OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-SEVENTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 7

6th LEGISLATIVE DAY-MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -  Economic Development & Business

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -  Housing

HUS -  Human Services

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs

PBS -   Public Safety

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -  Transportation

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

WAL - Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

REFERRAL

 

HB1235

RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES.

Requires that the use of an area for invasive geothermal resources exploration or geothermal resources development shall be governed by BLNR within the conservation district and by state and county statutes, ordinances, and rules within agricultural, rural, and urban districts.  Authorizes appropriate county authorities to issue geothermal resource permits.

 

EEP, WAL/OMH, CPC

HB1236

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

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 5th representative district.

 

FIN

HB1237

RELATING TO ATTORNEYS.

Short form bill relating to attorneys.

 

JUD

HB1238

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Short form bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii relating to the judiciary.

 

JUD

HB1239

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

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

 

FIN

HB1240

RELATING TO MEDICATIONS.

Restricts reimbursement of repackaged prescription drugs and compound medications to amounts comparable to that of retail pharmacies under state law.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1241

RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES.

Clarifies and updates trustee compensation by setting out several categories of fees to which trustees are entitled.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1242

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 11th Representative District.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1243

RELATING TO SCHOOL GARDENS.

Establishes a task force to determine the feasibility of establishing school gardens to grow food for consumption as part of each school's lunch program.

 

AGR/EDN, FIN

HB1244

RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION.

Permits family court to award reasonable visitation to grandparents if denial of visitation would cause significant harm to the child.  Establishes presumption that visitation decisions by parent are in the best interests of the child.  Presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.  Identifies factors court may consider in awarding visitation.

 

HUS, JUD

HB1245

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Requires lobbyists and their clients to make monthly disclosures during any month the legislature is in session, and a report for June 1 through December 31.  Adds required disclosures regarding lobbying events, contractual relationships with legislators, and campaign contributions.  Requires the governor, lieutenant governor, and legislators to file their financial disclosures by January 31 after the beginning of the regular legislative session.  Requires certain state employees to disclose contractual relationships with lobbyists and their clients.  Amends the definition of "administrative action" to include granting or denying an application for a business- or development-related permit, license, or approval and the procurement of goods and services through contracts covered by the procurement code.  Requires the state ethics commission to accept electronically filed documents.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1246

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE FUNDRAISERS.

Prohibits legislative fundraisers during the regular session of the legislature.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1247

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

Makes technical amendments to the special unemployment insurance administration fund.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1248

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Makes technical amendments to the workers' compensation benefits facilitator unit.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB1249

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

Establishes a new community development district located in the Banyan Drive area in Hawaii county and places it under the jurisdiction of the Banyan Drive community development board.  Establishes the Banyan Drive community development board.  Requires the department of land and natural resources to deed over all leases it holds within the new district to the Hawaii community development authority.  Amends the composition, selection, and replacement of the members of the Hawaii community development authority.  Makes an appropriation to the Hawaii community development authority to carry out the purposes of this Act.

 

WAL, CPC, FIN

HB1250

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Makes appropriation for the collective bargaining cost items of bargaining unit (5) and for cost adjustments for their excluded counterparts.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1251

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Makes appropriation for the collective bargaining cost items of bargaining unit (7) and for cost adjustments for their excluded counterparts.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1252

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Makes appropriation for the collective bargaining cost items of bargaining unit (1) and for cost adjustments for their excluded counterparts.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1253

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Exempts from the general excise tax money received from interisland loading, transportation, and unloading of livestock and meat.

 

AGR, CPC, FIN

HB1254

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 16th Representative District.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1255

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Establishes the Honokohau Marina Community Development District on the island of Hawaii under the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

 

WAL, OMH

HB1256

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Changes net-metering compensation system for consumers that generate electricity that is fed onto the grid by providing for feed-in tariff for electricity sold to the electric utility and retail rate for electricity supplied to customer-generators. Effective July 1, 2013.

 

CPC

HB1257

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Expands application of the general excise tax to business activities in the State that are significantly associated with a seller's ability to establish or maintain a market in the State.  Creates a presumption under the general excise tax law for sellers of tangible personal property where the seller's activities in the State demonstrate a significant business nexus with the State.  Creates a presumption under the use tax law that a seller is engaged in business in the State if the seller's activities in the State demonstrate a significant business nexus with the State.

 

FIN

HB1258

RELATING TO AGING.

Allows the policy advisory board for elder affairs to grant members lifetime membership, which includes all the rights and privileges of a regular member, upon approval by all regular members of the board.

 

HUS

HB1259

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 32nd representative district.  Effective July 1, 2013. 

 

FIN

HB1260

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Adds to the definition of agricultural commodities exempt from the GET, milk, poultry eggs, poultry carcass, poultry meat, and aquaculture and aquaponic products to be consumed in the State, whether processed in the State or imported.

 

AGR, CPC

HB1261

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Amends the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit to allow an additional fifteen per cent credit for drought mitigation.  Deletes reference to a repealed special fund.  Appropriates funds for staffing and consulting expenses.

 

AGR/WAL, FIN

HB1262

RELATING TO LAND ACQUISITION.

Directs the governor, or the governor's designee, to continue to acquire lands owned by Kuilima Resort Company, Oaktree Capital, LLC, and their successors in interest, commonly known as Turtle Bay Hotel and Resort located in Kahuku, Oahu.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1263

RELATING TO IRRIGATION.

Authorizes the director of finance to issue GO bonds to finance improvements to various irrigation systems.

 

AGR/WAL, FIN

HB1264

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS.

Expands the department of agriculture agricultural loan program to provide loans for infrastructure, infrastructure improvements, and the implementation of new farming techniques.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1265

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, ENERGY, AND FOOD SECURITY TAX.

Increases the amount that the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism each receive through the barrel tax special funds from 15 to 42.5 cents.

 

EEP, AGR/EDB, FIN

HB1266

RELATING TO OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Clarifies that agricultural tourism activities must occur in the presence of a bona fide agricultural activity.

 

AGR/TOU, CPC

HB1267

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Repeals the Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC).  Provides that property and development rights acquired and funds accumulated by the PLDC shall be transferred to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

WAL/FIN

HB1268

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Allows 999-year homestead leases to be assigned to trustees of land trusts that are created for managing and holding the homestead leasehold estate for the benefit of the lessee and lessee's family members.

