OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-NINTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 4

4TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUIARY 22, 2018

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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

HHS -  Health & Human Services

HSG -  Housing

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

 

HB1733

RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF DEATH TAXES.

Repeals the inheritance and estate taxes that act as a form of double taxation on individual tax payers.

 

FIN

HB1734

RELATING TO NEIGHBOR ISLAND EQUAL ACCESS TO LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS THROUGH VIDEOCONFERENCING.

Requires each chamber of the legislature to establish rules that enable oral testimony through audiovisual videoconferencing technology.  Appropriates funds for audiovisual technology in conference rooms.

 

LMG, JUD, FIN

HB1735

RELATING TO EXTENDING ALOHA TO VETERANS.

This Act allows private businesses, employment agencies, or labor organizations to adopt preferential hiring policies for honorably discharged veterans in accordance with Section 11 of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1736

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ADDRESS THE SELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION.

Ensures participation of all political parties on the Reapportionment Commission by providing that if there are no members belonging to a minority party in a house of the legislature, the presiding officer of the respective house of the legislature, after consulting with the chair of a minority party, shall be given the authority to designate persons who are members of a minority party to serve on the reapportionment commission.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1737

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Empowers the State Ethics Commission to require the payment of restitution for ethics violations after a hearing or agreement between the parties.

 

LAB, JUD

HB1738

RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.

Amends the lobbyists law to eliminate outdated references to criminal violations and to clarify that the State Ethics Commission may require payment of an administrative fine or restitution pursuant to a settlement agreement.

 

LAB, JUD

HB1739

RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS CODE.

Clarifies State Ethics Code provisions on gifts disclosure statements, retention of financial disclosure statements, investigations, and training.

 

LAB, JUD

HB1740

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Clarifies the fair treatment provisions of the State Ethics Code regarding safeguards for legislative functions, participation on task forces, and disclosures of conflicts of interest.  Clarifies that task force members need not file the same financial disclosures as state officials.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1741

RELATING TO THEFT.

Amends the offense of theft in the first degree, second degree, and third degree to include reckless disregard of risk for the value of the stolen property or services.

 

JUD

HB1742

RELATED TO RESISTING AN ORDER TO STOP A MOTOR VEHICLE.

Removes resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle in the first degree from the list of offenses for which criminal charges may be brought by written information.

 

JUD

HB1743

RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST PREGNANT WOMEN.

Adds to the criteria for mandatory minimum imprisonment terms and extended terms of imprisonment offenses against pregnant women.  Establishes that physical abuse against a family or household member who is pregnant is a class C felony.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1744

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN CULTURAL RESERVES.

Requires the counties to provide for the establishment of Hawaiian cultural reserves as a condition of approval and development of certain types of subdivisions and condominium property regimes on agricultural and rural lands that include the construction of dwellings.

 

OMH/WAL, HSG, FIN

HB1745

RELATING TO TRAINING.

Requires certain additional government decision-makers at both the state and county levels to complete the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' training courses on Native Hawaiian and Hawaiian rights established by Act 169, SLH 2015.

 

OMH, LAB, FIN

HB1746

RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNTS.

Increases the cap amounts of the tax deduction for individual housing accounts.  Authorizes certain funds from an individual housing account to be used to obtain rental housing.  Authorizes the accounts to be placed in a community development financial institution.  Repeals requirements for the payment of taxes on distributions used for the purchase of a first principal residence or to secure rental housing.

 

OMH, HSG, FIN

HB1747

RELATING TO INCREASING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS' PRO RATA SHARE OF PUBLIC LAND TRUST FUNDS.

Establishes $35,000,000 as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' pro rata share of the public land trust.  Transfers $119,000,000 less certain funds to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for underpayment of the public land trust funds for 7/1/12 to 6/30/18.  Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide an annual accounting of receipts from lands described in section 5(f) of the Admissions Act.  Establishes a committee to recommend the annual amount of the income and proceeds from the public land trust that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs shall receive annually.  Appropriates funds.

 

OMH, FIN

HB1748

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Allows skateboards to be used in bicycle lanes where bicycle lanes are provided.

 

TRN, JUD

HB1749

RELATING TO SAFETY HELMETS.

Requires operators and passengers of motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, and bicycles to wear safety helmets.

 

TRN, JUD

HB1750

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Prohibits variances for installation of shoreline hardening structures in shoreline areas without a public hearing and a showing that the shoreline hardening structure is necessary to protect an existing legal object, structure, or activity from damage due to seawater inundation or shoreline erosion. 

