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Bill Title Bill Num Bill Summary Text Agenda Hearing/Committee Intro CurrentStatus
Elating To Highway Safety - Transportation HB284 Status Limits the purchase and rebuilding of salvaged vehicles to licensed individuals. Includes airbags as a resale component that requires department of transportation approval. Text Agenda TRN 1-31-07 10:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Takai
Transportation - Transportation HB1424 Status Authorizes the DOT and certain county agencies to negotiate public-private partnership agreements which allows private partners to assess tolls, fares, or other user fees as compensation for the private finance, planning, design, construction, operation, or maintenance of transportation improvements or public property. Text Agenda TRN 1-29-07 9:00 AM {TRN, EDB, FIN} Say (br)
Speeding - Transportation HB1484 Status Imposes graduated fines for violation of noncompliance with speed limit law for 1st to 3rd convictions and deposits fines into speed control special fund under the director of transportation to fund projects to control noncompliance with speeding laws Text Agenda TRN 1-29-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD, FIN} Waters, Tokioka, Magaoay
Transportation - Transportation HB1606 Status Requires department of transportation to conduct a study to determine the cost feasibility of constructing a fixed rail system of transportation connecting Kahului-Wailuku, Kihei, and Lahaina on the island of Maui. Appropriation Text Agenda TRN 2-14-07 9:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Mckelvey, Carroll, Bertram, Souki
Cruiseline Industry - Transportation HB1718 Status Requires department of transportation to prepare and submit to the legislature a cost/benefit analysis on the cruiseline industry in Hawaii Text Agenda TAC 2-14-07 8:30 AM {TRN, TAC/EDB, FIN} Yamane
Cargo Service - Transportation HB1951 Status Requires the Department of Transportation and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to study and recommend solutions to tentative plans by Young Brothers Ltd. to discontinue its less-than-container-load cargo service after January 1, 2010 Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, EDB} Carroll, Berg, Chang, Evans, Hanohano, Mckelvey, Mizuno, Tsuji, Yamashita, Brower, Har, Lee, Manahan, Nishimoto, Shimabukuro, Souki, Takumi
Traffic Violations - Transportation HB332 Status Allows audible reverse warning system to be manually turned off between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., provided the vehicle is guided by a person other than the driver of the vehicle Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Rhoads, Brower, Lee, Mizuno, Belatti, Bertram
Traffic Safety - Transportation HB357 Status Establishes a pilot project to test crosswalk safety enhancements and programs in the city and county of Honolulu. Text Agenda TRN 2-5-07 9:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Lee, Evans, Hanohano, Luke, Mizuno, Morita, Rhoads, Takai, Thielen, Belatti, Chang, Green, Sonson, Souki, Wakai, Yamane
Statewide Traffic Code - Transportation HB1126 Status Prohibits any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds from traveling in the left lane of a multi-lane roadway or street except when turning or passing. Exempts public mass transit vehicles and school buses using zipper lanes Text Agenda TRN 2-7-07 9:30 AM {TRN, JUD} Har, Hanohano, Lee, Manahan, Mckelvey, B. Oshiro, Waters, Berg, Carroll, Chang, Evans, Karamatsu, Mizuno, Nishimoto, M. Oshiro, Shimabukuro, Souki, Takumi, Tokioka, Tsuji, Wakai
Traffic Abstracts - Transportation HB1205 Status Clarifies the content requirements for traffic abstracts Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Say (br)
Traffic Infractions - Transportation HB1215 Status Expands scope of traffic infractions law to include infractions committed by minors. Permits concurrent trials and clarifies requirements. Clarifies citation form requirements. Authorizes use of electronic citations Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Say (br)
Traffic Control - Transportation HB1605 Status Appropriates funds for the design of a Maui traffic control center Text Agenda TRN 2-7-07 9:30 AM {TRN, FIN} Mckelvey, Bertram, Carroll, Souki, Yamashita
