Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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		Committee
		REFERRAL
HB1516	RELATING TO ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN FEE AGAINST CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS. Clarifies that the internet crimes against children fee is to be assessed against every defendant who is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony regardless of the nature of the offense.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1517	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Provides that the commission of certain offenses of assault in the presence of the victim's minor child is an aggravating factor in the sentencing of the defendant convicted of the offense.	JUD
HB1518	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Short form bill relating to the penal code.	JUD
HB1519	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Short form bill relating to the penal code.	JUD
HB1520	RELATING TO CRIME. Short form bill relating to crime.	JUD
HB1521	RELATING TO CRIME. Short form bill relating to crime.	JUD
HB1522	RELATING TO UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS. Prohibits the use, navigation, piloting, or operation of an unmanned aerial system less than five hundred feet above ground level within the airspace above a residential property without the express consent of the property's owner or lessee. Defines unmanned aerial system.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB1523	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires an electric utility to place excess electricity credits after each twelve-month reconciliation period in a reserve fund to offset the electricity bills of consumers who receive public assistance from DHS.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB1524	RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY. Establishes a property assessed clean energy program to promote renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements. Increases a property's tax assessment to make loan payments. Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds and appropriates bond revenues to finance the program.	EEP, EDB, FIN
HB1525	RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER. Establishes a criminal offense for sitting or lying on state property or for possessing camping equipment on state property for the purpose of camping on the property. Exempts certain permitted activities.	WAL, JUD
HB1526	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Increases the penalty for anyone who modifies a motorcycle or moped exhaust system in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted from the motorcycle's or moped's originally installed muffler.	TRN, JUD
HB1527	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the Department of Taxation to evaluate and recommend the repeal of certain tax credits and tax exemptions and report to the Legislature before the regular session of 2018. Beginning July 1, 2018, and every five years thereafter, requires the Department of Taxation to evaluate new tax credits and exemptions.	FIN
HB1528	RELATING TO STUDENT PRIVACY. Prohibits an operator of an internet web site, online service, online application, or mobile application used for K-12 school purposes from knowingly engaging in targeted advertising to students or their parents or legal guardians, using covered information to create a profile about a student, selling a student's information, or disclosing covered information. Defines "covered information." Authorizes the disclosure of covered information of a student under specified circumstances.	EDN, CPC, JUD
HB1529	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Authorizes the establishment of public employee collective bargaining units not already specifically authorized in law. Allows part-time and full-time graduate student assistants employed by UH to collectively bargain their wages, hours, and other terms; provided that no collective bargaining agreement shall take effect prior to 7/1/2017. Requires UH and the relevant exclusive representatives to meet and report to the legislature.	LAB, HED, FIN
HB1530	RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS. Requires the University of Hawaii at Manoa to provide its nonsupervisory blue collar employees in collective bargaining unit (1) or their family members with tuition waivers comparable to the tuition waivers provided to faculty and their family members.	LAB, HED, FIN
HB1531	RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVICE LEGAL LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE. Establishes a loan repayment program for attorneys who practice in an area of law related to public service. Makes an appropriation.	HED, FIN
HB1532	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Protects from public disclosure the financial disclosure statements of the UH Board of Regents that are filed with the State Ethics Commission.	HED, JUD, FIN
HB1533	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety.	PBS
HB1534	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety.	PBS
HB1535	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety.	PBS
HB1536	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety.	PBS
HB1537	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety.	PBS
HB1538	RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER. Amends the offense of public urination and defecation by (1) expanding the prohibition to apply statewide beyond the Downtown Honolulu district; (2) amending the penalties for violations to graduated fines; and (3) repealing the statutory sunset date.	JUD
HB1539	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER SUPPLY. Appropriates moneys to the department of agriculture for planning and engineering studies and designs for construction of water source development, renewable energy sources for agricultural development and delivery, and a reservoir to service the agricultural lands surrounding Waimea.	AGR, WAL, FIN
HB1540	RELATING TO DRUG ABUSE. Establishes the Heroin and Opioid Abuse Task Force to develop recommendations for the prevention of and response to abuse of heroin and opioids. Requires a report.	HLT, FIN
HB1541	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Changes the proxy statement requirements for planned community associations from a maximum length of one hundred words to a maximum length of one single-sided page.	CPC, JUD
HB1542	RELATING TO HARBORS. Authorizes the director of transportation to adopt rules that regulate and limit noise at harbors, ports, roadsteads, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings of the State.	TRN, JUD
HB1543	RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13 of the State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded.	FIN
HB1544	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR ASSISTING AN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to Pasha Hawaii Holdings, LLC for the redevelopment of Honolulu Harbor, Oahu.	TRN, FIN
HB1545	RELATING TO TAXATION. Ends the general excise tax and use tax exemptions for amounts received as rent for the rental or leasing of aircraft or aircraft engines used by lessees or renters for the interstate transportation of passengers and goods on December 31, 2017.	FIN
HB1546	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING. Repeals provisions exempting electric vehicles from the payment of parking fees.	TRN, FIN
HB1547	RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals the high technology business investment tax credit.	FIN
HB1548	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a state earned income tax credit based on the federal earned income tax credit. Requires the director of taxation to prepare an annual report on the established earned income tax credit's usage for the previous year.	FIN
HB1549	RELATING TO THE EARLY SETTLERS OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY, THEIR HAWAIIAN AFRICAN DESCENDANTS, AND PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN HAWAII. Establishes a commission on the history and culture of the early settlers of African ancestry and their Hawaiian African descendants.	VMI, JUD, FIN
HB1550	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Increases the amounts of fines that may be assessed against persons other than individuals for campaign spending violations. Allows the campaign spending commission to recover its costs from violators. Directs moneys collected for costs to be deposited in the Hawaii election campaign fund.	JUD, FIN
