2017 Acts
ACT 117, HB1333 HD1 SD1, 7/10/2017
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO HONOKAA LAND COMPANY, LLC Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to provide financing to assist the Honokaa Land […]
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST MAUIGROWN COFFEE, INC Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist MauiGrown Coffee, Inc. with the operation […]
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION Provides exemptions from vehicle registration, safety inspection, and driver licensure requirements for tractor trucks, forklifts, and top picks being used as marine terminal equipment when operating on […]
Read More ACT 115, HB733 HD1 SD2, 7/10/2017ACT 114, HB1009 HD3 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017
RELATING TO THE LANDLORD TENANT CODE Exempts residence or occupancy in a structure or on a property directly controlled, owned, or managed by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority from the […]
Read More ACT 114, HB1009 HD3 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017ACT 113, HB1235 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM FAMILY LAW ARBITRATION ACT Authorizes the use of arbitration to resolve certain family law disputes and child-related disputes. Specifies law and procedures applicable to arbitration’s. ACT […]
Read More ACT 113, HB1235 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017ACT 112, HB301 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017
RELATING TO RESPONSE TO WRIT FOR CERTIORARI Requires the clerk of the court to grant a single extension of not more than fifteen days to file with the Supreme Court […]
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RELATING TO ORDERS FOR TREATMENT OVER OBJECTION Authorizes and establishes criteria for administrative orders to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment to an involuntarily committed patient over the patient’s objection. Requires DOH […]
Read More ACT 111, HB554 HD1 SD2 CD1, 7/10/2017ACT 110, HB1033 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE Allows state and county agencies to participate in administrative procedures under chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by including “agencies” within the definition of “persons” in section […]
Read More ACT 110, HB1033 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017ACT 109, HB282 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING Clarifies that increased fines may apply if a noncandidate committee fails to timely file a second preliminary general report. ACT 109, HB282 HD1 SD1 CD1
Read More ACT 109, HB282 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017ACT 108, HB281 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017
RELATING TO THE FAILURE TO FILE A REPORT WITH THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to publish on its website the names of all candidate and noncandidate […]
Read More ACT 108, HB281 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/10/2017ACT 107, HB209 HD1 SD1 CD1 , 7/10/2017
RELATING TO TAXATION Establishes a state earned income tax credit. Changes income tax rates after 12/31/17. Repeals the sunset date for amendments made to the refundable food/excise tax credit by […]
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RELATING TO DENTISTRY Requires dentists who administer anesthesia or sedation to post contact information to verify licensure and authorization to administer anesthesia and sedation. Specifies requirements, including inspections, for written […]
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RELATING TO FILIPINO VETERANS BURIAL ASSISTANCE Appropriates funds for burial grants for qualifying Filipino-American veterans to provide funeral and burial services and transportation of their remains to the Philippines. ACT […]
Read More ACT 105, HB1420 HD1 SD1 CD1 , 7/10/2017ACT 104, SB545 SD2 HD1 CD1, 7/06/2017
RELATING TO THE FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS Creates and appropriates money to a temporary commission on the thirteenth festival of pacific arts to plan for the historic event to be […]
Read More ACT 104, SB545 SD2 HD1 CD1, 7/06/2017ACT 103, HB615 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/06/2017
RELATING TO THE HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM Appropriates funds for the Healthy Aging Partnership Program to further the program’s important role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii’s kupuna. […]
Read More ACT 103, HB615 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/06/2017ACT 102, HB607 HD1 SD2 CD1, 7/06/2017
RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE Authorizes the Executive Office on Aging to establish the Kupuna Caregivers Program to assist community members in obtaining care for elders while remaining in the workforce. […]
Read More ACT 102, HB607 HD1 SD2 CD1, 7/06/2017ACT 101, HB192 HD2 SD1 CD1, 7/05/2017
RELATING TO HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS Expands the law on planned community associations to apply to certain homeowners’ associations. Clarifies that if a proxy is a standard proxy form authorized by an […]
Read More ACT 101, HB192 HD2 SD1 CD1, 7/05/2017ACT 100, HB1098 HD2 SD1 CD1, 7/05/2017
RELATING TO HOMELESS SHELTERS Provides that emergency shelters may have partitioned space for homeless persons or families based on Department of Human Services (DHS) guidelines. Delays the emergency or transitional […]
Read More ACT 100, HB1098 HD2 SD1 CD1, 7/05/2017ACT 099, HB73 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/05/2017
RELATING TO JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS Makes housekeeping amendments to section 14 of Act 48, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, by removing reference to subsections. ACT 099, HB73 HD1 SD1 CD1
Read More ACT 099, HB73 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/05/2017ACT 098, HB279 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/05/2017
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES Specifies that certain types of dissemination, distribution, republication, and use of certain types of campaign materials or the financing of such by any person […]
Read More ACT 098, HB279 HD1 SD1 CD1, 7/05/2017