Traffic Violations - Transportation HB1613 Status Authorizes a $4 administrative fee on all citations for traffic code violations to be shared by the judiciary and the counties for the establishment and maintenance of an electronic citation system. Establishes the electronic citation system special fund. Provides for the disbursement of the funds to the counties and the judiciary Text Agenda TRN 2-5-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD, FIN} Waters, Magaoay, Souki
Traffic Records And Abstracts - Transportation HB1775 Status Clarifies the district court's record keeping and abstract-furnishing responsibilities for traffic cases Text Agenda TRN 2-5-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Manahan (br)
Dept Of Transportation's Engineering Scholarship Program - Transportation HB372 Status Promotes the civil engineering profession and enhances the recruitment and retention of civil engineers in the department of transportation by providing financial assistance, on-the-job training, and educational opportunities to qualified students of Hawaii. Text Agenda TRN-HED 1-29-07 9:00 AM {TRN, HED, FIN} Waters
Driver's License - Transportation HB1686 Status Repeals the option to impose a 30-day prison term as a penalty for driving without a license for drivers whose license to operate mopeds, motor scooters, motorcycles, passenger cars, and trucks or vans having a gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000 pounds or less expired within the 90 days preceding the violation Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Karamatsu, Tsuji, Caldwell, Magaoay, Souki
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Transportation HB83 Status Prohibits uninsured motorists from recovering noneconomic damages. Text Agenda CPC 1-29-07 2:00 PM {CPC, JUD} Herkes
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Transportation HB87 Status Shortens notice period for reporting accident to insurer. Text Agenda CPC 1-29-07 2:00 PM {CPC} Herkes
Motor Vehicle Safety - Transportation HB154 Status Redefines highly intoxicated driver. Establishes evidence and sentencing parameters for highly intoxicated drivers. Establishes minimum and maximum administrative license revocation periods for highly intoxicated drivers. Text Agenda TRN-JUD 1-29-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Souki, Nishimoto
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Transportation HB157 Status Requires motor vehicle insurers to reduce the rates of drivers over the age of 55 who successfully complete a driver improvement course. Text Agenda TRN 1-31-07 10:00 AM {TRN, CPC} Souki, Nishimoto
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Transportation HB276 Status Authorizes insureds to choose between no-fault and no-fault with a threshold for uncompensated economic loss. Text Agenda CPC 1-29-07 2:00 PM {CPC, JUD} Herkes
Motor Vehicles - Transportation HB353 Status Repeals the prohibition against the payment and receipt of commissions related to the sale of collision damage waivers for rental vehicles. Text Agenda TRN 1-31-07 10:00 AM {TRN, CPC} Souki, Nishimoto, Mizuno, Nakasone
Motor Vehicle Accidents - Transportation HB362 Status Allows for the immediate removal of a motor vehicle from the scene of an accident where no serious, substantial, or bodily injury has occurred. Text Agenda JUD 2-13-07 2:00 PM {TRN, JUD} Lee, Cabanilla, Morita, Ito, Souki, Yamane
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Transportation HB394 Status Requires motor vehicle insurers to reduce the rates of senior citizens who successfully complete a driver improvement course. Text Agenda TRN 2-7-07 9:30 AM {TRN, CPC} M. Oshiro, Carroll, Chang, Chong, Karamatsu, Lee, Manahan, Mizuno, Nishimoto, Tokioka, Yamane, Yamashita, Ward, Brower, Hanohano, Har, Sagum
Motor Vehicle Noise - Transportation HB443 Status Amends motor vehicle muffler noise law to provide a schedule of increased fines for the second, third, and subsequent violations. Decreases the maximum penalty for the first violation from $250 to $100. Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Nishimoto