 

OMH/WAL, JUD

HB1751

RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through its Division of Aquatic Resources, to establish a network of marine protected areas, which includes no-take areas and herbivore replenishment areas, in coastal fishing areas with the most critical fish depletion.

 

OMH, EEP, FIN

HB1752

RELATING TO AQUATIC LIFE.

Establishes a non-commercial marine fishing license requirement.  Allocates any revenue generated to administration of the licensing program or marine resource management and protection.  Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules.  Creates special fund.

 

OMH, JUD, FIN

HB1753

RELATING TO THE MEDICAL USE OF CANNABIS.

Prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee who holds a valid prescription for the medical use of cannabis.

 

LAB, JUD

HB1754

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds to the department of education.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1755

RELATING TO LABOR.

Increases the minimum wage on 1/1/19.  Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to annually adjust the minimum hourly wage beginning on 1/1/20 in accord with the Honolulu region consumer price index.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1756

RELATING TO PESTICIDES.

Bans import, use, manufacture, sale, and storage of chlorpyrifos in the State.

 

EEP/AGR, CPC, FIN

HB1757

RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING.

Expands the coffee labeling requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1758

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS.

Requires a two-year motor vehicle inspection safety check for vehicles ten years of age or newer.  Doubles the inspection fee for the two-year motor vehicle inspection safety check.

 

TRN, CPC, FIN

HB1759

RELATING TO THE ELDERLY.

Makes financial exploitation of an elder by a caregiver a class A felony.

 

HHS, JUD

HB1760

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Authorizes the Department of Education to establish civics knowledge requirements for students attempting to graduate and individuals taking the general educational development test.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1761

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Establishes the Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program to identify a possible correlation between social worker interventions and the use of hospital emergency departments by individuals experiencing homelessness and makes an appropriation.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1762

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to DOH for the prevention and eradication of rat lungworm disease.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1763

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes a temporary task force on rental housing for extremely low-income households.  Makes an appropriation.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1764

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires the Department of Health to consolidate all inspection and licensing activities for certain state-licensed or state-certified facilities into a single office.  Requires employees performing surveys or inspections for licensing or certification to be trained and accredited to inspect and certify all facilities within the office's jurisdiction.

 

HHS, CPC, FIN

HB1765

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Establishes that a 2nd offense that occurs within 5 years, rather than 1 year, of the 1st conviction of the offense of abuse of a family or household member is a misdemeanor and the person shall be termed a "repeat offender".  Establishes that a 3rd or subsequent offense that occurs within 5, rather than 2, years of a 2nd or subsequent conviction of the offense is a class C felony and allows the prosecution to use prior convictions of the offense of abuse of a family or household member as evidence in the instant offense committed by a repeat offender.  Requires the court to order the defendant to be immediately incarcerated to serve the mandatory sentence imposed for failure to complete the domestic violence intervention program or violation of any other condition of a sentence imposed pursuant to a deferred acceptance of guilty plea or nolo contendere plea.  Requires the judiciary, in cooperation with the prosecutor and police department of each county, to annually compile and report on statistics regarding arrests, charges, convictions, and other dispositions based on the offense of abuse of a family or household member.  Repeals and reenacts the offense of abuse of a family or household member on 6/30/2021.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1766

RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Appropriates funds to DHS and DOH to continue to administer programs for individuals or families who require assistance to avoid or escape homelessness including outreach, Rapid Rehousing, Housing First, Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, and the Family Assessment Center on Oahu.  Appropriates funds to HPHA for public housing improvements and renovations statewide and a pilot program for the State Rent Supplement Program.

 

HSG/HHS, FIN

HB1767

RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Prohibits access to Mauna Kea Science Reserve and Waipio valley, except through the use of a low-gear four-wheel drive vehicle.  Requires tours of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve and Waipio valley to obtain a certification for Hawaii's professional tour guides.  Authorizes the counties and UH to appointment individuals to enforce the restrictions.

 

TRN, JUD, FIN

HB1768

RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES.

Permits public inspection and duplication of salary ranges, rather than exact compensation, for legislative employees.

 

LAB, JUD

HB1769

RELATING TO EXPERT WITNESS FEES.

Clarifies applicable expert witness fees for testimony, preparation, and in-court attendance in state court criminal proceedings.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1770

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU.

Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1771

RELATING TO MATERIAL WITNESS ORDERS.

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

 

JUD

HB1772

RELATING TO DISMISSAL OF CRIMINAL CASES.

Requires that trials for criminal cases commence within 6 months, except in cases where the delay is caused by court congestion.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1773

RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS.

