OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-NINTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 6

7TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 30, 2017

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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

IAC -   Intrastate Commerce

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

 

 

HB1164

RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

Enhances the electronic prescription accountability system to inform prescribers of their prescription habits compared to their peers.

 

HLT, CPC

 

HB1165

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY.

Establishes a Center for Women in Technology within the University of Hawaii, Department of Information and Computer Sciences.

 

EDB, HED, FIN

 

HB1166

RELATING TO EDUCATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE.

Allows computer science to replace either one math or one science class to count towards graduation requirements for high school students.

 

EDN, JUD

 

HB1167

RELATING TO WIND ENERGY FACILITIES.

Required a wind energy facility owner to be responsible for facility decommissioning and to provide evidence of financial security unless the owner has an existing lease or other agreement that provides for decommissioning. Establishes setback standards for wind energy facilities.   

 

EEP, WAL, FIN

 

HB1168

RELATING TO ESTABLISHING AN ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT DATABASE.

Requires the state procurement office to establish an electronic database of all government procurement contracts, accessible to each governmental entity.  Requires state procurement office oversight of procurement information.  Appropriates funds to establish the electronic database.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1169

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Requires UH to promote careers in teaching to high school students.  Appropriates funds.

 

HED, FIN

 

HB1170

RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.

Requires that a portion of conveyance tax revenues be deposited into the education design and construction project assessment fund.

 

WAL, EDN, FIN

 

HB1171

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Repeals provisions of Act 234, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, pertaining to minimum standards for homeless shelters and homeless shelter stipend payments.

 

HUS, FIN

 

HB1172

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Clarifies that probable cause for arrests by law enforcement officers of fireworks offenders may be established based on statements from witnesses; and photographs, video recordings, and other recordings that can be authenticated by one or more witnesses.

 

CPC, JUD

 

HB1173

RELATING TO A WATER IRRIGATION PILOT PROJECT.

Establishes a one-year pilot program requiring DAGS, DOT, and DLNR to implement irrigation water conservation best management practices, as established by the Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii.  Requires DAGS, DOT, and DLNR to each submit a report regarding the results of the pilot program.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1174

RELATING TO COTTAGE FOODS.

Provides an exemption from Department of Health rules to certain cottage food products sold directly to consumers under certain conditions.  Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules no later than December 31, 2017.  Effective January 1, 2018.

 

EDB, HLT, CPC

 

HB1175

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 34th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1176

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Clarifies that failure to register a firearm within the required time period does not relieve the owner of the duty to register the firearm.  Allows the owner of an unregistered firearm to register the firearm thereafter without penalty.

 

JUD

 

HB1177

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires PSD to work with the Social Security Administration to enter into an agreement to obtain replacement social security cards for inmates.  Requires PSD, in conjunction with DOH, DOT, and the examiner of drivers of each county, to provide Hawaii-born inmates with copies of birth certificates and driver's licenses or state ID cards.  Requires PSD to assist inmates born outside of Hawaii to obtain birth certificates and photo IDs.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

 

HB1178

RELATING TO SEPARATION BENEFITS.

Appropriates funds for severance benefits and special retirement benefits for public employees affected by the privatization or closure of Hawaii health systems corporation facilities.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1179

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Expands the types of rental housing projects that can be exempted from general excise taxes.  Allows the terms of collective bargaining agreements and associated provisions to be deemed the prevailing wages and terms serving as the basis of compliance with chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the construction of certain rental housing projects.

 

HSG, LAB, FIN

 

HB1180

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Amends the definition of contractor in Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the Hawaii Procurement Code.  Applies procurement sanctions to subcontractors for unethical violations.

 

LAB, CPC

 

HB1181

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PRESCRIPTION DRUG REIMBURSEMENT.

Amends the reimbursement rate for prescription drugs in the workers' compensation system to be ten per cent below average wholesale price.  Restricts the provision of physician-dispensed prescription drugs to the first ninety days following injury.

 

LAB, CPC, FIN

 

HB1182

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Requires the ERS actuary to conduct annual stress tests of the system and the board to submit annual reports of the tests to the legislature.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1183

RELATING TO MAKENA STATE PARK.

Appropriates moneys to construct two comfort stations in Makena state park.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1184

RELATING TO AERONAUTICS.

Replaces criminal penalties for certain airport offenses addressed in Chapter 261, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or in certain administrative rules or orders issued pursuant thereto, with a civil penalty.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1185

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 2, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow each gubernatorial nominee to appoint, following the primary election, a person from the same political party as a running mate for lieutenant governor in the general election.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1186

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AMEND THE TIMEFRAME TO RENEW THE TERM OF OFFICE OF A JUSTICE OR JUDGE AND REQUIRE CONSENT OF THE SENATE FOR A JUSTICE OR JUDGE TO RENEW A TERM OF OFFICE.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to amend the timeframe to renew the term of office of a justice or judge and require consent of the senate for a justice or judge to renew a term of office.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1187

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Beginning with the primary election in 2018, requires the office of elections to implement election by mail in a county with a population of fewer than 100,000 and beginning with the 2020 primary election, implement election by mail in each of the other counties for all elections.  Establishes an election by mail system, including requirements for ballots, replacement ballots, deficient return of ballots, electronic transmission of replacement ballots under certain circumstances, ballot counting, voter service centers, places of deposit, and election expenses and responsibilities.  Establishes procedures for postponed elections.  Makes conforming amendments to provide for an election by mail system.  Allows voters in an election by mail system to request that their ballots be temporarily forwarded to another address in or outside of the State for a single election or a primary or special primary election and the election immediately following it.  Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the elections by mail program.  Requires the office of elections to submit annual reports to the legislature from 2018 to 2024 regarding implementing the elections by mail program.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1188

RELATING TO VOTING.

Specifies that an affidavit on application for voter registration shall be a part of the application associated with the issuance of a civil identification card and driver's license.  Requires each county examiner of drivers to electronically store the contents of the affidavit on application for voter registration provided by applicants in conjunction with their driver's license and civil identification card applications and provide electronic accessibility of this information.  Effective 1/1/2018.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1189

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

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

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1190

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 6, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.

Proposes an amendment to article V, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to provide that the attorney general be elected as a nonpartisan elected official rather than appointed by the governor.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1191

RELATING TO BEACHES.

Amends the definition of "water pollutant" as used in chapter 342D, HRS, to exclude locally sourced sand that meets certain conditions.

 

OMH/EEP, WAL

 

HB1192

RELATING TO CHAPTER 183, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Amends fines for the destroying or harvesting of koa trees and other trees and plants on state lands to an amount up to the current market value of each tree or plant at that location and the cost of restoration or replacement of the habitat.  Clarifies that any person that violates a provision of part II of chapter 183, HRS (forest reserves), or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, other than section 183-17, HRS, shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.  Repeals the general penalty provision of chapter 183, HRS.

 

WAL, JUD

 

HB1193

RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Appropriates funds for grants-in-aid to the counties for assistance with identifying and mapping important agricultural lands.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1194

RELATING TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

Allows home schooled students to participate in extracurricular activities offered at the public school that they would otherwise be required to attend.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB1195

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Appropriates funds to DOH and DHS, including the office of youth services, to provide homeless outreach services.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

 

HB1196

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Appropriates funds to DHS for the housing first program and the rapid re-housing program to assist chronically homeless individuals and individuals who require financial assistance to avoid homelessness.  Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the state rent supplement program to assist homeless individuals or families and those at imminent risk of homelessness.

 

HSG/HUS, FIN

 

HB1197

RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

Appropriates moneys necessary to supply emergency 7-day provisions of food and water for state and county firefighters while they serve at fire stations; provided that a county provides matching funds for provisions for its firefighters.

 

PBS, FIN

 

HB1198

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 32nd Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1199

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires DOT to contract for a study on the feasibility of establishing a harbor or port at Kapoho bay on the island of Hawaii.

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1200

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PLANS FOR A SWIM AREA IN POHOIKI.

Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to conduct a feasibility study to determine the best means to provide a Pohoiki swimming area and develop plans, in cooperation with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, county of Hawaii, and any stakeholders, for a safe swim area.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1201

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Proposes a constitutional amendment that would: (1) establish local school boards throughout the State to be elected from at least 7 school districts as provided by law; and (2) create an educational standards and accountability commission.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

 

HB1202

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES II, III, AND XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL.

Amends the state constitution to provide for direct initiative, popular referendum, and recall.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1203

RELATING TO SENTENCING.

Establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of twenty years for class A felony of first degree sexual assault of a minor who is less than fourteen years of age.

 

JUD

 

HB1204

RELATING TO FERRIES.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to conduct any necessary environmental impact statements for the establishment of the Hawaii state ferry system.  Makes an appropriation.

 

EEP, TRN, FIN

 

HB1205

RELATING TO SHOOTING RANGE PROTECTION.

Provides protections against burdensome retroactive regulation and lawsuits; prevents frivolous claims against shooting range operators and individuals engaging in target shooting.

 

IAC/HLT, JUD

 

HB1206

RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board (Board) to request parties appearing before the board to submit proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law and a draft decision on any motion or issue of law.

 

LAB, JUD

 

HB1207

RELATING TO LABOR.

Establishes procedures and penalties related to the issuance of stop-work orders by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for employer violations of temporary disability insurance requirements.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1208

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

Appropriates funds for two full-time equivalent (2.00 FTE) enforcement specialist IV positions to be primarily responsible for the enforcement of Hawaii’s workers' compensation, temporary disability insurance, and prepaid health care laws.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1209

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Beginning January 1, 2018, requires all sugar-sweetened beverages to contain a warning label.

 

HLT, CPC

 

HB1210

RELATING TO OBESITY PREVENTION.

Establishes a fee on sugar-sweetened beverages.  Establishes an obesity and chronic disease prevention special fund, Hawaii obesity and chronic disease prevention trust fund, and Hawaii interagency obesity prevention council to support obesity prevention programs.  Appropriates funds to the obesity and chronic disease prevention special fund.

 

HLT, CPC

 

HB1211

RELATING TO FORECLOSURES.

Provides that a mortgagor or other person in interest may impeach foreclosure proceedings prior to entry of a memorandum on an existing certificate of title.

 

CPC, JUD

 

HB1212

RELATING TO URBAN REDEVELOPMENT.

Establishes the Transit Oriented Development Authority.

 

TRN/HSG, WAL, FIN

 

HB1213

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Requires the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Department of Taxation, to conduct a joint study on the viability and costs associated with creating a state tax credit for commercial properties that historically preserve their properties. Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1214

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide an annual report to the legislature with information regarding the value and status of public lands under chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1215

RELATING TO THE CANCER RESEARCH CENTER OF HAWAII.

Directs grant funds obtained by the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii to the Hawaii cancer research special fund, instead of the research and training revolving fund.  Requires the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii to be financially self-sufficient.

 

HED, FIN

 

HB1216

RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT.

Establishes a temporary tax credit for investments made in qualified low-income housing projects or qualified low-income buildings.

 

HSG, FIN

 

HB1217

RELATING TO THE STATE MICROBE.

Establishes and designates Flavobacterium akiainvivens as the official microbe of the State.

 

VMI, JUD

 

HB1218

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT KAWAINUI MARSH ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU.

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for a capital improvement project by DLNR to install water management infrastructure for wildlife ponds and contour stream banks and overflow channels to manage flood waters at Kawainui Marsh.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1219

RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Authorizes the PUC, during its ratemaking procedures, to set a utility's fair return at not more than 5%.

 

EEP, FIN

 

HB1220

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 33rd Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1221

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 49th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1222

RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION FEES.

Repeals requirement that a disabled veteran be in receipt of disability retirement pay in order to be exempt from the payment of annual vehicle registration fees.

 

VMI, FIN

 

HB1223

RELATING TO MILITARY IN THE ARTS.

