Hawaii Bills

passed · Hawaii · House Mar 21, 2019

HB 1522: RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BUDGET.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the University of Hawaii under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education. (HB1522 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · House Mar 21, 2019

HB 309: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Appropriates funds for the extension of the zipper lane on the H-1 Freeway to Kapolei in the vicinity of the Kualakai parkway on/off ramp. (HB309 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 21, 2019

SB 653: RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to provide rebates to persons who install a new electric vehicle charging system or upgrade an existing electric vehicle charging system. Creates, and appropriates moneys out of, the electric vehicle charging station rebate program special fund. Amends the uses of funds in the energy security special fund. (SB653 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 21, 2019

SB 376: RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires a public school that has a career and technical education program to review all geographic exceptions applications and make a determination whether to allow students to enroll in career and technical education programs in schools outside the Department of Education service area in which the student resides. (SB376 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 21, 2019

SB 621: RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Requires a person to report the person's lost, stolen, or destroyed firearms to the appropriate county police department. Establishes penalties for failure to report. Requires suspension of any fee related to the Rap Back system until the Rap Back system, a criminal record monitoring service, is fully implemented. (SB621 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 21, 2019

SB 1079: RELATING TO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.

Establishes the Asset Management Task Force within the Office of the Governor to develop a standardized schedule for repairs and replacement of state-owned facilities and to submit to the Legislature a preliminary report by October 31, 2020, and a final report by October 31, 2021. Appropriates funds for the task force to develop the plans. (SB1079 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · House Mar 21, 2019

HB 1153: RELATING TO REMOTE TESTIMONY IN LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS.

Establishes the remote legislative access program, to be supervised by the joint legislative access committee. Specific requirements that the joint legislative access committee must consider when developing the program. Requires each house of the Legislature to establish, by rule, procedures for the public to present oral testimony at legislative committee hearings through remote testimony. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2022. (SD1)

passed · Hawaii · House Mar 21, 2019

HB 821: RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

Requires the Hawaii technology development corporation to seek to establish a public-private partnership to plan, build, and manage key strategic broadband infrastructure and attract cloud based companies to Hawaii. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii broadband initiative and to establish an open access, carrier neutral cable landing station. Takes effect 7/1/2112. (SD1)

passed · Hawaii · House Mar 21, 2019

HB 1218: RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

Appropriates funds out of the works of art special fund to the State foundation on culture and the arts for the integration of works of art projects into several major capital improvement projects. (SD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 21, 2019

SB 1143: RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Expands the types of employee information government agencies are required to disclose, upon written request, to employees' exclusive representatives. Requires that information regarding new hire employees be provided to the appropriate exclusive representatives within one payroll period. (SB1143 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 21, 2019

SB 1019: RELATING TO YOUTH.

Requires the Judiciary to collaborate with the Office of Youth Services to establish a task force to determine existing diversion programs statewide that can assist the State's youth, and to consider the post-youth needs of the eighteen to twenty-four year old population in order to provide a continuum of care. (SB1019 HD2)

passed · Hawaii · House Mar 21, 2019

HB 1277: RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.

Provides scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain eligibility criteria. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii Promise Program. (HB1277 HD1)

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