Motor Sports Facility - Transportation HB567 Status Requires department of accounting and general services to conduct a study to determine the cost of developing an all-purpose motor sports facility in the State, including acquisition of land, construction, and cost of start-up, maintenance, and operation. Text Agenda TAC-WLH 2-7-07 8:30 AM {TAC/WLH, FIN} Yamane
Motor Vehicles - Transportation HB748 Status Makes unpaid parking citations the responsibility of the person who was the registered owner of the vehicle at the time the citation was issued, even if the vehicle is later transferred to a new or repossessed by the legal owner. Permits the driver's license of the person who was the registered owner at the time the citation was issued to be restricted until outstanding assessments are paid. Text Agenda TRN 1-31-07 10:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Caldwell, B. Oshiro, Waters, Carroll, Souki
Motor Vehicles - Transportation HB895 Status Allows counties to increase vehicle registration fees. Increases towing and storage fees tow companies are allowed to charge. Decreases the number of days required to notify a motor vehicle owner. Decreases the number of days the motor vehicle owner has to claim the motor vehicle. Text Agenda TRN 1-31-07 10:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Souki, Lee, Luke, Mckelvey, Nishimoto, Evans, Har, Nakasone, Sonson, Takumi
Motor Vehicle Alarm Systems - Transportation HB996 Status Prohibits motor vehicle alarm systems. Provides exception for authorized emergency vehicles Text Agenda EEP 2-8-07 8:30 AM {EEP, JUD} Rhoads, Lee, Belatti, Brower, Mizuno
Motor Vehicles - Transportation HB1110 Status After 12/31/2009, prohibits: (1) sale or lease of motor vehicles that do not use flexible fuel or alternative energy fuel; and (2) purchase or replacement of rental motor vehicles that do not use flexible fuel or alternative energy fuel. Imposes penaltie Text Agenda EEP 2-8-07 8:30 AM {EEP, CPC, FIN} Say, Karamatsu, Yamashita
Motor Vehicles - Transportation HB1176 Status Requires an advance disposal fee for new motor vehicles Text Agenda EEP 2-1-07 8:00 AM {EEP, EDB/TRN, FIN} Say (br)
Motor Vehicles - Transportation HB1343 Status
Text Agenda PSM 2-8-07 8:45 AM {PSM, TRN, FIN} Say (br)
Motor Vehicles - Transportation HB1427 Status
Text Agenda TRN 2-14-07 9:00 AM {TRN} Say (br)
Motor Vehicle Alarm Systems - Transportation HB1444 Status Prohibits motor vehicle alarm manufacturers from causing to be sold in the State alarm systems that cannot electronically notify the motor vehicle owner that the alarm is being activated. Prohibits motor vehicle owners from operating a vehicle that lacks Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Nishimoto, Luke
Motor Vehicle Alarm Systems - Transportation HB1445 Status Prohibits the use of audible motor vehicle alarms in the State. Prohibits motor vehicle owners from operating a motor vehicle with an alarm system that lacks electronic capability. Subjects violators to traffic code penalties Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Nishimoto, Luke
Motor Vehicles - Transportation HB1446 Status Permits motor vehicle backup warning beepers to be disabled if the vehicle is equipped with a rear view camera system, or a watchperson is on duty Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Nishimoto, Luke
Motor Vehicle Accident Investigation - Transportation HB1549 Status Establishes a multidisciplinary accident investigation team in the police department of any county with a population in excess of 500,000 persons for the purpose of investigating major accidents on state roadways in a manner designed to minimize lane and Text Agenda TRN 1-29-07 9:00 AM {TRN, PSM, FIN} Cabanilla, Brower, Takai, Bertram, Lee, Mizuno, Nishimoto, B. Oshiro, M. Oshiro, Souki, Wakai
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Transportation HB1925 Status Requires stickers on motor vehicles as proof of effective no-fault insurance policy Text Agenda TRN 2-7-07 9:30 AM {TRN, CPC/JUD} Brower, Carroll, Lee, Say, Waters, Belatti, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Mckelvey, Morita, Rhoads, Shimabukuro, Souki
Transportation - Transportation HB721 Status Allows private entities to enter into agreements to construct, improve, maintain, and operate transportation facilities in the State. Text Agenda TRN 1-29-07 9:00 AM {TRN, EDB, FIN} Cabanilla, Meyer, Mizuno, Caldwell, Karamatsu, Sonson, Tokioka, Ward
