OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-NINTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 2

4TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 23, 2017

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -  Economic Development & Business

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -  Housing

HUS -  Human Services

IAC -   Intrastate Commerce

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs

PBS -   Public Safety

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -  Transportation

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

WAL - Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

REFERRAL

 

HB263

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Establishes a tax on all marijuana and marijuana related products sold by licensed medical marijuana dispensaries. 

 

HLT, FIN

HB264

RELATING TO FLUORIDATION.

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

 

HLT, WAL, FIN

HB265

RELATING TO NOISE.

Establishes enhanced penalties for multiple noise violations by a licensee in a county with a population of 500,000 or more during a single calendar year.

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

HB266

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.

 

HLT, TRN

HB267

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Enables condominium associations to adopt rules and regulations that require unit owners to prohibit smoking inside a condominium unit as part of a lease agreement.

 

CPC

HB268

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Makes various changes to the campaign finance laws.

 

JUD, FIN

HB269

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Repeals the authority of the University of Hawaii to issue revenue bonds.

 

HED, FIN

HB270

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Prohibits all campuses of the University of Hawaii system, except the University of Hawaii at Manoa, from granting doctoral degrees.

 

HED, FIN

HB271

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Short form bill relating to workers' compensation.

 

LAB

HB272

RELATING TO LABOR.

Short form bill relating to labor.

 

LAB

HB273

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Short form bill relating to collective bargaining.

 

LAB

HB274

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Short form bill relating to procurement.

 

LAB

HB275

RELATING TO WAGES.

Short form bill relating to wages.

 

LAB

HB276

RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE.

Provides that the right-of-way rules in section 291C-61 shall be followed in intersections with inoperative traffic-control signals.

 

TRN, JUD

HB277

RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

Establishes a committee to prioritize capital improvement projects for DOE.  Requires that 80% of CIP funds for the DOE be for projects on the DOE priority list.

 

EDN, FIN

HB278

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a Student Bill of Rights for students in public schools.

 

EDN, JUD

HB279

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.

Specifies that certain types of dissemination, distribution, republication, and use of campaign materials or the financing of such by any person shall not be considered a contribution to a candidate.

 

JUD

HB280

RELATING TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

Clarifies the due dates of preliminary, final, and supplemental reports to be submitted to the Campaign Spending Commission and provides that the supplemental report due on January 31 must be filed every year.

 

JUD

HB281

RELATING TO THE FAILURE TO FILE A REPORT WITH THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION.

Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to publish on its website the names of all noncandidate committees that fail to file a report or to correct a report within the time allowed by the Commission.

 

JUD

HB282

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

Clarifies that increased fines may apply if a noncandidate committee fails to timely file a second preliminary general report.

 

JUD

HB283

RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW.

Increases the amounts of fines that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures 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

HB284

RELATING TO ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS.

Amends the definitions of "disclosure date" and "electioneering communication" pertaining to electioneering disclosure statements.

 

JUD

HB285

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION UNDER CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW.

Provides that the period of limitation for a prosecution under section 11-412(b) (falsifying campaign spending report) shall commence upon discovery of the alleged offense by the campaign spending commission.

 

JUD

HB286

RELATING TO ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTS OF CANDIDATE COMMITTEES.

Deletes the requirement in section 11-322(a), HRS, of reporting contributions of more than $100 in the organizational reports of candidate committees.

 

JUD

HB287

RELATING TO ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTS OF NONCANDIDATE COMMITTEES.

Deletes the requirement in Section 11-323(a), HRS, of reporting contributions in the organizational reports of noncandidate committees and noncandidate committees making only independent expenditures.

 

JUD

HB288

RELATING TO TREASURERS OF CANDIDATE AND NONCANDIDATE COMMITTEES.

Clarifies the information about contributors to be kept by treasurers of candidate and noncandidate committees.

 

JUD

HB289

RELATING TO ELECTION CAMPAIGN REPORTING.

Requires a candidate or noncandidate committee to inform the Campaign Spending Commission if the candidate or noncandidate committee does not intend to receive or spend contributions and expenditures that aggregate more than $1,000 in an election period.

 

JUD

HB290

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Clarifies the powers and duties of the state ethics commission; increases fines for ethics violations.  Restores protection for legislators when carrying out a legislative function.  Clarifies what is an expenditure for lobbyists and what is considered lobbying.  Amends requirements for filing statements of expenditures.

 

LAB, JUD

HB291

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires elections by mail, beginning first with certain counties in the 2018 primary election, until the 2022 primary elections, when all elections are to be by mail.  Clarifies the election laws to provide for elections by mail, including defining "absentee voting" and "election by mail", and stating how absentee ballots are to be prepared for counting and how and when the ballots are counted.

 

JUD

HB292

RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION.

Requires an application for voter registration to be part of the applications associated with the issuance of a civil identification card under section 286-301 and a driver's license under section 286-109.

 

JUD

HB293

RELATING TO CLASS C FELONIES.

Amends monetary penalty for providing false information in an application affidavit for late voter registration from up to $1,000 to up to $10,000.

 

JUD, FIN

HB294

RELATING TO ELECTION DOCUMENTS.

Repeals the requirement that voters include their social security numbers when signing nomination papers or when petitioning the chief election officer to withdraw their signatures on nomination papers or other petitions.

 

JUD

HB295

RELATING TO CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS.

Requires contractors building new one- and two-family dwellings to provide buyers with written information on the costs associated with the installation and maintenance of a residential fire sprinkler system as well as information from the State Fire Council on the benefits of such a system.

 

HSG, FIN

HB296

RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.

Establishes a tax credit of 30% of the actual cost, including installation, water meter, and permitting fees, of an automatic fire sprinkler system in any one- and two-family dwelling in a structure used only for residential purposes.  Sunset 6/30/2027.

