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State Legislature US Congress

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

passed · Hawaii · House Mar 23, 2017

HB 14: RELATING TO KEKAHA KAI STATE PARK.

Appropriates funds for the employment of lifeguards and for necessary equipment to be used by state lifeguards in their work at Kua Bay, Kekaha Kai State Park in North Kona on the island of Hawaii. Effective March 15, 2099. (SD1)

passed · Hawaii · House Mar 23, 2017

HB 1276: RELATING TO TAXATION.

Provides an additional state income tax deduction of up to $5,000 per year for student loan interest paid on qualified education loans. (SD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 23, 2017

SB 826: RELATING TO THE PUNA DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER.

Appropriates funds for a post-secondary distance learning center in the Puna district within Hawaii Community College. Requires status report to the Legislature. (SB826 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 23, 2017

SB 285: RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM.

Continues the nursing facility sustainability program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. (SB285 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · House Mar 23, 2017

HB 432: RELATING TO THE ELDERLY.

Makes financial exploitation of an elder by a caregiver a class A felony. Defines "caregiver", "elder", and "financial exploitation". Effective 7/1/2075. (SD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 23, 2017

SB 1129: RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a medical aid in dying act that establishes a regulatory process under which an adult resident of the State with a medically confirmed terminal disease may obtain a prescription for medication to be self-administered to end the patient's life. (SD2)

passed · Hawaii · House Mar 23, 2017

HR 148: CONGRATULATING THE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AS THE 2017 LIFESMARTS HAWAII STATE CHAMPIONS.

Resolution adopted in final form.

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 23, 2017

SB 199: RELATING TO TEACHER INCENTIVES.

Clarifies that funds for bonuses required by statute or collective bargaining shall not be paid out of a charter school's facilities funding or per-pupil funds. Requires, beginning with fiscal year 2018-2019, that such bonuses be separate line items in the budget. Appropriates funds for teacher bonuses for hard-to-fill placement incentives and National Board certified teacher incentives for charter school teachers. (SB199 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 23, 2017

SB 1100: RELATING TO RECORDS MANAGEMENT.

Requires the department of education to set a standard for retention of student records, including in electronic format, of not less than one hundred years. Allows the department of education to partner with the Hawaii correctional industries program to establish a three-year student records modernization pilot project. (SB1100 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 23, 2017

SB 197: RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Appropriates moneys for start-up grants for one or more new pre-opening public charter schools. (SB197 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 23, 2017

SB 519: RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Specifies that citizen complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic violence against a family or household member on the part of the police officer shall not be required to be in writing or sworn to by the complainant. (SB519 HD1)

passed · Hawaii · Senate Mar 23, 2017

SB 141: RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT.

Allows the John A. Burns School of Medicine to continue receiving revenues from the physician workforce assessment fee until June 30, 2027, for ongoing physician workforce assessment and planning to support the recruitment and retention of physicians in the State, particularly those in rural and medically underserved areas. (SB141 HD1)