 

WAL/OMH, JUD

HB1269

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to award grants to agricultural producers who implement natural farming methods.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1270

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Allows the Department of Health to share records with other State departments and agencies upon authorization of a person with a tangible interest in the record.

 

HLT, JUD

HB1271

RELATING TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes the twenty-four hour marketplace task force to develop strategies to encourage visitor and resident spending through the establishment of twenty-four hour open-air cultural marketplaces across the State and recommend viable locations.

 

EDB, CPC

HB1272

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Renames the Department of Health to the Department of Health and Environmental Services.

 

EEP/HLT, JUD

HB1273

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

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

 

FIN

HB1274

RELATING TO ANATOMICAL TRANSPLANTS.

Prohibits a health care facility or health care provider from discriminating against a person who has HIV, AIDS, or ARC, and who is in need of an organ transplantation by refusing to perform the organ transplantation.  Establishes that persons with HIV, AIDS, or ARC shall not be prohibited from receiving an anatomical gift.

 

HLT, JUD

HB1275

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Exempts charter school employees from collective bargaining.  Specifies that charter school employees are employees of the public charter school governing board and are not state employees, but may opt to receive state benefits.

 

EDN, LAB, FIN

HB1276

RELATING TO ADJUNCT TEACHERS.

Authorizes DOE to hire adjunct teachers who shall be exempt from teacher licensing requirements and collective bargaining rights.  Establishes a limitation on how many adjunct teachers may be employed at one school.

 

EDN, LAB, FIN

HB1277

RELATING TO EDUCATION GOVERNANCE.

Implements a system of elected local school districts.  Effective upon ratification of constitutional amendment to establish local school districts.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB1278

RELATING TO COURT FEES.

Increases various court service fees of the sheriff, police officers, and serving officers.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

HB1279

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds for state programs related to the re-integration of offenders into the general population.

 

PBS, FIN

HB1280

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires the department of public safety to form a working group to define and delineate the duties and responsibilities of process servers under its jurisdiction, create a process to obtain certification for the sheriff division from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., to ensure that proper law enforcement policies and procedures are enacted and followed, create a process of registration for process servicers in the state, and address other issues deemed relevant by the working group or by the department of public safety.  Requires a report to the legislature.

 

PBS, JUD

HB1281

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

Short form bill relating to the Department of Defense.

 

VMI

HB1282

RELATING TO MILITARY SERVICE.

Expands the scope of eligibility requirements for the Hawaii Medal of Honor to include service members, including members of the Hawaii national guard, United States military reserves, and regular United States armed forces, who commit suicide on the battlefield or when deployed.

 

VMI, JUD

HB1283

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-THIRD, THIRTY-FOURTH, AND THIRTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for schools in the thirty-third, thirty-fourth, and thirty-fifth representative districts.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1284

RELATING TO TATTOOS.

Prior to the application of a tattoo for a minor, requires a tattoo artist to inform the prospective client that the consent of a parent or guardian is required for a minor, ascertain identification of the prospective client's minor status, and obtain the written consent of a parent or guardian.  Makes it a petty misdemeanor to apply a tattoo to a minor without the written consent of parent or guardian.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1285

RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL FIRE SPRINKLERS.

Authorizes counties to adopt codes and regulations that would require the installation of residential fire protection sprinkler systems by repealing Act 83, SLH 2012.

 

PBS, CPC

HB1286

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Exempts certain sales of non-new motor vehicles currently registered in the State from the general excise tax.  Requires an unspecified percentage of the sum of all general excise tax revenues from non-exempt motor vehicle sales to be deposited with the county where the motor vehicle sale occurred.  Requires a county DMV to collect the general excise tax on vehicle sales.  Requires the county DMV to provide the transferor's name and address to DOTAX.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1287

RELATING TO PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Allows for the scanning of identification cards to verify age when providing age-restricted goods or services regardless of reasonable doubt of the person's age.

 

JUD

HB1288

RELATING TO ORDER OF SUCCESSION.

Clarifies the order of succession to the office of lieutenant governor when the office of lieutenant governor becomes vacant by reason of the lieutenant governor becoming governor.

 

JUD

HB1289

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

Provides funding for various capital improvement projects to benefit the 15th representative district.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1290

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

Provides funding for various capital improvement projects to benefit the 14th representative district.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1291

RELATING TO CIVIL LIABILITY.

Repeals the civil liability limitation of property owners for damages to persons injured or killed on their premises while committing certain felony offenses.

 

JUD

HB1292

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND.

Requires legislative approval of any sale, exchange, gift, or transfer of public land.

 

WAL/OMH, FIN

HB1293

RELATING TO DIABETES.

Requires DOH, in collaboration with DHS, to develop departmental plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes in the State and report to the legislature annually on the effectiveness of those plans.

 

HLT, HUS

HB1294

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Makes appropriation for the collective bargaining cost items of bargaining unit (5) and for cost adjustments for their excluded counterparts.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1295

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PEACEFUL SCHOOLS PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds to the department of education for the peaceful schools program to provide comprehensive training services and staff support and to collect comprehensive data on bullying.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1296

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.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1297

RELATING TO LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS.

Short form bill related to liquefied natural gas.

 

EDB

HB1298

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a nonrefundable income tax credit at fifty per cent of qualified wages for the first six months for a taxpayer who hires a developmentally, intellectually, or physically disabled individual.

 

LAB/HUS, FIN

HB1299

RELATING TO DENTAL SERVICES.

Prohibits dental service organizations, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a dentist who provides services to its subscribers to provide services for a set fee unless they are covered services.

 

HLT, CPC/JUD

HB1300

RELATING TO A FIDUCIARY'S STANDARD OF CARE AND PERFORMANCE.

Accommodates the formation of directed trusts by specifying standards of care and performance for fiduciary actions subject to an advisor's authority under the terms of the trust.

 

JUD

HB1301

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the twenty-first representative district.

 

FIN

HB1302

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 44th representative district.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1303

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 43rd representative district.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1304

RELATING TO LANDFILLS.

Places a moratorium for any new municipal solid waste landfills on the leeward coast including Nanakuli, Waianae, Maili, Makaha, Makua, Honokai Hale, and Ko Olina on or after November 1, 2017.