 

HSG, FIN

HB297

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Increases the display permit fee.

 

FIN

HB298

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for cultural events.

 

VMI, JUD, FIN

HB299

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Specifies requirements for fireworks shippers.  Authorizes the use, by permit, of fireworks for movie productions.  Authorizes the testing, disposal, and destruction of illegal and unwanted fireworks by law enforcement.  Corrects labeling dimensions with regard to fireworks used for display.

 

TRN, FIN

HB300

RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS.

Allows courts to authorize a person or entity other than an officer to provide technical assistance in executing a search warrant that pertains to an electronic device or storage media.

 

JUD

HB301

RELATING TO RESPONSE TO WRIT FOR CERTIORARI.

Extends the time period for filing a response to an application for writ of certiorari with the supreme court from 15 days to 30 days.

 

JUD

HB302

RELATING TO MATERIAL WITNESS ORDERS.

Allows the circuit court or family court to issue a material witness order in cases initiated through felony complaint, indictment, or information.

 

JUD

HB303

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

HB304

RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS.

Amends the conditions under which the definition of "enter or remain unlawfully" shall apply with reference to criminal trespass in the second degree.

 

JUD

HB305

RELATING TO COLLECTION OF RESTITUTION FOR CRIME VICTIMS.

Creates standards and procedures for income-withholding for purposes of enforcing restitution orders.  Clarifies the priority of income withholding 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.  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.

 

JUD, FIN

HB306

RELATING TO CONTINUOUS ALCOHOL MONITORING FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS.

Requires persons arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant to be fitted with a continuous alcohol monitoring device if the person:  (1) has a prior conviction for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant within the past five years; or (2) is currently pending criminal investigation or prosecution for one or more prior charges of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.

 

TRN, JUD

HB307

RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE JUVENILE EDUCATION.

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.  Appropriation.

 

EDN, JUD, FIN

HB308

RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS.

Allows board members to transmit government records to other board members under specified conditions.

 

JUD

HB309

RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Appropriates funds to the counties to identify and map important agricultural lands.  Appropriations.

 

AGR, FIN

HB310

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Authorizes a nonvoting county representative to participate in collective bargaining negotiations for county employees.  Reduces the number of votes the governor has from 4 to 1 for negotiations involving police officers and firefighters.  Requires the respective Mayor to provide timely collective bargaining negotiation updates to the applicable county council.

 

LAB, FIN

HB311

RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY.

Makes liability exceptions for county lifeguard services permanent.

 

JUD

HB312

RELATING TO UNCONTESTED TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.

Requires the state Director of Finance to transmit to the counties all the fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions that are in excess of amounts required by the State for administrative costs of the Traffic Violations Bureau.

 

TRN, FIN

HB313

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Appropriates funds for one ambulance unit each for the County of Kauai and the County of Hawaii, including equipment, supplies, and personnel costs.

 

HLT, FIN

HB314

RELATING TO UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES.

Establishes a new chapter to regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.  Requires the director of DCCA to adopt rules regarding unmanned aerial vehicles.  Establishes prohibited uses of unmanned aerial vehicles and penalties, and authorizes civil action for violations.  Makes certain uses of an unmanned aerial vehicle a misdemeanor.  Clarifies that, under certain circumstances, first and second degree invasion of privacy may be committed using an unmanned aerial vehicle.

 

CPC

HB315

RELATING TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

Amends conditions under which two or more members of a board may attend an informational meeting or presentation on matters relating to official board business.  Allows members of a county council to attend such meetings or presentations without limitation on the number of attendees.

 

JUD

HB316

RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Authorizes DOT to include information about a person's disability on the person's driver's license or civil identification card.

 

TRN, JUD

HB317

RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Adjusts allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the tourism special fund for inflation.  Adjusts allocation to the counties to equal 45% of the amount of revenues remaining after all other allocations are made.

 

TOU, FIN

HB318

RELATING TO LAND COURT REGISTRATION.

Provides for appointment of land court deputy registrar.  Clarifies various land court provisions.

 

WAL, FIN

HB319

RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JUDGES.

Increases the number of district court judges in the Second Judicial Circuit by one.

 

JUD, FIN

HB320

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Appropriates funds for the judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2019.  Effective July 1, 2017.

 

JUD, FIN

HB321

RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY.

Deletes the sunset provision for the tort liability exceptions for county lifeguard services.

 

JUD

HB322

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Appropriates moneys to DOH for FY 2017-2018 to purchase an ambulance vehicle and for the costs of operating a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, ambulance unit for the County of Kauai.

 

HLT, FIN

HB323

RELATING TO UNCONTESTED TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.

Transfers certain fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions to the counties.

 

TRN, FIN

HB324

RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Authorizes DOT to include information about a person's disability on the person's driver's license or civil identification card.

 

TRN, JUD

HB325

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

Allows a member of a board to provide other members of the board any government record for which disclosure is required by section 92F-12, HRS, provided that no commitment relating to a vote on the matter is made or sought and no additional discussion other than a statement describing the record and the issue related to the government record is included in the transmittal.

 

JUD

HB326

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Amends the distribution of the transient accommodations tax by changing the amount distributed to the counties from a fixed sum to a percentage of the revenues collected.  Ties the amount of revenue distributed to the tourism special fund to the Honolulu region consumer price index or a successor index.

 

TOU, FIN

HB327

RELATING TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

Allows any number of County Council members to attend informational meetings or presentations on matters relating to official board business.  Allows two or more members of other boards, but less than what would constitute a quorum, to attend a community meeting open to the public.

 

JUD

HB328

RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Provides grants-in-aids to the counties for the purpose of identifying and mapping important agricultural lands.

 

AGR, FIN

HB329

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Allows counties to submit their general plans to LUC for review and to request land use boundary amendments in conformance with those plans.