Appropriates moneys for the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to establish an Arts in the Military Program.

 

VMI, FIN

 

HB1224

RELATING TO THE STATE OF GOA, REPUBLIC OF INDIA.

Appropriates funds to DBEDT for the establishment of a State of Hawaii sister-state office in the State of Goa, Republic of India.

 

VMI, FIN

 

HB1225

RELATING TO THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HAWAII STATE CAPITOL.

Appropriates funds to SFCA to fund celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Hawaii state capitol.  Appropriates funds.

 

VMI, FIN

 

HB1226

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Appropriates funds to the department of health for the purchase of one twenty-four-hour, seven-days-a-week, ambulance unit for the county of Kauai and one twenty-four-hour, seven-days-a-week, ambulance unit for the county of Hawaii and operational costs for both units.

 

HLT, FIN

 

HB1227

RELATING TO MEDICAID PROVIDERS.

Authorizes health care providers under the state medicaid program to ask about supplemental nutrition assistance program (food stamp) participation on medicaid certification and re-certification forms.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

 

HB1228

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Provides a bidder of a public works construction project with two working days after the closing of bids to provide the name of each joint contractor or subcontractor and the nature and scope of the work to be performed by each. Allows the bidder to replace a subcontractor that is not in compliance with these requirements, provided that the price of the total bid remains the same.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1229

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Requires public procurement construction bids to list subcontractors and joint contractors only for contracts with a total value of more than $5,000,000; provided that bids lacking this list may be accepted if in the State's best interest.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1230

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

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist MauiGrown Coffee, Inc. with the operation and expansion of its farm and mill.

 

AGR, FIN

 

HB1231

RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF.

Allows, in cases where the Department of Education directly expends its own funds for disaster relief to be directly credited with any federal disaster relief reimbursement.  Clarifies that the Department of Education may carry over funds received as disaster relief appropriation or reimbursement.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB1232

RELATING TO RECORDS MANAGEMENT.

Requires the department of education to set a standard for retention of student records of not less than one hundred years.  Allows the department of education to partner with the Hawaii correctional industries program to establish a three-year student records modernization pilot project.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB1233

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 35th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1234

RELATING TO ARBITRATION.

Clarifies provisions relating to required disclosures by arbitrators.

 

JUD

 

HB1235

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM FAMILY LAW ARBITRATION ACT.

Authorizes the use of arbitration to resolve certain family law disputes.  Specifies law applicable to arbitrations.

 

JUD

 

HB1236

RELATING TO COURT JURISDICTION.

Provides that circuit and family courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction regarding the offense of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree, endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree, and endangering the welfare of an incompetent person.  Provides that district and family courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction regarding the offense of endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree and endangering the welfare of an incompetent person.

 

JUD

 

HB1237

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Excludes from the definitions of advertisement and electioneering communication the communications of a candidate's name on clothing or other attire not directly associated with that candidate's campaign committee.

 

JUD

 

HB1238

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Provides that a candidate committee shall not be required to file a statement of information for electioneering communications made by a candidate committee that clearly identifies the communication as being paid for by the candidate committee.  Repeals the requirement that a candidate committee file a statement of information of the names and addresses of all persons who contributed to the committee or the organization for the purpose of publishing or broadcasting the electioneering communications.

 

JUD

 

HB1239

RELATING TO MARRIAGE.

Provides that common law marriages shall be lawfully recognized, subject to certain conditions.

 

JUD

 

HB1240

RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.

Appropriates funds to DHS for the coordinated statewide homeless initiative, subject to certain conditions.

 

HSG/HUS, FIN

 

HB1241

RELATING TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS.

Exempts nonprofit organizations and their employees who are already exempt from licensure and registration as mortgage loan originators from regulation as mortgage loan servicers.

 

CPC, JUD

 

HB1242

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Ensures that property that is used for short-term rental transient accommodations in the State is subject to and in compliance with applicable State and county laws.

 

TOU/HSG, FIN

 

HB1243

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop a department telephone hotline intake training program to enable the department to efficiently and effectively receive information and respond to information and reports relating to the department's duties and responsibilities.  Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent civil service position to provide intake services for the department of land and natural resources' telephone hotline twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1244

RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.

Amends the cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection income tax credit to:  (1) make the tax credit assignable; (2) make the tax credit refundable; (3) disallow the tax credit for taxpayers whose federal adjusted gross income exceeds certain amounts; (4) expand the criteria for cesspools that qualify for the tax credit; and (5) extend the sunset date to 12/31/2022.  Requires that all cesspools in the State be upgraded or converted to septic or aerobic treatment unit systems or connected to sewer systems.  Establishes a grant program to assist with cesspool upgrade or conversion costs.  Appropriates funds for the grant program.  Requires DOH to develop guidelines for the mandatory disclosure of cesspools on real property.

 

HLT/EEP, FIN

 

HB1245

RELATING TO CEMETERIES.

Requires DCCA in consultation with Comptroller to develop strategies for repair and maintenance of Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City, Oahu.  Authorizes DCCA to access the Sunset Memorial Trust Fund.  Provides limited liability for persons maintaining or repairing cemetery grounds.  Requires report to Legislature.

 

WAL, CPC, FIN

 

HB1246

RELATING TO ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION.

Expands the authority of DPS to release certain pre-trial detainees and sentenced offenders to include felons.  Requires electronic monitoring of released detainees and offenders.  Authorizes electronic monitoring of offenders in programs that offer alternatives to incarceration.  Appropriates funds.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

 

HB1247

RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH.

Appropriates funds for research on prevention and mitigation of Rapid Ohia Death.

 

EEP/AGR, FIN

 

HB1248

RELATING TO MICROGRIDS.

Authorizes the establishment of microgrid demonstration projects for the generation, storage, and distribution of renewable energy.

 

EEP/EDB, CPC

 

HB1249

RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

Requires the state building code council to adopt net zero energy capability standards for new single-family residential construction.  Requires all new single-family residential construction to be net zero capable by 1/1/2019.

 

EEP, HSG, FIN

 

HB1250

RELATING TO WASTEWATER.

Authorizes counties to inspect sewer laterals located on private property under certain conditions.  Authorizes counties to compel property owners to inspect sewer laterals under certain conditions and to make repairs as necessary.

 

WAL/EEP, JUD, FIN

 

HB1251

RELATING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 6th

 

FIN

 

HB1252

RELATING TO JUDGES.

Changes the composition of judges of the intermediate appellate court, circuit courts, district courts, and family courts.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1253

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Require gas utility companies to establish renewable energy portfolio standard for gas.  Provides means for gas utility companies to achieve the renewable energy portfolio standards for gas.  Requires the public utilities commission to conduct a study of the renewable portfolio standards.

 

EEP, FIN

 

HB1254

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES VII AND X OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to advance the State's goal of providing a quality education for the children of Hawaii by authorizing the legislature to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on residential investment property and visitor accommodations.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

 

HB1255

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the Department of Education to develop a program to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction to students as part of the high school health or physical education curriculum.

 

HLT, EDN, FIN

 

HB1256

RELATING TO THE WEED AND SEED STRATEGY.

Appropriates funds for grants to maintain and expand the weed and seed strategy, which is a collaborative effort to reclaim, restore, and rebuild communities. 

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1257

RELATING TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.

Allows permits that authorize the defendant to operate an employer's vehicle during the period of license revocation to be supported by the employer's sworn statement attesting to the period of the specified assigned hours of work that the defendant will drive the vehicle for purposes of employment.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1258

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes requirements for operating an autocycle.  Defines autocycle.

 

TRN, CPC

 

HB1259

RELATING TO CLEAN TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes a clean transportation fee to be paid from a tax on fuel sales.  Establishes the zero emissions vehicle infrastructure special fund to be funded by a percentage of the clean transportation fee for the purpose of expediting the development of electric charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure throughout the State to enable and promote the use of zero emissions vehicles.  Establishes the zero emissions vehicle rebate special fund to provide rebates for the purchase of new zero emissions vehicles within the State so long as funds are available.

 

TRN, EEP, FIN

 

HB1260

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

Requires county and municipal planning organizations to incorporate transportation mode share targets into county and municipal plans.

 

TRN, WAL

 

HB1261

RELATING TO LICENSING.

Short form bill relating to licensing.

 

IAC

 

HB1262

RELATING TO CHARTER TOUR OPERATORS.

Permits charter tour operators to deposit funds in a federally insured institution outside of the State.  If funds are deposited outside of the State, then charter tour operators shall allow the department of commerce and consumer affairs to access the tour operator's financial records through the financial institution.

 

IAC, CPC, FIN

 

HB1263

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Makes appropriations to Leeward Community College for its special education coursework for teacher licensure and to the Department of Education's Alternate Teacher Route Contract and Teacher Induction and Mentoring programs.  Requires the Auditor to report on teacher retention statistics on a school-by-school basis.  Allows retired teachers to teach if they earn no more than certain amounts.

 

EDN/HED, FIN

 

HB1264

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.

Clarifies that Hawaiian shall be required for public acts and transactions beginning on January 1, 2020.  Requires that upon request by a member of the public for the Hawaiian language version, the public officer having the care and custody of a government record, paper, or document shall make all reasonable efforts to make it available in Hawaiian.

 

OMH, HED/EDN, JUD, FIN

 

HB1265

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires licensure for certain private trade, vocational or technical schools.  Creates a private trade, vocational, and technical school licensure special fund.  Implements a licensure  fee.

 

EDN/IAC, CPC, FIN

 

HB1266

RELATING TO MINORS.

Prohibits persons licensed to provide professional counseling from engaging in, attempting to engage in, or advertising sexual orientation change efforts on persons under 18 years of age.

 

CPC, JUD

 

HB1267

RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING.

Requires HHFDC and each county to initiate a rent-controlled housing pilot project for new housing constructed in a total of 5 representative districts and for housing constructed in those districts prior to 1990.  Appropriates funds.

 

HSG, FIN

 

HB1268

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires an affidavit on an application for voter registration to be included as part of the application for driver's licenses and civil identification cards.  Prevents processing of application for driver's licenses or civil identification cards unless a voter affidavit is complete or declined.  Provides that the submission of a voter registration application either to register to vote or update the voter's registration information constitutes a request for permanent absentee voter status unless the applicant specifically indicates the applicant does not wish to be a permanent absentee voter.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1269

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires the office of elections: (1) beginning with the primary election in 2018, to implement election by mail in a county with a population of fewer than 100,000; and (2) beginning with the 2020 primary election, implement election by mail in each of the other counties for all elections.  Establishes an elections by mail system, including requirements for ballots, replacement ballots, deficient return of ballots, ballot counting, voter service centers, places of deposit, and election expenses and responsibilities.  Establishes procedures for postponed elections.  Makes conforming amendments to provide for an elections by mail system.  Clarifies that election by mail voters can request that their ballots be temporarily forwarded to another address in or outside of the State for a single election or a primary or special primary election and the election immediately following it.  Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the elections by mail program.  Requires the office of elections to submit annual reports to the legislature from 2018 to 2023 regarding implementing the elections by mail program. 

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1270

RELATING TO LAND ACQUISITION.

Requires BLNR to enter into negotiations to acquire the property identified as Tax Map Key: (3) 6-8-001:030 Kamuela, Hawaii.  Appropriation.

 

AGR, WAL, FIN

 

HB1271

RELATING TO PRIVATE CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS.

Enacts safeguards regarding the use of pesticides at private child day care centers.

 

HLT/HUS, EEP

 

HB1272

RELATING TO IMPROVING ACCESS TO PSYCHIATRIC CARE FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS.

Specifies that coverage for telehealth under the State's medicaid managed care and fee-for-service programs includes psychiatric services provided through a coordinated care manager who is present in a primary health care provider's office through telehealth.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

 

HB1273

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Requires training and certification for persons who provide temporary traffic control in a street, road, or highway.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

 

HB1274

RELATING TO COURTS.

