| HB280 | Pass | Makes the offense of false labeling as to the geographic origin of Hawaii-grown coffee a class C felony. Authorizes the department of agriculture to adopt administrative rules relating to the inspection and documentation of the geographic origin of H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-11
(H) Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 328, 7/10/2012, (Gov. Msg. No. 1445). |
| SB2341 | Pass | Authorizes, within an agricultural district, agricultural tourism activities, including overnight accommodations of twenty-one days or less, for any one stay within a county; provided that the activities coexist with a bona fide agricultural activity...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-11
(H) Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 329, 7/10/2012, (Gov. Msg. No. 1446). |
| HB2078 | Pass | Requires any operator of a transient accommodation to designate a local contact residing on the same island as the transient accommodation. Requires that all advertisements and solicitations on websites for transient accommodations display registrati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-11
(H) Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 326, 7/10/2012, (Gov. Msg. No. 1443). |
| HB2320 | Pass | Clarifies recommendations of the ignition interlock implementation task force. Allows for renewal of a driver's license revoked for impaired driving. Allows repeat intoxicated drivers to install ignition interlock devices in any vehicle they operate,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-11
(H) Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 327, 7/10/2012, (Gov. Msg. No. 1444). |
| HB2569 | Pass | Amends various statutory provisions related to civil unions for clarity and conformity. Provides uninterrupted rights for couples holding property in tenancy by the entirety who enter into a new legal relationship simultaneously with or within ninety...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 267, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1370). |
| HB2568 | Pass | Permits the Department of Health to allow a designee to conduct criminal history record checks on its behalf on certain healthcare workers, employees, and owners, operators of care homes, or other healthcare organizations. (HB2568 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 285, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1402). |
| HB2564 | Pass | Adds pharmacists to the list of volunteer medical assistance and volunteer emergency medical disaster response personnel to be provided immunity from liability. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 265, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1368). |
| HB1765 | Pass | Allows counties to conduct criminal history checks on prospective liquor commission employees, prospective employees working with vulnerable adults or seniors, employees for fire department and emergency medical services positions, and emergency mana...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 299, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1416). |
| SB2424 | Veto | Adds powers and duties to the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations regarding the registration and regulation of professional employer organizations. Authorizes various penalties for noncompliance; amends definitions and bond level requirements;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Vetoed on 07-10-12 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1396). |
| HB1984 | Veto | Designates the month of February as "Olelo Hawaii Month" to celebrate and encourage the use of Hawaiian language. Requires that all letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions include accurate and approp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Vetoed on 07-10-12 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1392). |
| HB2179 | Pass | Allows the diminishment of the auditor's salary during the auditor's term of office by general law applicable to all salaried officers. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 300, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1417). |
| HB2656 | Pass | Requires all crematoriums operating without air pollution control permits and that were constructed prior to March 20, 1972, to submit permit applications to DOH by December 31, 2013. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 278, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1381). |
| HB246 | Pass | Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit, prosecution in Drug Court, Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Program, and Victim Witness Assis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 322, 7/10/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1439). |
| HB2553 | Pass | Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to charge fees to defray expenses of reviewing construction plans to ensure compliance with state and federal law relating to accessibility. Establishes a fee schedule. Effective 1/1/2013. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 277, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1380). |
| HB2664 | Pass | Establishes a public-private partnership in a county that encompasses at least three islands inhabited by permanent residents, to develop and implement an integrated model to deliver health care across the spectrum of care and particularly to address...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 279, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1382). |
| SB2261 | Pass | Makes an appropriation for the Weed and Seed Program for fiscal year 2012-2013 to maintain the current operation of the Program in areas currently designated for the Program. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 264, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367). |
| SB2412 | Pass | Shortens the time by which subcontractors are to receive progress and final payments from contractors on private construction projects. Provides interest penalties for late payments. Effective July 1, 2012. (SB2412 HD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 260, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1363). |
| HB2169 | Pass | Establishes a peer review process for public accounting firms that engage in attest work. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 324, 7/10/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1441). |
| HB1777 | Pass | Adds a new chapter to the Hawaii Revised Statutes allowing judges to order the production of records by persons or entities located outside of the State, in all criminal cases. Requires a Hawaii resident served with criminal process from another stat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 325, 7/10/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1442). |
| HB2682 | Pass | Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to regulate the commercial use of state waters and marine resources. Effective 07/01/2012. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 289, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1406). |
| HB2684 | Pass | Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study on the extension of the zipper lane westward from Waipahu toward Kapolei, west of the Kunia on-ramp. Requires the Department of Transportation to submit a report to the Legislat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 320, 7/10/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1437). |
| SB2402 | Pass | Requires new and replacement state outdoor light fixtures in counties with a population of at least 100,000 to be fully shielded and to have a correlated color temperature of 4,000 Kelvin or less beginning July 1, 2014, with certain exemptions. (CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 287, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1404). |
| HB2526 | Pass | Beginning 3/1/2013, requires reporting by telecommunications and cable television providers to the department of commerce and consumer affairs and requires confidentiality for certain information and reports submitted. (SD2)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 259, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1362). |
| SB2236 | Pass | Amends Part VI of section 39A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include special purpose revenue bonds for assisting utilities serving the general public in providing telecommunications. Authorizes the issuance of $100,000,000 in special purpose revenue bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 242, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1345). |
| HB2314 | Pass | Provides for the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues to the convention center enterprise special fund on a fiscal year basis; authorizes unexpended and unencumbered moneys determined by the Hawaii tourism authority to be in excess of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 243, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346). |
| HB2686 | Pass | Exempts an owner of private property who provides emergency access to land, shelter, or subsistence to a person in good faith during a disaster from liability for injury or damage suffered by the person, unless it was caused by the gross negligence o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 291, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1408). |