 

WAL

HB330

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Extends the window for a county council to approve or disapprove affordable housing projects that are exempt from planning, zoning, and construction standards, from forty-five days to sixty days.

 

WAL, HSG, FIN

HB331

RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.

Establishes an additional conveyance tax rate for the sale of a condominium or single family residence.  Requires that one hundred per cent of the revenue in each county from the additional conveyance tax rate be allocated to the county's affordable housing fund.

 

WAL, HSG, FIN

HB332

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Establishes the right for a representative of each county council to be present as a non-voting participant in negotiations with bargaining units if the relevant county has employees in the particular bargaining unit.  Requires the mayor or mayor's representative to provide timely updates relating to bargaining unit negotiations to the county councils.  Amends the number of votes allotted to the Governor for collective bargaining negotiations with units (11) and (12).

 

LAB, FIN

HB333

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Expands the threshold size of land areas that are processed by LUC for district boundary amendments from 15 acres to 30 acres.

 

WAL

HB334

RELATING TO LA KU`OKO`A.

Designates November 28 of each year as "La Ku`oko`a", not constituting a state holiday, to celebrate the historical recognition of independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

 

VMI, OMH, JUD

HB335

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Appropriates funds for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2019.  Appropriations.

 

OMH, FIN

HB336

RELATING TO THE PER-PUPIL FUNDING SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on the non-facility general fund per-pupil funding system for public charter schools, to determine whether the system fulfills its statutory purpose of equalizing operational funding among the State's public schools.

 

EDN, FIN

HB337

RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY.

Makes a housekeeping amendment to broaden the standards that peer review reports under section 466-36, HRS, must be performed in accordance with.

 

IAC, CPC

HB338

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Requires the auditor to audit UH's management of faculty workload 1 year prior to the expiration of UHPA agreements.  Requires the auditor to conduct an audit of UH's management of faculty workload and report to the 2018 legislature.

 

HED, FIN

HB339

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate student assistants employed at the University of Hawaii.

 

HED, LAB, FIN

HB340

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO DIVEST EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII OVER THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE, MANAGEMENT, AND OPERATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to divest the board of regents of UH from exclusive jurisdiction over internal structure, management, and operations of UH.

 

HED, JUD, FIN

HB341

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Short form bill relating to housing.

 

HSG

HB342

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Short form bill relating to housing.

 

HSG

HB343

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Short form bill relating to housing.

 

HSG

HB344

RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Amends penalties pertaining to certain medical marijuana prohibitions.  Repeals certain medical marijuana prohibitions.  Makes conforming amendments.

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

HB345

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends the definition of "business" in the State's general excise tax law.

 

CPC, FIN

HB346

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN KIHEI.

Appropriates funds to the department of education for completing the planning, design, and construction for the second phase of the new high school in Kihei, Maui.

 

EDN, FIN

HB347

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Clarifies Hawaii's employment security law for independent contractors.  Includes twenty factors to be used as guidelines when determining whether an individual could be an independent contractor.  Retains the ability of the department of labor and industrial relations to determine if an individual is an independent contractor.  Requires the director of labor and industrial relations to report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2018 regarding guidelines developed by the unemployment insurance coverage committee.  Requires an annual report to the legislature regarding covered employment determinations.

 

LAB, CPC, FIN

HB348

RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY.

Establishes a state lottery commission to implement a lottery, the proceeds of which would be deposited into the state general fund.  Appropriates funds.

 

JUD, FIN

HB349

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Authorizes a county that has established a county surcharge on state tax to make the surcharge permanent.  Reduces the rate of the surcharge from 0.5% to 0.375% after 12/31/22.  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%.  Requires counties to provide matching funds in order to receive surcharge proceeds.

 

TRN, FIN

HB350

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Provides a general excise tax exemption for medical services after December 31, 2017.

 

HLT, FIN

HB351

RELATING TO COUNTY SURCHARGE TAX.

Changes the state tax retainer of ten per cent on the county surcharge to two per cent in order to align with actual costs to the State for assessment.

 

FIN

HB352

RELATING TO THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Establishes a state earned income tax credit.

 

FIN

HB353

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 15, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ENACT A SUPERMAJORITY VOTING REQUIREMENT FOR PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION PROPOSING TO RAISE OR CREATE TAXES.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to include a two-thirds supermajority voting requirement for the legislature to pass laws that raise taxes or create new taxes.

 

JUD, FIN

HB354

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT TAX REDUCTION.

Reduces the annual vehicle weight tax and maintains allocation of the tax to the state highway fund.

 

TRN, FIN

HB355

RELATING TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE REDUCTION.

Reduces the vehicle registration fee and maintains allocation of the fee to the state highway fund and emergency medical services special fund.

 

TRN/HLT, FIN

HB356

RELATING TO INFORMATION.

Mandates the creation and maintenance of periodically updated information about state finances and capital improvement projects.

 

FIN

HB357

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Provides for a general excise tax exemption on rental income for qualified landlords who provide residential rental units to persons earning less than or equal to fifty per cent of the area median income.

 

HSG, FIN

HB358

RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS.

Provides authority to school principals to oversee and maintain capital improvement and repair and maintenance programs at their schools, including installation of solar energy infrastructure.  Clarifies the department of education's responsibility for oversight and fiscal accountability of such programs.

 

EEP, EDN, FIN

HB359

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to establish affordable micro-unit housing and congregate housing residences throughout the State.  Allows the private sector to develop micro-unit housing and congregate housing residences.  Makes an appropriation.

 

HSG, FIN

HB360

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Provides an exemption for food from the general excise tax.

 

FIN

HB361

RELATING TO TAX CREDITS FOR LOW-INCOME RENTERS.

Amends income tax credit for low-income household renters to adjust for inflation. 