Raises the district courts' jurisdictional limit for civil actions involving specific performance.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1275

RELATING TO PRIVATE ROADS.

Requires counties to create special improvement districts in subdivisions with privately owned roads that do not have existing procedures to maintain the private roads.  Prohibits the approval of new subdivisions of 10 or more residential lots unless a county can certify there are mechanisms or procedures in place to ensure the private roads are maintained adequately.  Makes the county responsible for the subdivision's road maintenance if a county fails to follow certification requirements when approving subdivisions.

 

TRN/WAL, JUD, FIN

 

HB1276

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a state income tax deduction of up to $5,000 per year for student loan interest paid on qualified education loans.

 

HED, FIN

 

HB1277

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Establishes a collective bargaining unit for full-time graduate student assistants employed by the University of Hawaii.  Delays formation of the graduate student assistant collective bargaining unit until 7/1/2018.

 

LAB, HED, FIN

 

HB1278

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Prohibits the University of Hawaii board of regents from increasing tuition fees until 2027.  Requires the university to report to the legislature regarding tuition increases and the university's repair and maintenance costs.

 

HED, FIN

 

HB1279

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL FOOD PRODUCTION.

Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii, West Oahu, to expand its existing programs and develop new means to increase food security and self-sufficiency in the State.

 

HED/AGR, FIN

 

HB1280

RELATING TO ENERGY MODERNIZATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Facilitates development and use of electric microgrids powered by renewable energy and operated by the Department of Education at public schools and other properties of the Department, by exempting them from regulation as a public utility by the Public Utilities Commission.  Adds a definition for "microgrid".

 

EEP, EDN, CPC

 

HB1281

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Establishes a three-year Work-for-a-Day Pilot Program that provides homeless individuals with work opportunities and connects them with service providers.  Appropriates funds.

 

HUS, LAB, FIN

 

HB1282

RELATING TO INSECTICIDE AND HERBICIDE USE.

Prohibits the application of neonicotinoid insecticides and glyphosate herbicides after December 31, 2019, without a license or permit from the state or federal government.

 

AGR/EEP, JUD

 

HB1283

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Requires the PUC to establish performance incentive mechanisms that directly tie electric utility revenues to the utility's achievement on performance metrics.   Allows the PUC to delay implementation until no later than January 1, 2020.

 

EEP, CPC

 

HB1284

RELATING TO PARKING.

Increases the fines for first time and subsequent violations that may be assessed for the unauthorized or improper use of a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1285

RELATING TO ARBITRATION.

Requires all arbitrators to disclose known, direct, and material financial or personal interests.  Authorizes a court to vacate an arbitration award if that arbitrator failed to make a proper disclosure.

 

JUD

 

HB1286

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Repeals the pilot program for lease of public school land.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB1287

RELATING TO CHILD CARE.

Provides that any person violating the child care provisions of chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be guilty of a class C felony.  Increases the applicable fines.

 

HUS, JUD

 

HB1288

RELATING TO LICENSURE OF CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MIDWIVES.

Establishes licensure requirements for the practice of midwifery.  Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules regulating the practice of midwifery.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

 

HB1289

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Establishes requirements for step therapy protocols to ensure patient access to the particular prescription drugs prescribed by health care providers.  Establishes insurance coverage requirements and standards for appeal of coverage determinations.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

 

HB1290

RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION.

Makes voter registration application affidavit a mandatory part of all driver's license and identification card applications.  Requires sharing of information among the counties, Department of Transportation, and election personnel.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1291

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 2, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to require the gubernatorial nominee of each political party following the primary election to appoint a person from the same political party as a running mate for lieutenant governor in the general election.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1292

RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.

Adds a new definition of parked lunch wagons or food trucks to apply in special management areas.  Amends the definition of development in a special management area to include placement of any structure.  Amends the definition of structure in relation to shoreline setbacks to include parked lunch wagons or food trucks.

 

TRN, WAL

 

HB1293

RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop an intake and dispatch training program to enable the department to efficiently and effectively receive and respond to information and reports relating to conservation and resource enforcement matters received on the division of conservation and resource enforcement's direct line.  Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent civil service position to provide intake and dispatcher services for the division of conservation and resource enforcement.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1294

RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

After January 1, 2019, prohibits keeping open any exterior door or window in a commercial building while an air conditioner or central cooling system is operating to cool the air surrounding the area adjacent to the open door or window.  Requires the State Building Code Council to adopt applicable codes and standards for retrofitting existing commercial buildings and designing new commercial construction to be compliant.

 

EEP, HSG, JUD

 

HB1295

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Establishes a Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform in the Governor's Office to develop a statewide framework of sentencing and corrections policies to reduce the State's incarcerated population by 25 percent by 2025.  Allows the Commission to make recommendations on moving a correctional facility to comply with federal guidelines and to modernize.  Requires the Commission to develop a plan to reduce spending on corrections and reinvest in strategies to increase public safety and reduce recidivism.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

 

HB1296

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Establishes the Hawaii Tourism Task Force to address the needs and concerns of the Hawaii tourism industry for the 21st century.  Report to legislature.

 

TOU, FIN

 

HB1297

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN SOVEREIGNTY.

Provides that the State shall support a model of sovereignty and self-governance chosen by the Hawaiian people that complies with federal and state law.

 

OMH, JUD

 

HB1298

RELATING TO ANIMALS.

Prohibits tethers and certain other types of restraints that are known to endanger dogs or prevent dogs from receiving necessary sustenance.  Specifies penalties.

 

AGR, JUD

 

HB1299

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public, subject to certain conditions.

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

 

HB1300

RELATING TO CORAL.

Requires UH Environmental Center to conduct ongoing studies of the environmental impacts of sewage spills on affected coral reefs.  Requires UH Environmental Center to submit an annual report to the legislature prior to the convening of regular sessions.  Appropriations.

 

EEP/OMH, HED, FIN

 

HB1301

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Provides that a person or entity that is determined by HISC to have introduced an invasive species into the State is financially liable (strict liability) for the eradication of the invasive species.

 

AGR, JUD

 

HB1302

RELATING TO PESTICIDE USE.

Prohibits the use of any pesticide unless the user is certified by DOA.  Requires DOA to include an educational component to the pesticide use certification process.  Requires DOA to adopt rules to carry out the purposes of chapter 149A, HRS.  Effective 1/1/18.

 

EEP, AGR, FIN

 

HB1303

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawai‘i to translate the Hawai‘i state constitution into the Hawaiian language.

 

OMH, HED, FIN

 

HB1304

RELATING TO MARINE EVENTS.

Requires the submission of permit applications for regattas or marine parades to DLNR at least 1 year and 30 days before a proposed event.  Requires DLNR to grant or deny permits no less than 1 year before a proposed event.  Allows DLNR to assess cancellation fees.

 

OMH/WAL, FIN

 

HB1305

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Appropriates funds for the construction of a westbound shoulder lane on the H-1 Freeway between the Kunia/Waipahu/Ewa (Exit 5) off-ramp and the Kualakai Parkway on-ramp.

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1306

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1307

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Allows the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes on Interstate Route H-1 by all vehicles, regardless of the number of occupants, after 8:30 a.m.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1308

RELATING TO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.

Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conduct a study on the necessity and feasibility of establishing an agency within the department to regulate homeowners associations.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

 

HB1309

RELATING TO GRANTS.

Adds grants for planning, design, construction, renovation, operations, and equipment of facilities to the types of grants for which repayment to State is required in the event that the grantee discontinues the activities or services approved in the grant.  Designates the Department of Budget and Finance as the negotiating agency for grant repayments.  Requires grantees to publicly recognize State support of projects awarded grants.

 

FIN

 

HB1310

RELATING TO THE WAIAKEA PENINSULA REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

Establishes the Waiakea Peninsula Redevelopment District, Planning Committee, and Revolving Fund.

 

TOU, WAL, FIN

 

HB1311

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes a K-12 Agriculture Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative in DLIR to conduct training for teachers and school administrators in agricultural self-sufficiency.  Appropriates funds.

 

AGR, EDN, FIN

 

HB1312

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Establishes open voting and educational requirements for condominium association and board members.  Requires courts to issue a judgment against a party refusing to participate in the mediation process.  Requires certain employees of a managing agent to be licensed in accordance with requirements established by the real estate commission.

 

IAC/CPC, JUD

 

HB1313

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds for the purchase and operational costs of one ambulance unit for the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services division of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Services for use in Ewa Beach.  Appropriates additional funds for rent and other associated costs for an emergency medical services station in Ewa Beach.

 

HLT, FIN

 

HB1314

RELATING TO SCHOOL SPENDING.

Requires Department of Education schools and charter schools to disclose the amount of funds that they spend for standardized testing, test preparation, pre-packaged lessons, and related consulting services.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB1315

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 state or local general election to vote at the state or local primary election immediately preceding the state or local general election by which the citizen will attain the age of eighteen.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1316

RELATING TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Amends Hawaii's controlled substances act to mirror federal regulations, which permit qualified practitioners to administer, dispense, and prescribe any schedule III, IV, or V narcotic drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as a detoxification treatment or maintenance treatment; provided the practitioner complies with specific federal requirements.

 

HLT, JUD

 

HB1317

RELATING TO THE HAWAII CREDIT CREATION PILOT PROGRAM.

Establishes the Hawaii credit creation pilot program, within the department of commerce and consumer affairs division of financial institutions, to increase the availability of responsible small dollar consumer loans of at least $600 and up to $5,000.  Specifies requirements of the program, including application requirements, interest rates, use of referral partners, and fees.  Requires annual status reports to the legislature and a recommendation regarding continuation of the pilot program.  Repeals on June 30, 2022.

 

IAC, CPC, FIN

 

HB1318

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires that revenue estimates provided by DOTAX 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 open to public disclosure.

 

FIN

 

HB1319

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Increases the general excise tax by 0.5% to provide a dedicated funding source for the department of education and the University of Hawaii.  Increases the use tax by 0.5%.  Reduces the amount deducted from the county surcharge on state tax to reimburse the State for costs of assessment, collection, and disposition from 10% to 5%.  Amends the state income tax by increasing the amounts of the standard deduction to unspecified amounts.  Extends the sunset date for the increased amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit by 2 years.

 

EDN, HED, FIN

 

HB1320

RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

Requires accredited and non-accredited post-secondary educational institutions that are for-profit entities to disclose in print and electronic media and signage that they are for-profit businesses registered in the State.

 

HED, JUD

 

HB1321

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Establishes an advisory committee to review state land use law.  Requires the committee to submit reports to the legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1322

RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.

Requires the State Procurement Office, in conjunction with DOE, UH, DOT, and DAGS, to conduct an analysis and review of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code, specifically with regard to the awarding of construction contracts.  Appropriates an unspecified amount of funds for the analysis and review.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1323

RELATING TO THE STATE FUEL TAX.

Changes the assessment of the state fuel tax from a specified cents per gallon to the greater of a specified cents per gallon or a specified percentage of the wholesale price per gallon to the retailer, subject to a minimum monetary amount of tax based upon the tax paid by certain retailers.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

 

HB1324

RELATING TO A TAX CREDIT FOR INTERISLAND TRANSPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS GROWN OR PROCESSED IN STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Authorizes a tax credit equal to 20% of qualifying business costs for the transportation of agricultural commodities between islands within the State of Hawaii.

 

AGR, TRN, FIN

 

HB1325

RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.

Requires the DOA to establish parameters and construction requirements for biosecurity facilities that provide for and ensure the safety of agricultural and food commodities.  Makes appropriations for the biosecurity program, including projects for import replacements of high risk crops.

 

AGR, CPC, FIN

 

HB1326

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds for a basalt rebar market study. 