Airports - Transportation HB416 Status Exempts structures and improvements to land used for airport purposes from special management area permitting requirements and approval of county agencies. Text Agenda WLH 2-12-07 9:30 AM {TRN, WLH} Souki, Nishimoto
Insurance - Transportation HB358 Status Prohibits homeowner's insurers from raising rates or refusing coverage to homeowners who own or harbor a dog, unless the dog has been found to have unjustifiably bitten a human being on at least two separate occasions. Text Agenda CPC 1-29-07 2:00 PM {CPC} Lee, Mizuno, Morita, Yamane
Pedestrians' Right Of Way - Transportation HB375 Status Clarifies a driver's duty to stop or yield the right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk when traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation. Text Agenda TRN 2-5-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Waters
Pedestrian Safety - Transportation HB806 Status Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for a pilot study to identify state and county intersections where the time to cross the intersection is insufficient for elderly pedestrians. Text Agenda TRN 2-5-07 9:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Mizuno, Awana, Brower, Ching, Finnegan, Hanohano, Meyer, Pine, Sonson, Thielen, Ward, Bertram, Carroll, Rhoads
Pedestrians - Transportation HB1944 Status Clarifies when a driver must stop for a pedestrian crossing a roadway in a marked crosswalk Text Agenda TRN 2-5-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Say
Transfers From The General Fund To The State Highway Fund - Transportation HB1428 Status
Text Agenda TRN 2-7-07 9:30 AM {TRN, FIN} Say (br)
Transportation - Transportation HB70 Status Allows State to enter into agreements with private entities to build, operate, own, or finance transportation facilities including toll highways. Appropriates $ and $ for FY 2007-2008 and FY 2008-2009, respectively. Text Agenda EDB 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, EDB, FIN} Cabanilla, Bertram, Chong, Karamatsu, Luke, Nishimoto, Sagum, Say, Sonson, Souki
Dept Of Transportation - Transportation HB155 Status Requires the Department of Transportation, to the extend practicable, to comply with county outdoor lighting ordinances that are more stringent than other laws and regulations at airports, harbors, and highways. Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Souki
Crosswalks - Transportation HB482 Status Prohibits placement of crosswalks on a public highway with two or more lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction unless there is a stop light or pedestrian crossing light. Text Agenda TRN 2-14-07 9:00 AM {TRN, PSM} Berg, Brower
Transportation - Transportation HB496 Status Increases the State Highway Fund's allotment and expenditure for bikeways to five per cent of federally eligible moneys and requires that five per cent of the Fund's moneys expended for the construction, maintenance, and repair of county roads be used to improve county walkways to enhance pedestrian use and access. Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Bertram
Transportation - Transportation HB497 Status Earmarks 2% of federally eligible moneys from the state highway fund for bikeways. Text Agenda TRN 2-5-07 9:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Bertram, Nishimoto, Sonson, Meyer, Pine, Evans, Hanohano, Manahan, Rhoads
Toll Roads - Transportation HB720 Status Authorizes director of transportation to impose toll charges on existing highways or construct new toll roads. Provides for agreement with private entities to construct, operate, and maintain toll roads. Requires prior feasibility study. Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Cabanilla, Meyer, Hanohano, Mizuno, Sagum
Transportation - Transportation HB1608 Status Allows for the establishment of traffic emergency zones to provide highway access to designated areas Text Agenda TRN-PSM 2-8-07 8:35 AM {TRN/PSM, JUD} Mckelvey, Awana, Bertram, Carroll, Evans, Har
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Transportation HB86 Status Makes health insurance primary to personal injury protection benefit component of no-fault insurance. Authorizes health insurers to recover their costs from the personal injury protection insurers. Text Agenda CPC 1-29-07 2:00 PM {CPC, JUD} Herkes