 

EEP/WAL, CPC

HB1305

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Requires the Department of Health to issue certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, or death that contain Hawaiian names as accurately and within the same time frame as certificates that contain names that are not in the Hawaiian language.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

HLT/OMH, FIN

HB1306

RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

Requires the completion of two hours of training on human trafficking in order to obtain or renew a teaching license.  Requires the Department of Education to provide training on human trafficking for employees.  Requires human trafficking to be included in the Department of Education's health curriculum.

 

HUS, EDN, FIN

HB1307

RELATING TO LANDFILLS.

Creates a host municipality benefit fee to be assessed against landfill operators who violate solid waste pollution laws.  Requires the State to distribute the fee to high schools within a five-mile radius of the penalized landfill.

 

EEP, EDN, FIN

HB1308

RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE.

Adds civil defense and county emergency management vehicles to the definition of "emergency vehicle" under the move over law.

 

PBS/TRN, JUD

HB1309

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.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1310

RELATING TO STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

Permits a lieutenant governor who is a resident of a voting district not located on Oahu to receive an allowance to cover personal and incidental expenses incurred while the lieutenant governor is working on Oahu, which allowance shall be separate from the lieutenant governor's salary.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1311

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF ELECTING THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

Proposes an amendment to article V, section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to allow the governor, upon election, to appoint a person for the same term and from the same political party to the position of lieutenant governor.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1312

RELATING TO GAMBLING.

Establishes the offense of product sweepstakes gambling as a misdemeanor.  Defines product sweepstakes gambling and prize. 

 

JUD, FIN

HB1313

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Exempts members and designees or representatives of members of task forces that existed on or after June 3, 2010, from certain provisions of the code of ethics.  Specifies retroactive date of 6/3/2010 for exemption.

 

LMG, JUD

HB1314

RELATING TO LIQUOR.

Establishes new class of Liquor Commission licensees for distillery pubs.

 

EDB, CPC

HB1315

RELATING TO FOSTER CARE.

Allows former foster care youths who are attending an institution of higher education as a full-time student, to stay in the foster care system until the age of 23.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1316

RELATING TO ANIMALS.

Amends the residential landlord-tenant code to provide for security deposits that include an additional sum to pay for damages caused by any animal allowed to reside in the premises pursuant to the rental agreement.

 

CPC/JUD

HB1317

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.

Appropriates funds to support programs that encourage the use of the Hawaiian language by and promote fluency of the Hawaiian language in prekindergarten-aged children.

 

OMH/EDN, FIN

HB1318

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvements in the 13th representative district.

 

FIN

HB1319

RELATING TO DEBT SETTLEMENT SERVICES.

Requires persons who act as providers of debt settlement services to be registered by DCCA.

 

CPC/JUD

HB1320

RELATING TO A LOTTERY.

Authorizes DCCA to license a single lottery operator to operate a lottery, including keno, in the State.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1321

RELATING TO SMOKING.

Permits use of electronic cigarettes in stand-alone class 5 liquor licensees where food is not served; tobacco retail stores; private residences not used for child care or health care; and hotel and motel rooms if permitted by the operator.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1322

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the board of education in coordination with the police and fire departments of each county to develop and implement measures to protect students in public schools from violence or the threat of violence.  Requires the board of education to adopt a policy against school bullying.  Requires the board of education to develop programs to assist students who suffer from anger management issues and alienation.

 

EDN, JUD

HB1323

RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.

Requires a minimum of three persons per vehicle to drive within a zipper lane.  Authorizes the Director of Transportation and the counties to increase this minimum.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB1324

RELATING TO MOPEDS.

Requires annual registration and inspection of mopeds.  Requires operators of mopeds to enroll in safety courses in order to operate their mopeds.  Increases the fine for modifying a moped to $1,000.

 

TRN, JUD

HB1325

RELATING TO CONTROLLED-ACCESS FACILITIES.

Requires the Director of Transportation to allow the general use of the right shoulder lane of the east-bound lanes of the controlled-access facility known as H-1 for use by through traffic beginning at exit 15A and ending at exit 1 on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. until at least 10:00 a.m., except on state or federal holidays.

 

TRN

HB1326

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Requires the DOA to develop a food sustainability standard to promote local food production.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1327

RELATING TO STATE AGENCIES.

Increases the membership of the BLNR, commission on water resource management, and LUC, respectively, to include a member to represent the interests of the OHA.

 

WAL, OMH

HB1328

RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE.

Makes permanent the exemption for the procurement of food or fuel products necessary for the Kahoolawe island reserve commission.

 

OMH, FIN

HB1329

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS.

Requires DOE to use a specified percentage of its public land trust revenues to fund Hawaiian language immersion programs.  Establishes a commission within OHA to oversee the DOE's allocation and use of those public land trust revenues.

 

EDN/OMH, FIN

HB1330

RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT.

Restores funds cut from the DOCARE budget over the past 4 years. Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1331

RELATING TO LABELING.

Requires the board of agriculture to establish a certification process for products containing "Molokai" or "Lanai" on the front label.  Prohibits any person from using "Molokai" or "Lanai" on the label unless the product has been certified by the board.  Effective 07/01/2013.

 

AGR, CPC

HB1332

RELATING TO TRESPASS.

Establishes a criminal trespass on agricultural lands enforcement fund.  Provides that owners of agricultural or range land have no duty of care to trespassers.  Limits criminal trespass on agricultural lands in the second degree to lands that are fallow or have a visible presence of livestock or a crop and authorizes fines of up to $10,000 for the offense.

 

AGR, JUD

HB1333

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Requires automatic approval of certain applications for overnight accommodations within agricultural districts if the application is not acted upon or denied within ninety days.

 

AGR, TOU

HB1334

RELATING TO GAMING.

Establishes requirements for the conduct of bingo games and raffle drawings by licensed nonprofit and religious organizations.  Expressly exempts authorized bingo game and raffle drawing activities from the gambling laws.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1335

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Prohibits wind energy facilities on agricultural lands on the islands of Molokai and Lanai.  Prohibits wind energy facilities that are visible from or are within 2 miles of any residential subdivision.  Prohibits excessive noise pollution from wind energy facilities on class A or B agricultural lands.

 

AGR/WAL, EEP, CPC

HB1336

RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.

Prohibits DLNR from establishing restricted fishing areas within which the fishing or taking of bottomfish is prohibited.

 

OMH, JUD

HB1337

RELATING TO IMPACT FEES.

