medical cannabis registry and regulation special fund for positions and operations.  Effective 7/1/2050.  Appropriates moneys effective on 7/1/2051.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB1142, SD2

RELATING TO SERVICES FOR KUPUNA.

Includes in the kupuna caregivers program kupuna caregiver-directed services.  Includes financial management service provider and additional duties for the coach.  Allows for qualified caregivers to work less than 30 hours per week during a declared state of emergency.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB1144, SD2

RELATING TO MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES.

Increases the marriage license application fee to support the Hawaii Birth Defects Program, modernization of the vital statistics system, and operating costs of marriage license agents.  Amends remittances of the increased fee to various special funds and accounts in unspecified amounts.  (SD2)

 

HHH, FIN

 

SB1147, SD2

RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Makes unlawful the sale of flavored tobacco products, mislabeling of e-liquid products containing nicotine, and sale of tobacco products other than through retail sales via in-person exchange. Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products.  Includes e-liquid and electronic smoking devices within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law.  Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes and tobacco products.  Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products.  Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices.  Provides for the disposition of fines paid for the unlawful shipment of tobacco products into the Hawaii Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund.  Effective 1/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB1149, SD2

RELATING TO DIETITIAN LICENSURE SPECIAL FUND.

Removes the statutory spending ceiling for the Dietitian Licensure Special Fund and establishes the ceiling through the state budgeting process to meet expanding program needs and diminish dependence on the general fund.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, FIN

 

SB1153, SD1

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND INJURY PREVENTION SYSTEM BRANCH.

Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the state comprehensive emergency medical system for expenses related to collective bargaining and other current expenses.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HHH, FIN

 

SB1156, SD2

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Makes an emergency appropriation to the department of health provide funds for supplies, personnel, equipment, and related effects to implement the State's COVID-19 vaccination plan.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

PDP/HHH, FIN

 

SB1157, SD1

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RELATING TO COVID-19 EXPENDITURES.

Provides emergency appropriations in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Department of Health to continue funding for various COVID-19 response related programs and activities.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

PDP/HHH, FIN

 

SB1159, SD2

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Appropriates unspecified sums of general fund revenues for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 for the purpose of reimbursing the federal government for moneys lent to the State for the payment of unemployment benefit claims.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT/PDP, FIN

 

SB1162, SD2

RELATING TO FOREST STEWARDSHIP.

Clarifies conditions that must be met by applicants to receive funds under the forest stewardship program administered by the board of land and natural resources.  (SD2)

 

WAL/EEP, FIN

 

SB1165, SD1

RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION COMMERCIAL PERMITS.

Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to issue new ocean recreation commercial permits at public auction.  (SD1)

 

WAL, FIN

 

SB1166, SD2

RELATING TO RENTALS FOR PUBLIC LAND LEASES.

Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to approve rental reductions or waivers for leases on public lands that require substantial demolition or infrastructure improvement costs for the lessee to utilize the premises.  Effective 7/1/2050.  Sunsets 6/30/2026.  (SD2)

 

WAL, JHA, FIN

 

SB1173, SD2

RELATING TO OCEAN STEWARDSHIP.

Establishes the Ocean Stewardship Special Fund for the collection and use of moneys for the conservation, restoration, and enhancement of the State's marine resources.  Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to collect non‑resident user fees for the use and enjoyment of the State's ocean resources.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

WAL, FIN

 

SB1187, SD2

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the department of public safety to cover the costs of the personnel services shortfall at all correctional institutions statewide and health care services.  Appropriates funds to establish 9 permanent full-time equivalent (9.0 FTE) positions for PSD 410 (intake service centers).  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CMV, FIN

 

SB1194, SD1

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RELATING TO COVID-19 EXPENDITURES.

Provides emergency appropriations in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of public safety to continue funding for various COVID-19 response related programs and activities.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

PDP/CMV, FIN

 

SB1196, SD2

RELATING TO WITHHOLDING TAX.

Amends the due date for employers to file the wage and tax statement from the last day of February to January 31 following the close of the calendar year.  Imposes a penalty on employers that fail to timely furnish and file the wage and tax statement.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

ECD, FIN

 

SB1198, SD2

RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION.

Allows the Department of Taxation to mandate the electronic filing of partnership and S-corporation returns if the taxpayer's gross receipts exceed $250,000 and individual tax returns if the federal adjusted gross income, as shown on the taxpayer's Hawaii return, exceeds $100,000.  Requires certain tax return preparers to file returns electronically.  Amends the rules for electronic funds transfer to remove the authorization to require electronic funds transfer or electronic filing if the federal government required that person to file or pay electronically.  Requires electronic funds transfers for tax return preparers and any person subject to mandatory electronic filing.  Removes the timeliness requirement from the electronic funds transfer penalty.  Removes the authority of the department to charge for certified copies of tax clearances.  Amends the statute that mandates tax clearances for liquor license holders.  Clarifies the interest rate for payments made to taxpayers out of the litigated claims fund.  Expands the permissible uses of the tax administration special fund.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

ECD, FIN

 

SB1204, SD2

RELATING TO TAX APPEALS.

