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All 53,153 Active 37,441 In committee 35,403 Passed 13,465 Signed 1,935 Failed 186

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Feb 13, 2017

SB 862: RELATING TO ZONING.

Allows counties with populations less than one hundred thousand to enact a zoning ordinance to amortize or phase out nonconforming single-family transient vacation rental units over a reasonable period of time.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Feb 13, 2017

SB 360: RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Exempts vehicles transporting asphalt or other high temperature loads from the requirement that their loads be covered.

in committee · Hawaii · House Feb 13, 2017

HB 196: RELATING TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT.

Appropriates $5,000,000 for the study, design, engineering, and land acquisition for a wastewater treatment plant for Pahoa, Hawaii.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Feb 13, 2017

SB 1000: RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

Authorizes crime victim compensation for mental health services for survivors in cases involving a death and for children who witness domestic violence.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Feb 13, 2017

SB 1309: RELATING TO LAND EXCHANGE.

Allows the governor to negotiate land exchanges to acquire lands that are suitable for long-term diversified agricultural production. Requires a report to the legislature.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Feb 13, 2017

SB 588: RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.

Defines emergency shelter to mean a homeless facility designed to provide temporary shelter and services to homeless families or individuals. Allows homeless shelter stipends to be adjusted at the end of each year based upon achievement of performance measures. Requires homeless shelters to have no fewer than one shower, one sink, and one toilet per twenty-five residents and the minimum area of each partitioned space to be determined by the number of residents and capacity of the shelter. Authorizes, rather than mandates, that emergency shelters have partitioned space for each homeless family or individual that provides separation from other homeless families or individuals in the shelter. Establishes that the storage space at a homeless shelter shall be determined by each shelter's space availability. Removes DHS's authority to require shelters to comply with additional requirements. (SD1)

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Feb 13, 2017

SB 355: RELATING TO THE SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for three positions and operating expenses of the sustainable and organic agriculture program administered by the UH college of tropical agriculture and human resources.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Feb 13, 2017

SB 791: RELATING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

Creates a separate offense for criminal property damage by graffiti. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Feb 13, 2017

SB 517: RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Requires any state or county agency to provide domestic abuse intervention training to their personnel whose job duties require or may require intervention in a domestic abuse situation. (SD1)

in committee · Hawaii · House Feb 13, 2017

HB 1247: RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH.

Appropriates funds for research on prevention and mitigation of Rapid Ohia Death. (HB1247 HD1)

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Feb 13, 2017

SB 797: RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY RIGHTS.

Creates the offense of criminal property damage to a public restroom if a person intentionally or knowingly damages a toilet, urinal, bathroom stall, mirror, or sink so as to render it unusable. Defines public restroom. Establishes penalties. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)

in committee · Hawaii · House Feb 13, 2017

HB 345: RELATING TO TAXATION.

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

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