Authorizes the assessment and collection of a portion of impact fees as a condition to a commitment or allocation of water resources, with payment in full required prior to the issuance of a water meter.

 

WAL, CPC, FIN

HB1338

RELATING TO FISHING.

Prohibits net fishing in Nawiliwili Harbor with certain exceptions.

 

OMH, JUD

HB1339

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Repeals the $10 daily transient accommodations tax collected each month for transient accommodations furnished on a complimentary or gratuitous basis.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

TOU, FIN

HB1340

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Removes the cap on the amount which may be deposited into the Tourism Special Fund from the Transient Accommodations Tax revenues.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

TOU, FIN

HB1341

RELATING TO ANTIQUE GAMBLING DEVICES.

Defines "antique slot machine". Clarifies that the possession of an antique slot machine is not unlawful where the device is not used or intended for use in any prohibited gambling activity.

 

JUD

HB1342

RELATING TO DEBT COLLECTION.

Requires the Attorney General to collect on accounts delinquent for more than ninety days for executive departments, except the Department of Taxation and University of Hawaii, and retain an unspecified per cent of moneys recovered on delinquent accounts for deposit into a newly-established fund.  Allows the Department of Taxation, the University of Hawaii, and the Judiciary to contract with a collection agency to collect on delinquent accounts.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

CPC/JUD, FIN

HB1343

RELATING TO DEBT COLLECTION.

Requires the Attorney General to service loans for any executive department.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

CPC/JUD, FIN

HB1344

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Supports the financing of affordable rental housing projects by increasing the rental housing trust fund's share of conveyance tax revenues to fifty per cent.

 

HUS/HSG, FIN

HB1345

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Appropriates unspecified funds to the homeless programs office of the department of human services and the rental housing trust fund.  Appropriates unspecified funds to the department of health for substance abuse treatment, mental health support services, and clean and sober housing services, and to the department of human services for matching funds for shelter plus care grants.  Appropriates funds for a rental assistance program, also known as a shallow subsidy program.  Appropriates funds to the Hawaii public housing authority to continue to administer housing first programs for chronically homeless individuals and to reestablish the homeless prevention and rapid re-housing program.  Appropriates funds out of the rental housing trust fund.  Appropriates matching funds for the federal shelter plus care program to provide rental assistance in connection with supportive services.

 

HUS/HSG, FIN

HB1346

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides an incentive for development of affordable rental projects by exempting revenues received from laundry, parking, or other fees related to the operation of an eligible housing project from the general excise tax.

 

HUS/HSG, FIN

HB1347

RELATING TO THE HOMELESS.

Establishes and appropriates funds for a temporary housing pilot program to be developed on Hawaiian homestead lands by the department of human services as an alternative housing solution for homelessness.

 

HUS/HSG, FIN

HB1348

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and the appropriation of funds into the rental assistance revolving fund for purposes of expanding the rental assistance program.

 

HUS/HSG, FIN

HB1349

RELATING TO ANIMALS.

Criminalizes the killing of pet dogs, cats, and equine animals as a class B felony.

 

JUD

HB1350

RELATING TO TOBACCO.

Prohibits any minor under the age of eighteen from possessing or smoking tobacco products.  Takes effect 1/1/2014.

 

HLT, JUD

HB1351

RELATING TO SCHOOLS.

Authorizes the DOE to purchase agricultural products for school meals programs from farms within a school's regional administrative district.  Requires the DOE to arrange for opportunities for students to work, volunteer, or study on farms within a school's regional administrative district.

 

AGR/EDN, FIN

HB1352

RELATING TO WATER.

Exempts owners of kuleana lands from all state, county, and municipal taxation, fees, and charges of every kind for water usage in connection with the kuleana landowner's appurtenant water rights.

 

OMH/WAL, JUD, FIN

HB1353

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TOURISM.

Requires the chairperson of the BOA to convene an agricultural tourism task force to examine the feasibility of authorizing farmers and cattlemen to conduct agricultural tourism activities on agricultural lands.

 

AGR/TOU, FIN

HB1354

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds and positions to UH Pamantasan Council to promote access and diversity.

 

HED, FIN

HB1355

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes a policy of ethnic proportionality between the student body of the UH system and the State.

 

HED, FIN

HB1356

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes the offense of failure to yield right-of-way to mass transit vehicles and requires the Department of Transportation to develop a system of yield signage on mass transit vehicles. Directs all fines to be used to purchase mass transit passes for homeless individuals.  Effective January 1, 2014.

 

TRN/HUS, JUD, FIN

HB1357

RELATING TO ADEQUATE HIGHWAY REQUIREMENTS.

Requires the director of transportation to certify to the governor that adequate highway capacity exists in a county's business district at a minimum of level of service D before any construction of a new subdivision or housing development project can commence in the county.

 

TRN/HSG, WAL, FIN

HB1358

RELATING TO AMMUNITION.

Makes it unlawful for a person or entity to sell or distribute ammunition unless the purchaser provides proof that the firearm for which the ammunition is to be used is registered, except where ammunition for a firearm is sold at the time of the lawful sale of that firearm.

 

JUD

HB1359

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Makes permanent the additional increase on the gross rental or gross rental proceeds derived from furnishing transient accommodations and the requirement that the revenues collected be deposited into the general funds.

 

TOU, FIN

HB1360

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Makes permanent the suspension of certain General Excise Tax and Use Tax exemptions as enacted by Act 105, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011.  Effective June 29, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1361

RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Identifies permissible and accessory uses and activities on important agricultural lands.

 

AGR/WAL, JUD

HB1362

RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

Establishes the small boat harbor management task force within the DLNR to study and explore the development, and possible implementation, of alternative management methods for essential small boat harbors in the State.

 

WAL/TRN, FIN

HB1363

RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Establishes the Hawaii community-based renewable energy program. Enables utility customers to participate in a community-based renewable energy facility and benefit from the electricity generated from such a facility.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB1364

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

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

 

FIN

HB1365

RELATING TO URBAN AGRICULTURE.

Creates a rooftop garden on the 5th floor of the State capitol.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1366

RELATING TO HERBAL THERAPY LICENSING.

Creates a new chapter setting forth requirements for herbal therapy licensure.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1367

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Allows governing boards of charter schools and exclusive representatives to enter into master agreements separate from any other master agreement collectively bargained for between the exclusive representatives and department of education, as defined in chapter 89, HRS.