Authorizes a judge or magistrate to approve a search warrant based on oral statements or electronic communications.

 

JUD

HB1774

RELATING TO COLLECTION OF RESTITUTION FOR CRIME VICTIMS.

Creates standards and procedures for income withholding for purposes of enforcing restitution orders.  Provides appropriations to the Department of the Attorney General.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1775

RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Amends the definition of "confidential personal information" with regard to offenses against property rights.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1776

RELATING TO DNA COLLECTION FOR SERIOUS FELONY OFFENSES.

Requires persons arrested for certain felony offenses to provide a DNA sample.  Provides for the destruction of DNA samples and expungement of a DNA database profile when appropriate.  Makes an appropriation for the costs of DNA collection, processing, storage, and expungement responsibilities.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1777

RELATING TO LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSES.

Clarifies the definition of an included offense to expressly include offenses charged via felony complaint.

 

JUD

HB1778

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL BENEFITS.

Improves access for firefighters to comprehensive medical benefits upon diagnosis of cancer that is presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment.

 

LAB, CPC, FIN

HB1779

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

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

 

JUD, FIN

HB1780

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

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

 

TRN, CPC/JUD

HB1781

RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.

Provides for additional use of the Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette certification fees to support the state fire council and its programs and activities.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1782

RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.

Establishes an income tax credit of 30% of the actual cost, including installation, water, and permit fees, of an automatic fire sprinkler system in any residential occupancy in a building used for residential purposes.  Sunsets 6/30/2028.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1783

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Increases the fireworks display permit fee.

 

FIN

HB1784

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

Amends the Sunshine Law to allow certain government records to be shared among public board members where no commitment relating to a vote on the matter is made or sought.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1785

RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Implements Act 183, SLH 2005, in accordance with the State's constitutional duty to protect important agricultural lands by providing funds to the counties for the identification and mapping of important agricultural lands.

 

WAL/AGR, FIN

HB1786

RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX.

Increases the conveyance tax on the sale of condominiums and single-family residences with a value of $2,000,000 or greater.  Allocates the revenue to a county's affordable housing fund.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1787

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Allows a representative of each county council to be present as a nonvoting participant in negotiations with bargaining units if the relevant county has employees in the particular bargaining unit.  Requires mayors to report collective bargaining unit negotiations to their respective county councils.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1788

RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Allows identification cards to indicate a person's disability, to allow the person access to certain eligible public services and help identify the disability to public safety personnel in case of an emergency.  Effective 1/2/2019.

 

TRN, JUD

HB1789

RELATING TO AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS.

Establishes a refundable income tax credit of 25% of the total costs, including installation costs, of an automatic fire suppression system in any new detached 1- or 2-family dwelling unit in a structure used only for residential purposes.  Sunsets on 6/30/25.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1790

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health for a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week ambulance unit for the counties of Kauai and Hawaii.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1791

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Removes the cap for distribution of transient accommodations tax revenues to the counties.

 

TOU, FIN

HB1792

RELATING TO UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES.

Establishes a new chapter to regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.  Requires the director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to adopt rules as necessary.  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, the used of an unmanned aerial vehicle may constitute an invasion of privacy.

 

TRN, CPC/JUD

HB1793

RELATING TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

Amends the Sunshine Law, part I, chapter 92, HRS, to clarify the ability of board members to attend and speak at community, educational, or informational meetings that are open to the public; and to provide that the limitation on the number of attendees shall not apply to members of a county council.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1794

RELATING TO UNCONTESTED TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS.

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

 

JUD, FIN

HB1795

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a taxpayer who hires an individual with a disability a nonrefundable tax credit for the 6-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2018.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1796

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Implements the recommendations of the state-county functions working group to restructure the revenue distribution of the transient accommodations tax revenues to ensure a minimum amount in the tourism special fund, maintain the allocations at present levels, and provide predictable allocations of the balances.

 

TOU, FIN

HB1797

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides a taxpayer who hires an elderly individual a nonrefundable tax credit for the 6-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2018.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1798

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.

 

TOU/WAL, FIN

HB1799

RELATING TO GRANTS.

Allows only nonprofit corporations to be recipients of grants in aid appropriated by the Legislature under Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

LMG, FIN

HB1800

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES.

Authorizes each county to establish a requirement for customers to provide an equal number of used motor vehicle tires to the tire retailer as the number of new motor vehicle tires purchased, or pay a fee that shall be refundable upon provision of the used tires.

 

EEP, FIN

HB1801

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Amends the definition of "renewable portfolio standard" to more accurately reflect the percentage of renewable energy penetration in the State.  Establishes renewable portfolio standards and targets for gas utility companies that mirrors those set for electric utility companies.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB1802

RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.