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Transportation HB181 Status Makes health insurance primary to personal injury protection benefit component of no-fault insurance. Text Agenda CPC 1-29-07 2:00 PM {CPC} Herkes
Harbors - Transportation HB64 Status Authorizes the department of transportation to partner with a private developer to purchase or lease land for an intra-island ferry or water taxi service at west Oahu. Text Agenda TRN-FIN 1-29-07 9:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Cabanilla, Bertram, Mizuno, Rhoads, Karamatsu, Luke, Nishimoto, Sagum, Say, Sonson, Souki
Ocean Recreation And Coastal Areas Programs - Transportation HB736 Status Transfers small boat harbors, boating, ocean recreation, and coastal areas programs, from DLNR back to DOT. Allows DLNR to retain its present scope of jurisdiction over enforcement of the programs. Text Agenda TRN-WLH-FIN 1-29-07 9:00 AM {TRN, WLH, FIN} Caldwell, B. Oshiro, Chang, Chong, Karamatsu, Lee, M. Oshiro, Say, Souki, Yamashita
Small Boat Harbors - Transportation HB960 Status Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to designate a small boat harbor improvement project if it determines that there is need for replanning, renewal, or redevelopment of the facilities and infrastructure. Provides a means for financing Text Agenda WLH 2-12-07 9:00 AM {WLH, FIN} Sagum, Chong, Evans, Ito, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Tokioka, Souki
Emergency Preparedness - Transportation HB1092 Status Appropriates funds to the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation to purchase emergency backup generators for emergency shelters, State airports, and State commercial harbors to ensure continuous service during power outages Text Agenda PSM-TRN 2-8-07 8:35 AM {PSM/TRN, FIN} Say
Invasive Species Funding - Transportation HB773 Status Earmarks a portion of the airport landing fee and the harbor port entry, dockage, and wharfage fees for invasive species control and prevention. Text Agenda AGR-EEP 2-6-07 11:00 AM {AGR/EEP, TRN, FIN} Caldwell
Appropriation For Improvements At And The Relocation Of Honolulu Marine, Inc To Keehi Small Boat Harbor - Transportation HB1516 Status Makes an appropriation to make improvements at Keehi small boat harbor for the relocation of Honolulu Marine, Inc. from Kewalo basin Text Agenda WLH 2-7-07 9:00 AM {WLH, FIN} Magaoay, Chong, Karamatsu, Manahan, Rhoads, Souki
Environment, maritime shipping activities - Transportation HB702 Status Requires an environmental assessment for harbor improvements using public moneys; clarifies that traffic congestion is to be considered in an environmental impact statement process; requires the preparation of an environmental impact statement for the Hawaii superferry project; requires work to cease on Hawaii superferry until an environmental impact statement is accepted; makes appropriation to department of transportation to prepare an environmental impact statement. Text Agenda EEP 2-6-07 10:00 AM {EEP, TRN, FIN} Carroll, B. Oshiro, Waters, Chong, Ito, Lee
Cruise Ship Fees - Transportation HB189 Status Requires department of land and natural resources to annually report costs of cruise ships using small boat harbors and propose annual legislation to fix fees to offset those costs. Requires fees to be set by statute and not by rules of the department of land and natural resources. Text Agenda TAC 1-31-07 8:30 AM {TAC, TRN/WLH, FIN} Evans
Boating - Transportation HB507 Status Prohibits the transfer of the small boat harbors to a county without legislative approval. Text Agenda LMG 2-14-07 2:00 PM {WLH, LMG, FIN} Souki
Boating - Transportation HB1849 Status Increases mooring fees by 50% on 01/01/08, and by an additional 10% each subsequent 01/01 over the next 4 years Text Agenda WLH 2-12-07 9:00 AM {WLH, FIN} Ito, Evans, Bertram, Cabanilla, Karamatsu, Lee, Manahan, Shimabukuro, Souki, Yamashita
Boating - Transportation HB1914 Status Prohibits a person from mooring a boat at a state small boat harbor unless the person has obtained sufficient insurance to cover boat removal costs should the boat run aground. Text Agenda WLH 2-12-07 9:00 AM {WLH, FIN} Mckelvey, Brower, Morita, Awana, Carroll, Chong, Hanohano, Ito, Magaoay, Tokioka, Waters