HB1551	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Distinguishes the dissemination, distribution, and republication of campaign materials from other coordinated activities. Specifies when the financing by any person of such dissemination, distribution, and republication shall not be considered a contribution to the candidate.	JUD, FIN
HB1552	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Clarifies that increased fines may apply if a noncandidate committee fails to timely file a second preliminary general report.	JUD, FIN
HB1553	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Clarifies: (1) the due dates of preliminary, final, and supplemental reports to be submitted to the campaign spending commission; and (2) that the supplemental report due on January 31 must be filed every year.	JUD, FIN
HB1554	RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Adjusts allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the tourism special fund for inflation. Adjusts allocation to the counties to equal 45% of the amount of revenues remaining after all other allocations are made.	TOU, FIN
HB1555	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires the prompt payment of accident and health or sickness insurance benefits to health care providers within 30 days of receipt of a clean claim. Establishes penalties for nonpayment of clean claims in a specified time period.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1556	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Prohibits UH from prohibiting a person from certain employment at UH solely because that person is a candidate for, or person elected to, a non-statewide public office.	LAB, HED, JUD
HB1557	RELATING TO TAX RELIEF. Establishes a waiver program to exempt from income taxation gambling winnings legally acquired outside of the State during a consecutive 5-day period.	JUD, FIN
HB1558	RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the use tax rate for importers or purchasers of tangible personal property into the State for retail sale and whose annual gross sales exceed $ from 0.5% to an unspecified per cent.	FIN
HB1559	RELATING TO PROPERTY FORFEITURE. Prohibits civil asset forfeiture by reason of the commission of a covered offense, to the extent of the property owner's interest, unless the covered offense is a felony for which the property owner has been convicted.	JUD, FIN
HB1560	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Requires training and certification for persons who provide temporary traffic control in a street, road, or highway.	TRN, FIN
HB1561	RELATING TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT. Amends nuisance abatement laws to authorize civil suits to abate violations of trespass offenses that involve the unlawful occupation of real property, including an order of abatement permanently prohibiting the perpetrators from residing in or entering into the subject real property.	JUD
HB1562	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Subjects chief election officer appointments to the advice and consent of the senate.	JUD, FIN
HB1563	RELATING TO SPEEDING. Allows a court to order a person who is found guilty of speeding not more than 25 miles over the maximum speed limit to attend driver retraining. Provides for expungement of the violation and retention of insurance premium rates upon successful completion.	TRN, JUD
HB1564	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, FIN
HB1565	RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES. Removes a record of complaint as a type of information that is subject to disclosure as a public document.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB1566	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Imposes a statewide ban on consumer fireworks, except by permit for use at cultural events.	PBS, VMI, JUD
HB1567	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Allows the purchase and use of fireworks for film and movie productions with a valid permit and by persons authorized to test, dispose of, or destroy illegal or unwanted fireworks. Establishes a permit fee for film and movie production fireworks. Clarifies dimension requirements for labelling display fireworks.	PBS, JUD, FIN
HB1568	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Repeals Act 83, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to allow the counties to adopt codes and regulations that would require the installation of residential fire protection sprinkler systems and re-establish the counties' home rule concept.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB1569	RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle in which a minor is present.	HLT, TRN, JUD
HB1570	RELATING TO RADIATION LEVELS IN SEAFOOD. Requires DOH to implement a pilot project to monitor radiation levels in consumer seafood and seaweed products over the next 5 years and to post periodic reports on its website. Makes an appropriation.	OMH, HLT, FIN
HB1571	RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. Repeals the standards 1) requiring a liberal interpretation of the state ethics code; and 2) allowing determinations of gifts law violations under the state ethics code based upon an inference of impropriety, to instead require a finding of actual intent to influence the recipient of the gift. Requires state ethics commission advisory opinions to be approved and signed by a majority of the commission members. Requires that two of the five members of the state ethics commission be appointed by each chamber of the legislature.	JUD, FIN
HB1572	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Repeals the authorization for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to employ, exempt from the civil service law, a chief financial management advisor, property management branch chief, chief planner, and redevelopment officer.	HSG, LAB, FIN
HB1573	RELATING TO ZONING. Clarifies county zoning authority by distinguishing single-family residential use from single-family vacation rental use and allowing amortization by ordinance for single-family transient vacation rentals over a reasonable period.	WAL, FIN
HB1574	RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Makes liability exceptions for county lifeguards permanent.	JUD, FIN
HB1575	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF EAST KAUAI WORKFORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds. Appropriates moneys to the county of Kauai to ensure the availability of affordable rental housing on the east side of the island of Kauai.	HSG, FIN
HB1576	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ADOLESCENT TREATMENT AND HEALING CENTER, CENTRALIZED AUTO MAINTENANCE FACILITY, HANGAR FOR THE KAUAI FIRE DEPARTMENT HELICOPTER, SALT POND MASTER PLAN, AND VETERANS CEMETERY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance construction of an adolescent treatment and healing center, plans for a centralized auto maintenance facility, construction of a hangar for a fire department helicopter, development of a Salt Pond master plan, and improvements to the Kauai veterans cemetery.	FIN
HB1577	RELATING TO GOLF COURSE LIABILITY. Establishes absolute liability for golf courses for off-property damage caused by golf equipment with specified affirmative defenses.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB1578	RELATING TO THEFT. Establishes the offense of theft of urn as a class C felony.	CPC, JUD
HB1579	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the office of elections to join the Electronic Registration Information Center and share information with counties to encourage voter participation and ensure integrity of voter registration rolls. Appropriates moneys.	JUD, FIN
HB1580	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. Appropriates funds.	JUD, FIN
HB1581	RELATING TO JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Short form bill relating to judicial proceedings.	JUD
HB1582	RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. Creates offenses of violation of privacy through use of an unmanned aircraft system in the first and second degree.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB1583	RELATING TO PAWNSHOPS. Authorizes the governing body of each county to determine by what method the record of transactions of pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers shall be submitted to law enforcement.	CPC, FIN