 

HSG, FIN

HB362

RELATING TO INCOME TAX REDUCTION.

Decreases the income tax by twenty-five per cent for all but top income earners.

 

FIN

HB363

RELATING TO TRACKING OF STATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES.

Creating guidelines to provide for uniform accounting reports from state departments, the assessment of these reports for propriety, and review of these reports and assessments by the governor and the legislature.

 

FIN

HB364

RELATING TO REPEAL OF THE INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAX.

A bill to repeal inheritance and estate taxes that act as a form of double taxation on individual tax payers.

 

FIN

HB365

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIII, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO ESTABLISH A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FUND FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to establish a public employees' collective bargaining fund.  Requires an annual deposit of a minimum percentage of the total compensation provided by the State to every person employed by the State during the previous fiscal year.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB366

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Prohibits corporations from making election contributions, expenditures, or independent expenditures except in accordance with the majority vote of the corporation's shareholders.  Requires corporations to provide notices to shareholders and on their publicly accessible websites within forty-eight hours of making a contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure.

 

JUD

HB367

RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds for the Big Island Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center of the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaii.

 

JUD, FIN

HB368

RELATING TO RECOVERY OF INDIGENOUS WILDLIFE.

Requires habitat conservation plans and safe harbor agreements to include the measures or actions to be undertaken to respond to individuals of the candidate species affected by take.  Authorizes other funds to be deposited into the Endangered Species Trust Fund.

 

WAL, FIN

HB369

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Authorizes a police officer to cause to be towed a motor vehicle if the operator is arrested or cited for certain intoxicant-related offenses.  Provides exceptions.  Provides notice and hearing requirements.

 

TRN, JUD

HB370

RELATING TO PHARMACY.

Requires outsourcing facilities to obtain a permit from the Board of Pharmacy before providing medications to healthcare providers.

 

HLT/IAC, CPC

HB371

RELATING TO DISPOSABLE FOOD CONTAINERS.

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

 

EEP, CPC

HB372

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Establishes a working group to address and provide findings and recommendations regarding issues that beneficiaries of the department of Hawaiian home lands on Hawaii island face relating to the financing and insuring of homes.  Appropriates funds.

 

OMH, FIN

HB373

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

Establishes a state funds matching grant program for resident undergraduate UH students with financial need and whose parents have not earned a baccalaureate or higher degree.

 

HED, FIN

HB374

RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS.

Clarifies the allowable and prohibited practices requirements for dental assistants.  Prohibits the ordering of a person without a dental hygienist license to perform services or procedures within the scope of practice of dental hygiene.

 

HLT/IAC, CPC

HB375

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Amends income tax rates to negate any income tax liability for those at or below poverty thresholds.

 

FIN

HB376

RELATING TO COMMON ELEMENTS MAINTENANCE FEE AND RENT PILOT PROJECT.

Establishes the Common Elements Maintenance Fee and Rent Pilot Project in conjunction with the Princess Victoria Kamamalu Building.

 

FIN

HB377

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Requires building permit applicant and their subcontractors to have and verify workers' compensation coverage or an exemption from coverage.  Requires coordinated communication between county building permitting agencies and the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to ensure compliance.

 

LAB, FIN

HB378

RELATING TO LICENSING.

Requires an investigator to issue a citation to any person acting in the capacity of or engaging in the business of a contractor within the State without having a required license.

 

LAB, JUD

HB379

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.

Requires any report of a study or an audit enacted with a legislative appropriation and conducted by an executive department or agency, including the Hawaii health systems corporation, and by the legislative reference bureau, auditor, judiciary, or Office of Hawaiian Affairs, to submit the report to the clerk of each house, senate president, speaker of the house, chairs of the appropriate subject matter committee of each house, and the legislative reference bureau library.  Requires a public hearing or informational briefing within one year of receipt of report, except if waived by the senate president or speaker of the house of representatives.  Excludes certain routine reports.

 

LMG, JUD

HB380

RELATING TO DEFERRED DEPOSITS.

Reduces the maximum fee a check casher may charge under a payday loan agreement for deferring the deposit of a check from 15% to 7% of the face value of the check.

 

IAC, CPC, FIN

HB381

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Creates the Condominium Dispute Resolution Commission to address disputes between a condominium owner and condominium association.  Establishes a Commission Ombudsman.  Allows the Commission to assess fees to pay for the Commission Ombudsman.

 

IAC, CPC, FIN

HB382

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS.

Requires board members of condominium associations to disclose significant financial interests prior to taking action that affects both the association and a third-party provider.  Prohibits board members from receiving gifts from those types of third party providers.  Expands the powers of the real estate commission to enforce violations by board members of disclosure requirements and gift prohibitions.

 

IAC, CPC, JUD

HB383

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS.

Establishes requirements, restrictions, and implementation timelines for body-worn cameras and vehicle cameras for county police departments.  Appropriates funds to the Attorney General to distribute to each county for the purchase of body-worn and vehicle video cameras subject to dollar-for-dollar match by the county.  Requires reports to the Legislature.

 

JUD, FIN

HB384

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Repeals chapter 514A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to condominium property regimes, and ensures that all condominiums in the State are governed under chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to condominiums.  Effective January 1, 2019.

 

CPC/JUD, FIN

HB385

RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

Establishes the R.E.A.C.H (resources for enrichment, athletics, culture, and health) program in the office of youth services to provide a standardized framework and funding for after-school programs in public middle and intermediate schools.  Establishes that the R.E.A.C.H. program will be run by a program specialist to be appointed by the governor.  Establishes a special fund to receive fees and other moneys to supplement the costs of administering and operating the R.E.A.C.H. program.  Requires the office of youth services to report to the legislature.

 

HUS, FIN

HB386

RELATING TO BEACH MONITORING.