 

EDB, FIN

 

HB1327

RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Appropriates funds for the Manufacturing Development Program.

 

EDB, FIN

 

HB1328

RELATING TO FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT.

Extends the sunset date of the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit to January 1, 2024.  Provides stability and economic incentive predictability for the film industry.

 

EDB, FIN

 

HB1329

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds for grants to participants in the 2017 and 2018 Hawaii annual code challenge so that the proof of concepts created during the challenges can be developed into prototypes.  Requires matching funds.

 

EDB, FIN

 

HB1330

RELATING TO COMMON INTEREST AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES.

Establishes common interest agricultural communities.

 

WAL, AGR, FIN

 

HB1331

RELATING TO ZONING.

Allows counties with populations less than one hundred thousand to enact a zoning ordinance to amortize or phase out nonconforming single-family transient vacation rental units over a reasonable period of time.

 

TOU/HSG, WAL, FIN

 

HB1332

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the excise tax rate on large cigars.

 

CPC, FIN

 

HB1333

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO HONOKAA LAND COMPANY, LLC.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to provide financing to assist the Honokaa Land Company, LLC, with acquiring, developing, and renovating agricultural facilities and structures.

 

AGR, FIN

 

HB1334

RELATING TO LAND TRANSFER.

Transfers title, custody, and control of two parcels of land from the University of Hawaii to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

 

HSG, HED, FIN

 

HB1335

RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.

Specifies that certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to at-risk rules and deductions and to passive activity loss do not apply with respect to claims for the state low-income housing tax credit.  Appropriates funds to establish one position in the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to oversee the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program.

 

HSG, FIN

 

HB1336

RELATING TO LAKE WILSON.

Appropriates moneys to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for a study to be conducted in cooperation with the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the merits of acquiring Lake Wilson dam and spillway to upgrade the dam and develop pumped-storage hydroelectricity.  Requires federal matching funds.

 

EEP/WAL, FIN

 

HB1337

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes within the Hula Mae Single Family Program a housing downpayment loan program for faculty members of the University of Hawaii.  Creates a subaccount for funds for the program within the Housing Finance Revolving Fund.

 

HSG, HED, FIN

 

HB1338

RELATING TO THE PESTICIDE USE REVOLVING FUND.

Increases the Pesticide Use Revolving Fund threshold from $250,000 to $1,000,000.

 

AGR, FIN

 

HB1339

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.

Restructures the Hawaii Invasive Species Council as the Hawaii Invasive Species Authority to coordinate implementation of the Hawaii Interagency Biosecurity Plan and related duties.  Appropriates funds.

 

AGR, EEP, FIN

 

HB1340

RELATING TO THE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LAND QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL COST TAX CREDIT.

Extends by ten years the time period that the Department of Agriculture may certify important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credits.

 

WAL, AGR, FIN

 

HB1341

RELATING TO FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH IN HAWAII.

Designates the month of October as "Farm to School Month in Hawaii."

 

AGR, JUD

 

HB1342

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY PRACTICES.

Establishes a pilot project at Makua beach and Hawaii island to designate areas in public parks for planting and growing coconut trees for Hawaiian traditional and customary gathering practices.  Appropriates funds for the pilot project.

 

AGR/OMH, WAL, FIN

 

HB1343

RELATING TO FARMS.

Creates an exclusion from income tax for the first $50,000 of income earned by farmers whose gross income is $200,000 or less.

 

AGR, FIN

 

HB1344

RELATING TO CHILDREN.

Provides that informal adjustment shall be prioritized over formal action for a child under family court jurisdiction solely as a result of truancy.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1345

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Prohibits a person listed in the federal Terrorist Screening Database from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm or ammunition.  Allows for removal of the disqualification.  Requires surrender or disposal of firearms and ammunition.

 

JUD

 

HB1346

RELATING TO CRIMES.

Adds operating a vehicle in a reckless manner to the offense of negligent homicide in the second degree.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1347

RELATING TO RESTITUTION FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME.

Clarifies that reimbursement to crime victims includes lost wages, mental health treatment, counseling, and therapy.  Effective 1/1/2018.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1348

RELATING TO LASER DEVICES.

Makes it a criminal offense to intentionally or knowingly direct the beam from a laser device at an occupied aircraft under certain circumstances.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1349

RELATING TO TRAINING.

Requires police commissions to establish and police officers to complete training programs on cultural competency and implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity.  Requires DPS to establish and public safety officers to complete training programs on cultural competency and implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity.  Requires police commissions to ensure that all full-time police officers receive crisis intervention training related to interaction with persons with mental disabilities.  Requires police commissions to establish policies for officer interaction with persons with mental disabilities and homeless persons.

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

 

HB1350

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS.

Establishes requirements for body-worn cameras and vehicle cameras for county police departments.  Establishes policy guidelines for the use and discontinuance of use of body-worn cameras by police officers.  Establishes certain restrictions on the use of body-worn cameras by on-duty police officers.  Adds retention and deletion requirements for body-worn camera footage.  Prohibits certain uses of body-worn camera video footage.  Establishes violations of recording and retention requirements.  Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to each county for the purchase of body-worn video cameras and law enforcement vehicle cameras; provided that no funds appropriated to a county shall be expended unless matched dollar-for-dollar by the county.  Requires the county police departments to report costs of implementing and maintaining the body-worn camera and vehicle camera program to the legislature.  Takes effect on 1/1/2018.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1351

RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE RECYCLING FUND.

Clarifies purposes for which moneys from the electronic device recycling fund may be expended.  Makes an appropriation to reimburse the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui for expenses incurred during 2015 and 2016 related to the collection services associated with handling and collecting electronic devices for recycling.

 

EEP, FIN

 

HB1352

RELATING TO INFORMATION CHARGING.

Authorizes all class B and C felony charges to be instituted by written information subject to specified exceptions.

 

JUD

 

HB1353

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Extends each county's authority to establish and collect a surcharge on state general excise and use taxes.  Requires a county's share of the county surcharge on state tax to be paid to the county on a monthly basis.  Deletes the repeal date for Act 247, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, authorizing counties to levy a surcharge to fund public transportation systems.

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1354

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCE.

Specifies that the per diem legislative allowance for legislators who reside on an island other than Oahu shall be equal to the federal Department of Defense flat rate per diem amount for temporary duty on Oahu.

 

FIN

 

HB1355

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST MAUI ALL NATURAL ALTERNATIVE, LLC.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Maui All Natural Alternative, LLC with the development of a project to provide municipal sludge processing and renewable energy at the Wailuku-Kahului wastewater reclamation facility on Maui.

 

EEP, FIN

 

HB1356

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH, ILLNESS AND ADDICTION.

Requires attending medical professionals to refer patients to mental health treatment programs or facilities when they are discharged from emergency examination and hospitalization and determined not to be imminently dangerous to self or others.

 

HLT, JUD

 

HB1357

RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION:  AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS.

Amends various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.

 

JUD

 

HB1358

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Allows the possession and distribution of marijuana or marijuana concentrate for personal use; provided that the amount of marijuana or marijuana concentrate does not exceed one ounce and is used for private, personal, or recreational purposes by persons twenty-one years of age or older.  Creates a defense to a marijuana-related offense if the marijuana or marijuana concentrate was for personal use, except for possession by or distribution to a minor.

 

HLT, CPC, JUD

 

HB1359

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Allows each county to enact and enforce ordinances necessary to prevent, investigate, control, or eradicate invasive species on any public or private premises within the limits of the county.

 

AGR/EEP, JUD

 

HB1360

RELATING TO MANUFACTURED MARIJUANA PRODUCTS.

Expands the range of manufactured medical marijuana products that may be produced and sold to include certain edible products.  Authorizes eight companies to partner with medical marijuana dispensaries to produce manufactured marijuana products, subject to certain conditions.  Establishes requirements for manufacturing, handling, and packaging manufactured marijuana products.

 

HLT, CPC, JUD

 

HB1361

RELATING TO COUNTIES.

Allows the counties to make short term investments with similar authority as the state director of finance.  Requires counties' investments in bonds of any improvement district to be of investment grade or supported by the general obligation pledge of the county in which the improvement district is located.

 

FIN

 

HB1362

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.

Establishes a family leave insurance program, which requires employees to make contributions into a trust fund that can be used to provide employees with family leave insurance benefits to care for a designated person.  Expands the number of weeks of family leave from four to twelve weeks under the family leave law.  Appropriates funds to the department of labor and industrial relations to implement the family leave insurance program.  Requires a study to be performed by the department of labor and industrial relations and an actuarial study to be performed by the department of budget and finance.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1363

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Replaces the Hawaii election campaign fund with the general revenues of the State as the funding source for the operating expenses of the campaign spending commission.  Appropriates general revenues to the commission for operating expenses.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1364

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

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

 

JUD

 

HB1365

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII FOR REFERENDUM.

Amends article XVII of the State Constitution to provide for Referendum.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1366

RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS YOUTH.

Allows service providers to request and authorize transportation to and from school on behalf of homeless children and families.

 

HUS, TRN, FIN

 

HB1367

RELATED TO HOMELESS PROGRAMS.

Amends the definition of provider agency for homelessness services to include nonprofits that accept funds without a contract.  Requires annual reports of providers' effectiveness.

 

HUS, FIN

 

HB1368

RELATING TO BORN ALIVE INFANTS.

Ensures the protection and promotion of the health and well-being of all infants born alive the State.  Mandates medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment to all born alive infants.  Provides civil and criminal penalties.

 

HLT, HUS, JUD

 

HB1369

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes the creation of a working council made up by educators to have an input in curriculum, policy and educational decisions.

 

EDN, JUD

 

HB1370

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 36th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1371

RELATING TO WORKPLACE VIOLENCE.

Establishes department of labor and industrial relations responsibilities for incidents of workplace violence as well as investigation procedures for incidents of workplace violence. 

 

LAB, JUD

 

HB1372

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Establishes goals and income limits for affordable housing.

 

HSG, JUD

 

HB1373

RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE HOUSING.

Authorizes counties to provide exemptions for alternative dwellings and alternative dwelling parks.

 

HSG, WAL, JUD

 

HB1374

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

This Act instructs DLNR to create a stay-for-work program which provides homeless individuals and families with legal campsites at parks in exchange for their volunteer services maintaining park grounds.

 

HUS, WAL

 

HB1375

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Establishes a homeless care residence program to provide financial assistance to households providing temporary housing and care to a homeless relative.  Requires that providers undergo certification and inspection by the department of human services and caps program participation at twelve months. Offers non-refundable income tax credit for providers.

 

HUS, HSG, FIN

 

HB1376

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires a partisan candidate for state office to pay a $100 filing fee, $80 of which shall be provided to the candidate's party.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1377

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Directs DHS to develop and implement residential campgrounds for the homeless.

 

HUS, WAL

 

HB1378

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Requires the Department of Transportation to develop plans and initiate the procurement process for the construction of secondary access roads for the Waianae district of leeward Oahu. Appropriates funds.

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1379

RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

Authorizes teachers to voluntarily promote community-sponsored after-school programs, subject to principal approval.

 

EDN, JUD

 

HB1380

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS.

Provides that disclosure of recordings made by law enforcement with body-worn and vehicle cameras shall be made pursuant to the Uniform Information Practices Act.  Makes an appropriation.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1381

RELATING TO ELEVATOR MECHANICS.

Expands or clarifies various aspects of statutes regarding elevator mechanic licensing and apprentice registration.

 

LAB, CPC

 

HB1382

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Assists small business in the state procurement process by establishing a temporary small business assistance initiative, small business advisory council, small business office, and small business procurement coordinator position within the state procurement office.  Appropriates funds.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1383

RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW.

Removes the limit on the number of board members allowed to have private discussions regarding the selection of the board's officers.

