SB 747

SD2

RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS.

Requires the annual registration of money transmitters with the division of financial institutions, subject to exemptions for certain entities. Establishes fees. Authorizes civil sanctions for persons conducting money transmission without being registered. (SD2)

SB 770

SD2

RELATING TO MORTGAGE BROKERS.

Transfers responsibility for oversight of the mortgage broker profession within DCCA from the professional and vocational licensing division to the division of financial institutions. (SD2)

SB 702

SD2

RELATING TO ANTITRUST.

Makes antitrust laws governing mergers and acquisitions applicable to all business entities. Authorizes court to order divestiture of assets to avoid lessening of competition. Allows private plaintiffs to seek injunctive relief to prevent threatened or incipient damage. (SD2)

SB 754

SD1

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Amends insurance laws to conform to federal laws and national standards. (SD1)

SB 769

SD2

RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION.

Allows DCCA to provide a rebate to cable television subscribers if the annual fee collected from subscribers exceeds the cable television regulatory program's administrative costs. Requires DCCA to study highest and best use of franchise fees. (SD2)

SB 959

SD2

RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION.

Requires cable operator serving Maui county to pay access operating fees collected from subscribers to Maui community college, DOE, Maui County, and Maui's PEG access entity. (SD2)

SB 1802

SD1

RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.

Clarifies definitions and requirements for service of process. Repeals requirement that articles of incorporation of risk retention captive establish limit on stockholder's interest to 10% of stock. Authorizes examinations of captives every 5 years after initial triennial examination. (SD1)

SB 1132

SD2

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Recodifies condominium laws relating to creation, alteration, and termination; registration and administration; and protection of purchasers. Delays effective date of new condominium law until 7/1/06. Appropriates funds for educational purposes. (SD2)

SB 1137

SD1

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Allows condominium associations to invest in financial products through a Hawaii-based securities broker. (SD1)

SB 1345

SD1

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Repeals limitation on issues that may be considered in administrative hearing of condominium dispute and allows any issue considered in preceding mediation to be adjudicated. (SD1)

SB 1348

SD1

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

Requires association of apartment owners to maintain records apartment owners are entitled to review kept on the property if the association or a resident manager maintains an office on the property. (SD1)

SB 1349

SD1

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

Requires condominium board of directors to maintain certain financial records for current and prior 4 years available for review by apartment owners. (SD1)

SB 1798

RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS.

Exempts condominium associations from requirements governing cumulative voting for nonprofit corporations.

SB 119

SD1

RELATING TO THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS.

Requires continuing education for architects as a condition of license renewal, subject to exceptions for active duty military service, illness, undue hardship, and retirement from practice. (SD1)

SB 244

SD2

RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE.

Establishes a long-term care resource program initiative at Kapiolani community college. Appropriates funds. (SD2)

SB 1512

SD1

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW.

Authorizes the director of health to establish domestic violence fatality review teams to review domestic violence fatalities. (SD1)

SB 791

SD2

RELATING TO A CONTINUUM OF HEALTH CARE SETTINGS.

Allows the DOH to license special treatment facilities and therapeutic living programs.

SB 1420

SD2

RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION.

Prohibits DHS from restricting payment for or a recipient's access to psychotropic medication, requires DHS to establish presumptive eligibility for psychotropic medication coverage until a decision is made, and exempts licensed providers from preauthorization for prescription psychotropic medication. (SD2)

SB 1620

SD2

RELATING TO STATE FUNDS.

Appropriates unspecified amounts for various health and human services. (SD2)

SB 1773

SD2

RELATING TO SOCIAL WORKERS.

Requires a social worker/human services professional with a social work degree to be called a social worker and all others to be called human services professionals. Requires DHRD to develop a plan for separating the social worker/human services professional class into two separate classes. Requires new state social workers and all federal and county social workers to be licensed beginning 7/1/07. Prohibits DHRD from eliminating the social worker class. Exempts employees of the Hawaii paroling authority. (SD2)

SB 45

SD2

RELATING TO YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Requires OYS to provide notice to the legislature before transferring any incarcerated juvenile from the HYCF to an out-of-state youth correctional facility through the budgetary process. (SD2)

SB 1772

SD1

RELATING TO EMPLOYERS.

Requires DHS to annually identify employers of applicants for medical assistance programs and disclose them to the legislature. Requires report to include cost of medical assistance to these applicants. Requires DHS to make public these employers without identifying individual applicants. (SD1)

REQUESTING THE COUNTIES, THE FAMILY COURTS IN ALL CIRCUITS, AND THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES TO COLLABORATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACTION PLAN THAT ASSESSES THE NEEDS OF THEIR AT-RISK YOUTH, IDENTIFIES PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS, AND PROVIDES SAFE ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION FOR YOUTH ON EACH ISLAND.