HB1584	RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes each county to levy a transient accommodations tax at a rate to be determined by county ordinance.	TOU, FIN
HB1585	RELATING TO GUARDIANSHIP. Prohibits guardians of an adult ward from restricting the ward's right to communicate.	HUS, JUD
HB1586	RELATING TO REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Clarifies that, for purposes of disclosure statements, a property's reputation as the site of illegal drug sales or manufacture or an inhabitant's membership in a gang shall be deemed material facts, but that the occurrence of certain other crimes or incidents or alleged parapsychological or supernatural phenomena shall not be deemed material facts.	WAL, CPC, JUD
HB1587	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish the Return-To-Home Pilot Program and extends the pilot program for three years. Makes an appropriation.	HUS, FIN
HB1588	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes a Rail Business Interruption Fund to help small businesses struggling with economic loss directly related to rail construction. Appropriates funds for the implementation of the Fund.	EDB, FIN
HB1589	RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Requires home builders of one and two-family residential dwellings to provide buyers with information on the benefits and costs associated with the installation and maintenance of a residential fire sprinkler system.	HSG, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1590	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the Chief Election Officer to select a letter of the alphabet by lot and arrange candidate names on ballots in alphabetical order by last name, beginning with the randomly selected letter. Requires notice to voters that the candidates may not necessarily be listed in alphabetical order on the ballot by a method suited for all voting systems. Directs the Chief Election Officer to establish procedures to implement this new procedure applicable to elections in the next two year election cycle following the effective date.	JUD, FIN
HB1591	RELATING TO HOUSING. Prohibits discrimination in the rental of real property based on a veteran's use of HUD-VASH vouchers.	HSG/VMI, CPC, JUD
HB1592	RELATING TO ANIMALS. Prohibits certain restraints and activities relating to dogs. Specifies penalties.	JUD
HB1593	RELATING TO VOTING. Requires qualified applicants for a new or renewed driver's license or civil identification card to either provide information to automatically register the applicant to vote or to clearly decline to register to vote.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB1594	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Prohibits application of neonicotinoid insecticides without a permit after 6/30/17 to protect honeybees and other pollinating animals.	AGR, EEP, JUD
HB1595	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE TESTIMONY. Establishes the Remote Testimony Task Force to develop procedures for the public to testify remotely via the Internet during legislative proceedings. Requires a report.	LMG, FIN
HB1596	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes the invasive species rapid response special fund within DLNR. Establishes procedures for emergency declarations and expenditures. Appropriates moneys.	AGR, EEP, FIN
HB1597	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for research and mitigation efforts relating to the rapid ohia death disease in the State. Requires the Department to submit a report to the Legislature. Makes appropriation.	AGR, FIN
HB1598	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT IMPOUNDMENT OR DISPOSAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. Provides the State, each county, and their employees with immunity from civil liability arising from the impoundment or disposal of personal property unlawfully stored on public property, if prior notice requirements are met.	JUD, FIN
HB1599	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires QUEST and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care, limited to 24 visits per calendar year. Appropriates moneys.	HUS, CPC, FIN
HB1600	RELATING TO TAXATION. Imposes a conveyance tax on the conveyance of a controlling interest of an entity that has an interest in real property in the State. Applies to conveyances occurring after June 30, 2016.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB1601	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT. Short form bill relating to legislative management.	LMG
HB1602	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT. Short form bill relating to legislative management.	LMG
HB1603	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT. Short form bill relating to legislative management.	LMG
HB1604	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT. Short form bill relating to legislative management.	LMG
HB1605	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT. Short form bill relating to legislative management.	LMG
HB1606	RELATING TO CIVIL IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Allows homeless persons to replace their lost, stolen, destroyed, or mutilated civil identification cards free of charge.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1607	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Mandates the Department of Agriculture to establish a Little Fire Ant Pesticide Treatment Coupon Pilot Project and site map. Requires the Department of Agriculture to report to the Legislature on project implementation. Appropriates funds.	AGR, FIN
HB1608	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates moneys for the UH Graduation Pathway System.	HED, FIN
HB1609	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to develop procedures for the full utilization of university facilities. Requires the administration of the different UH campuses to collect and report data relating to facilities utilization. Prohibits the UH board of regents from approving the construction of a new university building until a public hearing is held to discuss facility utilization and cost.	HED, FIN
HB1610	RELATING TO TRAILERS. Requires an owner of a trailer bought out-of-state and subsequently brought into the State to provide proof of payment of the use tax with the application for registration unless otherwise exempt.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB1611	RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY. Repeals the fifty kilowatt ceiling for electricity customers to become eligible customer-generators. Requires electric utilities to pay net electricity producers for excess hours and specifies the compensation rate. Increases the compensation commensurate with rate increases due to increased fuel costs. Extends renewable energy technologies income tax credit to cover the installation of battery backup systems.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB1612	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII-WEST OAHU. Gives HCDA jurisdiction over non-education-related development of the site of the University of Hawaii-West Oahu.	HED, WAL, FIN
HB1613	RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. Grants tuition waivers to students at the community colleges who meet certain criteria. Initiates the waiver program as a pilot project in a county with a population of less than 100,000.	HED, FIN
HB1614	RELATING TO PREMIUM CIGARS. Adds a new definition of premium cigar. Exempts premium cigars from the self-service display ban.	CPC, FIN
HB1615	RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES. Establishes penalties for the destruction or harvesting of native sandalwood trees. Requires replanting for trees harvested. Requires a permit to export raw or unprocessed sandalwood timber. Establishes department of land and natural resources policies regarding sandalwood. Effective 7/1/16.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB1616	RELATING TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. Changes the total county allocation under the TAT to fund lifeguard and emergency medical services personnel positions in the counties. Repeals the emergency medical services special fund.	TOU, HLT, FIN
HB1617	RELATING TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. Authorizes the state director of finance to annually transfer general funds to the counties to fund lifeguard and emergency medical services personnel positions in the counties. Repeals the emergency medical services special fund.	HLT, FIN