 

JUD

 

HB1384

RELATING TO FIRE SPRINKLERS.

Makes permanent the prohibition on the counties from requiring fire sprinklers in specific family dwelling units and agricultural and aquacultural buildings, but allows counties to require sprinklers for any new home that requires a variance from access road or fire fighting water supply requirements.

 

CPC, HSG, JUD

 

HB1385

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.

Prohibits administrative contested case hearings on applications for approvals for renewable energy production projects unless specifically required by law and requested by the applicant or another party with a constitutional right to do so for the matter.  Provides for judicial review and specifies exceptions.

 

EEP, JUD

 

HB1386

RELATING TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to designate transit-oriented development community districts along the Honolulu Rail Station Transit Corridor.

 

TRN/HSG, WAL, FIN

 

HB1387

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Requires a responsive bidder for a construction or design-build project to submit financial and accounting books and records detailing financial activity and earnings before receiving state funding.  Requires agencies to audit any person's books and records relating to the cost or pricing data of goods, services, and construction.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1388

RELATING TO FOSTER CARE SERVICES.

Amends definitions in chapter 578A, HRS, to clarify that any proper adult person or family, regardless of marital status, may be approved by DHS or another authorized agency to provide foster care services for children.

 

HUS, JUD

 

HB1389

RELATING TO LIVESTOCK HARVEST FACILITIES.

Makes an appropriation for the planning and design of scalable livestock harvest facilities to be expended by DOA.

 

AGR, FIN

 

HB1390

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 31st Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1391

RELATING TO PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS.

Bans knowingly selling in the State personal care products containing oxybenzone or octinoxate, except for medically-licensed prescriptions.  Takes effect on 10/1/2017.

 

EEP, CPC

 

HB1392

RELATING TO EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION OF FOOD PRODUCT SALES BY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.

Amends general excise tax exemptions to include sales of food products by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America and the Boy Scouts of America provided that profits from those sales are used exclusively to further the purposes of the organization.

 

FIN

 

HB1393

RELATING TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

Specifies the rights of public school students to refrain from participating in reciting the pledge of allegiance.

 

EDN, JUD

 

HB1394

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 28th representative district.

 

FIN

 

HB1395

RELATING TO THE KALIHI 21ST CENTURY COMMISSION.

Establishes a temporary Kalihi 21st Century Commission in the Office of Planning.  Requires the Commission to develop a community development plan for the development of the Kalihi area on Oahu.

 

EDB, JUD

 

HB1396

RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES.

Authorizes the Department of Health to allow two private-pay individuals to be cared for in the same community care foster family home if certain requirements are met.

 

HUS, JUD

 

HB1397

RELATING TO JURY TRIAL.

Increases the threshold value in controversy requirement for jury trials in civil cases at common law from $5,000 to $10,000.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1398

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

Creates procedural and administrative requirements for law enforcement agencies for eyewitness identifications of suspects in criminal investigations.  Establishes jury instructions when the court determines that the eyewitness identification is admissible.  Requires the attorney general to establish procedures for the implementation of uniform statewide eyewitness identification procedures.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1399

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Excludes any advertisement by a candidate or candidate committee from the reporting requirements for electioneering communications; provided that the advertisement is in compliance with the law regarding advertisements.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1400

RELATING TO SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT.

Establishes the exclusive jurisdiction of the small claims division of the district court over cases in which the amount claimed is $1,000 or less exclusive of interest and costs.  Expands the small claims division's jurisdiction over personal property cases to include any personal property worth $5,000 or less.

 

JUD

 

HB1401

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020.  Repeals and amends provisions relating to polling places, including absentee polling places.  Establishes voter service centers to accommodate personal delivery of ballots.  Appropriates funds.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1402

RELATING TO EMPLOYEES.

Establishes a shared leave program within the department of labor and industrial relations to allow state employees to donate accumulated sick leave and vacation leave credits to a shared leave bank or to another state employee who has a serious personal illness or injury or who has a family member who has a serious personal illness or injury.

 

LAB, JUD

 

HB1403

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 21st Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1404

RELATING TO THE HEALTH CARE PRIVACY HARMONIZATION ACT.

Identifies the circumstances in which the State has a compelling interest in the use and disclosure of de-identified protected health information under the Health Care Privacy Harmonization Act.

 

HLT, JUD

 

HB1405

RELATING TO RACIAL PROFILING PREVENTION.

Prohibits state and county law enforcement officers from using a person's race or ethnicity to form probable cause or reasonable suspicion to stop a vehicle.  Appropriates funds for the implementation of an annual racial profiling prevention training program for state and county law enforcement officers.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

 

HB1406

RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY.

Amends the definition of "practice of pharmacy."

 

HLT, JUD

 

HB1407

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY LEASES.

Provides that a renegotiation of a lease may result in decreased rent, notwithstanding any contract provision to the contrary.

 

CPC, JUD

 

HB1408

RELATING TO YOUTH SPORTS.

Regulates youth sports coaches by requiring an annual certification from DCCA.

 

IAC, CPC, FIN

 

HB1409

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE AN EFFECTIVE TIME PERIOD ON EACH AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow collective bargaining unit agreements to be effective for a period of 4 years.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

 

HB1410

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Transfers the regulation of ambulance services from the DOH to the counties.  Allocates a portion of the transient accommodations tax to the counties for ambulance regulation and operation.  Effective 7/1/2017.

 

HLT, FIN

 

HB1411

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Declares the intent of the legislature that a contested case hearing shall not be required for land leases, lease extensions, consents to subleases, or any other dispositions of public land.

 

WAL, JUD

 

HB1412

RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION.

Authorizes the Department of Taxation to require electronic filing of tax returns, subject to exceptions for reasonable cause as provided by administrative rules.  Reduces the threshold amount for electronic funds transfers of taxes.  Clarifies the thresholds are per tax type.

 

FIN

 

HB1413

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a voluntary program to allow out-of-state vendors to collect, report, and remit a simplified sellers use tax to the State.

 

EDB, FIN

 

HB1414

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION.

Requires OETS to investigate and report on the problems of the tax system modernization project of the department of taxation.  Appropriates funds.

 

FIN

 

HB1415

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Establishes additional performance bond requirements for surety companies and bond companies under the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1416

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

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 29th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1417

RELATING TO WATER.

Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to develop a post-disaster fresh drinking water security plan.  Makes an appropriation.  Requires a report to legislature prior to the regular session of 2018.

 

PBS, WAL, FIN

 

HB1418

RELATING TO LAND.

Amends the county exemptions from building permit and building code requirements to ensure that Hawaii's communities are not suspended from participation in the NFIP.

 

WAL, CPC

 

HB1419

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 37th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1420

RELATING TO FILIPINO VETERANS BURIAL ASSISTANCE.

Appropriates funds for burial grants for qualifying Filipino-American veterans to provide funeral and burial services and transportation of their remains to the Philippines; provided that federal funds remain unavailable and there remain eligible Filipino-American veterans living in the State.

 

VMI, FIN

 

HB1421

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Amends the definition of "adjuster" and "public adjuster" to clarify who may not be considered an adjuster or public adjuster under Article 9 of the Insurance Code.  Adds definitions of "insurance appraiser" and "insurance umpire".

 

IAC, CPC

 

HB1422

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a student exchange program compact between the University of Northern Philippines or Ilocos Sur Community College, or both, and the University of Hawaii school of travel industry management.  Requires reports to the Legislature.

 

HED, JUD, FIN

 

HB1423

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 20th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1424

RELATING TO COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS INVESTIGATIONS.

Establishes how a national organization that regulates collegiate level athletics shall investigate the UH, its athletics programs, or student-athletes.  Prohibits private colleges and universities in the state from entering into or remaining in an agreement regarding investigations with a national organization that regulates collegiate level athletics that differs from the requirements for investigations of the UH.

 

HED, CPC, FIN

 

HB1425

RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to relocate or develop public infrastructure inland.

 

EEP/WAL, FIN

 

HB1426

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 47th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1427

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 41st Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1428

RELATING TO KALAELOA AIRPORT.

Establishes a Kalaeloa airport tenant advisory board.

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1429

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 40th representative district.

 

FIN

 

HB1430

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR RECALL.

Amends article II of the state constitution to provide for recall.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1431

RELATING TO LANDFILLS.

Creates a moratorium on the construction or operation of any new municipal solid waste landfill unit on the leeward coast of Oahu.

 

EEP, WAL

 

HB1432

RELATING TO ELECTION CANDIDATES.

Prohibits public employers from placing employees on leave of absence without pay because of the employee's status as a candidate for elective public office.  Includes exceptions for leaves of absence requested by the employee, where the employer proves that the employee's candidacy substantially interferes with the performance of duties, or if the employee lacks a sufficient amount of accumulated vacation leave.

 

LAB, JUD

 

HB1433

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Requires DLIR to adjust the hourly minimum wage in accordance with the Honolulu region consumer price index. 

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1434

RELATING TO LABOR.

Requires employers of twenty-five or more food establishment workers to provide the workers with paid time off for illness and preventive medical care of the worker and the worker's spouse and children and for treatment arising from domestic violence or sexual assault.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

 

HB1435

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS REDUCTION PLAN.

Clarifies that the comprehensive loss reduction plan of the HHRF shall include implementing building code requirements for hurricane standards in accordance with state building code and design standards.

 

WAL, CPC

 

HB1436

RELATING TO AWARDED FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT.

Appropriates $75,000 to DAGS to update statewide standards for hurricane mitigation.  Anticipates full reimbursement by a Federal Emergency Management Agency hazard mitigation grant awarded to DAGS.

 

PBS, FIN

 

HB1437

RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM.

Appropriates moneys for the purchase of passenger vans for the Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Program.

 

VMI, FIN

 

HB1438

RELATING TO THE WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION.

Appropriates moneys for the commemoration of the centennial anniversary of World War I.

 

VMI, FIN

 

HB1439

RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Artist Fellowship Program for the awarding of one-time fellowships to promising artists.

 

VMI, FIN

 

HB1440

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Establishes various provisions to address homelessness.  Increases the conveyance tax and directs the additional revenues towards experimental or demonstration housing projects administered by the HPHA and the HFDC and homeless facilities and programs administered by DHS.  Establishes civil rights boards to address civil rights of homeless.  Requires a survey of available state property for affordable rental housing.  Requires DHS to conduct a homeless summit.  Provides job assistance for homeless individuals.  Establishes a working group in DHS to seek material and services for the Next Step Shelter.  Appropriates moneys.

 

HUS, WAL/HSG, FIN

 

HB1441

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Establishes the homelessness fund.  Increases the conveyance tax and directs revenues towards experimental or demonstration housing projects administered by HFCD and by HPHA and homeless facilities and programs administered by DHS.

 

HUS, WAL, FIN

 

HB1442

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Authorizes counties that have established a surcharge on state tax prior to 7/1/2015 to extend the surcharge in perpetuity.  Authorizes counties that have not established a surcharge by 7/1/2017 to establish a surcharge on state tax.  Provides that the State shall retain an unspecified portion of surcharge proceeds for DOT.  Requires a county's share of the county surcharge on state tax to be paid to the county on a monthly basis.

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1443

RELATING TO AN AIRPORT CORPORATION.

Authorizes the establishment of the Hawaii airport corporation within the department of transportation for administrative purposes on July 1, 2018.  Sets out appointment of members to the board of directors and powers and duties of the Hawaii airport corporation.  Transfers the aeronautics functions of DOT to the Hawaii airport authority.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

 

HB1444

RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS.

Requires pharmacy benefit managers to register with the insurance commissioner.

 

HLT, CPC

 

HB1445

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Requires the offering of a stipend to volunteers assisting in the point-in-time count conducted to determine the number of homeless individuals in the State as a condition of continued eligibility for federal funding.