 

LAB, EDN, FIN

HB1368

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Increases the General Excise Tax and Use Tax for certain, specified services and commodities by one percent.  Directs the realizations of twenty percent of such taxes to the Department of Education for the operations of the Department under state law.

 

EDB, EDN, FIN

HB1369

RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS.

Requires the Department of Public Safety, working in consultation with each county and specified agencies, to develop statewide residency standards that prohibit persons who have been convicted of a sexual offense against a child twelve years old or younger from residing within close proximity to a child-friendly facility or area.

 

PBS, JUD

HB1370

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Amends Hawaii's sex offender registry laws to require sex offenders to disclose whether their place of employment or volunteer activity involves substantial contact with persons under the age of eighteen.

 

PBS, JUD

HB1371

RELATING TO SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR AGE TWELVE OR YOUNGER.

Requires the court to impose a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment without possibility of parole or probation for a person convicted of certain acts of sexual assault against a minor age 12 or younger.

 

PBS, JUD

HB1372

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for capital improvement projects to improve certain University of Hawaii athletic facilities.

 

HED, FIN

HB1373

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

Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 47th representative district.

 

FIN

HB1374

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Allows past performance to be factored into future bid selection of a contractor including a review of delays, cost overruns, and compliance with project requirements.

 

EDB, FIN

HB1375

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Establishes a task force that shall develop a restructured welfare payment system and re-establishes the exit and retention bonus program to encourage welfare recipients to transition back into the workforce.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1376

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows the principal of each public school to establish and use a debit card system based at the individual school level for the purpose of purchasing school supplies and other related curriculum support supplies.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1377

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

Makes an appropriation for claims against the State, its officers, or its employees in relation to consolidated class actions regarding the payment of teachers.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1378

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

Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 31st representative district.

 

FIN

HB1379

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

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 1st representative district.

 

FIN

HB1380

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds to UH for the implementation of a scholarship program in partnership with the Washington Center.

 

HED, FIN

HB1381

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING.

Requires a licensing authority to consider in the process for licensure by endorsement or reciprocity nonresident military spouses or service members who have served in a combat zone after September 11, 2001, and service members who provide retirement, separation, or discharge documentation.

 

VMI, CPC/JUD

HB1382

RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION.

Prohibits the operation of jet skis at any speed above thirty miles per hour, except under certain conditions.

 

OMH, JUD

HB1383

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to address the shortage of primary care physicians in the State through a comprehensive primary care workforce development plan that addresses the critical areas of loan repayment, diversity programs, and primary care workforce expansion.

 

HLT, HED, FIN

HB1384

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Amends the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit by changing the tax credit cap to $6,000,000 per year for the 2013 tax year and $7,000,000 per year for the 2014 and 2015 tax years, and $7,500,000 per year thereafter.  Creates a livestock feed tax credit from 1/1/2013 to 12/31/2013.  Creates livestock feed development tax credit from 1/1/2014 to 12/31/2015.  Appropriates funds for staffing and consulting expenses.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1385

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE.

Requires that all construction procurements of less than $25,000 for drilling work or soil testing shall be made by competitive sealed bidding, and that the invitation for bids is published on the DAGS website.  Establishes that bids for such work shall be separate from bids for engineering work on the same project.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

EDB, FIN

HB1386

RELATING TO PESTICIDES.

Establishes a commercial pesticide-free buffer zone around schools, child care facilities, and health care institutions.  Imposes a 72 hour notice requirement in at least two newspapers or publications and to all schools, child care facilities, and health care institutions in the immediate area of commercial pesticide spraying.

 

HLT, EDN, FIN

HB1387

RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES.

Requires DLNR to supplement currently mandated end-of-year reports on endangered species with annual mid-year updates of population counts for endangered aquatic life and wildlife inhabiting state marine waters and coastal lands.  Makes the updates available to the public.

 

OMH/WAL

HB1388

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST A PROCESSING ENTERPRISE.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Sunrise Capital, Inc. in protecting its shrimp hatchery facility and its salt water well and relocating them further inland to avoid seaside erosion.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1389

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCES.

Amends statutes relating to the per diem allowance for legislators when on official legislative business.

 

LMG, FIN

HB1390

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NISEI LEGACY CENTER.

Makes a matching appropriation from the general fund for the construction of the Nisei Legacy Center on the University of Hawaii-West Oahu campus.

 

VMI, HED, FIN

HB1391

RELATING TO THE COUNTY SURCHARGE ON STATE TAX.

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%.

 

FIN

HB1392

RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF HAWAII'S MOVING IMAGES.

Appropriates funds for the ‘Ulu‘ulu:  The Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai‘i to support the activities of the moving image archive.

 

VMI, HED, FIN

HB1393

RELATING TO ASSET FORFEITURE.

Authorizes the forfeiture of any property used or taken in any violation of laws or rules that results in a petty misdemeanor.

 

JUD

HB1394

RELATING TO GROUNDWATER RECHARGE.

Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who maintain permeable surfaces on their property.  Permits a taxpayer to deduct from state income taxes the costs of certifying an organic agricultural operation or determining a qualifying property's net water infiltration.

 

WAL, FIN

HB1395

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 42nd Representative District.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1396

RELATING TO THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN HAWAII.

Appropriates $500,000 for the planning, design, and construction of the Nisei Veterans Legacy Center and a Honouliuli Internment Camp Educational Center.  Release of appropriation is subject to matching funds.  Allows the value of in-kind donations to be calculated in the matching amount, subject to verification by the director of finance.

 

VMI, HED, FIN

HB1397

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Makes permanent the income tax rates established by Act 60, SLH 2009.

 

FIN

HB1398

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWELFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 12th representative district.

 

FIN

HB1399

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS.

Repeals HRS chapter 373L; adds definitions and registration and fee requirements to professional employer organization (PEO) law; requires notice to DOTAX of PEO violations for general excise tax exemption purposes; allows PEOs to be successor employers to client companies.

 

LAB, CPC, FIN

HB1400

RELATING TO ETHANOL.

Repeals the ten per cent ethanol by volume requirement for gasoline sold in Hawaii for use in motor vehicles.  Requires the Hawaii state energy office to submit reports on local ethanol production.