Replaces the 4 district tax boards of review with a single statewide board of review appointed by the Governor, consisting of 10 members with 3 required for quorum.  Authorizes taxpayers and others appearing before the board to participate using cost-efficient means such as teleconferencing.  (SD2)

 

ECD, JHA, FIN

 

SB1207, SD2

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Allows the head of a purchasing agency to obtain emergency procurements in certain situations that create a threat to life, public health, welfare, public property, or serous disruption to government services, including situations caused by equipment failures.  Replaces Chief Procurement Officer approval with an accounting report to the Chief Procurement Officer in a timely manner and to the Legislature within sixty days after the end of the fiscal year in which the procurement was made.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

PDP/GVR, CPC, FIN

 

SB1212, SD2

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.

Requires resolution of an outstanding federal out-of-service order prior to registration renewals and initial registrations of motor carrier vehicles.  Defines "out-of-service order".  Takes effect 1/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

TRN, CPC

 

SB1216, SD2

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES.

Adds a requirement for certain commercial driver's license applicants to complete an entry-level driver training course before taking a skills test for licensure.  Exempts applicants holding a valid commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license obtained prior to February 7, 2022.  Effective 1/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CPC, JHA

 

SB1222, SD2

RELATING TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER REVOLVING FUND.

Expands the scope of the conference center revolving fund for the university of Hawaii at Hilo.  Exempts the expenditure of moneys from the fund from bidding requirements under the Hawaii public procurement code.  Requires the chancellor of the university of Hawaii at Hilo to submit annual reports of the fund to the legislature.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HET, FIN

 

SB1231, SD2

RELATING TO STATEWIDE HEALTH PLANNING.

Authorizes either the State Health Planning and Development Agency or the Department of Health to deploy statewide health planning and resource development programs and resources.  Provides that any money in the state health planning and development special fund in excess of $2,000,000 shall lapse to the general fund.  Effective 7/1/2050.  Department of Health's duty to deploy programs and resources repeals 6/30/2026.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB1234, SD1

RELATING TO PANDEMIC RESPONSE.

Authorizes use of funds appropriated from the emergency and budget reserve fund, from the amounts received by the State from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act, for the purchase and distribution of personal protective equipment, industrial hygiene products, and coronavirus disease 2019 tests to state departments and attached agencies.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

PDP/ECD, FIN

 

SB1237, SD2

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Reduces the cap amounts of the renewable energy technologies income tax credit.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2021.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

SB1242, SD2

RELATING TO TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.

Establishes a trauma-informed care task force within the department of health to make recommendations of trauma-informed care in the State.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB1243, SD2

RELATING TO THE PHASEOUT OF PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Requires the State to phase out the use of private correctional facilities to incarcerate Hawaii inmates.  Prohibits the construction of new correctional facilities or the expansion of existing correctional facilities without the approval of the Hawaii correctional system oversight commission.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

CMV, JHA, FIN

 

SB1248, SD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES.

Authorizes the department of agriculture to plan, design, construct, operate, manage, maintain, repair, demolish, and remove infrastructure on any lands under the jurisdiction of the department, to support and promote agriculture.  Establishes the agricultural enterprise program.  Establishes the agricultural enterprise special fund.  Requires the board of agriculture to annually report an accounting of non-agricultural park lessees to the legislature.  (SD1)

 

AGR, ECD, FIN

 

SB1250, SD2

RELATING TO EMERGENCY FOOD MANAGEMENT.

Establishes the Hawaii emergency food assistance program and Hawaii emergency food assistance program special fund to be administered by the department of agriculture and appropriates moneys into the fund to provide food to certain residents during governor-declared states of emergency.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

PDP, AGR, FIN

 

SB1251, SD2

RELATING TO THE HAWAII FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.

Requires the Department of Education to meet the local farm to school meal goal of fifteen per cent of food served in public schools to be locally sourced by 2025 and thirty per cent by 2030.  Requires the Department of Education to report to the Legislature.  (SD2)

 

AGR, EDN, FIN

 

SB1260, SD1

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PRETRIAL REFORM.

Eliminates the use of monetary bail and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for traffic offenses, violations, and nonviolent petty misdemeanor and misdemeanor offenses, with certain exceptions.  Creates rebuttable presumptions regarding release and detention for certain offenses and specifies circumstances in which these presumptions apply.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB1270

RELATING TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

Replaces the Director of Human Services with the Administrator of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Human Services, as an ex officio, voting member on the Workforce Development Council.