Amends the cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection income tax credit pilot program by repealing the provision that restricts DOH from certifying more than two residential large capacity cesspools as qualified cesspools.

 

HHS, EEP, FIN

HB1803

RELATING TO RESOURCE CONSERVATION.

Requires the PUC to adopt rules adopting federal energy efficiency and water conservation standards.  Makes the rules effective if the federal government repeals current federal energy efficiency and water conservation standards.

 

EEP, CPC

HB1804

RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES.

Exempts affordable housing projects developed or financed by HHFDC or a county from school impact fees.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1805

RELATING TO ENERGY TRAINING.

Requires UH community colleges to establish energy systems and technology training courses for county officers and employees responsible for permitting, inspecting, licensing, and approving construction projects that contain renewable energy systems and related technology.  Requires the establishment of a committee of industry stakeholders to collaborate with UH community colleges in developing appropriate training courses.  Requires UH community colleges to submit a report to the legislature detailing its progress prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020.  Appropriates funds.

 

EEP, HED, FIN

HB1806

RELATING TO FOOD DONATION.

Expands liability protection for donors to include donations of food and similar donations made directly to needy persons.  Authorizes the donation of expired food when the donor believes in good faith that the food remains fit for human consumption.

 

HHS, JUD

HB1807

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to public education.

 

EDN

HB1808

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to public education.

 

EDN

HB1809

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to public education.

 

EDN

HB1810

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to public education.

 

EDN

HB1811

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to public education.

 

EDN

HB1812

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Short form bill relating to health.

 

HHS

HB1813

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Short form bill relating to health.

 

HHS

HB1814

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Short form bill relating to health.

 

HHS

HB1815

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Short form bill relating to human services.

 

HHS

HB1816

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Short form bill relating to human services.

 

HHS

HB1817

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Requires that revenue estimates provided by DOTAX to the legislature or to any executive or administrative office be accompanied by a description of the methodology used and assumptions made in providing the estimate.  Requires that the estimate and description be open to public disclosure.

 

FIN

HB1818

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Upon approval by county land use decision-making authority, and with concurrence from Land Use Commission, requires boundary amendments reflected in certain plans to be adopted in accordance with such approved plans.  Increases housing inventory by prioritizing funding for public infrastructure in areas of planned growth.

 

HSG/WAL, FIN

HB1819

RELATING TO NORTH ROAD.

Requires the Department of Transportation to acquire a privately owned portion of North Road and install lighting there. Appropriates funds for the acquisition and lighting.  Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu to install lighting on the city-owned portion of North Road.

 

TRN, FIN

HB1820

RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.

Allows the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to be claimed against the general excise tax.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1821

RELATING TO FIRE SAFETY.

Requires the interior finishes of any new dwelling unit and common area in buildings that are forty feet in height or greater to be covered with fire retardant coatings.

 

LAB/HSG, FIN

HB1822

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Establishes the automatic fire sprinkler system revolving fund to provide low interest loans for the installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems in condominiums or apartments; provided that no loans shall be authorized until January 1, 2019.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1823

RELATING TO SERVICE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS.

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

 

HHS, JUD

HB1824

RELATING TO LIMITING PRIVATE RETAINERS OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS.

Prohibits elected officials from receiving income from private sources that exceeds twenty per cent of their government salary in aggregate.

 

LAB, JUD

HB1825

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Short form bill relating to tourism.

 

TOU

HB1826

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Short form bill relating to tourism.

 

TOU

HB1827

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Short form bill relating to tourism.

 

TOU

HB1828

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Short form bill relating to tourism.

 

TOU

HB1829

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Short form bill relating to tourism.

 

TOU

HB1830

RELATING TO ENERGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Allows the deposit of funds appropriated by the Legislature into the University of Hawaii Green Special Fund (Fund).  Requires legislative appropriation for all Fund expenditures.

 

EEP, HED, FIN

HB1831

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Reinstates the President of the University of Hawaii as the chief procurement officer for contracts for construction and construction related professional services provided that the contract does not exceed a certain amount.

 

LAB, HED, FIN

HB1832

RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL.

Prohibits the use of audible reverse warning systems on vehicles operating in residential zones, except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on any day.  Requires operators of vehicles equipped with an audible reverse warning system to reverse the vehicle only when another person is available to direct the vehicle's reversing.  Prohibits the use of motor vehicle with a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more from operating in residential zones, except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on any day.  Subjects violators to a fine of up to $1,000.