HB1618	RELATING TO JURY DUTY. Lowers from 80 to 70 years the age at which a person may claim an age exemption from jury duty.	JUD, FIN
HB1619	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Excludes athletic coaches and athletic assistant coaches employed by the University of Hawaii from collective bargaining.	HED, LAB, FIN
HB1620	RELATING TO TAX CREDIT. Establishes a tax credit for individual taxpayers within the State who install plastic water catchments on the properties at which they reside. Allows taxpayer to elect to make the tax credit refundable.	EEP, FIN
HB1621	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC MIDDLE AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL STUDENTS. Appropriates funds for the establishment of after-school programs for public middle and intermediate school students.	EDN, FIN
HB1622	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to education.	EDN
HB1623	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to education.	EDN
HB1624	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the auditor to conduct a comprehensive audit of the University of Hawaii system. Makes an appropriation.	HED, LMG, FIN
HB1625	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires UH to report on classroom usage. Requires an open public meeting to discuss proposed buildings.	HED, FIN
HB1626	RELATING TO PRIVATE DETECTIVE AND PRIVATE GUARD IDENTIFICATION. Prohibits private detectives and private guards from self-identifying as law enforcement officers, police, or police officers and wearing or using any badge, uniform, equipment, vehicle, or other accoutrement capable of being associated with that of a law enforcement officer employed by a government law enforcement organization. Imposes a fine for violations.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB1627	RELATING TO MEDICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY THE REGULATED INDUSTRIES COMPLAINTS OFFICE. Requires the regulated industries complaints office to establish a division that specializes in medical cases involving regulated professions and occupations. Appropriates funds for field investigator positions who specialize in medical cases.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1628	RELATING TO BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES. Removes the sunset date of Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, as amended, thereby making permanent the voluntary deregistration process for fee non-time share interests.	WAL, JUD/CPC
HB1629	RELATED TO LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS. Amends numerous Hawaii Revised Statutes sections to add the word "licensed" before the term "marriage and family therapist" to clarify those sections.	CPC, JUD
HB1630	RELATING TO SECURITY INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY. Requires a mortgagee or record assignee to provide to a mortgagor or borrower, upon full satisfaction of the mortgage and discharge of the secured debt, a reassignment or release of security interests in leases and rents that served as additional security for the mortgage. Authorizes title insurers or underwritten title companies to make demands on mortgagees and, in the absence of compliance, to reassign or release mortgagees' security interests in leases and rents on behalf of the mortgagee or record assignee, under certain conditions. Authorizes certain entities to institute an action in any circuit court to obtain the release or reassignment instrument in the absence of compliance of a mortgagee or record assignee.	WAL, CPC, JUD
HB1631	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to motor vehicle insurance.	CPC
HB1632	RELATING TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY. Amends the offenses of violation of privacy in the first and second degree to address privacy concerns because of the use of unmanned aircraft systems.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB1633	RELATING TO VOTING. Provides that all applicants for a new or renewed driver's license, provisional license, instructional permit, or civil identification card must either clearly decline to register to vote or fill out the voter affidavit on their application before the application can be processed.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB1634	RELATING TO TAXATION. Changes the tax rate on the sale of large cigars beginning 7/1/16.	CPC, FIN
HB1635	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL REAL PROPERTY. Provides that a lessee shall have the option to purchase commercial real property under certain conditions.	WAL, JUD
HB1636	RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Establishes the offense of the unlawful sale or trade of ivory products for any person who imports, sells, offers to sell, or possesses with the intent to sell any ivory product and creates exemptions for the sale or trade of ivory products. Grants a grace period against all enforcement actions against ivory products in the State prior to the effective date of the measure until June 30, 2019.	WAL, JUD
HB1637	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates moneys for the University of Hawaii to hire six additional staff attorneys.	HED, FIN
HB1638	RELATING TO ILIAHI, NATIVE SANDALWOOD. Establishes penalties for the destruction or harvesting of native sandalwood trees. Requires replanting for trees harvested. Bans the export of raw or unprocessed sandalwood timber. Establishes department of land and natural resources policies regarding sandalwood.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB1639	RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES. Establishes permit requirements for commercial harvesting, taking, or export of native forest resources, including sandalwood. Requires DLNR to adopt rules for permits. Imposes administrative and criminal penalties.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB1640	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a stipend program for qualified individuals currently enrolled in job training programs. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to establish a program to offer insurance policies to landlords who rent to section 8 tenants. Establishes a tax credit for sellers who convey an interest in real property to a qualified first-time homebuyer.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB1641	RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Authorizes the examiner of drivers to include information about a person's disability on the person's driver's license or civil identification card.	HLT, TRN, JUD
HB1642	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Conforms the counties' authority to make short-term investments to the state director of finance's authority to make such investments.	FIN
HB1643	RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Deletes the sunset provision for the liability exemptions for county lifeguards.	JUD
HB1644	RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS AND RECORDS. Permits members of a county council to jointly attend and speak at a community, educational, or informational meeting or presentation; provided the meeting or presentation is open to the public.	JUD
HB1645	RELATING TO MOPEDS. Requires mopeds to have motor vehicle inspection safety checks.	TRN, CPC, JUD
HB1646	RELATING TO ZONING. Clarifies county zoning authority by distinguishing single-family residential use from single-family vacation rental use and allowing amortization by ordinance for single-family transient vacation rentals over a reasonable period.	WAL, FIN
HB1647	RELATING TO DISTRICT JUDGES. Increases the number of district judges in the second judicial circuit by one.	JUD, FIN
HB1648	RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT SMALL CLAIMS. Establishes small claims division’s exclusive jurisdiction of cases for amounts of $1,000 or less. Allows plaintiff to request removal of small claims cases to be heard in ordinary procedures of the district court when counterclaim is filed.	JUD, FIN
HB1649	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for FY 2016-2017.	JUD, FIN