Aloha Tower Development Corporation - Transportation HB250 Status Allows the aloha tower development corporation to undertake projects for commercial harbors under the jurisdiction of department of transportation. Text Agenda WLH-TRN 2-14-07 11:30 AM {WLH/TRN, FIN} Ito, Chang, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Mizuno, Sagum, Chong, Herkes, Manahan, Yamane, Yamashita
Use Of Mobile Phones While Driving - Transportation HB156 Status Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while driving unless equipped with a hands-free accessory and being used in the hands-free mode. Exempts mobile radios. Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Souki, Nishimoto
All Terrain-vehicles - Transportation HB235 Status Limits right to operate all terrain-vehicles to adults. Requires all terrain-vehicles to have mufflers and not be operated on public lands. Requires retailers to inform buyers of requirements prior to sale or rental. Text Agenda TRN-EDB 1-29-07 9:00 AM {TRN, EDB, JUD} Shimabukuro
Community Development - Transportation HB258 Status Establishes the Ala Wai community development district. Provides development objectives and guidelines. Provides for request for proposals for the private redevelopment and operation of Ala Wai boat harbor. Transfers Ala Wai boat harbor from department of land and natural resources to Hawaii community development authority. Text Agenda WLH 2-12-07 9:00 AM {WLH, FIN} Ito, Chong, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Yamane, Yamashita, Chang
Towing - Transportation HB279 Status Requires all towing companies operating in the State to display in the cab of each of their tow trucks, in plain view and in large bold legible print, the license number of the truck and the towing company's name and telephone number. Text Agenda TRN 1-31-07 10:00 AM {TRN, CPC} Takai
Mopeds - Transportation HB435 Status Requires mopeds to be inspected annually, to display a certificate of inspection, and to be operated only with an exhaust system that meets original manufacturer specifications. Text Agenda TRN 1-31-07 10:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Nishimoto
DAGS; Payroll Deduction; Bus Pass Purchase; County Coordination - Transportation HB503 Status Authorizes department of accounting and general services to implement payroll deduction for state employees who wish to buy city and county of Honolulu bus passes. Requires coordination with the city and county of Honolulu. Text Agenda LAB-FIN 1-26-07 9:05 AM {LAB, FIN} Chong, Ito, Lee, B. Oshiro, Waters, Yamane, Yamashita, Carroll, Chang, Herkes, Magaoay, M. Oshiro, Say, Sonson H 1/26/07 - The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
Waiver Of Abandoned Vehicle Public Auction Requirements - Transportation HB657 Status Allows the waiver of public auction of a towed vehicle that has not been claimed and the vehicle is missing major components or is so materially damaged as to render the vehicle inoperable and the registration period has expired for the vehicle. Text Agenda TRN 1-31-07 10:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Morita, Chong, Thielen, Waters
Transportation - Transportation HB779 Status Appropriates funds for the reconfiguration of the portion of the H-1 Freeway over the Kunia interchange in the eastbound direction, to provide for a third lane of travel. Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, FIN} Har, Awana, Karamatsu, Mckelvey, Pine, Shimabukuro
Transportation - Transportation HB893 Status Allows for the operation of larger articulated buses used for public transit purposes on public roadways. Text Agenda TRN 2-5-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Souki (br)
Mopeds - Transportation HB931 Status Exempts certain three wheeled mopeds from passenger and seating restrictions on the operation of mopeds Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Wakai, Nishimoto, Bertram, Souki
Driver's Licenses - Transportation HB1100 Status Increases from two years to four years after the date of issuance, the length of time before a driver's license expires for drivers seventy-two years of age or older Text Agenda TRN 2-7-07 9:30 AM {TRN, JUD} Say (br)