 

TRN, HHS, JUD

HB1833

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Prohibits a property owner to knowingly permit a person on the property to possess, purchase, store, or set off, any fireworks or articles pyrotechnic without a valid license or permit.  Establishes penalties.  Establishes property owner liability for fireworks violations on the property.

 

JUD

HB1834

RELATING TO EMERGENCIES.

Appropriates $100,000 to the Department of Defense for the installation of new outdoor sirens in the Salt Lake area of Oahu.

 

PBS, FIN

HB1835

RELATING TO BOTTOMFISH.

Ensures that DLNR regulations related to bottomfishing are supported by the current status of stocks and scientific evidence.

 

OMH/EEP, WAL, FIN

HB1836

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Prohibits utilities from engaging in large-scale import of liquefied natural gas.

 

EEP, CPC

HB1837

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to conduct a study regarding hydraulic fracturing and establish limits on the amounts of fossil fuels derived from hydraulic fracturing that gas utility companies may use.  Requires gas utility companies that use imported fossil fuels to comply with an application and public hearing process.

 

EEP, CPC

HB1838

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Requires the Public Utilities Commission's annual report to the Governor to include information about fossil fuels that each gas and electric utility company imports into the State, including the amount, type, and sources of fossil fuels imported; and the amount of fossil fuels derived from hydraulic fracturing.

 

EEP, CPC

HB1839

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Requires gas utility companies to establish renewable energy portfolio standards for gas.

 

EEP, CPC, FIN

HB1840

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

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

 

FIN

HB1841

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Short form bill relating to energy.

 

EEP

HB1842

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Short form bill relating to the environment.

 

EEP

HB1843

RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Short form bill relating to attorney general.

 

JUD

HB1844

RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

Short form bill relating to civil rights.

 

JUD

HB1845

RELATING TO CRIME PREVENTION.

Short form bill relating to crime prevention.

 

JUD

HB1846

RELATING TO JUDGES.

Short form bill relating to judges.

 

JUD

HB1847

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

HB1848

RELATING TO RACIAL PROFILING PREVENTION.

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

 

JUD, FIN

HB1849

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires police departments to disclose to the legislature the identity of an officer upon the officer's 2nd suspension in a 5‑year period or discharge.  Requires disclosure under the Uniform Information Practices Act after a police officer's 2nd suspension in a 5-year period.

 

LAB, JUD

HB1850

RELATING TO PORNOGRAPHY.

Clarifies that the offense of promoting pornography for minors does not apply to a legal guardian of a minor.

 

JUD

HB1851

RELATING TO PORNOGRAPHY.

Adds a definition for "in loco parentis" to chapter 712, HRS.  Clarifies that the offense of promoting pornography for minors does not apply to a person who acts within the person's capacity and scope of employment as a member of the staff of any school.

 

EDN, JUD

HB1852

RELATING TO PORNOGRAPHY.

Clarifies that the prurient interest referenced in the definition of "pornographic for minors" does not relate specifically to the minor.

 

JUD

HB1853

RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS CODE.

Clarifies State Ethics Code provisions on gifts disclosure statements, retention of financial disclosure statements, investigations, and training.

 

LAB, JUD

HB1854

RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.

Amends the lobbyists law to eliminate outdated references to criminal violations and to clarify that the State Ethics Commission may require payment of an administrative fine or restitution pursuant to a settlement agreement.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB1855

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Empowers the State Ethics Commission to require the payment of restitution for ethics violations after a hearing or agreement between the parties.

 

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB1856

RELATING TO SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS.

Provides for the right to a certified sign language interpreter at any stage of a criminal proceeding, including the taking of a person into custody prior to being charged with any offense.  Provides that administrative fines be deposited into the DCAB special fund and criminal fines be deposited into the court interpreting services revolving fund.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1857

RELATING TO GESTATIONAL SURROGACY.

 

Provides that gestational surrogacy is permitted only when a contract containing certain terms has been executed between a gestational surrogate and a commissioning couple.

 

HHS, CPC, JUD

HB1858

RELATING TO ELDER ABUSE.

Specifies that the caregivers against whom the Attorney General may bring a civil action on behalf of the State for alleged abuse of a dependent elder includes employees or agents of the State whose duty is to oversee or manage the financial affairs of a dependent elder.

 

HHS, JUD

HB1859

RELATING TO CHILDREN.

Allows a minor to petition the Family Court for emancipation, and directs the court regarding investigation of the petition, appointment of legal counsel and a guardian ad litem for the petitioner, and the findings necessary to grant the petition.  Specifies the rights gained by the minor upon emancipation and authorizes the court to require the minor's parents or legal guardians to pay for any services ordered by the court.

 

HHS, JUD

HB1860

RELATING TO LANDSCAPE WORKFORCE.

Requires that landscape workers participate in a general use pesticide training workshop or educational program and obtain a certification prior to the application of general use pesticides.

 

LAB/AGR, CPC

HB1861

RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS.

Short form bill relating to small business.

 

EDB

HB1862

RELATING TO MANUFACTURING.

Short form bill relating to manufacturing.

 

EDB

HB1863

RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES.

Short form bill relating to enterprise zones.

 

EDB

HB1864

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.

Expands the income tax credit for renewable energy technologies to include ocean thermal energy conversion systems constructed for the purposes of research and development.

 

EEP, EDB, FIN

HB1865

RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

Establishes Transit-Oriented Development Community Districts within the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to develop districts along certain rail stations in the Honolulu rail station transit corridor.  Allows the HCDA to enter into public-private partnerships for a lease-back arrangement of lands and coordinate activities outside of the district, including construction.

 

TRN/HSG, WAL, FIN

HB1866

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Upon approval by county land use decision-making authority, and with concurrence from Land Use Commission, requires boundary amendments reflected in certain plans to be adopted in accordance with such approved plans.  Increases housing inventory by prioritizing funding for public infrastructure in areas of planned growth, and provides a streamlined approval process for those projects.

 

HSG, WAL, FIN

HB1867

RELATING TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.

Establishes the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program.  Creates fund.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1868

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.

Amends the definition of "employer" in chapter 388, HRS, to include the State and counties when a provision in that chapter has no comparable provision in chapter 78, HRS.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1869

RELATING TO THE LANDLORD TENANT CODE.

Provides a specific exemption to the landlord tenant code for sellers who occupy the residential real property after the transfer of the seller's ownership rights.

 

CPC

HB1870

RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY.

Establishes procedures for an out-of-state individual licensed as a certified public accountant or certain accountancy firms to be granted practice privileges in this State by the board of public accountancy if the licensee or firm meets certain qualifications and requirements for substantial equivalency.  Makes conforming amendments to the laws relating to public accountancy to reflect practice privileges.  Takes effect on 1/1/2019.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1871

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Specifies that a person authorized to collect rent for another person is not required to pay the general excise tax on behalf of the owner.  Specifies that transient accommodations brokers are not required to pay the transient accommodations tax unless acting as an operator.  Specifies that advertisements through transient accommodations brokers are subject to advertising requirements.

 

TOU, FIN

HB1872

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS.

Requires transient accommodations operators to designate local contacts who are licensed real estate brokers or salespersons.

 

TOU, CPC

HB1873

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Clarifies the process, including payment obligations, mediation requirements, and triggers for further default, where a condominium unit owner and association reach a payment plan to resolve a nonjudicial foreclosure.  Establishes procedures that provide condominium owners with the right to submit disputed legal fees, penalties or fines, late fees, lien filing fees, or other charges, except for common expense assessments, to the mediation process prior to payment.

 

CPC, JUD

HB1874

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Expands the scope of the condominium education trust fund to cover voluntary binding arbitration between interested parties.  Amends the conditions that mandate mediation and exceptions to mandatory mediation.  Makes conforming amendments.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1875

RELATING TO SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS.

Requires the Contractors License Board to adopt rules to define "incidental and supplemental to the performance of work" and to set the percentage of a craft or trade in which a specialty contractor may engage without a license while performing work in a craft or trade for which the contractor is licensed.

 

LAB, CPC

HB1876

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.

Allows licensed producers of motor vehicle insurers to satisfy the requirement that insurers provide a complete sales and claims office in the State by instead allowing the licensed producer to establish and maintain a sales and claims office.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1877

RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.

Raises the threshold under the contractor licensing law's handyman exemption from $1,000 to $5,000.

 

LAB, CPC

HB1878

RELATING TO ELECTRICIANS.

Clarifies that employees performing high voltage electrical work for electrical contractors licensed under Chapter 444, Hawaii Revised Statutes, are exempt from Chapter 448E, Hawaii Revised Statutes under certain conditions.

 

LAB, IAC, CPC

HB1879

RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Establishes an application screening fee that a landlord may charge an applicant to obtain information about the applicant and establishes the applicant's right to review the credit report obtained by the landlord if the applicant paid the application screening fee.

 

CPC, FIN

HB1880

RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS.

Extends the sunset date of the limited exemption from licensing requirements for electrical contractors retained by an electric utility to work with high voltage and who are deemed qualified by the electric utility.