HB1650	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides that the preparation of absentee ballots for counting may include opening the return envelope in which the ballot is enclosed and the validation of signatures, but shall not include opening the ballot envelope. Allows official election observers to be present during this process. Requires that, unless otherwise stated, the opening of return absentee ballot envelopes and signature validation commence the day immediately after ballots are transmitted to voters through election day. Provides that the counting of absentee ballots may begin no earlier than fifteen days prior to an election and establishes stages of absentee ballot counting. Prohibits persons present during the counting of absentee ballots from disclosing the results. Allows, rather than requires, observation of ballot handling by an official.	JUD, FIN
HB1651	RELATING TO CLASS C FELONIES. Increases the fine from $1,000 to $10,000 for a person who provides false information when registering to vote late or at an absentee polling place.	JUD, FIN
HB1652	RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Requires an affidavit on 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 voter affidavit is complete or declined.	JUD, FIN
HB1653	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Incrementally phases in statewide elections by mail by the 2022 primary election. Assigns responsibilities between the State and counties for expenses related to mail elections for federal, state, and county offices. Requires clerks to send qualified voters their ballots forty-five days before an election. Establishes standards regarding hours of operation for absentee polling places. Specifies procedures for the counting of ballots. Makes an appropriation.	JUD, FIN
HB1654	RELATING TO ABSENTEE BALLOTS. Allows a permanent absentee voter to receive a ballots at an alternate address for elections within an election cycle. Clarifies that certain conditions that normally lead to a termination of permanent absentee voter status do not apply if the voter resides in an absentee voter only area. Replaces references to facsimile ballots with references to electronic ballots. Allows a voter to receive an absentee ballot by electronic transmission if the voter requires such a ballot within five days of an election, or the voter would otherwise not be able to return their properly issued ballot by the close of polls.	JUD, FIN
HB1655	RELATING TO INCREASING THE PAYMENT AMOUNT FOR THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS’ PRO RATA SHARE OF THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST. Requires agencies that collect receipts for any disposition of the public land trust shall each fiscal quarter transfer to the office of Hawaiian affairs twenty per cent of each receipt from the disposition. Returns to the office of Hawaiian affairs certain moneys previously claimed as public land trust overpayments to the office. Establishes a public land trust revenues negotiating committee.	OMH/WAL, JUD, FIN
HB1656	RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR THE DISPOSITION OF REMNANTS. Provides the office of Hawaiian affairs with the right of first refusal for any disposition of public lands classified as remnants.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB1657	RELATING TO NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS. Requires a proposing or approving agency to ensure that a notice is posted at any site impacted by an action prior to the drafting of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement preparation notice.	EEP/WAL, JUD, FIN
HB1658	RELATING TO THE MAUNA KEA LANDS. Requires the UH BOR to adopt rules describing the method for determining sufficient fees for lease rent of Mauna Kea lands. Requires the BOR to hold an open meeting prior to entering into a lease agreement for Mauna Kea lands. Requires the BOR to prepare a written description of how the fee for lease rent in a proposed lease agreement was determined.	HED, WAL, FIN
HB1659	RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS. Allows courts to authorize a person or entity, other than an officer of justice, to carry out a search warrant. Allows courts to authorize an officer to obtain technical assistance if the search warrant granted pertains to an electronic device or storage media.	JUD, FIN
HB1660	RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF RESTITUTION FOR CRIME VICTIMS. Creates standards and procedures for income-withholding for purposes of enforcing restitution orders. Amends the definition of "debt" relating to the recovery of money owed to the State to include court-ordered restitution subject to civil enforcement. Provides priority of income withholding orders. Extends victims' access to adult probation records to include access to payment compliance records. Requires that any bail posted by a defendant be applied toward payment of any court-ordered restitution in the same case. Appropriates funds.	JUD, FIN
HB1661	RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Clarifies the distinction between prostitution offense charged against a payee or charged against a payer.	JUD
HB1662	RELATING TO WITNESSES. Increases the per diem payments for out-of-state witnesses in criminal cases from $145 to $200. Increases the per diem payment supplement from $90 to $145, for witnesses from any island other than the island on which the court is located, when that witness is required to stay overnight.	JUD, FIN
HB1663	RELATING TO PEN REGISTERS. Amends the definition of "pen register" to include cell phones and other communications devices among those that the numbers transmitted to and from may be recorded.	CPC, JUD
HB1664	RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCESS. Amends the definition of "criminal process" to include administrative subpoenas for the purposes of production.	JUD, FIN
HB1665	RELATING TO THE INSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL CHARGES. Enumerates felony charges for which charging by written information shall not be instituted.	JUD, FIN
HB1666	RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS FOR JUVENILES INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. Appropriates funds to the department of education for two alternative schools to provide ongoing education to juveniles involved in the justice system or at risk of involvement in the justice system.	HUS, EDN, FIN
HB1667	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU. Appropriates moneys to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit.	JUD, FIN
HB1668	RELATING TO THE USE OF A DOG IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Authorizes any state court to permit the use of a facility dog in a judicial proceeding involving the testimony of a vulnerable witness if the court determines that there is a compelling necessity for the use of a trained and credential facility dog to facilitate the testimony of a vulnerable witness.	JUD
HB1669	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Redefines "peer review" to include reviews done by out-of-state public accountancy licensees. Increases deadlines for filing of peer review compliance reporting forms and appealing certain ratings from 10 days to 30 calendar days.	EDB, CPC, FIN
HB1670	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Allows members of the public accountancy peer review oversight committee to be reimbursed for expenses. Protects the members from civil liability for actions done in furtherance of the purposes of the committee.	EDB, CPC, FIN
HB1671	RELATING TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS. Creates immunity for individuals who prescribe, possess, or administer an opioid antagonist such as naloxone hydrochloride during an opioid-related drug overdose. Authorizes emergency personnel to administer naloxone hydrochloride. Requires medicaid coverage for naloxone hydrochloride. Exempts pharmacists and pharmacies from licensure and permitting requirements, except for drug storage requirements, for storing and distributing opioid antagonists. Makes an appropriation for drug overdose recognition, prevention, and response, including the distribution and administration of naloxone hydrochloride.	HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1672	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS. Authorizes a beneficiary of a prescription drug benefit plan to obtain a prescription without penalty from a non-network retail community pharmacy located within ten miles of the beneficiary's residence, if the nearest network retail community pharmacy is located over ten miles away.	HLT, CPC, JUD