 

HUS, FIN

 

HB1446

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to support basic operations, staff salaries and benefits, and continued hospitalist physician services at Wahiawa General Hospital.

 

HLT, FIN

 

HB1447

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Directs DHS to develop and implement residential campgrounds for the homeless.

 

HUS, WAL, FIN

 

HB1448

RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.

Requires the Department of Education to provide free school meals to children who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals, based on the United States Department of Agriculture's most current Income Eligibility Guidelines.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB1449

RELATING TO INNOVATION BUSINESS INTERACTION.

Establishes the impact loan fund for Hawaii (HI-impact loan program) in the High Technology Development Corporation to support dual-use technology small businesses.  Establishes the HI-impact special fund.  Appropriates funds.

 

EDB, FIN

 

HB1450

RELATING TO KULEANA LANDS.

Requires that claimants seeking to quiet title of kuleana land shall own more than 50% of the land.

 

OMH/WAL, JUD

 

HB1451

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 13th representative district.

 

FIN

 

HB1452

RELATED TO SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING.

Requires teachers and principals training to include suicide prevention.  Allows the training to be conducted through self-review.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB1453

RELATING TO PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Imposes a $20 per guest tax on users of transient accommodations for the purposes of funding conservation efforts.

 

TOU, FIN

 

HB1454

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Exempts remote schools from the weighted student formula.  Provides that remote schools will be funded based on categorical allotments that guarantee the funding of a minimum number of instructional and support staff positions to ensure that at least minimum course requirements are maintained.  Defines "remote school."  Makes appropriations.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB1455

RELATING TO THE HEALTH IMPACT OF PESTICIDES.

Establishes buffer zones around public schools that restrict pesticide use by an entity or person.

 

EEP, EDN, CPC, FIN

 

HB1456

RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Requires that 50 percent of lands designated as important agricultural lands be set aside for production of agricultural commodities for local sale and consumption.

 

WAL, AGR, FIN

 

HB1457

RELATING TO AQUATIC LIFE.

Requires the Division of Aquatic Resources to promote education about nearshore reef wildlife and to develop a comprehensive plan, programs, and policies for its sustainable management.

 

OMH, FIN

 

HB1458

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Increases to an unspecified percentage, the corporate income tax rates for companies:  (1) that have 20 or more employees; and (2) the majority of the employees have federal adjusted gross incomes of 125% or less of the federal poverty guidelines set forth each year by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1459

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Increases to an unspecified percentage, the corporate income tax rates for companies where the ratio between the salary of the company's highest-paid employee and the average of all the company's employees exceeds 20:1.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1460

RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.

Raises the conveyance tax rates for residential investment properties with a value of at least $2,000,000.

 

FIN

 

HB1461

RELATING TO FIRE SPRINKLERS.

Prohibits counties from charging for automatic fire sprinkler or automatic fire sprinkler system inspections in any HHFDC housing projects.  Makes permanent the prohibition on counties from requiring installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers in new or existing one‑ or two‑family dwelling units used only for residential purposes.  Repeals the prohibition on counties from requiring installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers in nonresidential agricultural and aquacultural buildings and structures located outside an urban area.  Takes effect on June 29, 2017.

 

CPC, HSG, JUD

 

HB1462

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Exempts housing projects where at least a portion of the units are set aside for persons and families with incomes at or below one hundred forty per cent of the area median income from county, highway, and school impact fees.

 

HSG, FIN

 

HB1463

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Repeals criminal penalties for possession of marijuana, but retains penalties for marijuana cultivation and distribution.  Specifies that the crime of promoting a detrimental drug in the first degree includes the selling or bartering of more than one ounce of marijuana.

 

HLT, JUD

 

HB1464

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Authorizes persons 21 years of age or older to consume or possess limited amounts of marijuana for personal use.  Provides for and requires the licensing of marijuana cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, safety testing facilities, and retail stores.  Subjects marijuana establishments to excise taxes and income taxes.

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

 

HB1465

RELATING TO LIQUOR.

Amends statutory language on liquor license application and operating procedures for clarity.

 

CPC, FIN

 

HB1466

RELATING TO A YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION.

Establishes a youth advisory commission within the office of youth services to advise the governor and legislature on issues relating to youth.

 

HUS, FIN

 

HB1467

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Adjusts allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the tourism special fund for inflation.  Adjusts allocation to the counties to equal forty-five per cent of the amount of revenues remaining after all other allocations are made.

 

TOU, FIN

 

HB1468

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Establishes the special operations K9 unit special fund.  Appropriates money to the fund for deputy canines and full-time equivalent (FTE) permanent canine handler positions within the department of public safety.

 

PBS, FIN

 

HB1469

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Establishes procedures for designating public land redevelopment districts, planning committees, district redevelopment plans, and designated redevelopment district revolving funds.  Establishes powers and duties of planning committees.  Modifies public land lease restrictions.  Appropriates funds.

 

TOU, WAL, FIN

 

HB1470

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Allows hosting platforms registered with the department of taxation to act as tax collectors on behalf of the short-term rental lodging operators and applies the general excise tax on short-term rental lodging.  Requires hosting platforms to report detailed operator information, including addresses and number of booking transactions, with the filing of tax returns and requires short-term rental lodging operators to keep records of each booking transaction for a period of at least three years.  Limits the number of short-term rental lodging units that can be registered by any one operator and sets a cap of the number of nights permitted.  Creates a surcharge on short-term rental lodging in the State to fund supportive services for Hawaii's homeless.

 

TOU, JUD, FIN

 

HB1471

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Allows transient accommodations brokers to register as tax collection agents to collect and remit general excise and transient accommodations taxes on behalf of operators and plan managers using their services.  Ensures that the subject property is in compliance with applicable land use laws.  Allocates $1,000,000 of TAT revenues to each county for FY 2017-2018.  Sunsets on 12/31/2022.

 

TOU, CPC, FIN

 

HB1472

RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH.

Appropriates moneys for research to combat rapid ohia death.

 

AGR, FIN

 

HB1473

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Intercollegiate Athletic Program.

 

HED, FIN

 

HB1474

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes the Industrial Hemp Special Fund.  Provides that agricultural land utilized to grow industrial hemp shall qualify for the minimum dedication period and be assessed at the lowest percentage of fair market value.  Clarifies that the cultivation of industrial hemp shall be limited to licensed owners, lessees, or occupiers of agricultural lands.

 

AGR, FIN

 

HB1475

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Permits farmers markets and food hubs on lands in an agricultural district.

 

AGR, EDB, FIN

 

HB1476

RELATING TO BIOFUELS.

Requires the department of agriculture to establish a two-year advanced biofuels pilot project to expand the use of biofuels in achieving the goal of 100 percent clean energy dependence by 2045.  Requires a report to the legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2019.  Makes an appropriation.

 

EEP, AGR, FIN

 

HB1477

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LAND.

Permits private overnight campgrounds on land with an overall soil productivity rating of C, D, E, or U within agricultural districts.

 

AGR, WAL, JUD

 

HB1478

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES.

Appropriates funds to advocate, promote, and manage development, testing, and evaluation of unmanned aerial systems.

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1479

RELATING TO THE HILO COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DISTRICT.

Establishes the Hilo community economic district located in East Hawaii and places it under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii community development authority.  Establishes the Hilo community economic revolving fund.  Requires all revenue, income, and receipts of HCDA for the district to be deposited in the Hilo community economic revolving fund, and a designated per cent to be transferred to the special land and development fund under the department of land and natural resources.

 

EDB/TOU, WAL, FIN

 

HB1480

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 1st Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1481

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes a working group to study the uses of and best practices regarding blockchain technology.

 

EDB, FIN

 

HB1482

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds for the operations of the K-12 Agriculture Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative.

 

AGR, EDN, FIN

 

HB1483

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 44th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1484

RELATING TO ASSAULT.

Establishes that an offense is assault in the second degree if a person intentionally or knowingly causes bodily injury to a health care or human services professional.  Defines health care or human services professional.

 

HLT, JUD

 

HB1485

RELATING TO SOIL CONTROL.

Requires any person initiating a land disturbing activity to present a conservation plan for the activity to the affected neighborhood board or equivalent body prior to initiating the activity.

 

EEP/WAL, JUD

 

HB1486

RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITIES.

Reallocates $1,000,000 from the transient accommodations tax revenues for the operation of the Hawaiian center and the museum of Hawaiian music and dance at the Hawaii convention center to structural improvements to parks and public facilities to be determined with community input; provided that the improvements include creating space for health promotion activities and physical activity, and creating a Native Hawaiian sense of place.

 

TOU, OMH, FIN

 

HB1487

RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS.

Requires the family court to terminate parental rights if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the child was conceived during an act of sexual assault by the parent.  Requires the court to accept police investigation materials as evidence of the sexual assault.  For the period of time between the indictment and court determination in the case, grants the natural parent who is the victim of the sexual assault immediate temporary sole legal and physical custody of the child and prohibits visitation or allows supervised visitation of the indicted natural parent, as determined by the court.

 

JUD

 

HB1488

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Establishes the Office of Medical Marijuana Administration in DOH to administer marijuana dispensary licensing and regulation, and patient registration.  Extends civil service exemptions.  Extends interim rulemaking authority.  Requires an alternate medical marijuana dispensary tracking system for use when the DOH computer tracking system in nonfunctional.  Adds considerations for establishing marijuana testing standards and selecting additional dispensary licensees.  Requires retention of video security recordings of production centers and dispensaries for not less than 45 days.

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

 

HB1489

RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

Prohibits a state agency or program or activity receiving state financial assistance from excluding from participation, denying benefits to, or discriminating against a qualified individual by reason of disability, sex, including gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation.

 

LAB, JUD

 

HB1490

RELATING TO THE CONCUSSION PROGRAM.

Makes an appropriation for the concussion education and monitoring program for school athletics and youth athletic activities.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB1491

RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF ABUSE OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.

Establishes that the offense of abuse of a family or household member is a petty misdemeanor with a jail sentence of no less than forty-eight hours and no more than thirty days.  Establishes that for a second offense that occurs within five years of the first conviction of the offense of abuse of a family or household member is a misdemeanor and the person shall be termed a "repeat offender".  Establishes that a third or subsequent offense that occurs within five, rather than two, years of a second or subsequent conviction of the offense is a class C felony.  Allows the prosecution to use prior convictions of the offense of abuse of a family or household member as evidence in the instant offense committed by a repeat offender.  Requires that court ordered domestic violence intervention programs include anger management training.  Requires the judiciary, in cooperation with the prosecutor of each county and police department of each county, to annually compile and report on statistics regarding arrests, charges, and convictions based on the offense of abuse of a family or household member.  Repeals and reenacts the offense of abuse of a family or household member on 06/30/20.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1492

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

 

HB1493

RELATING TO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds from the issuance of those bonds for plans, design, construction, and equipment for a new gymnasium at Roosevelt High School.

 

EDN, FIN

 

HB1494

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Requires the Department of Human Services (DHS), in conjunction with the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, to establish a Homeless Incentive Program to encourage chronically homeless individuals to get off the streets by using the services of shelters.  Requires DHS to adopt rules.  Appropriates funds.

 

HUS, FIN

 

HB1495

RELATING TO REMOTE SALES OF CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Prohibits the remote sale and distribution of cigarettes and tobacco products, including electronic smoking devices, to consumers except to licensed wholesalers or dealers and permit-holding retailers.  Makes violation of the prohibition a class C felony subject to a maximum fine of $5,000.

 

HLT, CPC

 

HB1496

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 27th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1497

RELATING TO STATE LANDOWNER LIABILITY.

Establishes a cause of action for neighbors of state lands that have not been properly maintained.  Authorizes compensation for damages incurred by the State's breach of duty and, if applicable, costs incurred by a neighbor who repairs state property that has not been maintained.  Appropriates funds for necessary maintenance of state lands.