SB 55

SD1

RELATING TO MEAL BREAKS.

Requires the provision of rest or meal break periods of at least thirty consecutive minutes for employees who work five or more continuous hours, unless they elect not to take a break and unless a collective bargaining agreement provides an express provision for meal breaks. Excludes an employer who is the operator of a continuously operating facility regulated by an environmental permit. (SD1)

SB 61

SD1

RELATING TO WAGES.

Authorizes an employer to furnish to an employee an electronic record of the employee's total gross and net compensation, deductions, date of payment, and pay period covered, in lieu of a printed, typewritten, or handwritten record, upon receipt of written authorization from the employee. (SD1)

SB 738

SD1

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Allows the board of trustees of the ERS to settle or compromise claims or potential claims by members who detrimentally rely on erroneous information provided. (SD1)

SB 807

SD1

RELATING TO SALARIES.

Increases the salaries of 23 positions which are statutorily set, and which are not within the review of the Executive Salary Commission. (SD1)

SB 1052

RELATING TO THE DEPENDENT-BENEFICIARIES OF THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Allows the EUTF to provide coverage to children who live in a parent-child relationship with an employee-beneficiary and who qualify as the employee-beneficiary's dependents under federal tax laws.

SB 1193

SD1

RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

Allows civil service employees employed by DOE, including those who transferred from executive branch agencies to the department of education under Act 51, SLH 2004, to retain the right to apply for intra- and inter-departmental transfer and promotional opportunities within the executive branch. (SD1)

SB 1194

SD1

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN.

Provides for the election of members of the board of trustees administering the State's deferred compensation plan pursuant to rules adopted by the board. (SD1)

SB 1889

SD1

RELATING TO APPRENTICESHIPS.

Amends the standards for apprenticeship agreements to include assurances of qualified training personnel, adequate job supervision, and the requisite licenses. Requires the director of DLIR to establish an apprenticeship council whose purpose is to promote and approve apprenticeship programs. Provides that these changes are only effective upon approval by the OATELS. (SD1)

SB 294

SD3

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.

Increases the minimum wage amount to $7.00 beginning 1/1/06 and $8 on 1/1/08. Increases the hourly wage tip allowance from 25 cents to 75 cents on 7/1/06. Provides temporary tax relief to employers by lowering the maximum taxable wage base for calendar years 2005 through 2007. (SD3)

SB 1374

SD2

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Requires DBEDT to convene working group to write China/Hawaii economic strategic plan 2020 containing steps for Hawaii to benefit economically from the emergence of the People's Republic of China as an economic and global leader. Reports to legislature 20-days prior to convening of the 2007 regular session. Appropriates funds. (SD2)

SB 1186

SD2

RELATING TO HOTEL CONSTRUCTION AND REMODELING TAX CREDIT.

Adjusts the 4% hotel construction and remodeling tax credit to 8% on 1/1/08 and repeals the tax on. (SD2)

SB 1304

SD2

RELATING TO TELEVISION AND FILM INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT.

Increases Hawaii television and film board membership from 9 to 11 members. Enables the board to delegate certain administrative functions to subcommittees. Authorizes the board to not have to meet if no money is in its special fund or no grants are being managed. Appropriates funds to the board's special fund. (SD2)

SB 971

SD2

RELATING TO TIME SHARE.

Narrows gift disclosure requirement to require disclosure of material terms and conditions attached to gift or prize. Clarifies prohibition on acceptance of money from purchaser by sales agent. Modifies signage requirements. (SD2)

SB 1729

SD2

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Redistributes the transient accommodations tax to facilitate the Hawaii tourism authority with existing and expanded programs. Clarifies the administrative authority of the Hawaii tourism authority. (SD1)

SB 1730

SD2

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Imposes a TAT surcharge on hotels converting to time shares or condominiums in an amount equal to 50% of the average of the previous two years of TAT revenues collected by the hotel. The surcharge tax shall be assessed and levied against the owner of the hotel prior to the conversion. (SD2)

SB 1863

SD2

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Requires the department of taxation to review the forms and process relating to collecting the TAT from vacation rentals and bed and breakfast establishments and requires the department to report the TAT revenues received from these types of establishments. Effective 7/1/2099. (SD2)

RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY TAX.

Imposes the public service company tax on the gross income of a private sewer company or facility. (SD2)

RELATING TO THE VOLUNTARY RESPONSE PROGRAM.

Clarifies certain provisions and exemptions to strengthen the voluntary response program. (SD1)

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.

Amends definition of environmental impact statement to include federal environmental justice policy.

RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES.

Authorizes the department of transportation to tow and dispose of abandoned vehicles on any public highway, public property, or on private roads pending dedication to the state or county. (SD1)

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.