HB1673	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes a durable medical equipment supplier licensure program for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and related supplies through the office of health care assurance. Allows license fees to be deposited into the office of health care assurance special fund. Amends the cap on amounts of the health care assurance special fund that may be used per fiscal year. Amends the balance of the health care assurance special fund above which moneys are deposited into the general fund.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1674	RELATING TO BEVERAGES FOR CHILDREN. Establishes restrictions on sugar-sweetened beverages and other beverages served in child care facilities.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1675	RELATING TO MINORS. Prohibits teachers and persons who are licensed to provide professional counseling from engaging in or advertising sexual orientation change efforts on students and persons under eighteen years of age.	HLT, EDN, CPC
HB1676	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Increases the number of members of the board of agriculture from ten to eleven. Requires the eleventh member to be a resident of the city and county of Honolulu.	AGR, FIN
HB1677	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Requires DCCA to submit annual report regarding physician discipline related to medical marijuana certifications. Requires DOH to submit monthly report on medical marijuana certifications. Requires Hawaii medical board to investigate potential misconduct regarding medical marijuana, take appropriate disciplinary action, and submit annual report.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1678	RELATING TO COUNTY FACILITIES. Requires the State to indemnify a county for the use of county property by the legislative branch for legislative duties and a public purpose.	LMG, JUD, FIN
HB1679	RELATING TO THE KARSTEN THOT BRIDGE. Appropriates moneys to the department of transportation to improve pedestrian and bicycle access across Karsten Thot Bridge in Wahiawa.	TRN, FIN
HB1680	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Prohibits cultivation of medical marijuana by anyone not licensed by the State after 7/1/17.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB1681	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Establishes pharmaceutical discount program for all state residents under which State obtains manufacturers' rebates on drugs that are offered at discounted prices to program participants. Provides reimbursement to participating pharmacists. Establishes special fund. Appropriates moneys.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1682	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Establishes the Rx Plus Program to make prescription drugs more affordable to all residents of the State.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1683	RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Permits an employee to use leave under the Hawaii Family Leave Law to care for a sibling.	LAB, FIN
HB1684	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Short form bill related to the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority.	EEP
HB1685	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Prohibits any UH employee from having a salary more than double that of the governor without approval of the legislature. Requires UH to submit an annual report on the employees with salaries in excess of the governor's salary.	LAB, HED, FIN
HB1686	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Amends the criteria for involuntary hospitalizations and other forms of mental health treatment to replace the current standard of imminent dangerousness with the criterion of a likelihood of harm to self or others based on recent behavior.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB1687	RELATING TO INSECTICIDES. Prohibits application of neonicotinoid insecticides to protect honeybees and other pollinating animals.	AGR, EEP, JUD
HB1688	RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO THE HAWAII COUNTY OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii county office of the prosecuting attorney for the career criminal prosecution unit.	JUD, FIN
HB1689	RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the existing ethanol facility income tax credit to include other renewable fuels.	EEP, FIN
HB1690	RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS. Establishes an income tax credit for the purchase of portable generators.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB1691	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires a county police chief to grant a qualified applicant a license to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun and ammunition within the county.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB1692	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Authorizes transportation network companies to operate upon regulation by a county.	TRN, CPC, FIN
HB1693	RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends the household income level and unit availability eligibility requirements for the provision of low-income housing and mixed-income rental project loans and grants made from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund.	HUS, HSG, FIN
HB1694	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY SPOUSE AND CHILD ABUSE SPECIAL ACCOUNT. Sets aside funds from marriage licenses granted by agents in each judicial circuit for the Spouse and Child Abuse Special Account for the training of family court judges on domestic violence or child abuse.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1695	RELATING TO SANITATION. Requires department of health to establish rules regarding sanitation facilities for public use at all shopping centers with twenty or more retail or commercial establishment tenants.	HLT, EDB, FIN
HB1696	RELATING TO UNITED STATES SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE DAY. Establishes United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye Day on September 7 of each year.	VMI, FIN
HB1697	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows counties that establish a state tax surcharge to use the surcharge moneys for the repair of any public highway for which there is a dispute between the State and the county over ownership and jurisdiction. Provides that a county assumes ownership and jurisdiction over a public highway in which there is a dispute over ownership and jurisdiction by expending state tax surcharge money to repair the public highway. Requires the department of transportation and the county equivalents to prepare a report of all public highways in the State in which ownership and jurisdiction are disputed.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB1698	RELATING TO HEALTH. Designates the month of September of each year as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month.	HLT, VMI, FIN
HB1699	RELATING TO HOUSING. Doubles recording fees imposed by the bureau of conveyances and requires the increase in fees to be deposited into the dwelling unit revolving fund. Requires the moneys deposited to be used for the construction of housing intended for rent or sale to eligible individuals and families with an income of up to 80% of the area median income.	WAL, HSG, FIN
HB1700	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. To adjust and request appropriations for Fiscal Biennium 2015-17 funding requirements for operations and capital improvement projects of Executive Branch agencies and programs.	FIN
HB1701	RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. In child custody and visitation proceedings involving an allegation or history of family violence: 1) requires family courts to first hold an evidentiary hearing on the issue of family violence; 2) requires child custody evaluators to have qualifications relevant to the subject of family violence; and 3) if the proceeding does not involve mental health issues, prohibits disqualification of a person for appointment as a child custody evaluator solely because the person does not hold a degree relating to mental health. Prohibits use of a parent's good faith allegation of family violence as a factor that weighs against the parent in determining child custody or visitation. Requires family court judges and professional personnel to complete ongoing training in the latest best practices and research in domestic violence advocacy.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1702	RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the income tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment by changing the manner for determining the taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses that constitutes the tax credit.	HUS, FIN