Appropriates funds for the two-year extension of the Post-Bypass Beach Monitoring Program of the Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor Sand Bypass Operation at Waimea, Kauai.

 

WAL, FIN

HB387

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Requires operators of child care facilities, including family child care homes, group child care centers, and group child care homes, and infant and toddler child care centers that care for children one year of age or younger to implement and maintain safe sleep policies to prevent sudden unexpected infant deaths and sudden infant death syndrome in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Human Services.

 

HUS, JUD

HB388

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Reestablishes eligibility for the preschool open doors program to 3- and 4-year-old children and for children in the year prior to entering kindergarten.

 

HUS, FIN

HB389

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to several state agencies for the purposes of improving and increasing the existing public and affordable housing stock in the State.  Requires a report to the 2018 and 2019 legislature on the set-aside plan for upkeep and maintenance of the housing facilities to be constructed.

 

HSG, FIN

HB390

RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY.

Amends the offense of cruelty to animals in the first degree to include indigenous birds.

 

AGR, JUD

HB391

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Appropriates funds to the department of human services to study the impact and feasibility of creating an integrated database of certain information related to homeless individuals for providers of homeless services.

 

HUS, FIN

HB392

RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR BRAIN INJURIES.

Requires certain insurance contracts and plans to provide coverage beginning 1/1/2017 for treatment of brain injuries, including cognitive and neurocognitive therapy, neurobehavioral and neuropsychological testing or treatment, and necessary post-acute transition services or community reintegration activities for a period of at least twenty years from the date the injury occurred and up to a lifetime cap per person of $300,000.  Defines "cognitive rehabilitation therapy".

 

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB393

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

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

 

EDN, FIN

HB394

RELATING TO ADVERTISING.

Prohibits advertisements for massage, relaxation, spa, escort, or body rubs from including images depicting any person being advertised as a massage therapist, relaxation therapist, or escort in a nude condition.

 

IAC, CPC

HB395

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Requires the provision of a sales receipt by a merchant for cash transactions for goods or services purchased by a customer.

 

EDB, CPC

HB396

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to evict a tenant if the tenant is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony related to the Authority's property or funds.

 

HSG, JUD

HB397

RELATING TO THE KAMEHAMEHA STATUES.

Requires DAGS to maintain, preserve, and protect the statue of King Kamehameha the Great located in Kapaau, as well as its replica in Honolulu.  Makes appropriations.

 

VMI, FIN

HB398

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires retailers or vendors that are not located in the State and not required to pay or collect general excise or use tax for sales to send certain information to purchasers in the State.  Requires retailers or vendors to submit an annual report to the department of taxation.

 

EDB, CPC, FIN

HB399

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Requires UH to separate into three parts: a community colleges system, an undergraduate consisting of UH-WO and UHH, and a research system consisting of UHM, entities at UHM, and other UH research units.

 

HED, FIN

HB400

RELATING TO MAALAEA SMALL BOAT HARBOR.

Corrects an error in the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2016 to clarify that the CIP project for Maalaea small boat harbor on Maui was for plans, design, and construction for pier improvements, rather than dredging.

 

WAL, FIN

HB401

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Increases the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge from $4.50 to $9.00.  Requires that $4.50 of the charge be deposited into the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge special fund, and that the remaining $4.50 of the charge be deposited into the state highway fund for the purpose of funding projects to increase the capacity of certain existing roadways or the construction of certain new roadways.  Authorizes certain individuals to deduct the charge on their state taxes.

 

TRN, FIN

HB402

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Establishes speed limits for Hawaii Route 3000, also known as the Lahaina Bypass.

 

TRN, JUD

HB403

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.

 

IAC/CPC, FIN

HB404

RELATING TO BOATING.

Requires commercial thrill craft and parasailing operators to complete a water safety education course.  Appropriates funds.

 

IAC, CPC, FIN

HB405

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Establishes a condominium unit owner hotline to provide unit owners with legal information relating to disputes with a condominium's board of directors.  Requires directors of associations with 20 or more dwelling units to complete an online ethics course offered through the Real Estate Commission.

 

CPC, JUD

HB406

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

Requires the board of directors of residential condominiums of twenty or more residential dwelling units to take and satisfactorily complete an online ethics course offered through the Real Estate Commission.

 

CPC, FIN

HB407

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Authorizes insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to offer, sell, or renew, on or after January 1, 2018, a high deductible health plan in conjunction with a health savings account to an employer subject to the Prepaid Health Care Act together with a prepaid health care plan insurance policy.  Specifies limitations for high deductible health plans and health savings accounts.

 

HLT/IAC, CPC

HB408

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS.

Appropriates funds for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for salary and employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for public employees in collective bargaining unit (3) and for certain employees excluded from collective bargaining.

 

LAB, FIN

HB409

RELATING TO LABOR.

Authorizes the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations or the Director's designee to issue a stop-work order to an employer, until the employer complies with Chapter 388, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the payment of wages and other compensation.

 

LAB, FIN

HB410

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.

 

JUD

HB411

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS.

Limits the terms of members of the Legislature to 20 consecutive years in the House of Representatives or the Senate, with years of service calculated after the general election of 2018.

 

JUD, FIN

HB412

RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

Establishes a Civil Rights Board to address the civil rights of homeless.  Authorizes the board to:  (1) request a law enforcement officer to initiate proceedings for an individual's emergency examination and hospitalization; and (2) if the law enforcement officer declines to do so, order the officer to address any complaint by taking action that would help to ameliorate the situation.

 

HUS, JUD, FIN

HB413

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to conduct a survey of available state property that would be used to provide affordable rental housing.  Requires DHS to convene a homeless summit.  Appropriates money.

 

HSG, FIN

HB414

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.