 

LAB, IAC, CPC

HB1881

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a college savings program income tax credit.

 

HED, FIN

HB1882

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds for laptop or tablet computers to be used by teachers and students for digital teaching and learning to ensure that students in public schools have fair access to technology.

 

EDN, FIN

HB1883

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes a two-year agricultural theft and vandalism pilot project to examine the effectiveness of prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the county of Hawaii.  Appropriates funds.

 

AGR, JUD, FIN

HB1884

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Clarifies that "subsistence farming" is included as a protected activity under the Hawaii Right to Farm Act.

 

AGR, FIN

HB1885

RELATING TO FAMILY COURT.

Requires certain persons to immediately report a potential tort claim to the family court when that person has reason to believe that a child in foster custody has suffered an injury that may arise to a tort claim.  Establishes procedures for the family court to allow a child in foster custody who has suffered an injury to seek outside legal representation for a claim of damages as a result of a tort.

 

HHS, JUD, FIN

HB1886

RELATING TO SENIOR CITIZENS.

Establishes a senior citizen higher education access pilot program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.  Requires a report to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2024.

 

HED, FIN

HB1887

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Reinstates the President of the University of Hawaii as the chief procurement officer for contracts for construction and construction related professional services provided that the contract does not exceed a certain amount.

 

LAB, HED, FIN

HB1888

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to higher education.

 

HED

HB1889

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to higher education.

 

HED

HB1890

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

Short form bill relating to higher education.

 

HED

HB1891

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii.

 

HED

HB1892

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Short form bill relating to the University of Hawaii.

 

HED

HB1893

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Includes the medical use of cannabidiol products as allowable medical uses of cannabis for opioid use disorder.

 

HHS, JUD

HB1894

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Authorizes the Department of Human Services to contract the services of a dedicated capture manager responsible for securing grant and other funding opportunities for the Department of Human Services.  Makes an appropriation.  Repeals on 6/30/2020.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1895

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes positions and appropriates funds to assist in the review, certification, and recertification of dialysis centers and other health care facilities under the purview of DOH.

 

HHS, CPC, FIN

HB1896

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a health care access task force to review health care policies, the affordable care act, and other jurisdictions' health care legislative proposals to determine ways the state can increase access to health care.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1897

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Requires the Auditor to conduct an audit of each domestic violence nonprofit organization that has received state funding in the past 5 years.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1898

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Increases the general excise and use tax by 0.5% for 6 years to provide a dedicated funding source for the department of education and programs of the department of human services addressing homelessness. 

 

FIN

HB1899

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes penalties for the misbranding of fish or fish products that results in consumer illness.  Creates the Fish Misbranding Special Fund.  Authorizes the Director of Health to prohibit the sale of fish or fish products deemed to be a credible health concern.

 

OMH/HHS, JUD, FIN

HB1900

RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

To adjust and request appropriations for Fiscal Biennium 2017-19 funding requirements for operations and capital improvement projects of Executive Branch agencies and programs.

 

FIN

HB1901

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Requires DHS, in collaboration with DOH, to review the progress of the Hawaii pathways project pilot and continue to pursue efforts to utilize medicaid to provide supportive housing services for chronically homeless individuals.  Provides considerations for DHS in planning for the expansion of supportive housing services provided through medicaid managed care plans.  Requires DHS to report to the legislature.  Makes an appropriation.

 

HHS/HSG, FIN

HB1902

RELATING TO MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH.

Designates May as Military Appreciation Month in Hawaii.

 

VMI, FIN

HB1903

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Designates September as "Hawaii Alcohol and Opioid Addiction Awareness and Recovery Month" to promote public awareness of and recovery from alcohol and opioid addiction.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1904

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Requires DHS to administer a 2-year drug screening and testing pilot program for applicants and recipients of temporary assistance for needy families benefits.  Allows applicants and recipients to receive benefits if the applicant submits proof of entry into substance abuse treatment and later provides proof of successful completion of the program.  Sunsets on 6/30/2020.

 

HHS, JUD, FIN

HB1905

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Adds specific requirements to Hawaii's existing sexuality health education law.  Requires the BOE and DOE to collaborate to provide curricula information to the public.  Requires students to be excused from the provided instruction upon written request by a parent or guardian.

 

HHS, EDN, FIN

HB1906

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS.

Makes intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to a health care worker a Class C felony.

 

LAB/HHS, JUD

HB1907

RELATING TO HEALTH.

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

 

HHS, CPC, FIN

HB1908

RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Prohibits multiburst trigger activators.