HB1703	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates moneys for the University of Hawaii to hire three psychologists and one case manager to provide student mental health services.	HED, FIN
HB1704	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Creates a pilot project to transfer maintenance and repair functions of state highways from the state department of transportation to counties with populations that are divided among at least three islands. Creates a state and county transportation working group to establish a plan of implementation. Requires a report to legislature. Sunsets 12/31/2025.	TRN, FIN
HB1705	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Allows proof of motor vehicle insurance to be displayed in electronic format on a mobile electronic device.	TRN, CPC, JUD
HB1706	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes within DOE the youth civil defense corps. Requires BOE to adopt standards and curriculum for student participation.	PBS, EDN, FIN
HB1707	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires the insurance commissioner and health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to make public disclosure of rate filings information prior to a rate increase. Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to disclose aggregated claims data to group purchasers upon request.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1708	RELATING TO MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Creates a limited licensing exemption for visiting sports team physicians.	HLT, CPC
HB1709	RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS. Allows an owner of a vessel who possesses a valid mooring or commercial permit to transfer ownership of the vessel without terminating the rights designated by the permit. Requires the permit to be reissued under the name of the transferee.	WAL, CPC, JUD
HB1710	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for the p4c program of the University of Hawaii Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education and for teachers of the Department of Education to train with the p4c program.	HED, EDN, FIN
HB1711	RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the tax on cigarettes and little cigars by 4 cents for sales on or after 1/1/2017. Allocates the increase in funds collected to the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1712	RELATING TO STUDENT DATA MANAGEMENT. Limits the ways in which the operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application working with the DOE can use student data.	EDN, JUD, CPC
HB1713	RELATING TO ETHICS. Exempts extracurricular service of employees from the state ethics code if certain conditions are met. Defines detached remuneration and extracurricular service.	LAB, JUD
HB1714	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the repair and maintenance of public housing projects managed by the Hawaii public housing authority.	HSG, FIN
HB1715	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM. Appropriates $6,000,000 in general funds to fund the public prekindergarten program.	EDN, FIN
HB1716	RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Changes the Early Learning Advisory Board to the Early Learning Commission.	EDN, JUD
HB1717	RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP. Requires the DOA to establish a pilot project to allow people to grow industrial hemp for animal feed.	AGR, FIN
HB1718	RELATING TO WILDLIFE PROTECTION. Establishes the offense of the unlawful sale or trade of ivory or rhinoceros horn for any person who sells, offers to sell, possesses with the intent to sell, or imports with the intent to sell any ivory or rhinoceros horn. Creates exemptions for the sale or trade of ivory or rhinoceros horn.	WAL, JUD
HB1719	RELATING TO HEALTH. Extends to all HHSC regional systems the authority of the executive branch to transfer the management of facilities of a regional system to a nonprofit management entity.	HLT, LAB, FIN
HB1720	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires annual reports to the legislature for procurement contracts that exceed $50,000. Raises the minimum threshold requirement for electronic system procurement requirements in chapter 103D from $25,000 to $50,000. Increases the minimum threshold for small purchases under chapter 103F from $25,000 to $50,000.	LMG, FIN
HB1721	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Requires the construction of a correctional facility at the Halawa Correctional Facility site to replace the existing OCCC. Requires a study on the feasibility of State redevelopment of the land that is currently occupied by OCCC. Appropriates funds.	PBS, WAL, FIN
HB1722	RELATING TO IMMUNIZATION. Requires all public school students to be immunized, except for cases in which the immunization would endanger the life or health of a child. Exempts students attending private schools and home schools from immunization requirement.	HLT, EDN, FIN
HB1723	RELATING TO THE HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION. Requires the auditor to conduct a comprehensive financial and management audit of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. Appropriates funds.	TRN, LMG, FIN
HB1724	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates moneys to establish and operate a comprehensive support service center for disadvantaged individuals and families seeking transitional support services.	HUS, FIN
HB1725	RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH DAY. Recognizes celebrations of Children and Youth Day as an official State event.	LMG, FIN
HB1726	RELATING TO MURDER. Provides that first degree murder includes a case in which a victim is used as a shield or held as a hostage or for ransom.	JUD
HB1727	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires employers to notify employees, when providing their annual wage summary statements, that they may be eligible to receive the federal earned income tax credit.	LAB, FIN
HB1728	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires annual safety inspections and registration of mopeds. Establishes civil penalties for violating the moped safety inspection and registration requirements. Defines "off-road vehicle".	TRN, CPC, JUD
HB1729	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires all elections to be conducted by mail beginning in 2020. Provides places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots and requires a limited number of voter service centers in each county to accommodate voters with special needs. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program.	JUD, FIN
HB1730	RELATING TO ENERGY TARIFFS. Requires electric utilities that use a time-of-use feature in its rate structure to include a credit to the eligible customer-generator for any net electricity produced during peak hours of usage.	EEP, CPC
HB1731	RELATING TO WASTEWATER. Prohibits the installation or use of household aerobic units that discharge directly to groundwater unless approved by DOH.	EEP, JUD
HB1732	RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES. Restores the review process for proposed geothermal resources development projects.	EEP, WAL, CPC
HB1733	RELATING TO USE PERMITS FOR SMALL BOAT FACILITIES. Authorizes commercial permits holders for small boat harbors to submit permit renewal applications early and be informed of any reasons for a nonrenewal prior to the expiration of the commercial permit. Authorizes a thirty-day grace period for persons who fail to timely file a commercial permit renewal application.	WAL, CPC
HB1734	RELATING TO MARINE LIFE PROTECTION. Creates administrative penalties for any person who knowingly captures, kills, or takes any shark or ray within state marine waters. Provides exemptions for native Hawaiian gathering rights and cultural practices, research purposes, and public and personal safety.	OMH, JUD
HB1735	RELATING TO PROPERTY TAXES. Appropriates funds to UHERO to study the effects of Hawaii's low property tax rates. Appropriates funds.	FIN
HB1736	RELATING TO THE KONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. Renames the Kona International Airport as the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport.	TRN, FIN
HB1737	RELATING TO VEHICLE NUMBER PLATES. Allows a motor vehicle owner to be exempt from being required to fasten a front license plate to the motor vehicle if the vehicle's safety equipment originally installed by the vehicle manufacturer is impaired by a front number plate.	TRN, CPC/JUD
