OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 3

5TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 28, 2015

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -  Economic Development & Business

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -  Housing

HUS -  Human Services

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs

PBS -   Public Safety

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -  Transportation

VMI -   Veterans, Military, International Affairs & Culture and the Arts

 

WAL - Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

REFERRAL

 

HB749

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Imposes on wholesalers and dealers a beach clean-up cigarette fee per cigarette sold, used, or possessed.  Establishes and allocates moneys generated to the Beach Clean-Up Special Fund for litter removal from beach land.

 

FIN

HB750

RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES.

Establishes penalties for the destruction or harvesting of native sandalwood trees.  Requires replanting for trees harvested.  Bans the export of raw or unprocessed sandalwood timber.  Establishes DLNR policies regarding sandalwood.

 

WAL, JUD

HB751

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes a mandatory, periodic appraisal of airport lands that are leased to the public.

 

TRN, WAL, FIN

HB752

RELATING TO CHECK CASHING.

Prohibits check cashers from offering deposit advance products to customers.

 

CPC, JUD

HB753

RELATING TO CONFORMANCE OF STATE PERSONAL EXEMPTION TO FEDERAL PERSONAL EXEMPTION.

Conforms the State personal exemption amount to the federal personal exemption amount.

 

FIN

HB754

RELATING TO DISPOSABLE FOOD CONTAINERS.

Prohibits restaurants, food establishments, and food packagers from providing food in polystyrene foam containers beginning 1/1/16.  Requires the use of compostable food containers.  Authorizes DOH to allow exemptions. 

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB755

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Codifies the requirement under section 4-135-1, HAR, that seals of quality may be used only for fresh agricultural products produced entirely within the State and value added processed agricultural and food products for which the primary agricultural product has been produced entirely within the State.  Grandfathers existing licenses for use of the seals.

 

AGR, CPC

HB756

RELATING TO VIDEOCONFERENCING.

Requires both chambers of the legislature to implement rules to permit residents to present testimony through audiovisual technology.  Appropriates moneys to establish audiovisual systems throughout the State.

 

LMG, FIN

HB757

RELATING TO ENERGY STORAGE.

Establishes an income tax credit for each grid-connected energy storage property that is installed and placed in service in the State during the taxable year beginning after 12/31/2015; provided that this tax credit shall not be available for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026.  Allows the tax credit to be claimed as either an investment credit or utilization credit.  Appropriates moneys to administer the tax credit.  Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish and periodically revise energy storage portfolio standards and report to the Legislature.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB758

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Prohibits limits on the amount of professional experience credit DOE can grant to teachers hired for teacher shortage areas.

 

LAB, EDN, FIN

HB759

RELATING TO COOLING SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.

Requires DOE and DAGS, in consultation with the State Energy Office, to develop a cooling master strategy and comprehensive retrofitting study for public schools and to report findings to the Legislature.  Authorizes general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for efficient classroom-cooling demonstration projects.

 

EEP, EDN, FIN

HB760

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Changes the State's automatic deduction of the gross proceeds of a county's surcharge on state tax for mass transit to three per cent to reimburse the State for costs associated with handling of the county surcharge on state tax.  Requires an annual report of the usage of surcharge accounts.

 

FIN

HB761

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Prohibits heavy trucks from driving in the left-most lane of an interstate freeway except under certain conditions.

 

TRN, JUD

HB762

RELATING TO KINDERGARTEN.

Changes the kindergarten entry cut-off date from July 31 to December 31 of the school year.

 

EDN, FIN

HB763

RELATING TO THE ELDERLY.

Requires the Executive Office on Aging to establish a three-year senior playground pilot program within the executive office on aging.  Requires reports to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.  Repealed June 30, 2019.

 

HLT, FIN

HB764

RELATING TO FARM WORKER HOUSING.

Allows one or more employee dwellings to be built on an agricultural park lot or non-agricultural park lot that is leased by a long-term lessee with lease terms of at least thirty-five years and a lot size of at least five acres, with restrictions.  Appropriates an unspecified amount from the general fund to be expended by the department of agriculture to develop farm worker housing.

 

AGR, HSG, FIN

HB765

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Appropriates funds to the department of human services to continue to administer housing first programs for chronically homeless individuals.

 

HUS/HSG, FIN

HB766

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Making an appropriation for the construction of micro apartment housing units.

 

HSG, FIN

HB767

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Clarifies trespassing in the second degree at Hawaii public housing authority housing projects as a nonresident who enters or remains on the property unlawfully or without authorization.  Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to post signs notifying trespassers of illegal entry.

 

HSG, JUD

HB768

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Expands the Hawaii public housing authority's authority to dispose of property seized, abandoned or remaining upon eviction in and around federal, elder or elderly, or state low-income housing projects.

 

HSG, JUD, FIN

HB769

RELATING TO GLASS CONTAINER RECOVERY.

Repeals the glass container recovery program. 

 

EEP, FIN

HB770

RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.

Authorizes restaurants and retail dealers with a liquor license to sell beer, malt beverages, wine, or cider for off-premises consumption, under certain conditions.  Authorizes brewpubs and small craft producer pubs with a liquor license to sell for off-premises consumption malt beverages purchased from another liquor licensee.

 

CPC, FIN

HB771

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Reenacts the Hawaii capital loan revolving fund.  Appropriates funds to the Hawaii capital loan revolving fund and funds one permanent full-time program manager position (1.0 FTE) within the department of business, economic development, and tourism.

 

EDB, FIN

HB772

RELATING TO THE ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET.

Appropriates funds to the state Department of Agriculture to assist and fund the National Wildlife Research Center to research the negative impacts of the rose-ringed parakeet on Kauai and develop and implement a control plan to reduce the negative impacts.

 

WAL, FIN

HB773

RELATING TO COMMUNITY FOOD FORESTS.

Establishes a Community Food Forest Program in the Department of Land and Natural Resources to work collaboratively with local government and community organizations to provide sources of healthy food statewide.  Appropriates funds.

 

AGR, WAL, FIN

HB774

RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS.

Makes an appropriation to the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the small business regulatory review board to acquire additional staff.

 

EDB, FIN

HB775

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism for marketing Hawaii's higher education institutions to international students.

 

EDB, HED, FIN

HB776

RELATING TO RADIATION LEVELS IN SEAFOOD.

Requires DOH to implement a pilot project to monitor radiation levels in seafood and seaweed over the next 5 years and to post periodic reports on its website.  Makes an appropriation.

 

HLT, OMH, FIN

HB777

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a state earned income tax credit.

 

FIN

HB778

RELATING TO THE REFUNDABLE FOOD/EXCISE TAX CREDIT.

Amends the income brackets and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit.

 

FIN

HB779

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Requests the financial assistance advisory council to assist the department of human services in proposing recommendations to restructure the welfare payment system and report any findings to the legislature.

 

HUS, FIN

HB780

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Requires that at least one member of the board of education have a minimum of 5 years of classroom teaching experience within the public educational system.

 

EDN, JUD

HB781

RELATING TO THEFT OF PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

Establishes a class C felony for theft of personal electronic devices that may be used to store or retrieve personal information.

 

CPC, JUD, FIN

HB782

RELATING TO THE CYTOMEGALOVIRUS.

Requires DOH to establish a public education program on the cytomegalovirus to educate pregnant women and women who may become pregnant.  Requires the responsible physician of a newborn infant identified as, or suspected of, having a hearing impairment to test the newborn infant for the cytomegalovirus.

 

HLT, JUD

HB783

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION REGARDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that the right to freedom of speech does not include the expenditure of money to influence elections.

 

JUD, FIN

HB784

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Allows for the registration of autocycles as motor vehicles.  Allows autocycles to be operated on public roads, streets, or highways.  Defines autocycle.

 

TRN, CPC

HB785

RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS.

Raises the motion picture income tax credit for productions in a county with a population of seven hundred thousand or less.  Requires the taxpayer claiming the tax credit to verify the county residency of local hires.

 

EDB, FIN

HB786

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

Requires agencies to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance of all government records under its control that are required to be made available for public inspection.

 

JUD, FIN

HB787

RELATING TO MASSAGE.

Establishes acts that are prohibited of any person who practices massage for compensation.

 

CPC, JUD

HB788

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Authorizes the cultivation of medical marijuana.  Requires registration with DOH.  Requires DOH to adopt rules.  Prohibits the infusion of trademarked products with medical marijuana.

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

HB789

RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR VOTING IN ELECTIONS.

Establishes an income tax credit for voting in elections.

 

JUD, FIN

HB790

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Authorizes the employees' retirement system board of trustees to hold a meeting closed to the public to discuss or decide upon certain matters.

 

LAB, JUD

HB791

RELATING TO THE RETIREMENT OF JUDGES.

Corrects errors.  Harmonizes age and service requirements for judges who are members of the employees' retirement system with requirements for other contributory plan members.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB792

RELATING TO EVIDENCE.

Amends the Hawaii Rules of Evidence to authorize nonresident property crime victims to testify in criminal proceedings by a live two-way video connection.

 

JUD, FIN

HB793

RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY.

Prohibits the slaughter or trafficking of pet animals for human consumption.  Specifies that a "pet animal" shall include all dogs and cats.

 

JUD

HB794

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Provides that a physician may determine what medical condition qualifies a patient to use medical marijuana.

 

HLT, JUD

HB795

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Prohibits an employer from disciplining, suspending, discharging, or discriminating against an employee who is a patient qualified to use medical marijuana solely because the employee tested positive for marijuana use.

 

HLT, JUD

HB796

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Requires an entity to send written notice to a health care provider at least thirty calendar days prior to initiating any recoupment or offset demand efforts.  Prohibits an entity from initiating any recoupment or offset efforts more than twelve months after an initial claim payment was received by a health care provider, with specific exceptions.

 

HLT, JUD

HB797

RELATING TO STUDENT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

Repeals student instructional hour requirements.

 

EDN

HB798

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes junior kindergartens to provide schooling for children who turn five between August 1 and January 1 of a given school year, and would otherwise be required to wait until after their fifth birthday to enroll in kindergarten.  Requires the department of education to create a strategic plan for implementation of junior kindergarten programs and report findings to the legislature.  Appropriates funds for the reinstatement of junior kindergarten programs in schools where the programs were administered prior to 2012.

 

EDN, FIN

HB799

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM AERONAUTICS ACT.

Clarifies the authority of the State, its employees, or its independent contractors, to remove birds or animals by aerial means in furtherance of official State duties.

 

WAL, JUD

HB800

RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

Places the state foundation on culture and the arts within the department of business, economic development, and tourism creative industries division instead of the department of accounting and general services.  Designates the director of business, economic development, and tourism, instead of the comptroller, in selecting works of art for acquisition.

 

VMI, EDB, FIN

HB801

AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR SUNSTRONG LLC, A RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPER SERVING THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to SunStrong LLC, a renewable energy developer, for the provision of electric energy and installation of renewable energy projects in Hawaii.

 

EEP, FIN

HB802

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Provides the counties with exclusive authority to amend district boundaries for lands in the urban district.

 

WAL

HB803

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS.

Amends Act 326, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, by (1) Replacing the term "local contact" with "on-island agent"; (2) Defining the term "on-island agent"; (3) Clarifying that an association's duty to report to DOTAX is limited to the relevant information an association actually receives from a transient accommodation operator; (4) Amending penalties imposed on associations for failure to report; and (5) Repealing the sunset date.

 

TOU, FIN

HB804

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 24th Representative District.

 

FIN

HB805

RELATING TO VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFITS.

Exempts federal veterans disability benefits from seizure to enforce a court judgment, except for certain child and spousal support cases.

 

VMI, FIN

HB806

RELATING TO MILITARY BENEFITS.

Prohibits courts, in making a disposition of property pursuant to a divorce decree, from considering federal disability benefits awarded to a military veteran.

 

VMI, JUD

HB807

RELATING TO FAMILY COURT.

Prohibits courts from considering a person's federal veterans disability benefits in determining whether to award support and maintenance allowances or the amount of the allowance to the person's spouse or former spouse.

 

VMI, JUD

HB808

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires that partial payment of taxes be credited first to principal, then to interest, and then to penalties.

 

FIN

HB809

RELATING TO THE RATE OF INTEREST APPLICABLE TO UNDERPAYMENTS AND NONPAYMENTS OF TAX.

Lowers the current interest rate payable by taxpayers on underpayments or nonpayments of tax from the rate of two-thirds of one per cent for each month or fraction thereof to the rate of one-third of one per cent for each month or fraction thereof.

 

FIN

HB810

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds for the P4C Program of the University of Hawaii Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education and for teachers of the Department of Education to train with the P4C Program.

 

EDN, FIN

HB811

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates moneys for two full-time time equivalent graduate assistant positions at the Hawaii educational policy center at UH.

 

HED, FIN

HB812

RELATING TO LIGHTING.

Requires that new and retrofitted street lights on state highways and roads be energy efficient.  Requires that a portion of existing street lights be retrofitted with energy efficient lighting fixtures.  Appropriates moneys.

 

TRN, FIN

HB813

RELATING TO THE CODE OF ETHICS.

Clarifies the fair treatment law by separating out certain limitations placed on task force members from those placed on legislators.  Makes clear that legislators are not prohibited from taking action in the exercise of the legislator's legislative functions.

 

LMG, JUD, FIN

HB814

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Appropriates grant-in-aid to CCH for the repair and maintenance of Ihe St., Kealakai St., Pala St., and Panui St.

 

FIN

HB815

RELATING TO MOPEDS.

Requires the annual registration and inspection of mopeds.  Makes mopeds subject to the vehicle weight tax and an annual $15 registration fee.  Increases the fine for modifying a moped to $1,000.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

HB816

RELATING TO AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENT.

Establishes requirements for air quality samples that are taken in emissions investigations within urban districts.

 

EEP, CPC

HB817

RELATING TO MICROPLASTIC.

Prohibits the sale or promotional offering of cleaning products and personal care products that contain microplastic.

 

EEP, CPC

HB818

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Repeals the temporary increase in income tax rates established by Act 60, SLH 2009, six months ahead of schedule by changing the sunset date of the increased tax rates from 12/31/2015 to 07/01/2015.

 

FIN

HB819

RELATING TO BULLYING.

Requires certain state entities and grantees to adopt bullying prevention policies.  Establishes a task force to assist the Governor with bullying prevention policies in the State.

 

EDN, JUD

HB820

RELATING TO PUBLIC EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

Establishes the Executive Office on Early Learning Prekindergarten Program to be administered by the Executive Office on Early Learning and provided through Department of Education public schools and public charter schools.

 

EDN, FIN

HB821

RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

Amends or repeals provisions of Chapters 302A and 302L, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as related to early childhood education, for housekeeping and other purposes.

 

EDN, FIN

HB822

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.

Appropriates moneys for the Hawaii association of conservation districts to assist with its staffing and operating costs.

 

WAL, FIN

HB823

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL THEFT.

Establishes a two-year agricultural theft pilot project to investigate the effectiveness of a dedicated enforcement officer focused specifically on prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the county of Hawaii.

 

AGR, JUD, FIN

HB824

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Authorizes the Hawaii green infrastructure authority to reserve a portion of the Hawaii green infrastructure fund to be used exclusively for the issuance of bonds to qualified agricultural enterprises.

 

AGR, FIN

HB825

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS.

Proscribes licensing requirements and enforcement provisions for transient vacation rentals under the department of commerce and consumer affairs.  Takes effect on 1/1/2016.

 

TOU, CPC, FIN

HB826

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Appropriate funds to the state ethics commission to design and develop a system that allows filers to electronically file required statements and reports with the state ethics commission.

 

JUD, FIN

HB827

RELATING TO A MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and the appropriation of funds for the planning, design, and construction of the mixed-use project at 902 Alder Street including a juvenile services center.

 

HSG, JUD, FIN

HB828

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Upon approval by county land use decision-making authority, and with concurrence from Land Use Commission, requires boundary amendments reflected in certain plans to be adopted in accordance with such approved plans.  Prioritizes funding for public infrastructure in areas of planned growth.

 

WAL, FIN

HB829

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to facilitate the development of affordable housing as part of transit-oriented development by making grants-in-aid to counties to expedite permit processing by using third party review programs.  Appropriates funds.

 

HSG, WAL, FIN

HB830

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

Exempts from the definition of "historic property" any private residence that has not been entered, or nominated by the owner of the residence for entry, onto the Hawaii Register of Historic Places.  Clarifies that nothing in Chapter 6E, HRS, shall be construed to require a review by the DLNR for any private residence exempted under the new "historic property" definition.

 

WAL, FIN

HB831

RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Establishes protocol for public charter schools in the event a school becomes financially insolvent.  Authorizes school closure if determined necessary by an authorizer in the event of financial insolvency or due to health and safety issues.

 

EDN, FIN

HB832

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows a public charter school student who has been notified of the prospect of charter revocation or nonrenewal or school closure to enroll in a school outside of the student's service area.

 

EDN

HB833

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Makes permanent the current amount of transient accommodations tax revenues allocated for distribution to the counties.

 

TOU, FIN

HB834

RELATING TO CHECK CASHING.

Requires the written agreement for the deferred deposit of checks to also state that all cumulative fees charged for deferred deposit transactions shall not exceed an annual percentage rate of 39%.

 

CPC, FIN

HB835

RELATING TO WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION.

Establishes time limits for the Department of Health regarding water quality certification applications.

 

EEP, FIN

HB836

RELATING TO ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT.

Appropriates funds for each year of the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium to establish at least one additional assertive community treatment team for mental health outreach and case management.

 

HLT, FIN

HB837

RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS.

Prohibits ivory and rhinoceros horn sales and trade within the State, to be enforced by the department of land and natural resources.  Establishes penalties.

 

WAL, JUD

HB838

RELATING TO FLUORIDATION.

Requires the boards of water supply to fluoridate public water systems with 1,000 or more service connections.  Requires the Department of Health, with the cooperation of the boards of water supply, to submit a report to the legislature regarding implementation of fluoridating the public water systems.

 

HLT, FIN

HB839

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Exempts the State and counties from laws or rules that require the performance of construction, reconstruction, preservation, resurfacing, restoration, or rehabilitation upon a private highway if it had been surrendered to the State or a county and the legislature or county council adopts a legislative measure accepting the surrender.

 

TRN, JUD

HB840

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Directs the executive branch to prepare preliminary design and request for proposals for the design, construction, and operation of a correctional facility.  Appropriates moneys.

 

PBS, FIN

HB841

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Repeals criminal and civil penalties related to marijuana.  Prohibits the furnishing of marijuana to a minor.  Allows the cultivation of marijuana on private property.  Prohibits counties from prohibiting the cultivation of marijuana on private property.

 

HLT, JUD

HB842

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Provides exemptions from vehicle registration, safety inspection, and driver licensure requirements for marine terminal equipment.  Allows the operation of marine terminal equipment on a highway in certain conditions.

 

TRN, JUD

HB843

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates $225,000 in general funds for 4.0 FTE positions for the UH Pamantasan Council to promote access and diversity.

 

HED, FIN

HB844

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS.

Establishes three positions within the office of language access to assist state agencies and state-funded agencies in implementing the requirements of Hawaii's language access law.

 

HLT, FIN

HB845

RELATING TO STATE CERTIFICATION OF HEALTH CARE INTERPRETERS.

Establishes a health care interpreter qualification or certification system within the department of health.  Establishes the Hawaii board of health care interpreters and authorizes the board to qualify or certify a person as a health care interpreter.  Makes an appropriation.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB846

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS.

Appropriates funds to further develop the language access resource center and multilingual website pilot project.  Authorizes the hire of necessary personnel to staff the resource center and administer the multilingual website.

 

HLT, FIN

HB847

RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Addresses primary care physician shortages by appropriating funds for the interdisciplinary Hawaii health systems corporation primary care training program at Hilo Medical Center.

 

HLT, FIN

HB848

RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

Clarifies that under the Hawaii Post-Secondary Education Authorization Program, institutions may request an administrative hearing pursuant to chapter 91, HRS, for proceedings concerning denials, suspensions, or terminations.

 

HED, CPC

HB849

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Amends Hawaii's Right to Farm Act to ensure that counties cannot enact laws, ordinances, or resolutions to limit the rights of farmers and ranchers to engage in agricultural practices.

 

AGR, JUD

HB850

RELATING TO THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE.