Addresses the issue of homelessness by creating a statewide, state-funded, subsidized public service employment program.  Authorizes subsidies and low-interest loans for employers who participate in the program.  Makes an appropriation.

 

HUS, LAB, FIN

HB415

RELATING TO LIMITATION OF ACTIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Extends the period during which a victim of child sexual abuse may bring an otherwise time-barred civil action against the victim's abuser or an entity with a duty of care.

 

JUD

HB416

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BROADCAST PROGRAM.

Requires the legislative broadcast program to make an audio or audiovisual recording of all public hearings and informational briefings held at the State Capitol, and maintain an archive of the recordings to be made available to the public.  Appropriates moneys.

 

LMG, FIN

HB417

RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT.

Prohibits the State from ordering child support if the non-custodial parent's income may be apportioned pursuant to federal regulations to support the child, unless failure to issue such an order would violate federal law, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or any interstate compact.

 

VMI, JUD

HB418

RELATING TO MILITARY BENEFITS.

Prohibits courts from indemnifying or awarding any other income or property of a veteran to the veteran's spouse or former spouse for any prejudgment or postjudgment waiver or reduction in military retirement or retainer pay related to receipt of disability benefits awarded to the veteran.

 

VMI, JUD, FIN

HB419

RELATING TO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

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

 

EDN, FIN

HB420

RELATING TO VETERANS.

Establishes the designation of "one hundred per cent disabled veteran" on drivers' licenses, instruction permits, and civil identification cards.  Effective 1/1/2018.

 

VMI, TRN, JUD

HB421

RELATING TO CONTROVERSIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

Requires public schools to provide parents or legal guardians written advance notice of the instruction or provision of materials or activities that address controversial issues.

 

EDN, JUD

HB422

RELATING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE.

Requires compliance with the Military Selective Service Act to be eligible for enrollment in a state-supported post-secondary institution, qualify for state financial assistance for post-secondary education, or be eligible for state or county employment or service.  Provides exceptions.  Establishes special number plates for members of Hawaii selective service local boards and the selective service state director.

 

VMI, CPC, JUD

HB423

RELATING TO FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT.

Amends the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit by providing an additional credit amount for qualified production costs in a county with a population of 700,000 or less, provided that certain hiring criteria are met; requiring the taxpayer to verify the county of residence of local hires; and extending the repeal of the credit until January 1, 2024.

 

EDB, FIN

HB424

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Reinstates the president of the university as the chief procurement officer for contracts for construction and construction related professional services furnished by licensees under chapter 464, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

HED, FIN

HB425

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Makes certain sections of the State Code of Ethics inapplicable to technology transfer activities sponsored by University of Hawaii if the activities comply with the regulatory framework and research compliance program approved by the Board of Regents.  Requires the Board of Regents to submit written status reports.

 

HED, JUD

HB426

RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII RULEMAKING.

Substitutes the rulemaking requirements of Chapter 91, HRS, for the adoption of certain University of Hawaii policies with the open public meeting requirements of chapter 92, HRS.

 

HED, JUD

HB427

RELATING TO DARK NIGHT SKIES PROTECTION.

Establishes a Dark Night Skies Protection Advisory Committee to assist the University of Hawaii in developing a statewide dark night skies protection strategy.

 

EEP, HED

HB428

RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT.

Allows the John A. Burns School of Medicine to continue to receive a portion of the physician workforce assessment fee for ongoing physician workforce assessment and planning to support the recruitment and retention of physicians in the State, particularly those in rural and medically underserved areas.

 

HED, FIN

HB429

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Prohibits smoking and tobacco use, including the use of electronic smoking devices, by any person on the premises of the University of Hawaii.

 

HLT/LAB, HED

HB430

RELATING TO THE DIAMOND HEAD STATE MONUMENT.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the planning, design, and construction of a visitor and interpretive center at Diamond Head State Monument.  Requires the department of land and natural resources to seek funds.

 

WAL, FIN

HB431

RELATING TO GERONTOLOGIST LICENSING.

Establishes requirements for gerontologist licensure beginning on 7/1/2018.

 

HUS/IAC, CPC, FIN

HB432

RELATING TO THE ELDERLY.

Makes financial exploitation of an elder by a caregiver a class     felony.  Defines "caregiver", "elder", and "financial exploitation".

 

HUS, JUD

HB433

RELATING TO CARE FACILITY INSPECTIONS.

Appropriates funds to the department of health for the posting of care facility inspection reports on the department's website.

 

HLT/HUS, FIN

HB434

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Converts the long-term care community living program specialist position within the executive office on aging from exempt to permanent civil service status.

 

HUS, FIN

HB435

RELATING TO GRANDPARENTS.

Allows the family court to award a grandparent, upon petition to the court, custody or visitation if it is in the best interest of the child and denial of such custody or visitation would cause significant harm to the child.

 

HUS, JUD

HB436

RELATING TO PROPELLER GUARDS.

Requires all motorized recreational vessels operating in nearshore waters to have properly functioning propeller guards.

 

OMH/WAL, JUD

HB437

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Prohibits construction of seawalls in shoreline areas without a public hearing and a showing that the seawall is necessary to protect an existing legal object, structure, or activity from damage due seawater inundation or shoreline erosion and no reasonable alternatives exist.

 

OMH/WAL, JUD

HB438

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MARINE LICENSES.

Requires prospective commercial marine licensees to provide the Department of Land and Natural Resources with a copy of the work contract of all of fishers that it employs, prior to being granted a license.

 

OMH, JUD

HB439

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 their application can be processed.

 

TRN, JUD

HB440

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Prohibits government contracts to develop or house inmates in out-of-state private correctional facilities.  Clarifies that the State may contract with federal, state, and municipal governments to house inmates and develop correctional facilities.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

HB441

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Increases the state minimum wage rate incrementally each year to attain the rate of $22 per hour beginning 1/1/22.  Authorizes the department of labor and industrial relations to annually adjust the minimum hourly wage beginning on 1/1/23 in accord with the Honolulu region consumer price index.  Repeals the tip credit. 

