Sen. Donna Kim

Primary SB 566

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Creates a temporary law enforcement working group to make recommendations to the legislature on establishing professional recruitment, hiring, and training standards for all state law enforcement officers who carry firearms and badges and who have the arrest authority. Prohibits a law enforcement officer who has been terminated for misconduct by a state or county department, agency, or office in the capacity of law enforcement from being hired by another state or county law enforcement department, agency, or office.

In committee Jan 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 812

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LICENSED PROFESSIONALS.

Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to post the business address and business phone number of each licensed professional on its public website.

In committee Jan 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 326

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO INFORMATION CHARGING.

Amends the listing of felony offenses for which criminal charges may be instituted by written information.

In committee Jan 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 824

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Provides ranked choice method of voting for all partisan primary elections, special elections, and nonpartisan general elections held in this State on or after 1/1/2018.

In committee Jan 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 321

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO OPERATING A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICANT.

Amends the definition of "drug" for Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant (OVUII) offenses under Chapter 291E, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

In committee Jan 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 702

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS.

Requires the department of taxation to manage a public database of all registered transient accommodation and resort time share vacation plan businesses. Makes failure to register as a business of furnishing transient accommodations a class C felony rather than a misdemeanor. Requires filers of transient accommodations tax to include the amount of transient accommodations tax revenues collected by zip code on tax return form. Requires filers of transient accommodations tax to include certificate of registration number on annual tax return. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/16.

In committee Jan 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 567

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

Prohibits the courts from deferring the acceptance of guilty or no contest pleas that could result in the expungement of the offense from the criminal record of state or county law enforcement officers for felonies, misdemeanors, or petty misdemeanors that the officers are alleged to have committed while in the performance of the duties of an officer.

In committee Jan 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 330

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Reduces repackaged, relabeled, and compounded prescription drug payments under workers' compensation from 140% to 90% of the average wholesale price. Requires physician dispensed prescription drugs to only be prescribed within 90 days of the injury.

In committee Jan 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 789

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT.

Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to report U-6 figures alongside U-3 figures in the main text of reports and press releases related to the State's unemployment rate.

In committee Jan 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 630

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.

Expands the definition of "administrative action" in lobbyist law to include granting or denying applications for business or development-related permits, licenses, or approvals and procurement of goods and services under Hawaii public procurement code. Clarifies that lobbying laws apply to lobbying by the executive branch.

In committee Jan 23, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track