Appropriates moneys for critical positions in UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Cooperative Extension Service.

 

AGR, HED, FIN

HB851

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to establish an advanced life support ambulance to be based in Puna on the island of Hawaii, including the acquisition of a vehicle and equipment and personnel costs for state-certified emergency medical services personnel.

 

HLT, FIN

HB852

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2015-2017 for salary and employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (14) and for certain employees excluded from collective bargaining.

 

LAB, FIN

HB853

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes a k-12 agriculture workforce development pipeline initiative in DLIR to conduct trainings for teachers and school administrators in agricultural self-sufficiency.  Appropriates moneys to support the initiative.

 

AGR, EDN, FIN

HB854

RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGES.

Requires hotels to distribute porterage service charges to employees in full or disclose to customers that the charges are being used for other purposes.

 

TOU, LAB, FIN

HB855

RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES.

Clarifies that vocational rehabilitation providers are subject to penalties pursuant to section 386-97.5, HRS.

 

HUS, JUD

HB856

RELATING TO SYNTHETIC DRUGS.

Authorizes the DOH to use emergency rulemaking to add synthetic drugs as an administrative attachment to the list of controlled substances.  Requires certain county police departments to use technologies and protocols that instantly identify synthetic drugs.  Appropriates moneys to the affected counties.

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

HB857

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires high school students and general educational development candidates to pass a test substantially equivalent to the United States citizenship civics test.

 

EDN, FIN

HB858

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Permits the termination of residential rental agreements in cases of domestic violence.  Specifies additional procedures under the residential landlord-tenant code for instances of domestic abuse.

 

CPC, JUD

HB859

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Expands the list of state-licensed care facilities for which the Department of Health is required to post electronic inspection reports on its website.  Requires the Department to maintain a forum on its website where state-licensed care facilities may post vacancy information. 

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

HB860

RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Establishes an employment first policy for persons with developmental or intellectual disabilities in Hawaii.  Requires the DOH to establish an employment first committee.

 

HLT, HUS, FIN

HB861

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires the Department of Education to provide care to students with diabetes pursuant to a student's diabetes medical management plan.

 

HLT, EDN, FIN

HB862

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH CORPS LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

Appropriates moneys for the implementation and administration of the Hawaii health corps loan repayment program.

 

HLT, HED, FIN

HB863

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates moneys to: establish health care homes at federally qualified community health centers; restore basic adult dental benefits to medicaid enrollees; and provide outreach and eligibility services at federally qualified health centers.  Requires DHS to solicit and accept matching federal funds.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB864

RELATING TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION INSURANCE COVERAGE.

Provides insurance coverage equality for women who are diagnosed with infertility by making available to them expanded treatment options, ensuring adequate and affordable health care services.

 

HLT, CPC

HB865

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Requires HHFDC to establish a community land trust for the purpose of selling homes to low- and moderate-income homebuyers.

 

HSG, FIN

HB866

RELATING TO THE SECURE AND FAIR ENFORCEMENT FOR MORTGAGE LICENSING ACT.

Establishes a mortgage license exemption for sellers of real property who offer or negotiate terms of a mortgage loan secured by the seller's own real property; provided that the seller does not engage in more than three mortgage loans in one calendar year.

 

CPC, JUD

HB867

RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS' BASALT REBAR INITIATIVE.

Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to support the Pacific international space center for exploration systems' basalt rebar initiative, including construction of a basalt rebar plant and engineering assessments of the manufactured basalt rebar; provided that no funds shall be made available unless the private sector and the federal government collectively provide a $2 for $1 match of funds.

 

EDB, FIN

HB868

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires BOE to annually re-establish statewide performance standards, and the means to assess the standards, based upon multiple forms of assessment.

 

EDN, FIN

HB869

RELATING TO SPINNER DOLPHINS.

Prohibits the taking of a spinner dolphin.

 

OMH, JUD

HB870

RELATING TO FOOD.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for a food innovation center to be operated by Kapiolani community college for the purpose of utilizing processing-grade, locally grown farm products to manufacture prepared meals in a large-scale kitchen.

 

AGR, HED, FIN

HB871

RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.