 

JUD, CPC

HB1909

RELATING TO NUISANCES.

Requires the department of health to examine into all feral bird and pigeon nuisance complaints and requires the department to order the owner to abate, destroy, remove, or prevent the nuisance and clean the filth resulting from a feral bird or pigeon nuisance.  Defines "feral bird or pigeon nuisance".

 

HHS, JUD

HB1910

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

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

 

FIN

HB1911

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes the Department of Health to investigate care facilities reported to be operating without an appropriate certificate or license issued by the Department.  Establishes penalties for violations and for patient referral or transfer to uncertified or unlicensed care facilities.

 

HHS, CPC, FIN

HB1912

RELATING TO THE KUPUNA CAREGIVERS PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for implementation of the kupuna caregivers program.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1913

RELATING TO AGING.

Makes an appropriation to DOH for the kupuna care program.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1914

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER.

Appropriates funds for the Aging and Disability Resource Center.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1915

RELATING TO AGING.

Ensures that state and county planning efforts for the delivery of services to the aged or disabled share budgets, data, insights, strategies, goals, and definitions of success and recommendations.  Reforms and improves the timely movement of funding and approvals to ensure that there are no delays in the delivery of services.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1916

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires the executive office on aging to annually update the state plan on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.  Appropriates funds.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1917

RELATING TO NURSE AIDES.

Adds dementia training and a passing score on an examination on that training as an option for the recertification of nurse aides working in state-licensed and state-certified health care settings other than medicare or medicaid certified nursing facilities.

 

HHS, CPC

HB1918

RELATING TO THE HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for the healthy aging partnership program to further the program's role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1919

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Requires that construction and renovation of publicly funded residential housing incorporate housing visitability standards.

 

WAL, CPC, FIN

HB1920

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Establishes an income tax credit for the cost of construction and renovation that complies with residential housing visitability standards.

 

HSG, FIN

HB1921

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Exempts gross receipts from the sale of diabetic supplies, medical oxygen, human blood and its derivatives, durable medical equipment, and mobility enhancing equipment from the general excise tax.  Expands the scope of prosthetic devices exempted from the general excise tax to include devices worn on the body.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1922

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Amends the definition of "quality assurance committee" to include committees established by long-term care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, home care agencies, hospices, and authorized state agencies.  Allows for the creation of a quality assurance committee outside of a single health plan or hospital.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1923

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 less than 1 year of age to comply with additional requirements for safe sleep policies to prevent sudden unexpected infant deaths and sudden infant death syndrome in accordance with rules adopted by DHS.

 

HHS, CPC

HB1924

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires a franchise retail food establishment to include nutritional information about each standard menu item.  Establishes a penalty for violation.

 

HHS, CPC

HB1925

RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY.

Establishes a three-year Hawaii state lottery pilot project and Hawaii state lottery task force to examine the feasibility of establishing a state lottery, the proceeds of which would be used to address homeless issues. Appropriates funds.

 

JUD, FIN

HB1926

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Establishes the Central Homeless Intake Office within DHS to assess homeless individuals and families and refer them to assistance services.  Makes an appropriation for the Intake Office.

 

HHS, FIN

HB1927

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes the issuance of employer-sponsored high deductible health plans, if certain conditions are met.  Requires maintenance of health savings accounts in conjunction with high deductible health plans.  Specifies that employers and insurers that buy or sell high deductible health plans remain subject to the Prepaid Health Care Act.

 

LAB, CPC, FIN

HB1928

RELATING TO A RIGHT TO PARENT FOR BLIND PERSONS.

Establishes parental rights for blind parents or prospective blind parents in the context of child welfare, foster care, family law, and adoption.

 

HHS, JUD, FIN

HB1929

RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to adopt emergency rules if the Board finds that Hawaii's collective bargaining in public employment law, or the application thereof, is inconsistent with any federal or state law and the adoption of an emergency rule is urgently needed.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1930

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Amends collective bargaining law to ensure that exclusive bargaining representatives retain the resources necessary to adequately represent public employees and remove economic incentive to free ride.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1931

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

Broadens an employee's exemption from support of a bargaining unit's exclusive representative to include political objection.  Permits the exclusive representative to require an employee, in lieu of union fees, to pay an equivalent amount to a non-profit charitable fund.

 

LAB, FIN

HB1932

RELATING TO EMERGENCY RULES BY AGENCIES.

Authorizes agencies to adopt specified emergency rules to lessen disruptions to prior practices caused from changes to federal law, Hawaii legislation, or court decisions.

 

LAB, FIN