| SB930 | Intro
Sine Die | Facilitates the timely interconnection and transmission lines for renewable energy projects. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB908 | Intro
Sine Die | Extends the renewal period from two years to four years for licensees who are seventy-two years of age or older but younger than eighty years of age; provided their driving record does not include two or more moving traffic violation convictions afte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB915 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Duke Kahanamoku. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB467 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the board of education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one forum in each county. Requires the board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legislature on i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB397 | Intro
Sine Die | Broadens the state of mind element for certain offences under chapter 486M, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Repeals on 7/1/2024. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1135 | Intro
Sine Die | Creates a new chapter on "source of income" discrimination in rental transactions, adds definitions, and enforcement remedies by direct civil action. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1304 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires that the department of accounting and general services be responsible for ensuring that the facilities under their responsibility are maintained in accordance with proper repair, maintenance, and cleanliness standards to promote the health a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1094 | Intro
Sine Die | Mandates reporting of suspected financial exploitation of elders and vulnerable adults in relation to securities. Provides immunity for good faith reporting and authorizes the delay of disbursements and transactions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB175 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts certain applications from the automatic refusal provision that may be invoked by a majority of nearby voters or real estate owners; specifically, applications for a class 1 or class 18 license on land designated as agricultural by state or co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1347 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the department of education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB149 | Intro
Sine Die | Restricts asset forfeiture to cases involving the commission of a covered criminal misdemeanor or felony offense. Requires seized property to be forfeited only when the property owner has been convicted of an underlying covered criminal misdemeanor o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1373 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits a creditor from initiating or continuing any action to garnish wages from a debtor during the period of an emergency proclamation in relation to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and some time thereafter. Prohibits a creditor from garni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB771 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes that theft of a bicycle constitutes theft in the second degree, a class C felony. Adds the definition of "bicycle" and "toy bicycle" to section 708-800, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB963 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist HK Management, LLC, in planning, designing, constructing, reconstructing, renovating, acquiring, equipping, and improving surf industry center facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1007 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a framework for the regulation of electric foot scooters by the State and counties. Amends definitions of "moped" to exclude electric foot scooters. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB622 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a court to sentence a person convicted of violating an injunction or restraining order or order of protection during the term of a stay-at-home order imposed by the State or a county in which the violation occurred to a mandatory minimum jai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1308 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides the department of transportation with more flexibility and discretion to address substantial hardship situations that impact airport concession contracts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB1321 | Intro
Sine Die | Grants forty-year gaming license for a single integrated resort property on Hawaiian home lands designated for commercial use on the island of Oahu excluding lands west of Ko Olina. Establishes Hawaii Gaming Commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee |
| SB997 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows county governments to enter into private-public partnerships for the services and transferring, or joint venturing of one or more of their wastewater treatment facilities to a private entity, or its wholly owned nonprofit management entity, fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB927 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides that up to $50,000 per year in income earned and proceeds derived from stock options or stock by an employee from a qualified high technology business, as defined therein, or an investor who qualifies for a high technology business investmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB1407 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all members of the state building code council to have significant experience and knowledge of building codes and the cost impacts of building code revisions. Adds two voting council members, representing the National Association of Industri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB283 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires medicaid and insurance coverage of ambulance services. Authorizes medicaid programs, and requires private insurers, to pay for community paramedicine services provided by emergency medical technicians or paramedics. Appropriates moneys for c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB929 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides for timely review by the public utilities commission in its decision-making process regarding proposed renewable energy projects. Requires timely completion of the interconnection process by electric public utilities. Allows electric public ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB818 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires counties to establish expedited procedures to approve demolition permits for vacant and abandoned residential homes. Allows the department of taxation to seek sale of the property through nonjudicial foreclosure of vacant and abandoned resid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB432 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires a motor vehicle transferor, or the transferor's representative, and transferee to appear in person to execute the transfer of a motor vehicle unless either party is a dealer or the vehicle is being transferred as a salvage vehicle. Subjects ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB568 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that persons that enter private property for recreational purposes have no cause of action, unless exempted under law. Requires a court to award attorneys' fees and costs to landowners if plaintiffs bring unreasonable claims. States that, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1186 | Intro