Driver Licenses - Transportation HB1101 Status Permits the examiner of drivers to waive the knowledge test for an applicant reapplying for a Hawaii driver's license where the applicant holds a valid license from another state or territory and the applicant's prior Hawaii license would have expired not Text Agenda TRN 2-14-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Say
Dept Of Transportation - Transportation HB1429 Status Increases fines imposed on users and tenants who violate chapter 266, the department's administrative rules, or any lawful command of any harbor master, agent, or district manager. Allows for a full recovery of fines imposed on the DOT for violations of federal and state air and water pollution laws committed by harbor users and tenants. Text Agenda TRN 2-12-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD} Say (br)
Transit - Transportation HB1560 Status Establishes the Honolulu transit community development district. Provides guidance policies for the development of a community development plan for the district Text Agenda TRN 2-7-07 9:30 AM {TRN, WLH, FIN} Sonson, Bertram, Brower, Carroll, Chong, Hanohano, Ito, Karamatsu, Lee, Magaoay, Manahan, Morita, M. Oshiro, Souki, Tokioka, Yamane
Transportation - Transportation HB1757 Status Provides relief to the property motor carrier industry from certain vehicle gross weight requirements and penalties Text Agenda JUD 2-13-07 2:00 PM {TRN, JUD, FIN} Souki, Nishimoto
Use Of Intoxicants While Operating A Vehicle - Transportation HB1812 Status Establishes offense of driving after consumption of alcohol. Amends administrative license revocation procedures, periods of revocation, and conditional permit conditions. Requires 50% of DUI fines to be paid to counties for traffic enforcement and 50% to judiciary for administrative revocation proceedings. Requires annual report to the legislature of fines distributed Text Agenda TRN 2-5-07 9:00 AM {TRN, JUD, FIN} Waters
Transportation - Transportation HB1862 Status Allows motor vehicles registered to individuals with serious skin conditions to obtain darker window sun-screening devices than currently allowed by law Text Agenda TRN 2-14-07 9:00 AM {HLT, TRN, JUD} Takamine, Chang, Herkes, Tsuji, Evans, Hanohano
State Veterans' Home - Social Services HB201 Status Establishes a veterans' home account and veterans' gift account to be administered by the Hawaii health systems corporation for the state veterans' home in Hilo. Also requires accounts to comply with reporting requirements for non-general fund information. Text Agenda PSM 2-8-07 8:45 AM {PSM, FIN} Evans
Veterans - Social Services HB613 Status Changes and clarifies the composition of the policy advisory board on veterans' services. Text Agenda PSM 2-8-07 8:45 AM {PSM} Evans, Carroll, Herkes
Veteran Burial Grants - Social Services HB831 Status Requires the office of veterans' services, at the request of a survivor or interested party of a deceased Filipino veteran who joined the New Filipino Scouts between October 6, 1945, and June 30, 1947, to make payment directly to a mortuary or crematory for funeral and burial services, and to transport the veteran's remains to the Philippines upon submission of an unpaid invoice. Appropriates moneys. Text Agenda PSM 2-8-07 8:45 AM {PSM, FIN} Magaoay, Cabanilla, Evans, Finnegan, Herkes, Ito, Karamatsu, Manahan, Mckelvey, Mizuno, Pine, Sagum, Sonson, Berg, Chang
Telepsychiatry - Social Services HB202 Status Appropriates funds to expand the telepsychiatry project at the University of Hawaii; appropriates funds for that purpose. Text Agenda HED 1-30-07 2:00 PM {HED, HLT, FIN} Green
Human Services; Self-Sufficiency Standard - Social Services HB102 Status Requires the department of human services to apply a self-sufficiency standard, to be established and updated annually by the department of business, economic development, and tourism to determine the amount of assistance allowance. Defines self-sufficiency standard. Requires reports to the legislature from the department of human services. Text Agenda EDB 2-8-07 8:50 AM {HSH, EDB, FIN} Shimabukuro, Hanohano, Belatti, Bertram H 2/3/07 - Bill scheduled to be heard by EDB on Thursday, 02-08-07 at 8:50 am in House conference room 325.
Tobacco - Social Services HB527 Status Prohibits the sale and distribution of flavored tobacco products. Text Agenda HLT 2-13-07 8:30 AM {HLT, JUD} Mizuno, Awana, Bertram, Ching, Finnegan, Green, Manahan, Marumoto, Meyer, Pine, Rhoads, Thielen, Tokioka, Belatti, Brower, Cabanilla, Shimabukuro
Tobacco - Social Services HB1057 Status Makes it unlawful for minors (persons under age 18) to possess or use tobacco products. Exempts minors when lawfully delivering tobacco products or participating in a law enforcement activity. Subjects violator of a subsequent offense to possible, rathe Text Agenda EDB 2-1-07 9:00 AM {EDB, JUD} Yamashita, Chang, Chong, Mckelvey, Mizuno, B. Oshiro, Bertram, Karamatsu, Nakasone, Say, Tsuji, Yamane
Enhanced Penalties For Securities Violations Committed Against Elders - Social Services HB1306 Status
Text Agenda CPC 2-12-07 2:00 PM {CPC, JUD} Say (br)
Long Term Care - Social Services HB818 Status Establishes an office of the long-term care ombudsman within the executive office on aging and appropriates funds for the office to hire additional staff and to support the office's operating costs to ensure adequate services on the neighbor islands. Text Agenda HLT-HSH 2-13-07 8:30 AM {HLT/HSH, FIN} Mizuno, Awana, Carroll, Ching, Finnegan, Hanohano, Pine, Sonson, Thielen, Bertram, Rhoads, Ward
Affordable Housing - Social Services HB105 Status Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority, in cooperation with the City and County of Honolulu, to develop a plan for an affordable housing community within the Kalaeloa Community Development District. Text Agenda HSH 2-1-07 8:30 AM {HSH, WLH, FIN} Shimabukuro
Housing - Social Services HB109 Status Short form bill relating to Housing. Text Agenda HSH 2-12-07 8:31 AM {HSH} Shimabukuro
Housing - Social Services HB110 Status Short form bill relating to Housing. Text Agenda HSH 2-12-07 8:31 AM {HSH} Shimabukuro
Housing - Social Services HB150 Status Increases the share of the conveyance tax dedicated to the rental housing trust fund to 65% and makes various other appropriations to assist the homeless. Text Agenda WLH 2-12-07 9:30 AM {HSH, WLH, FIN} Shimabukuro
Affordable Housing - Social Services HB185 Status Requires the Hawaii Housing and Finance Development Corporation to establish an affordable housing demonstration project in Waianae on Oahu and South Kohala on the island of Hawaii. Text Agenda HSH-WLH 2-8-07 8:30 AM {HSH/WLH, FIN} Herkes, Shimabukuro
Housing - Social Services HB236 Status Appropriates $1,400,000 to Habitat for Humanity as a grant to build 200 self-help ownership homes in the State. Text Agenda HSH 1-29-07 8:30 AM {HSH, FIN} Shimabukuro
Making A Matching Funds Appropriation To Increase Student On-campus And Nearby Housing - Social Services HB239 Status Creates public-private partnership to develop student on-campus and nearby housing. Text Agenda HSH 2-8-07 8:32 AM {HED, HSH, FIN} Shimabukuro
Public Housing - Social Services HB320 Status Appropriates funds for improved security measures at the Mayor Wright homes public housing complex, including the contract hiring of three full-time security officers. Text Agenda HSH 2-5-07 8:31 AM {HSH, FIN} Rhoads
Housing - Social Services HB329 Status Appropriates moneys to allow Kukui Gardens to remain an affordable development. Text Agenda HSH 2-5-07 8:31 AM {HSH, FIN} Rhoads
Housing - Social Services HB486 Status Makes housekeeping amendments to correct statutory references. Text Agenda HSH 2-1-07 8:31 AM {HSH, FIN} Shimabukuro
Housing Programs - Social Services HB487 Status Makes technical amendments to a variety of state laws to implement recommendations of legislative reference bureau report to legislature pursuant to section 14 of Act 180, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006 concerning references that should be substituted in place of references to the housing and community development corporation that was repealed by A