 

WAL, JUD, FIN

 

HB1498

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Requires contracts between the association and the resident manager or general manager to be made available to any unit owner, and allows certain personal information to be redacted from the contracts.

 

CPC, JUD

 

HB1499

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS.

Authorizes use of the condominium education trust fund to fund disputes among board members or involving the managing agent, and to pay the arbitration fees.  Authorizes the option for binding arbitration if mediation fails to resolve a dispute.

 

CPC, FIN

 

HB1500

RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS.

Provides for minimum prison sentence of forty-eight hours, or $150 fine, or both for the second act of criminal trespass in the second degree of commercial premises within a seven-day period.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1501

RELATING TO DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

Changes drug paraphernalia possession and delivery offenses from felonies to civil violations.

 

PBS, JUD

 

HB1502

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Provides a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income arising from the manufacture, production, packaging, and sale of select healthy foods in the State; as well as a general excise tax exemption for locally grown or produced foods.

 

AGR, FIN

 

HB1503

RELATING TO WORKFORCE HEALTH.

Establishes a requirement that all workers who handle restricted use pesticides are to undergo mandatory medical checks by the department of health.

 

LAB, HLT, FIN

 

HB1504

RELATING TO PESTICIDES.

Relating to an air testing pilot program to measure pesticide drift at the Waialua High and Intermediate School on the island of Oahu, by the Department of Health. 

 

EEP, HLT, FIN

 

HB1505

RELATING TO DIABETES.

Establishes the Diabetes Prevention and Management Task Force.  Effective July 1, 2017.

 

HLT, FIN

 

HB1506

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 45th representative district.

 

FIN

 

HB1507

RELATING TO CROSSWALKS.

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

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1508

RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct a building energy efficiency pilot program.  Requires all state buildings built or renovated after July 1, 2020, to incorporate certain energy efficient practices.  Appropriates funds.

 

EEP, FIN

 

HB1509

RELATING TO WATER MANAGEMENT.

Requires the State and counties to consider storm water management in the development of the Hawaii Water Resource Protection Plan.

 

EEP, WAL

 

HB1510

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Amends provisions relating to the care of the elderly and disabled in state-licensed care facilities.

 

HUS, FIN

 

HB1511

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Specifies license, relicense, certification, and recertification fees for community-based licensed care homes and facilities and case managers under the Department of Health.  Stipulates that the fees be deposited into the general fund.

 

HUS, FIN

 

HB1512

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER, COUNTY OF KAUAI.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects by the Department for Water, County of Kauai, for the Kilauea water system, the Wailua/Kapaa water system, and the Kalaheo water system.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1513

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 14th, 15th, and 16th Representative Districts.

 

FIN

 

HB1514

RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES.

Increases the monthly needs allowance paid under section 346D‑4.5(a), HRS, from $50 per month to $75 per month.

 

HUS, FIN

 

HB1515

RELATING TO SECURITY GUARDS.

Requires applicants for licensure as a guard to meet specified registration, instruction, and training requirements within sixty days of employment.  Specifies that a renewal of guard registration shall be no sooner than two years from an applicant's completion of initial registration.

 

IAC, LAB, CPC

 

HB1516

RELATING TO ANIMAL FORFEITURE.

Permits incorporated societies for the protection of animals to petition for full custody of the subject animals prior to filing or final disposition of criminal charges against the owner of the animals.

 

AGR, JUD

 

HB1517

RELATING TO MINIMUM TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT.

Requires judges, instead of the Hawaii paroling authority, to determine the minimum term of imprisonment a convicted offender must serve before becoming eligible for parole.

 

PBS, JUD

 

HB1518

RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS.

Provides that upon request from a public agency OIP may under certain conditions declare a person a vexatious records requester and restrict the person's rights under the Uniform Information Practices Act.  Establishes processes to appeal the declaration of a person as a vexatious records requester.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1519

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Short form bill relating to the Public Utilities Commission.

 

CPC

 

HB1520

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Short form bill relating to insurance.

 

CPC

 

HB1521

RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS.

Exempts rental income received for leasing housing to tenants participating in the federal housing choice voucher (section 8) program from the general excise tax.

 

HSG, FIN

 

HB1522

RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY.

Establishes a diversified farming business investment tax credit.

 

AGR, FIN

 

HB1523

RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

Clarifies the definition of "bicycles" for purposes of county vehicular taxes, highway safety laws, statewide traffic code, and bicycle laws by adding "low-speed electric bicycles" and defining low-speed electric bicycles.  Excludes low-speed electric bicycles from the definitions of "moped", "motor vehicle", and "vehicle".  Prohibits low-speed electric bicycle riding on all sidewalks.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1524

RELATING TO REAL ESTATE.

Requires principal brokers in a brokerage firm to ensure that:  associated real estate licensees and other staff who assist common interest communities are responsive to requests from owners regarding association-related finances, documents, records, and information; and any request from the real estate commission to distribute commission-generated information, materials, or documents to an association, a board of directors, or a unit owner in a common interest community is completed within ten days after receiving the request.

 

IAC, CPC

 

HB1525

RELATING TO PROSPECTIVE REVIEW.

Specifies procedural, disclosure, notice, and other requirements for prospective reviews required by health carriers or utilization review organizations prior to certification of coverage for health care services.

 

HLT, CPC

 

HB1526

RELATING TO CIVIL RELIEF FOR STATE MILITARY FORCES.

Conforms Chapter 657D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, concerning civil relief for state military forces to the federal Servicemember's Civil Relief Act.  Waives filing fees and court costs for a service member or other person seeking to enforce rights pursuant to Chapter 657D.

 

VMI, JUD, FIN

 

HB1527

RELATING TO AIRPORTS.

Establishes the Hawaii airport authority.  Transfers the administration of airports and the general aviation commuter portions of other airports to the Hawaii airport authority.  Makes an appropriation.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

 

HB1528

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Prohibits the importation and sale of combustion engine mopeds beginning on January 1, 2019.  Prohibits combustion engine mopeds from being operated on public highways, roadways, or streets beginning on January 1, 2025.  Requires motorcycles, motor scooters, and mopeds to have liability and bodily injury insurance coverage and the option to obtain uninsured and underinsured insurance coverage.  Requires mopeds to meet various insurance requirements established for motorcycles and motor scooters.

 

TRN, CPC, JUD

 

HB1529

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Prohibits discrimination in the rental of real property based on a veteran's use of HUD-VASH vouchers.

 

VMI, HSG, JUD

 

HB1530

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION.

Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Ombudsman, and Ethics Commission. 

 

FIN

 

HB1531

RELATING TO SAVINGS PROGRAMS.

Establishes a homeownership savings program to enable persons to save for the down payment on their first principal residence.

 

HSG, CPC, FIN

 

HB1532

RELATING TO PROSTITUTION.

Authorizes counties to designate areas where prostitution is prohibited upon petition to the courts.  Repeals crimes of loitering for the purpose of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution near schools or public parks.

 

JUD

 

HB1533

RELATING TO PROSTITUTION.

Repeals the penalties for consensual adult prostitution and promotion of adult prostitution.  Vacates convictions for conduct that is decriminalized and permits vacating convictions when defendant has no criminal convictions in the preceding three years.

 

JUD

 

HB1534

RELATING TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS.

Removes the 1-year residency requirement for appointment to a State or county department head or deputy or assistant department head position.

 

LAB, JUD

 

HB1535

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.

Short form bill relating to the Legislature.

 

FIN

 

HB1536

RELATING TO IRRIGATION.

Clarifies that the BOA has the power to acquire property by eminent domain for the construction and maintenance of water facilities that convey, distribute, and transmit water for agricultural uses, but not for domestic use.  Amends the definition of "public utility" in chapter 269, HRS, to include the production, conveyance, etc. of water for human consumption.

 

WAL/AGR, CPC

 

HB1537

RELATING TO LAND EXCHANGE.

Allows the governor to negotiate land exchanges to acquire lands that are suitable for long-term diversified agricultural production.  Requires a report to the legislature.

 

WAL/AGR, JUD, FIN

 

HB1538

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Prohibits the provision of marijuana and related compounds to minors under 18.  Prohibits minors under 18 to purchase marijuana or related compounds.  Prohibits cultivation of marijuana on state or county property.  Authorizes cultivation of marijuana on private property under certain conditions.  Prohibits sharing proceeds from marijuana cultivation with criminal groups.  Establishes fines for violations.  Repeals other criminal penalties related to possession, cultivation, distribution, and use of marijuana and related compounds.

 

HLT, WAL, CPC, JUD

 

HB1539

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Creates a criminal penalty with respect to the selling or furnishing of intoxicating compounds created from marijuana or marijuana concentrates to minors.  Allows the growing of marijuana plants for personal use on lands zoned for residential use or agriculture.  Prohibits marijuana use and distribution in conjunction with certain illegal activities.  Removes marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols from the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.  Removes certain references to and criminal penalties under the penal code related to marijuana and marijuana concentrates.

 

HLT, JUD

 

HB1540

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Stipulates that the auditor will contract with a suitable entity to conduct of study of closed claims in the workers' compensation system, that includes the study of processing time for closed claims.  Extends the deadline for the study to 11/30/2018 and the deadline for the legislative report to twenty days prior to the regular session of 2019.  Makes an appropriation for the study.

 

LAB, FIN

 

HB1541

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCE FOR EXPENSES WHILE TRAVELING WITHIN THE STATE.

Specifies that the legislative allowance for Oahu-based members' required travel within the State shall be equal to the federal Department of Defense flat rate per diem amount for temporary duty of the same duration in the applicable locality.

 

FIN

 

HB1542

RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN HIGHER EDUCATION.

Establishes an undergraduate health sciences academy at the University of Hawaii to increase recruitment and retention of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and first generation college students.  Makes an appropriation.

 

OMH, HED, FIN

 

HB1543

RELATING TO ENERGY TRAINING.

Requires DBEDT to establish an optional energy training course for state and county employees responsible for permitting, inspecting, licensing, and approving construction projects that contain renewable energy systems and related technology.

 

EEP, LAB, FIN

 

HB1544

RELATING TO LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION.

Adds increasing production of food that is produced for human consumption and sold in the State to the list of acts that DOA shall undertake when administering its program of agricultural planning and development.

 

AGR, FIN

 

HB1545

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Prohibits the use of polystyrene food and beverage containers in state-owned and state-run buildings and facilities beginning 1/1/2020.  Requires that food and beverages be packed in compostable containers.  Prohibits new contracts to purchase polystyrene food or beverage containers beginning 1/1/2018.

 

EEP, CPC, JUD

 

HB1546

RELATING TO TIRE DISPOSAL.

Requires motor vehicle tire retailers to collect a refundable tire disposal deposit for each tire sold.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

HB1547

RELATING TO REMOTE TESTIMONY.

Establishes the Remote Testimony Task Force to develop procedures to make available remote testimony technology throughout the State that enables the public to testify remotely via the Internet during legislative proceedings.  Legislature to adopt rules to establish remote testimony capability.  Makes an appropriation.

 

LMG, FIN

 

HB1548

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Retains an unspecified portion of the county allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to fund an income tax credit for residential property owners in the State.

 

TOU, FIN

 

HB1549

RELATING TO INCLUSIONARY ZONING.

Provides that a county shall not impose an inclusionary zoning requirement on a housing development offered exclusively for sale to buyers earning 120% or less of the area median income.

 

HSG, JUD, FIN

 

HB1550

RELATING TO HOMEOWNERSHIP.

Establishes within HHFDC the Section 8 Voucher Homebuyer Assistance Program for recipients of federal Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers who are first-time homebuyers.  Authorizes issuance of revenue bonds.  Appropriates funds.