Establishes requirements for access and distribution of DOA's Plant Quarantine Branch information.  Requires DOA to establish or participate in private-public partnerships to enhance the biosecurity program and quarantine inspection process.  Appropriates funds for specified projects.

 

AGR, FIN

HB872

RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.

Provides that naturally occurring beach sand shall not be considered a water pollutant if used for beach erosion mitigation and certain related purposes.

 

WAL

HB873

RELATING TO AQUATIC LIFE.

Prohibits the sale of aquatic life for aquarium purposes.

 

OMH, JUD

HB874

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM.

Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement annual assessments in the Hawaiian language that are not translations for Ka Papahana Kaiapuni students.

 

OMH, EDN, FIN

HB875

RELATING TO THE AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

Establishes duties of the chairperson and members of the aha moku advisory committee.  Requires the committee to select a vice chairperson.  Deletes the committee's authorization to hire an executive director.  Authorizes the committee to hire an executive assistant and other staff.  Clarifies duties of the executive assistant.  Requires the committee to develop an administrative structure for communication with the aha moku council system from each island.

 

WAL/OMH

HB876

RELATING TO SMOKING.

Prohibits smoking in all public coastal areas of the State. 

 

HLT, WAL

HB877

RELATING TO VEHICULAR TAXES.

Provides for a state vehicle weight tax for a vehicle registered to certain permanently totally disabled veterans of $50 for a vehicle that has a net weight of ten thousand pounds or less, or $100 for a vehicle that has a net weight of more than ten thousand pounds.

 

VMI, TRN, FIN

HB878

RELATING TO THE MILITARY.

Allows reservists and national guard members in active service who desire to run for office to file nomination papers and take their oaths by mail.

 

VMI, JUD

HB879

RELATING TO VETERANS.

Directs the DOH to establish a comprehensive suicide prevention program for veterans.  Appropriates moneys.

 

VMI, HLT, FIN

HB880

RELATING TO THE MILITIA.

Establishes an employer income tax credit for taxpayers who maintain employee insurance coverage for national guard members for the duration of the national guards' active duty.  Expands the powers of the governor and governor's designee in calling the national guard into active duty.  Allows the adjutant general to order the national guard into active service for nonemergency purposes that are necessary and attendant to the mission of the department of defense.  Expands the rights granted to national guard members to incorporate rights granted under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

 

VMI, FIN

HB881

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

Establishes a veterans coordinator position within the Office of Veterans' Services to assist all veterans, with a primary focus on female veterans, who served on active duty for the full period they were activated.  Makes an appropriation. 

 

VMI, FIN

HB882

RELATING TO ACCESS TO EXPERIMENTAL MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.

Allows terminally ill patients to seek access and to use potentially life-saving investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are currently only accessible to patients enrolled in clinical trials.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB883

RELATING TO AQUARIUM FISH.

Prohibits the selling or offering for sale any fish or aquatic life taken under an aquarium fish permit subjected to substantial injury or cruel treatment.

 

OMH, JUD

HB884

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Requires any fees assessed by the campaign spending commission to be deposited into the Hawaii election campaign fund.  Requires that general funds, rather than moneys from the Hawaii election campaign fund, be used for the operating expenses of the campaign spending commission.  Authorizes the campaign spending commission to use moneys from the Hawaii election campaign fund for investigation expenses.

 

JUD, FIN

HB885

RELATING TO WILDLIFE.

Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to enter into the interstate wildlife violator compact or similar agreement for mutual assistance in the enforcement of wildlife laws.

 

WAL, JUD

HB886

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Extends the high-earner income tax brackets established pursuant to Act 60, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009 by an additional two years.  Raises the income tax credits provided to low-income households by the refundable food/excise tax credit and low-income household renters credit to unspecified amounts.

 

FIN

HB887

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Requires DAGS to upgrade state fleet vehicles to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.  Appropriates moneys.

 

EEP, TRN, FIN

HB888

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Makes it a petty misdemeanor for a person to recklessly possess a loaded firearm while the person is intoxicated.

 

JUD

HB889

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Repeals criminal and civil penalties related to marijuana.  Prohibits the furnishing of marijuana to a minor.  Allows the cultivation of marijuana on private property.  Prohibits counties from prohibiting the cultivation of marijuana on private property.

 

JUD, FIN