| HB1666 | Pass | Amends penalties for negligent homicide in the first degree, negligent homicide in the second degree, and negligent injury in the first degree when the incident involves a vulnerable highway user. Adds definitions. (HB1666 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 316, 7/10/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1433). |
| HB1543 | Pass | Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturer or distributor recovery or attempted recovery of increased warranty reimbursement to automobile dealers. Requires Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to review and compare costs of repairs. (HB1543 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 246, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1349). |
| HB2806 | Pass | Establishes the aha moku advisory committee within the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Makes an appropriation. Effective July 1, 2012. (HB2806 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 288, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1405). |
| HB1671 | Veto | Imposes time limits on rendering administrative and judicial review decisions. Limits protests to those that are a minimum percentage of the contract value. Requires posting of a protest bond, to be forfeited if the protesting party does not prevail....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Vetoed on 07-10-12 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1391). |
| SB2239 | Pass | Exempts grants made under the community-based economic development program from the Hawaii public procurement code; clarifies that moneys in the hydrogen investment capital special fund shall be expended by the Hawaii strategic development corporatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 240, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1343). |
| HB1788 | Pass | Creates a third degree of computer fraud. Clarifies the elements of computer fraud in the first and second degrees. Deletes a defense to computer fraud in the first degree. Increases the class penalty for all computer fraud and unauthorized access of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 293, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1410). |
| HB1295 | Pass | Establishes unlicensed contracting activity as a misdemeanor offense; establishes habitual unlicensed contracting activity and unlicensed contractor fraud as felonies. Provides that each day of unlicensed contracting activity is a distinct and separa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 244, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1347). |
| HB1791 | Pass | Amends drivers license revocation provisions to require revocation for a period of time as determined by the sentencing court when a driver is convicted of manslaughter involving a vehicle or for negligent homicide in the first or second degrees. All...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 292, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1409). |
| HB2502 | Pass | Requires mortgage servicers who provide loan-modification services to be properly licensed. Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to require all mortgage servicers to register with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System. (HB2502 CD1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 245, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). |
| HB609 | Pass | Authorizes the assimilation of Hawaii Medical Center-East into the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. (HB609 CD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 281, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1384). |
| HB2030 | Pass | Requires motorists to "move over" when passing a stationary emergency vehicle on a highway. Requires driver to slow down to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe under the circumstances when an emergency road situation exists ahead of the drive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 318, 7/10/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1435). |
| HB2491 | Pass | Authorizes the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund to create a trust fund for the purpose of receiving employer contributions that will prefund post-employment health and other benefit costs for retirees and thei...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 304, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1421). |
| SB2378 | Pass | Allows the board or appropriate agency receiving an easement to exempt easement requirements. Adds the department of land and natural resources, department of agriculture, agribusiness development corporation, and public land development corporation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 284, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1387). |
| HB1181 | Pass | Brings laws relating to false claims to the State and to the counties into compliance with the federal False Claims Act in order to meet federal requirements that state laws provide the same or greater protections as those established under section 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 294, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1411). |
| SB2876 | Pass | Establishes a State harbors civil violations system and general administrative penalties for violations of laws and rules governing Hawaii's harbors. Provides that penalties and fines are deposited into the Harbor Special Fund. Allows the Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 313, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1430). |
| HB283 | Veto | Authorizes the transfer during fiscal year 2012-2013 of $196,000 from the agricultural loan revolving fund to the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund. Appropriates $196,000 for a program to control and eradicate the coffee berry borer. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Vetoed on 07-10-12 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1389). |
| SB2778 | Pass | Establishes a childhood obesity prevention task force. Appropriates funds to the department of health to support early childhood development, including the collection of obesity data, childhood obesity awareness, and promotion of best practices to im...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 269, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1372). |
| SB2103 | Pass | Amends the definitions of "the practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse" and "the practice of nursing as a registered nurse" to include carrying out the orders of a licensed physician assistant practicing with physician supervision as requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 255, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1358). |
| SB2158 | Veto | Requires law enforcement agencies to accept cash bail, certified copies of pre-filed bail bonds, and original bail bonds when the court is closed, including nights, weekends, and holidays. Specifies from whom bail may be accepted. Requires prompt rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Vetoed on 07-10-12 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1394). |
| HB2776 | Pass | Requires operators of adult foster homes, adult residential care homes, assisted living facilities, and expanded adult residential care homes to carry liability insurance to cover the operations of the care home. Exempts care home operators operating...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 266, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1369). |
| SB3062 | Pass | Enacts the Life Settlements Model Act, which establishes consumer protections in life settlement transactions in which the owner of a life insurance policy transfers the death benefit for compensation that is more than the policy's cash surrender val...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 256, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1359). |
| HB46 | Veto | Prohibits smoking in and around public housing projects or state low-income housing projects under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii public housing authority, with an exception for designated smoking areas. Allows for eviction upon a third violation of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Vetoed on 07-10-12 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. Nos. 1388 and 1401). |
| HB1925 | Pass | Allows holders of Class 1 manufacturer liquor licenses to sell beer, wine, or other specified liquor manufactured or distilled on the licensee's premises from fruit or other products grown in the State, in any quantity to wholesalers in original pack...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 302, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1419). |
| SB2769 | Pass | Requires the Insurance Commissioner to publish a list of homeowners insurers and homeowners insurance annual premiums, and motor vehicle insurers and motor vehicle insurance annual premiums on the Insurance Division's official website. Clarifies the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2012-07-10
(S) Act 258, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). |
