Rep. Cheape addresses SB 726 – Film Tax Credit; Reporting; Amendments

RELATING TO FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT.
Report Title: Film Tax Credit; Reporting; Amendments
Description: Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit by, among other things: 1) Extending the repeal of the credit from January 1, 2016, to January 1, 2019; 2) Increasing the credit ceiling to $15,000,000 per qualified production; 3) Changing the credit amount from fifteen per cent of qualified production costs to twenty per cent in a county with a population of over seven hundred thousand, and from twenty per cent of qualified production costs to twenty five per cent in a county with a population of seven hundred thousand or less; 4) Adding a reporting requirement. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB726 CD1)

4/30/2013 S Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 24 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani.
4/30/2013 H Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Fale, Yamane voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Choy, Coffman, Har, Jordan, Oshiro, Wooley voting no (6) and none excused (0).

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Reps. McDermott, Fale and Ward address SB1214 – Parking Violations; Wheel Boots

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Report Title: Parking Violations; Wheel Boots
Description: Repeals the commission on transportation. Prohibits any person or entity or the police from applying a wheel boot to a motor vehicle located on any public or private street, roadway, or highway, or on any public or private property. (CD1)
4/30/2013 S Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 13 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 12 No(es): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Espero, Gabbard, Green, Ihara, Kahele, Nishihara, Ruderman, Shimabukuro, Solomon, L. Thielen, Slom. 0 Excused: none.
4/30/2013 H Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) McKelvey voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Cheape, Choy, Evans, Fale, Hanohano, Johanson, Jordan, McDermott, Thielen, Ward, Wooley voting no (12) and none excused (0).

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Rep. Thielen addresses SB1207 – Submerged Lands; Department of Transportation Exemption

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
Report Title: Submerged Lands; Department of Transportation Exemption
Description: Amends chapter 266, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exempt the Department of Transportation, Harbors Division, from the permit and site plan approval requirements established for lands within the conservation district. (CD1)

4/30/2013 S Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 21 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 4 No(es): Senator(s) Green, Ihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen. 0 Excused: none.
4/30/2013 H Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Carroll, Cheape, Fukumoto, Ing, Johanson, C. Lee, Lowen, Morikawa, Oshiro, Rhoads, Thielen, Ward, Wooley voting no (13) and none excused (0).
5/1/2013 H Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 755).
5/2/2013 S Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 761).

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Rep. Ward addresses SB 1084 – Early Childhood Education; Public Funds; Constitutional Amendment

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 1, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT THE APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
Report Title: Early Childhood Education; Public Funds; Constitutional Amendment (ConAm)
Description: Proposes a constitutional amendment to permit the appropriation of public funds for private early childhood education programs, subject to non-discrimination provisions, as provided by law. (CD1)

4/30/2013 S Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 21 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Hee, Ihara, Taniguchi, Wakai . 4 No(es): Senator(s) Baker, Dela Cruz, Espero, Slom. 0 Excused: none.
4/30/2013 H Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Aquino, Cullen, Lowen, Morikawa, Woodson, Yamane voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Brower, Cabanilla, Cheape, Fale, Fukumoto, Hanohano, Ito, Johanson, McDermott, McKelvey, Nakashima, Onishi, Takai, Ward voting no (14) and none excused (0).

 

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Rep. Thielen addresses HB 17 – Coastal Areas; Public Access

RELATING TO COASTAL AREAS.
Report Title: Coastal Areas; Public Access
Description: Deletes the “one gallon per person per day” exception to the prohibition against the removal of sand and other beach or marine deposits, except for materials inadvertently taken, and creates an exemption for public emergencies and traditional cultural practices. Ensures public lateral access along the shoreline by making permanent the requirement that landowners remove human-induced, enhanced, or unmaintained vegetation interfering with such access and maintaining DLNR’s enforcement duty to maintain such access. Clarifies that Act 160, SLH 2010 does not alter or modify any agreement of the DLNR existing or executed on the effective date of Act 160. Effective 06/29/13. (SD2)

4/30/2013 S Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 755).
4/30/2013 H House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
4/30/2013 H Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with Representative(s) Fale, Jordan, Tsuji voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cabanilla, Morikawa, Oshiro, Tokioka voting no (4) and none excused (0).

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Rep. Fale addresses SB 237- Part II

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS.
Report Title: Twenty-first Century Schools; DOE; Appropriation ($)
Description: Establishes a pilot program to generate revenue through the lease of public school lands for public purposes. Establishes the school facilities subaccount. Requires the department of education to report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation for the pilot program. (CD1)

/30/2013 S Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 19 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Galuteria, Ihara, Nishihara, Solomon . 5 No(es): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Kidani, Taniguchi, L. Thielen, Slom. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hee.
4/30/2013 H Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Carroll, McKelvey, Morikawa voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Brower, Cheape, Fale, Fukumoto, Hanohano, Har, Hashem, Ito, Johanson, Jordan, Lowen, McDermott, Thielen, Ward, Wooley voting no (15) and none excused (0).

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Reps. Thielen, Ward, McDermott and Fale Address SB237 – Twenty-first Century Schools

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS.
Report Title: Twenty-first Century Schools; DOE; Appropriation ($)
Description: Establishes a pilot program to generate revenue through the lease of public school lands for public purposes. Establishes the school facilities subaccount. Requires the department of education to report to the legislature. Makes an appropriation for the pilot program. (CD1)

4/30/2013 S Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 19 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Galuteria, Ihara, Nishihara, Solomon . 5 No(es): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Kidani, Taniguchi, L. Thielen, Slom. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hee.
4/30/2013 H Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Carroll, McKelvey, Morikawa voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Brower, Cheape, Fale, Fukumoto, Hanohano, Har, Hashem, Ito, Johanson, Jordan, Lowen, McDermott, Thielen, Ward, Wooley voting no (15) and none excused (0).

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Reps. Fale and Ward address SB 1093 – School Readiness; Preschool Open Doors Program; Appropriation

RELATING TO SCHOOL READINESS.
Report Title: School Readiness; Preschool Open Doors Program; Appropriation
Description: Establishes the preschool open doors program within the department of human services. Requires reporting to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. (CD1)

4/30/2013 S Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 24 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom. 0 Excused: none.
4/30/2013 H Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Fale, Fukumoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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Rep. McDermott addresses SB 1093 – School Readiness; Preschool Open Doors Program; Appropriation

RELATING TO SCHOOL READINESS.
Report Title: School Readiness; Preschool Open Doors Program; Appropriation
Description: Establishes the preschool open doors program within the department of human services. Requires reporting to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. (CD1)

4/30/2013 S Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 24 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom. 0 Excused: none.
4/30/2013 H Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Fale, Fukumoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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Rep. Fukumoto addresses SB 1093 – School Readiness; Preschool Open Doors Program; Appropriation

RELATING TO SCHOOL READINESS.
Report Title: School Readiness; Preschool Open Doors Program; Appropriation
Description: Establishes the preschool open doors program within the department of human services. Requires reporting to the legislature. Makes an appropriation. (CD1)

4/30/2013 S Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 24 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom. 0 Excused: none.
4/30/2013 H Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Fale, Fukumoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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