HB1738	RELATING TO BODY CAMERAS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. Regulates the use of body cameras by law enforcement officers and body camera video footage.	JUD
HB1739	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Prohibits employers from requiring, requesting, or coercing employees or potential employees to provide access to their personal accounts.	LAB, JUD
HB1740	RELATING TO MEDICINE. Requires physicians practicing in Hawaii to accept Medicare patients.	HLT, FIN
HB1741	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates moneys to the Read to Me International Foundation for the promotion of reading aloud to children.	EDN, FIN
HB1742	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Appropriates funds for 2 FTE positions in the disability compensation division of DLIR.	LAB, FIN
HB1743	RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY RIGHTS. Removes trespass requirement that agricultural lands have a fence or signs stating private property. Establishes that a person sentences for theft of soil reimburse the land owner for the cost of the soil.	AGR, JUD
HB1744	RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. Provides public charter schools with the right of first refusal for the use of DOE athletic facilities within the school complex area and on available dates. Requires DOE school principals to provide public charter schools with schedules of available dates for the use of athletic facilities.	EDN, FIN
HB1745	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a disease outbreak response fund for epidemic control. Authorizes the Director of Health, rather than the Governor, to declare an epidemic and to use moneys in the disease outbreak response fund for relief. Makes an appropriation.	HLT, FIN
HB1746	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL FOREST PRODUCTS. Requires anyone harvesting forest trees or plants for commercial purposes to obtain a license and submit monthly reports to DLNR.	WAL, FIN
HB1747	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Authorizes a police officer to cause to be towed a motor vehicle if the operator is arrested or cited for various traffic offenses, including driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Provides exceptions. Provides notice and hearing requirements.	TRN, JUD
HB1748	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Authorizes each county council to adopt by ordinance upon a unanimous vote criteria that the council shall apply to evaluate potential locations for medical marijuana production centers and dispensaries. Authorizes a county council to prohibit medical marijuana production centers and dispensaries in a specified area by ordinance upon a unanimous council vote.	HLT/EDB, JUD, FIN
HB1749	RELATING TO WATER MANAGEMENT. Amends the goals of the Hawaii water plan to include the one hundred per cent utilization of reclaimed water in all State and county facilities.	WAL, FIN
HB1750	RELATING TO WATER MANAGEMENT. Requires the State and counties to consider stormwater management in the development of the Hawaii water resource protection plan.	WAL, FIN
HB1751	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Broadens the definition of renewable energy.	EEP, CPC
HB1752	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. Appropriates general revenue for one full-time equivalent position as grant administrative support personnel in the office of community services for fiscal year 2016-2017.	LAB, FIN
HB1753	RELATING TO MOPEDS. Requires annual registration and inspection of mopeds.	TRN, CPC, JUD
HB1754	RELATING TO HUNTING. Establishes a Hawaii apprentice hunting license to authorize persons without a hunting license to hunt under direct supervision of a licensed hunter.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB1755	RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES. Amends various statutes to clarify the role of advanced practice registered nurses with regards to their authority and participation in the health care system. Amends definitions in the statutes to conform with the duties and responsibilities of advanced practice registered nurses.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1756	RELATING TO NURSING. Establishes criminal history record check requirements for all nurse licensure, including licensure renewal, applicants. Authorizes the state board of nursing to develop rules necessary to implement the required criminal history record checks.	HLT, CPC, JUD
HB1757	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, HED, FIN
HB1758	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the John A. Burns School of Medicine to fund medical residency programs to help alleviate the shortage of primary care physicians in rural Oahu and neighbor island communities.	HLT, CPC
HB1759	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires health insurers to promptly pay clean claims for services and repeals the exemption of medicaid claims from the clean claims definition.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1760	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HLT
HB1761	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HLT
HB1762	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HLT
HB1763	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HLT
HB1764	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.	HLT
HB1765	RELATING TO CORAL. Requires UH to conduct a study on the effects of sunscreen on Hawaii's coral reefs. Appropriates funds.	OMH, HED, FIN
HB1766	RELATING TO LIVESTOCK. Adds deer to the list of animals included in the theft of livestock offense.	WAL, JUD
HB1767	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Expands exceptions to the general prohibitions on fireworks. Imposes requirements upon shippers of fireworks.	CPC, FIN
HB1768	RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Requires contractors to disclose the benefits of a residential fire sprinkler system to prospective purchasers seeking to construct a new home.	HSG, CPC, JUD
HB1769	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Prohibits the use of consumer fireworks except for cultural events allowed by permit.	PBS, JUD
HB1770	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Increases the fee for an aerial device, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic permit from $110 to $300.	PBS, CPC, FIN
HB1771	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Authorizes counties to adopt codes and regulations that would require the installation of residential fire protection sprinkler systems by repealing Act 83, SLH 2012.	HSG, CPC, FIN
HB1772	RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the department of human services to restore basic adult dental benefits to medicaid and QUEST integration enrollees.	HUS, CPC, FIN
HB1773	RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds for the shallow rent subsidy program for homeless working individuals or families who are ready to rent permanent housing in order to obtain and maintain permanent housing. Appropriates funds to the department of human services. Also appropriates funds to the department of human services to continue to administer housing first programs for chronically homeless individuals.	HUS/HSG, FIN
HB1774	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Appropriates additional funds for outreach to homeless individuals and families, as well as homeless unaccompanied youth. Appropriates funds to the department of human services.	HUS, FIN
HB1775	RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION. Requires information on organ and tissue donation to be included in the curriculum for the statewide driver education program and behind-the-wheel driver training program.	HLT, TRN, FIN
HB1776	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY. Authorizes courts to require that a person convicted of a felony involving a motor vehicle or certain driving violations install an ignition interlock device on any vehicle the driver operates.	TRN, JUD
HB1777	RELATING TO EVIDENCE. Amends the Hawaii Rules of Evidence to authorize nonresident property crime victims to testify in felony criminal proceedings by a live two-way video connection.	JUD
HB1778	RELATING TO UNLAWFUL KILLINGS. Provides that a person who unlawfully causes injury to a pregnant person or fetus that results in the death of an infant who was born alive may be charged with an unlawful killing.	JUD