Hawaii Bills

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All 53,153 Active 38,195 In committee 36,110 Passed 12,714 Signed 1,934 Failed 183

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 23, 2017

HB 112: RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Deletes the element of recklessness in determining whether a person has violated a provision of the State Campaign Finance Law.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 23, 2017

SB 699: RELATING TO SPECIES CONSERVATION.

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to include in its annual report the impacts of incidental take license issuances on the status and likelihood of survival of the individual species and the cumulative impacts on the full range of species of the specific island for which incidental take licenses have been issued. Appropriates funds to the department to assess the cumulative effects and detail them in its annual report.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 23, 2017

SB 479: RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Amends the distribution of the transient accommodations tax by changing the amount distributed to the counties from a fixed sum to a percentage of the revenues collected. Ties the amount of revenue distributed to the tourism special fund to the Honolulu region consumer price index or a successor index.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 23, 2017

HB 219: RELATING TO TRESPASS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

Asserts sovereign immunity from torts arising from trespass onto public property.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 23, 2017

HB 330: RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Extends the window for a county council to approve or disapprove affordable housing projects that are exempt from planning, zoning, and construction standards, from forty-five days to sixty days.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 23, 2017

HB 395: RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Requires the provision of a sales receipt by a merchant for cash transactions for goods or services purchased by a customer.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 23, 2017

HB 355: RELATING TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE REDUCTION.

Reduces the vehicle registration fee and maintains allocation of the fee to the state highway fund and emergency medical services special fund.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 23, 2017

HB 122: RELATING TO FERAL CATS.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to enable it to contract with eligible non-profit or charitable organizations, private entities, or public entities to trap, neuter or spay, and release feral cats to the location where they were originally trapped.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 23, 2017

HB 401: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Increases the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge from $4.50 to $9.00. Requires that $4.50 of the charge be deposited into the rental motor vehicle customer facility charge special fund, and that the remaining $4.50 of the charge be deposited into the state highway fund for the purpose of funding projects to increase the capacity of certain existing roadways or the construction of certain new roadways. Authorizes certain individuals to deduct the charge on their state taxes.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 23, 2017

SB 311: RELATING TO RACIAL PROFILING PREVENTION.

Prohibits state and county law enforcement officers from using a person's race or ethnicity to form probable cause or reasonable suspicion to stop a vehicle. Appropriates funds for the implementation of an annual racial profiling prevention training program for state and county law enforcement officers.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 23, 2017

SB 592: RELATING TO UNATTENDED ANIMALS IN MOTOR VEHICLES.

Imposes a civil fine when a person leaves a dog unattended in a motor vehicle without at least one window open at least two inches to allow for air flow.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 23, 2017

HB 47: RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Short form bill relating to human services.

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