 

LAB, FIN

HB442

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Authorizes the counties to establish a higher minimum wage than the state minimum wage.

 

LAB, FIN

HB443

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Creates a comprehensive public funding program for candidates for election to the state House of Representatives.  Repeals those candidates' eligibility for partial public funding under the existing partial public funding program.  Appropriates funds to the Campaign Spending Commission.

 

JUD, FIN

HB444

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

Proposes amendments to the state constitution to provide for direct adoption of state statutes and constitutional amendments by the electorate at a general election through an initiative process.

 

JUD, FIN

HB445

RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX.

Reduces the conveyance tax rates for properties with a value of less than $1,000,000.  Increases the conveyance tax rates for properties with a value of $2,000,000 or greater.

 

WAL, FIN

HB446

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURAL PARK.

Makes an appropriation for the acquisition of land, planning, design, and construction of an agricultural park in South Maui.

 

AGR, FIN

HB447

RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

Prohibits corporate election contributions, expenditures, or independent expenditures except in accordance with the will of a majority of the corporation's shareholders.

 

JUD

HB448

RELATING TO PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Requires the Department of Education to install photovoltaic solar air conditioning in all new public school facilities.  Makes an appropriation.

 

EEP, EDN, FIN

HB449

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Legalizes under state law the growing, processing, possession, transfer, and personal use of marijuana in a specified quantity to persons at least twenty-one years of age.  Requires licensing to operate marijuana establishments.  Specifies the application and non-application of the Internal Revenue Code to expenses related to the production and sale of marijuana and marijuana products for state income tax purposes.  Specifies that amounts received for the sale of marijuana or marijuana products are not exempt from the state general excise tax.  Establishes a tax on the sale of marijuana, marijuana products, and manufactured marijuana products.  Establishes an education special fund, into which marijuana tax revenues are to be deposited.

 

HLT, JUD, FIN

HB450

RELATING TO CORAL.

Requires UH to conduct a study on the effects of sunscreen on Hawaii's coral reefs.  Appropriates funds.

 

HED, FIN

HB451

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.

Reduces the minimum Hawaiian blood quantum requirement of certain successors to lessees of Hawaiian home lands from one-quarter to one thirty-second.

 

OMH, JUD, FIN

HB452

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

Requires that all agricultural products labeled or advertised as organic shall be certified as organic by a qualified certification agent pursuant to the federal National Organic Program.

 

AGR, JUD

HB453

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Requires DOA to provide grants to farmers to assist them in paying for the costs of compliance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and state food safety laws.  Appropriates funds.

 

AGR, FIN

HB454

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Authorizes departments that are members of the invasive species council to require landowners with land that contains invasive species to control or eradicate the invasive species if the landowner does not permit the department to enter the land.  Imposes fines for noncompliance.

 

EEP/AGR, JUD

HB455

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Prohibits the DOA from charging agricultural producers for the costs of food safety certification activities conducted by the department.

 

AGR, FIN

HB456

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires police departments to disclose to the Legislature the identity of an officer upon the officer's second suspension in a five-year period or discharge.  Requires disclosure under the Uniform Information Practices Act after a police officer's second suspension in a five-year period.

 

LAB, JUD

HB457

RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY COURT OUTREACH PROJECT.

Establishes a community court outreach project in the City and County of Honolulu, subject to the availability of funds and memoranda of agreements from the Judiciary, Prosecuting Attorney, and the Public Defender.  Appropriates funds.

 

JUD, FIN

HB458

RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION.

Appropriates funds to issue civil identification cards to inmates upon request prior to their release from prison.

 

PBS, JUD, FIN

HB459

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Requires law enforcement agencies to be notified of the identity of a firearms permit applicant whose application is denied because of firearm prohibitions established under federal or state law.

 

JUD

HB460

RELATING TO STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS.

Establishes the Statewide Interoperability Executive Board within the state Department of Defense to serve as the primary steering group for public safety interoperable communications statewide.

 

PBS, FIN

HB461

RELATING TO RESISTING ARREST.

Creates the offense of resisting arrest in the first degree as a class C felony.  Amends the existing resisting arrest misdemeanor offense to resisting arrest in the second degree.

 

JUD

HB462

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Requires the department of public safety to solicit proposals for a new correctional facility at Waiawa Correctional Facility.

 

PBS, FIN

HB463

RELATING TO HAWAII STATE IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

Allows any satellite city hall in any county with a population of more than seven hundred thousand persons to issue Hawaii state identification cards.  Requires a report to the legislature.

 

JUD

HB464

RELATING TO BAIL.

Provides that no financial or property surety shall be required for bail in a case in which no felony is alleged.  Provides that a person who commits a criminal offense while on bail for which no financial or property surety was required shall be guilty of a class C felony. 

 

PBS, JUD

HB465

RELATING TO THE BOATING SPECIAL FUND.

Repeals the boating special fund.  Transfers unencumbered boating special fund moneys and future revenues to the general fund.

 

WAL, FIN

HB466

RELATING TO GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES.

Authorizes expending agencies of grants, subsidies, and capital improvement project funds to delegate their expending authority to a different agency, subject to approval of the grantee and the Governor.

 

FIN

HB467

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Creates 7 separate collective bargaining units for employees of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

 

HLT, LAB, FIN

HB468

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Establishes collective bargaining unit (15) for employees with the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

 

HLT, LAB, FIN

HB469

RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Authorizes the Hawaii health systems corporation to enter into a contract for the privatization of food services at Hawaii health systems corporation facilities.