 

EEP, TRN, CPC

HB1401

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Reestablishes the temporary income tax credit for research activities.  Requires a qualified high technology business that claims the tax credit for research activities to file annual survey information with the department of taxation by June 30 of each year.  Requires the department of taxation to report to the legislature by September 1 of each year on the information collected by the survey and the effectiveness of the tax credit.

 

EDB, FIN

HB1402

RELATING TO SOCIAL IMPACT BONDS.

Requires the Executive Office on Early Learning to conduct a study on the feasibility of using social impact bonds to fund early learning programs and services in the State, with the assistance of the Legislative Reference Bureau.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1403

RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

Short form bill relating to climate change.

 

EEP

HB1404

RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.

Prohibits the issuance or renewal of any new power purchase agreement or department of health permit to any facilities that burn or consume coal.

 

EEP/HLT, CPC

HB1405

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Requires the public utilities commission to publish contracts, including price information, for the purchase of renewable energy by energy utilities on a publicly-accessible portion of the commission's website, with certain exceptions.

 

EEP, CPC

HB1406

RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY.

Requires private entities to submit a copy of their duly adopted rules regarding the placement of solar energy devices on or before the due date of their next condominium association biennial registration.  Provides that private entities that fail to submit a copy of their rules shall lose their tax exempt status.

 

EEP, CPC

HB1407

RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION TO RENTERS AND LESSEES.

Requires disclosure of energy cost information to prospective tenants in rental or lease transactions.

 

HSG, CPC

HB1408

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Provides tax credit rates and certification requirements for various renewable energy technologies.  Requires an annual report from Department of Taxation and a 2017 study from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

 

EEP/EDB, FIN

HB1409

RELATING TO BIOFUELS.

Allocates 1.5 cents of every 15 cents of the barrel tax deposited into the energy security special fund and 1.5 cents of every 15 cents of the barrel tax deposited into the agricultural development and food security special fund, as provided in section 243-3.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the agribusiness development corporation as investment capital for zero waste biofuel production.

 

EEP/AGR, FIN

HB1410

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Replaces the ethanol facility tax credit with the biofuel production facility tax credit.  Expands tax credit eligibility to include larger facilities and production of multiple types of biofuel.  Changes the formula for calculating the amount of tax credit allowed and caps the amount of tax credits allowed.  Limits the credit to Hawaii biofuel production facilities.  Allows the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to increase the aggregate tax cap with reporting requirements.  Applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014.

 

EEP/EDB, FIN

HB1411

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

Relating to capital improvement projects for the benefit of the fifty-first representative district.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1412

RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS.

Requires DLNR to accommodate mooring of native Hawaiian canoes owned by nonprofit entities and used for educational purposes in small boat harbors, as practicable.

 

OMH, WAL

HB1413

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Clarifies that the conflict of interest exception for members of task forces applies to members of task forces created by the legislature.  Effective upon approval, and applies retroactively to task forces created on or before the bill's enactment.

 

LMG, JUD

HB1414

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Permits the real estate commission to ensure compliance by enforcing any rule, order, decision, demand, or requirement of the commission issued pursuant to chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

CPC, JUD

HB1415

RELATING TO SERVICE BY PUBLICATION.

Specifies the term "general circulation" as it refers to a newspaper for purposes of service by publication in a civil action.

 

JUD

HB1416

RELATING TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS.

Clarifies that participation in a health wellness program does not constitute illegal gambling.

 

CPC, JUD

HB1417

RELATING TO MEDIATION AFFECTING JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE.

Expands the application of mandatory mortgage foreclosure dispute resolution by requiring mortgagees, at the mortgagor's election, to participate in mediation to avoid foreclosure or mitigate damages from foreclosure prior to filing a judicial foreclosure action for property that has been the mortgagor's primary residence for a specified period.  Applies the dispute resolution requirement to judicial foreclosure actions filed prior to the effective date of this bill and pending an initial court hearing.

 

CPC/JUD, FIN

HB1418

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

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 10th representative district.

 

FIN

HB1419

RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS.

Appropriates funds to PISCES.

 

HED/EDB, FIN

HB1420

RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS.

Requires each county animal control officer or appropriate county animal control agency to issue service dog tags.  Requires a service dog to wear a service dog tag and a leash, harness, or cape that identifies the dog as a service dog.

 

JUD

HB1421

RELATING TO ORGANIC AGRICULTURE.

Requires DOA to establish a combined organic agricultural mobilization program to provide affordable long-term leases to farmers to establish small, organic farms.  Authorizes PUC to establish preferential utility rates for participants of the program.  Requires HTDC to assist participants of the program.  Makes an appropriation.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1422

RELATING TO HISTORIC STRUCTURES.

Establishes a tax credit for qualifying rehabilitation expenses of historic structures.  Establishes a revolving fund administered by the state historic preservation division to fund the tax credit.

 

VMI, WAL, FIN

HB1423

RELATING TO THE MALA WHARF TASK FORCE.

Requires the chairperson of BLNR to convene a Mala wharf task force to examine the feasibility of redeveloping the collapsed pier at Mala wharf on the island of Maui.

 

TRN, WAL/OMH

HB1424

RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF RESOURCE VALUE LANDS.

Requires DLNR, in consultation with the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust and notwithstanding board approval, to engage in efforts to acquire the parcel of land located at Lipoa Point, identified as TMK 2-4-1-001-010-0000.  Makes an appropriation.

 

OMH/WAL, FIN

HB1425

RELATING TO A LOTTERY.

Establishes the Hawaii state lottery commission and authorizes the lottery commission to establish lottery gaming.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1426

RELATING TO VETERANS.

Establishes a $1 or $5 dollar donation that vehicle owners may elect to pay in addition to the state vehicle registration fees.  Establishes the Veteran Services Special Fund into which the $1 or $5 dollar donations will be deposited and used to support veteran services.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

VMI/TRN, FIN

HB1427

RELATING TO UNITED STATES SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE DAY.

Proposes a United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye honorary day on September 7.

 

JUD

HB1428

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Renames the Honolulu International Airport after U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1429

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Directs the Departments of Health and Human Services to maintain an inventory of all community-based care facilities licensed or certified under their jurisdiction and their vacancies to facilitate the placement of individuals in community-based facilities.

 

HUS/HLT, FIN

HB1430

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Appropriates funds to establish and operate a comprehensive service center for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind individuals.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1431

RELATING TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DAY.