 

LAT, JHA

 

SB1271, SD2

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

Establishes an early childhood educator stipend program to be administered by the executive office on early learning to address the shortage of qualified early childhood educators in Hawaii.  Requires stipend fund repayments for the early childhood educator stipend program to be deposited into the early learning special fund.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

EDN, FIN

 

SB1275, SD2

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Requires each state government branch, and authorizes each county, to establish a shared leave program for state employees.  Precludes state government branches and applicable counties from prohibiting leave sharing between employees of different departments or bargaining units because of administrative infeasibility.  Allows a public employee to designate beneficiaries to the employee's unpaid vacation allowance and wages through a statement that is not verified or written.  Appropriates funds.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

LAT, CPC, FIN

 

SB1285, SD2

RELATING TO MEDICAL FACILITIES.

Requires any hospital that serves a community having more than 500 Compact of Free Association benefit recipients to establish diversity and inclusion training for all staff, and to hire interpreters and community healthcare workers as necessary to bridge the language and cultural divide with the community.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB1286, SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR HAWAII COUNTY.

Appropriates funds to the office of the prosecuting attorney for Hawaii county for the career criminal prosecution unit.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

JHA, CPC, FIN

 

SB1289, SD1

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires the elections commission to, in consultation with the clerk of each county, perform an assessment of whether the election watcher and election observer programs are adequate and, if not, what adjustments are necessary to improve the programs.  Requires a report of the assessment to the legislature.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB1297, SD1

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST MAUIGROWN COFFEE, INC.

Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist MauiGrown Coffee, Inc., with the operation and expansion of its farm and mill.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

AGR, FIN

 

SB1305, SD1

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES.

Requires the department of accounting and general services to establish and manage automotive support for work-related travel by employees of the State to minimize the size of motor pools.  (SD1)

 

LAT, FIN

 

SB1307, SD2

RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.

Establishes an information technology modernization program management office to provide guidance and support to major information technology projects.  (SD2)

 

HET, FIN

 

SB1311, SD2

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS.

Requires the department of education to establish food waste and zero-emission vehicle goals as part of the sustainable schools initiative.  Requires annual reports to the legislature.  (SD2)

 

EDN/EEP, JHA

 

SB1313, SD2

RELATING TO SPORT FISH.

Requires the Department of Agriculture to engage in a review of whether northern largemouth bass should be placed on the list of conditionally approved animals.  Requires the Division of Aquatic Resources to establish a pilot program to restock northern largemouth bass and butterfly peacock bass in the Wahiawa public fishing area and apply for a permit to import them once they have been placed on the list of conditionally approved animals.  (SD2)

 

WAL, CPC, FIN

 

SB1320, SD1

RELATING TO REGENERATIVE TOURISM.

Incorporates a regenerative framework into the State Planning Act by establishing objectives and policies for the visitor industry.  (SD1)

 

LAT, CPC, FIN

 

SB1323, SD2

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Requires the department of Hawaiian home lands to develop a strategic plan to devise and implement long-term solutions for eliminating the waiting list for a home land lease with an emphasis on leveraging its trust resources, statutory powers, and other means of state funding and support to focus on lot development and distribution.  The plans shall be based on a comprehensive assessment of the needs of the waitlist and with beneficiary consultation.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB1329, SD2

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Creates time limits to resolve protests to the awards of competitive sealed proposal contracts and procurements of professional services.  Takes effect 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

GVR, CPC, FIN

 

SB1333, SD2

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Removes cannabidiol drugs that have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration from the list of Schedule V substances for consistency with federal laws.  (SD2)

 

JHA, CPC

 

SB1334, SD2

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Allows the raising of the building height limit for two of the six parcels owned by the office of Hawaiian affairs in the Kakaako Makai area to four hundred feet.  Lifts the current restriction against residential development in Kakaako Makai to allow residential development by the office of Hawaiian affairs or by third parties to which the office of Hawaiian affairs conveys the parcels.  Requires the office of Hawaiian affairs and any developer to provide written notice to any tenant or resident of potential aircraft related nuisances before entering into a lease, and to assess and propose mitigation efforts to address aircraft related nuisances in development plans and proposals.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

WAL, HSG, JHA, FIN

 

SB1337, SD1

RELATING TO HOUSING DENSITY.

Authorizes counties to establish a block-level upzoning program to allow homeowners within a block located in an urban district to vote to increase the housing density for their respective block.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

 

SB1340, SD2

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Enables the Hawaii medical board to license emergency ambulance service personnel and emergency medical responders.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

HHH, CPC, FIN

 

SB1342, SD1

RELATING TO ILLEGAL GAMBLING.