 

HLT, LAB, FIN

HB470

RELATED TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

Authorizes the board of education to contract for private groundskeeping services for public library properties.

 

EDN, LAB, FIN

HB471

RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND.

Prohibits the legislature from:  (1) appropriating more than 50% of the balance of the emergency and budget reserve fund in a single fiscal year; (2) appropriating amounts from the fund in a fiscal year exceeding 10% of the total discretionary funds appropriated by the legislature in the same fiscal year; and (3) making appropriations from the fund unless the current fiscal year's tax collection is negative.

 

FIN

HB472

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

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 2nd Representative District.

 

FIN

HB473

RELATING TO UNITED STATES SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE DAY.

Establishes United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye Day on September 7 of each year.

 

VMI, JUD

HB474

RELATING TO RAT LUNGWORM DISEASE.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo, the department of health, department of land and natural resources, and department of agriculture for programs, studies, and activities related to rat lungworm disease.

 

AGR, HED, FIN

HB475

RELATING TO MOVIE THEATRES.

Makes permanent the requirements that a public accommodation that owns, leases, leases to, or operates a motion picture theater in more than two locations in the State must under certain conditions provide open movie captioning, and audio description upon request of any motion picture that is produced and offered with audio description.

 

EDB, FIN

HB476

RELATING TO ABUSE OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.

Makes it a class C felony for abuse of a family or household member who is younger than 14 years of age.

 

JUD

HB477

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII COUNTY OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.

Makes an appropriation to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaii for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit, including the hiring of necessary staff.

 

JUD, FIN

HB478

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds for a full-time agricultural management position and equipment for the Kulani correctional facility agriculture operation.

 

PBS, FIN

HB479

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HIKER SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS.

Appropriates funds to DLNR for a public awareness campaign to educate the public about hiker safety and preparedness.

 

WAL, FIN

HB480

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Makes appropriations for personnel and equipment for the Hawaii Community College Agriculture Program.

 

HED, FIN

HB481

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a pilot pesticide treatment coupon project and a little fire ant site map for the county of Hawaii.  Requires report to the Legislature on project implementation.  Appropriates funds.

 

EEP/AGR, FIN

HB482

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE.

Appropriates funds to the UH college of tropical agriculture and human resources cooperative extension service for one full-time ornamental plant extension agent.

 

HED, FIN

HB483

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the feed developer grant program and reimbursements to qualified producers for feed costs.

 

AGR, FIN

HB484

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Exempts helicopters from general excise tax.

 

TRN, FIN

HB485

RELATING TO IRRIGATION.

Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to various irrigation systems.

 

AGR, FIN

HB486

RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION.

Eliminates the mortgage interest deduction for second homes under Hawaii income tax law.  Requires DOTAX to calculate the savings and transfer an equivalent amount of income taxes to the director of finance for deposit into the rental housing revolving fund.

 

HSG, FIN

HB487

RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.

Removes the cap on conveyance tax proceeds that are paid into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund.

 

HSG, FIN

HB488

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation funds for rental housing, mixed-use affordable rental housing, a multi-use juvenile services and shelter center, and public housing.  Appropriates funds for public housing security improvements, renovation, and repairs.

 

HSG, FIN

HB489

RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.

Requires DOH to develop guidelines for the mandatory disclosure of cesspools on real property.

 

HSG, CPC

HB490

RELATING TO FOOD PRODUCTION.

Establishes and appropriates funding for the Food Production Goals Task Force.

 

AGR, FIN

HB491

RELATING TO SIDEWALKS.

Establishes and funds a two-year pilot school sidewalk maintenance and repair program that requires counties to maintain and repair sidewalks in school zones or other areas of significant school related pedestrian traffic.  Requires each county to report on the status of the pilot program.

 

TRN, EDN, FIN

HB492

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD.

Appropriates moneys from the general fund for two specialist II positions within the Hawaii teacher standards board.

 

EDN, FIN

HB493

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Appropriates moneys for start-up grants for newly approved, pre-opening public charter schools.

 

EDN, FIN

HB494

RELATING TO PRIVATE TRADE, VOCATIONAL, AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.

Narrows the scope of the private trade, vocational, and technical school licensure program within the department of education. Establishes a licensing fee to ensure the sustainability of the licensure program.  Establishes a license renewal process and fee.  Creates the private trade, vocational, and technical school licensure special fund.

 

EDN, FIN

HB495

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Requires that every charter school governing board be a nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is operating the charter school.  Prohibits commingling of moneys distributed by the State or federal government for the purpose of operating a charter school with other moneys that do not have an educational purpose that benefits the charter school.  Requires charter schools to indemnify the State against any claims arising from misconduct of the school or governing board.

 

EDN, FIN

HB496

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes an underserved complex area educator scholarship program to be administered by the department of education to address the shortage of teachers in school complex areas designated by the department as underserved.  Appropriates funds for the program for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 fiscal years.

 

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HB497

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Expands the National Board Certification Incentive Program to provide monetary incentives to school psychologists.  Authorizes continuing bonuses for school psychologists in certain designated schools that improve and no longer carry a certain designation.

 

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HB498

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

Broadens the scope of the early learning program to include early childhood development.  Expands the function of the early learning advisory board beyond an advisory capacity and amends the composition and powers of some board members.  Allows the board to appoint the director of the executive office on early learning.

 

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HB499

RELATING TO THE PRESCHOOL OPEN DOORS PROGRAM.

Repeals the priority given by the preschool open doors program to children who are not eligible to attend public school kindergarten in the calendar year in which they turn five years of age because their birth date occurs after the kindergarten eligibility date.

 

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HB500

RELATING TO PUBLIC PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS.

Requires the executive office on early learning to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Hawaii state public charter school commission to administer charter school prekindergarten classrooms.  Appropriates moneys to continue funding of public prekindergarten classrooms.

 

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