Designates August 4 of each year as "President Barack Obama Day".

 

JUD

HB1432

RELATING TO AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.

Appropriates funds to support a statewide aging and disability resource center with sites in each county.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB1433

RELATING TO NON-VIOLENCE AND PEACE AWARENESS MONTH.

Designates October as Non-violence and Peace Awareness month.

 

JUD

HB1434

RELATING TO PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE.

Establishes a three-year demonstration project to be administered by the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine and Community Health to attract out-of-state physicians to residency programs that provide services to rural areas of the State.  Effective July 1, 2013, and repealed on July 1, 2016.

 

HLT, HED, JUD

HB1435

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE PACIFIC RENAL CARE FOUNDATION.

Appropriates funds as a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to Pacific Renal Care Foundation.

 

HLT, FIN

HB1436

RELATING TO CHILDREN.

Appropriates funds for the Honolulu zero to three court to fund the coordinator's transportation to visit children and parents, emergency housing assistance, a secure opening at a residential drug and alcohol facility that will accommodate a mother and child, development and implementation of an incentive program similar to the successful model utilized in family drug court, training and professional development of court team members and community partners, and creation and utilization of an enhanced visitation and parenting coaching site in leeward Oahu.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1437

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 twenty-eighth representative district.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

FIN

HB1438

RELATING TO MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA.

Transfers jurisdiction over the state medical marijuana program from PSD to DOH.

 

PBS/HLT, JUD, FIN

HB1439

RELATING TO REPORTING DEATHS TO STATE AGENCIES.

Authorizes the DOH to disclose lists of names of persons whose deaths have been recorded by the department to state agencies that need to update official lists of persons, but that are prohibited by federal law from disclosing their lists to the DOH for verification.

 

HLT, JUD

HB1440

RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION.

Requires driver education programs to include the distribution of information on organ and tissue donation.

 

TRN, HLT

HB1441

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE.

Creates a museum of music, dance, and cultural arts design committee.  Authorizes the committee to invite developers to prepare plans, specifications, and designs for a new museum, and to review for approval the proposed museum development plans submitted by developers.  Makes an appropriation for design of the museum.

 

VMI/OMH, FIN

HB1442

RELATING TO ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC CITATIONS.

Creates an electronic citation program under the Department of Transportation.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB1443

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND.

Authorizes the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to conduct itself as a private entity to participate in the insurance market.  Reactivates the special mortgage recording fee.  Replenishes the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

PBS, CPC, FIN

HB1444

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Includes submerged lands contiguous to Hawaiian Home Lands as available lands as defined in section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.

 

WAL/OMH, JUD

HB1445

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECALL OF ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICERS.

Amends article II of the Hawaii state constitution to provide for the recall of elected public officers.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1446

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.

Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii at Hilo to support Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikolani college of Hawaiian language and student support programs at the University of Hawaii at Hilo to support native Hawaiians and native Hawaiian programs.

 

OMH, HED, FIN

HB1447

RELATING TO ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICERS.

Provides for the recall of elected public officials.  Effective upon ratification of constitutional amendment.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1448

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Creates an agricultural task force to study feasibility of implementing a system similar to the Idaho OnePlan.  Requires a report to the legislature.  Makes an appropriation to employ one person to perform administrative duties and activities of the task force.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1449

RELATING TO ELECTRICITY RATES.

Establishes a pilot program to determine whether preferential electricity rates for agricultural activities will better aid in the sustainable perpetuation of local agriculture in Hawaii. 

 

AGR, CPC

HB1450

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

HB1451

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes a task force that shall develop strategies that will allow the local agricultural community to compete with imported products.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1452

RELATING TO FOSTER CARE.

Requires the department of human services to establish an advanced rate payment structure for resource caregivers who demonstrate, and continue to demonstrate, that they are exceptional caregivers and show a superior commitment to the children in the foster care system.

 

HUS, FIN

HB1453

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Reforms the public education system by among other things, establishing student-teacher ratios and heterogenous classroom composition, incorporating the AVID system, requiring internet access, community involvement, and external assistance, requiring specified data on the department website, expanding statewide performance standards to enable students to achieve international competitiveness, requiring specified tests in electronic format, setting teacher salaries commensurate with educational attainment, and authorizing the discharge of teachers who fail to improve performance outcomes.  Appropriates funds.

 

LAB, EDN, FIN

HB1454

RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY IMMUNITY.

Provides immunity from civil liability for trained installers and inspectors of automotive child passenger restraint devices.

 

JUD

HB1455

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the counties of Hawaii and Maui to facilitate the process of identifying and mapping of potential important agriculture land as required by section 205-47, HRS.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1456

RELATING TO ANIMALS.

Exempts charitable and nonprofit organizations from liability for providing shelter and subsistence to animals.

 

JUD

HB1457

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

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 9th representative district.

 

FIN

HB1458

RELATING TO INSURANCE RATES.

Establishes the rate adjustment recommendation board within the Insurance Division to make recommendations to the Insurance Commissioner regarding the disposition of rate adjustment filings.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1459

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Addresses the unfunded liabilities for public employee health benefits without putting down $500,000,000 per year for the next thirty years.  Calls for the formation and implementation of a captive insurance facility to effectively manage the administration and financing of the current and potential future employee benefit obligations of the state and county governments.  Establishes the Hawaii employer-union health benefits captive insurance fund and reserve account that holds ten per cent of the unfunded liabilities, which has the effect of fully funding the liabilities.

 

LAB, CPC, FIN

HB1460

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS.

Requires the legislature to follow fundamental principles of the sunshine law, including:  conducting public hearings on legislative rules; requiring a majority vote to suspend legislative rules; giving a seventy-two hour public notice for public hearings; requiring proposed amendments on a bill to be germane to the text to be amended; requiring correspondence on measures to be considered testimony; and requiring the posting, on the order of the day, of votes by a house to agree to amendments made by the other house.

 

LMG, JUD

HB1461

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Authorizes for testing purposes the operation of autonomous vehicles on public roads, streets, and highways.

 

TRN, JUD

HB1462

RELATING TO UNFUNDED LIABILITIES.

Creates a task force that will study the unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities monitored by the administrations of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund under chapter 87A and the employees' retirement system under chapter 88.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1463

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY.