Includes under the offense of promoting gambling in the first degree the act of hosting activities that advance gambling activity on real property.  (SD1)

 

CPC/JHA, FIN

 

SB1343, SD2

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.

Removes acreage restrictions on leases of Hawaiian home lands for agricultural purposes.  Provides that the availability of the foregoing leases shall be subject to the availability of suitable tracts of land.  Specifies that the foregoing leases may be for for-profit or non-profit purposes.  Effective date is May 6, 2037.  (SD2)

 

AGR, JHA, FIN

 

SB1344, SD2

RELATING TO FOOD SUSTAINABILITY.

Requires the department of agriculture, in coordination with the office of planning, to prepare and periodically update the state agricultural functional plan for seafood sustainability that expands the State's priority on food by including wild seafood as a viable food source.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

WAL, FIN

 

SB1350, SD1

RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT.

Temporarily amends the start of filing nomination papers for the 2022 Election.  Defines "permanent resident" for legislative reapportionment purposes, to be consistent with the U.S. Census Bureau's definition of permanent resident.  Establishes public notice requirements for short form public notices of reapportionment plans.  Appropriates an unspecified amount to the Reapportionment Commission for its expenses, which include obtaining outside legal counsel.  (SD1)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB1368, SD2

RELATING TO AIRFIELDS.

Creates the Kawaihapai Airfield Revitalization Task Force to keep Kawaihapai Airfield open, provided that necessary issues are addressed.  Requires the task force to report to the legislature.  Effective 5/6/2137.  Sunsets on June 30, 2022.  (SD2)

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

 

SB1388, SD2

RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Extends the required period for a notice of summary possession from five days to fifteen.  Requires landlords to provide notice with specified terms and enter into mediation.  Delays when a landlord may seek possession of a dwelling unit if the tenant schedules or attempts to schedule mediation.  Requires landlords to provide the notice to mediation centers that offer free mediation for residential landlord-tenant disputes.  Restricts when a landlord may exercise these remedies depending on the amount of rent due.  Repeals one year after expiration of the governor's final eviction moratorium emergency supplementary proclamation related to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

 

SB1391, SD2

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Authorizes the procurement policy board to adopt specific rules relating to life-cycle cost analysis by 12/31/2021.  (SD2)

 

GVR, CPC, FIN

 

SB1395, SD2

RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

Requires the governor to appoint an individual to fill a vacancy within all boards and commissions within one hundred eighty days.  Requires that holdover appointments are limited to one hundred eighty days, thereby creating a vacancy at the end of the holdover period.  Requires department heads to inform the governor of any vacancy in any board or commission.  (SD1)

 

GVR, JHA, FIN

 

SB1401, SD2

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Directs the department of transportation to fashion a complete streets policy and reporting requirements.  Effective 5/6/2137.  (SD2)

 

TRN, JHA, FIN

 

SB1409, SD2

RELATING TO TRAINING IN NATIVE HAWAIIAN RIGHTS.

Prohibits newly appointed or reappointed council, board, and commission members from serving if the member has not completed, within the requisite time, the required training course related to Native Hawaiian traditional and customary rights, Native Hawaiian natural resource protection and access rights, and the public trust, including the State's fiduciary responsibility.  (SD2)

 

JHA, FIN

 

SB1421, SD2

RELATING TO DUAL USE TECHNOLOGY.

Creates a task force within the department of business, economic development, and tourism consisting of representatives from the university of Hawaii, Hawaii technology development corporation, and the State's technological and business community that explores how dual use technology can be used to promote economic recovery and diversify the State's economy.  Requires the task force to submit reports to the legislature in 2023 and 2025.  Provides that the task force shall be dissolved on an unspecified date.  (SD2)

 

ECD/HET, FIN

 

HR57

DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AND ACTION MONTH.

 

HHH, JHA

 

HR58

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO SUBMIT A PETITION TO LIST THE OAHU PUEO AS A THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.

 

WAL, JHA

 

HCR69

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO SUBMIT A PETITION TO LIST THE OAHU PUEO AS A THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.

 

WAL, JHA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

SB406, SD1

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION STAFF.

Clarifies that Campaign Spending Commission may employ staff who initiate complaints on behalf of the commission.  Clarifies that the staff of the Commission are not members of the Commission.  (SD1)

 

GVR, JHA, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

SB1042, SD1

RELATING TO COVERED OFFENDER REGISTRATION.

Repeals provision that allows persons designated as covered offenders in another state or jurisdiction to petition the Attorney General for termination of registration requirements upon demonstrating that the out of state convictions are not covered offenses in the State of Hawaii. Requires certain long term visitors to Hawaii with out-of-state convictions to register.  Clarifies how persons required to register can petition to terminate registration.  (SD1)

 

JHA