Sine Die | Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in the federal controlled substances law as required by section 329-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB577 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends provisions relating to criteria and procedures in family court determinations regarding custody and visitation rights. Clarifies that a parent's felony conviction for a violent or sexual offense in which the victim was a minor, or requirement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB648 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifies that a government agency does not assume ownership or jurisdiction over a disputed road solely through maintenance or repair activities. Authorizes the State to transfer ownership of roads in favor of counties by quitclaim if requested by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB365 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to decline participation in dissection, vivisection, and other procedures harmful to animals. Requires schools to make alternative educational projects available, and the board of educat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB692 | Intro
Sine Die | Initiates reporting requirements and safeguards to prevent anti-competitive practices in the meat processing industry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| SR7 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting The Hawaii State Commission On The Status Of Women To Convene A Task Force To Study Missing And Murdered Native Hawaiian Women And Girls.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB543 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a statewide coordinator and program within the department of the attorney general to provide services and assistance to sexually exploited children and victims of human trafficking. Requires the attorney general to submit reports to the l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB553 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the governor to order mitigating measures including prohibiting smoking in multi-unit residences during an emergency order to stay at home.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Health Committee |
| SB573 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires all habitat conservation plans to include an agreement for plan participants to enter into and maintain an annual service contract with a stand-by and response facility available to provide emergency medical and rehabilitation services to na...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1180 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifies that the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department) may lease any existing state boating facility in part or in its entirety without the need for prior legislative approval, and amends chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Water and Land Committee |
| SB1302 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires corporations to include the income of all foreign subsidiaries to the State. Applies the State's apportionment formula to determine the share of reported profits subject to the appropriate tax. Effective 1/1/2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee |
| SB999 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes general obligation bonds for the forest stewardship program of the department of land and natural resources to renovate the equipment and facilities of the state tree nurseries. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
The committee on WAM deferred the measure. |
| SB1086 | Intro
Sine Die | Abolishes the Hawaii Health Authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Health Committee |
| SB1129 | Intro
Sine Die | Adds immunity from civil and criminal liability for individuals who provide information or assistance in child abuse investigations. Takes effect 6/30/2021. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB434 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows the director of finance of a county to require payment of outstanding charges owed to the county for the towing, removal, or disposal of an abandoned or derelict vehicle within the county before issuing a motor vehicle certificate of registrat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1190 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorize the Department of Public Safety to maintain a list of independent civil process servers. Amends several statutes to allow process servers to serve specific types of legal documents. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB800 | Intro
Sine Die | Removes county councils as the nominating authority for members of the HCDA who serve as representatives of the Heeia, Kalaeloa, and Kakaako community development districts. Provides that the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1011 | Intro
Sine Die | Appropriates funds to the department of transportation to widen Queen Kaahumanu highway and Kuakini highway between Henry street and Kamehameha III road on the island of Hawaii. (SD1)
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Ways and Means Committee |
| SB486 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempts artisan-scale composting operations from department of health regulations to divert organic materials from Hawaii's landfills.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee |
| SB727 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires UH to provide training on the impacts of trauma for employees responsible for investigating incidents and assisting victims of sexual and domestic violence. Improves access for confidential support services. Requires UH to annually distribut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1328 | Intro
Sine Die | Limits the award of academic tenure to positions whose primary duties are instructional.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-16
To Senate Higher Education Committee |
| SB770 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes requirements and permitting procedures for transportation network companies operating in the State. Makes permanent insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network drivers. Repeals sunset date of Act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-16
To Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB1419 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Municipal Product Stewardship Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB1009 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the definition of "personal information" for the purpose of applying modern security breach of personal information law. Prohibits the sale of geolocation information and internet browser information without consent. Amends provisions relating...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-16
To Senate Government Operations Committee |