Invests in technology development by facilitating a connection between the high technology industry and visitors to the State.  Appropriates funds to high technology development corporation to develop program to attract out-of-state software programmers and other high-technology workers to work in Hawaii.

 

EDB, FIN

HB1464

RELATING TO HAIR BRAIDING.

Clarifies that hair braiding by hand for commercial purposes is not subject to the licensing requirements for barbers, hairdressers, and cosmetologists under chapters 438 and 439.  Establishes less burdensome licensing requirements for hair braiders.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1465

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 17th representative district.

 

FIN

HB1466

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires children that are at least 5 years of age on or before July 31 of the 2013-2014 school year to attend a public or private school kindergarten.  Lowers the age for compulsory school attendance from 6 years of age to 5 years of age.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1467

RELATING TO BUSINESS.

Establishes the position of Chief Entrepreneurial Advisor to the Governor.

 

EDB, FIN

HB1468

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

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 7th representative district.

 

FIN

HB1469

RELATING TO SMOKING.

Exempts bars and nightclubs that hold dispenser or cabaret licenses to allow smoking by posting "smoking permitted" signs.  Provides that county ordinances shall not prohibit or restrict smoking in these establishments.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1470

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Provides that the absence in the Hawaii state plan of a priority guideline or functional plan applicable to a proposed reclassification of district boundaries shall not be grounds for the LUC to defer a decision on the petition to the applicable county pursuant to its county general plan.  Eliminates LUC consideration of the impacts of certain areas of state concern.

 

WAL, JUD

HB1471

RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.

Requires DOA to adopt rules for regulating land-based aquaculture farming on lands exceeding three acres in area and classified as agricultural.  Effective 07/01/2013.

 

AGR/WAL, JUD

HB1472

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Raises the threshold age for disqualification from attending a DOE school from 20 years of age to 22 years of age, to accommodate federal standards for providing children with disabilities access to a public education.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1473

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING.

Short form bill relating to the office of planning.

 

WAL

HB1474

RELATING TO STATE PARKS.

Short form bill relating to state parks.

 

WAL

HB1475

RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.

Implements the wraparound services program and appropriates funds for that purpose.

 

HLT/HUS, JUD, FIN

HB1476

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to support and expand the University of Hawaii clinical psychology program, support and expand the University of Hawaii family medicine residency program, and develop a permanent statewide rural primary health care training program.

 

HLT, HED, FIN

HB1477

RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY TASK FORCE.

Creates a task force to examine the issue of safety in Hawaii's schools.

 

PBS, EDN, JUD

HB1478

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

Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 36th representative district.

 

FIN

HB1479

RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY.

Requires the department of education to install and maintain classroom doors that can be locked and unlocked in certain emergency situations.

 

EDN, JUD

HB1480

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 14, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO ENSURE THAT NO BILL BECOMES LAW IF IT NO LONGER REFLECTS IT ORIGINAL PURPOSE.

Amends the constitution to ensure that no bill becomes law if the legislative process has so altered or amended the bill that it no longer reflects its original purpose.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1481

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

Exempts the offices of governor and lieutenant governor from the scope of the partial public financing law.  Changes the law on qualifying contributions, voluntary expenditure limits, and maximum amount of available public funds for candidates for the office of state senator or state representative.  Requires the campaign spending commission to submit a report on further statutory amendments to facilitate the implementation of this Act.  Appropriates funds to the campaign spending commission to prepare for the partial public financing of elections in 2014.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1482

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires the department of health to classify and recognize qualified hospitals and health care facilities that provide care to stroke patients.  Allows hospitals and health care facilities to publicly advertise their recognition.  Requires hospitals and health care facilities to report data to the department.  Requires the department to create guidelines for pre-hospital stroke-triage assessment and maintain a statewide stroke database.  Requires the department to provide an annual report to the governor and legislature.  Takes effect on 7/1/15.

 

HLT, CPC

HB1483

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Permits the regional systems of the Hawaii health systems corporation and their health facilities to transition to non-public status.

 

HLT/LAB, CPC, FIN

HB1484

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Amends the governance structure of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC).  Makes the regional chief executive officers nonvoting members.  Establishes the HHSC personnel system and retirement system.  Creates new collective bargaining units.  Authorizes the Governor to appoint six additional community members.  Clarifies the powers of the HHSC board and regional boards.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

HLT/LAB, CPC, FIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB420

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF THE NAMES OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES.

Amends the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to require the judicial selection commission to publicly disclose its list of nominees for appointment to the office of the chief justice, supreme court, intermediate appellate court, circuit courts, or district courts concurrently with its presentation of that list to the governor or the chief justice.

 

JUD, FIN

HB427

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 15, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW  ELECTRONIC COPIES, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRINTED COPIES, OF A BILL TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS OF A HOUSE IN WHICH THE BILL IS BEING VOTED UPON FOR THIRD OR FINAL READING IN FULFILLMENT OF THE FORTY-EIGHT HOUR AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENT.

Allows electronic copies, as an alternative to printed copies, of a bill to be made available for members of a house in which the bill is being voted upon for third or final reading in fulfillment of the 48-hour availability requirement.

 

JUD, FIN

HB620

PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 6, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO MODIFY THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the requirement that the Governor's appointments to the UH Board of Regents be made from candidates presented by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council.

 

HED, JUD, FIN

HB698

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit by (1) adding additional work and infrastructure incentive credits; (2) establishing a qualified persons crew training and advancement program rebate; (3) requiring the payment of a fee to apply for the tax credit; (4) increasing the cap amount of the tax credit; and (5) requiring that a waiver be granted to include the wages of nonresident crew in qualified production costs.  Sunset 01/01/2018.

 

EDB, FIN

HB726

RELATING TO FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT.

Extends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit from 01/01/2016 to 01/01/2023.  Repeals the credit ceiling per qualified production.  Increases in the credit amount from 15% to 20% in a county with a population over 700,000, and from 20% to 25% in a county with a population of 700,000 or less.

 

EDB, FIN

HB735

RELATING TO TARO SECURITY.

Prohibits the development, testing, propagation, release, importation, planting, or growing of genetically engineered Hawaiian taro in the State.  Establishes limited prohibitions on the engineering, testing, and cultivation of non-Hawaiian taro in the State.  Effective July 1, 2013, and repeals on June 30, 2018.

 

AGR/OMH, FIN