 

HSG, FIN

 

HB1551

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Amends the definition of eligible project loan to include rent-to-own housing.  Requires HHFDC to implement the Homebuyer's Club and Rent-to-own Housing Programs.  Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds to finance HHFDC programs.

 

HSG, FIN

 

HB1552

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

Establishes Transit-Oriented Redevelopment Community Districts within the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to develop districts along certain rail stations in the Honolulu rail station transit corridor.  Allows the HCDA to enter into public-private partnerships for a lease-back arrangement of lands. Provides general obligation bond financing for infrastructure improvements in Transit-Oriented Redevelopment Community Districts.

 

WAL, JUD, FIN

 

HB1553

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Directs HHFDC or any appropriate entity of the State to initiate negotiations to keep the units of the Front Street Apartments on the island of Maui affordable or to acquire the Front Street Apartments property.  Appropriates funds.

 

HSG, FIN

 

HB1554

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE POWERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Amends the Hawaii Constitution to make policy decisions made by the board of education subject to approval by an education advisory council.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

 

HB1555

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 43rd representative district.

 

FIN

 

HB1556

RELATING TO DESECRATION.

Reduces the requisite state of mind for the criminal offense of desecration from "intentionally" to "knowingly".  Simplifies the definition of "desecrate".

 

JUD

 

HB1557

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

Establishes a Family Self-Sufficiency Program to provide matching funds to enable tenants of certain public housing dwelling units to purchase housing units.  Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to impose maximum rental periods and conditions of tenancy for tenants participating in the Family-Self Sufficiency Program.  Amends general tenancy termination requirements, selection priorities and minimum rents for HPHA housing projects.  Appropriates funds.

 

HSG, JUD, FIN

 

HB1558

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 18th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1559

RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY.

Appropriates $150,000 to DBEDT in each of fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 to address the FDA's industry guidance on the use of color additives in sea salt products.

 

EDB, HLT, FIN

 

HB1560

RELATING TO THE ACADEMY FOR CREATIVE MEDIA.

Appropriates moneys for renovations of the future home of UHM's Academy for Creative Media.

 

HED, FIN

 

HB1561

RELATING TO VICTIM RESTITUTION.

Clarifies that restitution collections that are made pursuant to chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes, when a criminal defendant is in the custody of the department of public safety include deductions from the defendant's account at the rate and in the manner established pursuant to section 353-22.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Requires a court-ordered restitution payment schedule to (1) set forth the foregoing requirements and (2) require, at minimum, monthly payments of 25% of the defendant's gross monthly income until restitution has been paid in full.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1562

RELATING TO CANCER PATIENTS.

Requires insurance coverage for embryo, oocyte, and sperm cryopreservation procedures to preserve the fertility of adults diagnosed with cancer who have not yet started cancer treatment.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

 

HB1563

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 42nd representative district.

 

FIN

 

HB1564

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Authorizes a county that has established a county surcharge on state tax to make the surcharge permanent.  Requires that a mass transit project funded by county surcharges be extended beyond its initial route.  Requires that 50% of county surcharges collected be deposited into the state highway fund.

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1565

RELATING TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH.

Establishes science and technology research subzones and an approval process for future research facilities that incorporates alternative dispute resolution principles.

 

EDB, FIN

 

HB1566

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Establishes "substantial net benefit" as the public utilities commission's standard for a transfer or assignment of an electric utility and specifies certain guidelines to address when examining whether a substantial net benefit exists.

 

EEP, CPC

 

HB1567

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Authorizes the PUC to establish preferential electricity rates for communities that serve as geographic hosts for renewable energy projects.

 

EEP, CPC

 

HB1568

RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.

Prohibits any person convicted of Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant or Habitually Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant from purchasing or publicly consuming alcohol for a period of three years following conviction or administrative license revocation.

 

TRN, JUD

 

HB1569

RELATING TO ENERGY PLANNING.

Requires the Public Utilities Commission, when considering certain types of grid modernization plans, to direct an independent third party to establish an initial grid modernization plan.  Requires the Commission to allow public comments subject to further plan modification by the Commission.

 

EEP, CPC

 

HB1570

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Requires lessors of rental motor vehicles to include an option to the lessee in the motor vehicle agreement to contribute a sum to DLNR for the preservation and protection of the environment, commencing on 7/1/2019.  Repeals on 7/1/2022.

 

EEP, TRN, FIN

 

HB1571

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Establishes disclosure and public notification requirements for outdoor application of pesticides in various sensitive areas or by large-scale, outdoor commercial agricultural operations.  Establishes a pilot program that creates a vegetative buffer zone around 5 selected schools near a commercial agricultural production area.

 

AGR/EEP, WAL, EDN

 

HB1572

RELATING TO LABOR.

Establishes the Hawaii Economic Security Working Group within DBEDT to analyze and make recommendations regarding economic health and stability in light of future automation, globalization, and disruptive innovation.

 

EDB, JUD

 

HB1573

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for reproductive health.

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

 

HB1574

RELATING TO ENERGY RATES.

Requires the public utilities commission to establish a tiered rate structure for customers of electric utilities.  Requires the commission to establish discounted rates for low-income customers of electric utilities.  Directs the public benefits fee to be appropriately tiered.  Allows the fee to be used to benefit energy efficiency advancement for low- and middle-income ratepayers and for emergency energy workforce retraining and transition programs.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

HB1575

RELATING TO INCOME TAX.

Authorizes the counties to enact a 1% income tax surcharge on taxable personal incomes above $1,000,000 to address homelessness.

 

HUS/HSG, FIN

 

HB1576

RELATING TO VOTING.

Establishes a working group to study implications of lowering the voting age to sixteen years old.

 

JUD

 

HB1577

RELATING TO COMPOSTING.

Establishes a composting pilot project in DOE schools. Establishes a pilot project working group.  Appropriates funds.

 

EEP, EDN, FIN

 

HB1578

RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

Establishes the carbon farming task force to identify agricultural practices to improve soil health and promote carbon sequestration in the State's agricultural and aquacultural sectors.  Appropriates funds.

 

EEP/AGR, FIN

 

HB1579

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Authorizes the issuance of special facility revenue bonds pursuant to part III of chapter 206M, HRS, and appropriates funds to the Hawaii High Technology Corporation for the purpose of constructing an electrolysis hydrogen production, storage, and dispensing facility to be managed by the Hawaii center for advanced transportation technologies.

 

EDB, FIN

 

HB1580

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Establishes a goal to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of fossil fuels for ground transportation by 2045.  Creates a working group to create metrics, identify a plan, and develop recommendations to achieve 100% renewable ground transportation statewide by 2045.

 

EEP, TRN, FIN

 

HB1581

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires candidates for President and Vice President of the United States to disclose their tax returns in order to have their names appear on a Hawaii ballot.

 

JUD

 

HB1582

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I, SECTION 2, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO INCLUDE ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER, EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE AMONG THE INHERENT AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to ensure access to clean drinking water, meaningful health care, and a quality education are among the inherent and inalienable rights of individuals.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1583

RELATING TO GUN VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

Adds a new part to Chapter 134, HRS, to establish a detailed process allowing law enforcement officers and family or household members to obtain a court order to prevent a person from accessing firearms and ammunition where the person poses a danger of causing bodily injury to the person or another.

 

JUD

 

HB1584

RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Requires the counties to make recommendations for important agricultural lands by 6/30/2019.  Requires the Land Use Commission to identify and designate important agricultural lands by 6/30/2020 for any county that fails to meet the 6/30/2019 deadline.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN

 

HB1585

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds to UH for positions to implement capital improvement projects.

 

HED, FIN

 

HB1586

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Phases out the county allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues over a 3-year period.  Implements new income tax brackets and rates over a 3-year period.  Doubles the amount of the personal exemption.  Places limitations on claims for itemized tax deductions.

 

TOU, FIN

 

HB1587

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Replaces the state vehicle weight tax with a tax based on the assessed value of a vehicle.

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1588

RELATING TO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

Prohibits the issuance of GO bonds to finance the repair and maintenance of a capital asset with a depreciable life of less than 10 years from the date the asset was first placed into service.  Authorizes only cash appropriations or the issuance of bonds other than GO bonds to finance the repair and maintenance of a capital asset with a depreciable life of less than 10 years from the date the asset was first placed into service.  Requires the Director of Finance to set a maturity date of not more than 10 years when issuing GO bonds to finance the repair and maintenance of a capital asset with a depreciable life of 10 years or more from the date the asset was first placed into service.

 

FIN

 

HB1589

RELATING TO HUNTING SAFETY.

Authorizes licensed hunters who comply with state firearms law to possess and use firearm noise suppressors while hunting.  Authorizes the manufacture and sale of firearm noise suppressors for licensed hunters who comply with state firearms law.

 

WAL, JUD

 

HB1590

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 9th Representative District.

 

FIN

 

HB1591

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.

Establishes the University of Hawaii Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at a University of Hawaii Community College.  Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program.

 

HED, FIN

 

HB1592

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Provides for workers' compensation claims that an employer may appoint, at the employer's expense, a qualified physician selected by the mutual agreement of the parties to conduct an independent medical examination or permanent impairment rating examination.  Provides a process for appointment in the event that there is no mutual agreement.

 

LAB, CPC, FIN

 

HB1593

RELATING TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.

Establishes the clean energy savings jump start program and fund.  Establishes the energy storage system rebate program.  Amends the green infrastructure loan program by deleting the public utilities commission's loan approval authority.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

 

HB1594

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.

Establishes the University of Hawaii Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at any campus of the University of Hawaii system.  Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program.

 

HED, FIN

 

HB1595

RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER.

Creates the offense of urinating or defecating in a urine free zone.  Designates certain public places as urine free zones. Establishes fines or completion of a court approved drug, alcohol, or mental health treatment program as consequences for a violation.

 

JUD, FIN

 

HB1596

RELATING TO AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES.

Authorizes for testing purposes the operation of autonomous vehicles in the State of Hawaii.  Requires Department of Transportation to establish an application and approval process and report annually to the legislature.  Makes an appropriation.

 

TRN, FIN

 

HB1597

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 17th representative district.

 

FIN

 

HB1598

RELATING TO THE SPACE INDUSTRY.

Promotes the space industry in Hawaii by creating a Multinational Lunar Architecture Alliance to provide recommendations and guidance for the establishment of an evolvable lunar architecture on the Big Island of Hawaii and to plan a development summit.

 

EDB, FIN

 

HB1599

RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS.

Defines emotional support animals and makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly make a misrepresentation regarding a service, or emotional support, animal.

 

AGR, JUD

 

HB1600

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Makes an additional one-time appropriation for the Colleges of Arts and Sciences of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

HED, FIN

 

HB1601

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds to DOE to support the Turnaround Arts program in Hawaii in partnership with Hawaii Arts Alliance.

 

EDN, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB126

RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES.

Requires certain applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits to undergo drug testing.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB235

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Increases the authorized benefit for acupuncture treatments allowed under personal injury protection benefits provided through motor vehicle insurance.  Ties increases in payments for acupuncture treatments in with annual increases, if any, to the medicare economic index.

 

CPC/HLT, FIN

HB371

RELATING TO DISPOSABLE FOOD CONTAINERS.

Prohibits the use of polystyrene food containers in state-owned and state-run buildings and facilities beginning 1/1/18.  Requires that food be packed in compostable containers.  Authorizes DOH to allow exemptions.

 

EEP, HLT, CPC

HB668

RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Requires annual reporting to the legislature by the AG of statistical data pertaining to the testing of sexual assault evidence collection kits.  Provides certain rights to sexual assault survivors.  Institutes mandatory testing requirements in accordance with AG guidelines.  Requires AG to report to 2018 legislature on the progress of implementing AG guidelines.

 

JUD, FIN

HB710

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a sexual abuse prevention instructional program for public schools, modeled after Erin's Law.  Sets out guidelines of instruction.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN