1. Healthcare

Bill/Companion Introducer(s)
Bills
HB 97
Choy
Referrals
Current Status
Description
HED, JUD
First Reading
(House)
Sunshine: No noticeable difference with HB 974
& SB 1143
SB 369
Taniguichi (by
request)
Souki
HEA, JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
CPC hearing
(2/4)
Kidani, Wakai,
Dela Cruz, Espero,
Galuteria, Inouye,
Nishihara, Riviere
Souki
JDL/CPN
First Reading
(Senate)
CPC, JUD
SB 135
Keith-Agaran (by
request)
JDL
CPC hearing
(2/4)
First Reading
(Senate)
HB 202
Souki (by request)
JUD
First Reading
(House)
SB 410
Kim (by request)
PSM, JDL
HB 287
Souki (by request)
JUD
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(House)
SB 427
Kim (by request)
JDL
HB 131
SB 840
HB 150;
CPC, JUD
First Reading
(Senate)
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UIPA: Expands mandatory disclosure under HRS
§ 92F-14(b)(7) for licensee information to include
records concerning requisite experience,
completion of relevant exams, and evidence of
adequate bonding
Sunshine: Permits a board member to distribute
to other board members a document subject to the
mandatory disclosure provision of the UIPA (HRS
§ 92F-12), so long as the transmittal does not seek
commitment to a vote on board business
Sunshine: Council members may attend and
speak at non-board meetings; County of Maui
Package
UIPA: Adds new exception to UIPA for records
that likely to result in physical harm to an
individual or cause “harm, embarrassment,
inconvenience, or unfairness to an individual”;
Judiciary Package—may be response to U Memo
15-3 and U Memo 14-11 (concerning disclosure of
judge’s birthdates)
Bill/Companion Introducer(s)
Bills
HB 292
Souki (by request)
Referrals
Current Status
Description
JUD
First Reading
(House)
SB 431
Kim (by request)
JDL
HB 313
Souki (by request)
JUD
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(House)
UIPA: Exempts judge’s personal information
from disclosure; Judiciary Package—may be
response to U Memo 15-3 and U Memo 14-11
(concerning disclosure of judge’s birthdates)
SB 419
Kim (by request)
PSM, JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
HB 317
Souki (by request)
JUD
First Reading
(House)
SB 420
Kim (by request)
PSM, JDL
HB 322
Souki (by request)
JUD
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(House)
SB 723
Baker, Chun
Oakland, English,
Espero, Riviere,
Wakai, Ruderman,
Taniguchi
PSM, JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
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Sunshine: Permits neighborhood board members
to attend non-board presentations concerning
board business if open to public, no fee is charged,
not organized specifically for the board, and no
member commits to vote on any issue; City &
County of Honolulu Package
Sunshine: Excludes neighborhood boards from
Sunshine; City & County of Honolulu Package
Sunshine: Permits county council members to
attend and speak at non-Sunshine events so long
as event open to public
Bill/Companion Introducer(s)
Bills
HB 369
Numerous
Referrals
Current Status
Description
JUD, FIN
First Reading
(House)
SB 149
JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
Sunshine: Adds references to public
participation to intent of Sunshine Law; requires
advance access to documents to be considered by
the board; requires board to accept public
testimony on any topic within board’s
jurisdiction; requires board accept oral testimony
after initial board deliberation, but before vote;
restricts board’s ability to limit oral testimony;
codifies OIP Op. No. 02-06 that board minutes
must be disclosed after 30 days regardless of
board approval
Keith-Agaran (by
request)
HB 461
Souki, Luke, Saiki
FIN
First Reading
(House)
SB 472
Keith-Agaran
JDL, WAM
HB 567
LoPresti, Mizuno,
Keohokalole,
Rhoads, San
Buenaventura
JUD, FIN
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(House)
SB 1194
Shimabukuro,
Riviere
McKelvey, Belatti,
Evans, Luke,
Woodson
JDL
HB 728
HLT,
CPC/JUD
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(House)
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UIPA: Adds reference to “documents under
discussion” to intent of UIPA
OIP: Transfers OIP from Lt. Gov. to DAGS;
provides OIP more autonomy in staffing and
procurement; permits OIP to contract for legal
counsel independent of the AG’s office
Records: State lobbyist filings must be
electronically filed and posted on Internet
UIPA (portion): Adds a UIPA exemption to
92F-13 for “de-identified claims data” newly
required by the bill
Bill/Companion Introducer(s)
Bills
HB 786
Woodson,
Mizuno, Rhoads,
San Buenaventura
Referrals
Current Status
Description
JUD, FIN
First Reading
(House)
SB 140
JDL
JDL hearing
(1/27)—
Deferred
HB 790
Keith-Agaran,
English,
Shimabukuro,
Wakai
Oshiro
UIPA: Imposes duty on agencies to exercise
reasonable care in the maintenance of government
records; response to Molfino v. Yuen, No. SCWC10-150 (Haw. Nov. 13, 2014)
LAB, JUD
First Reading
(House)
SB 1208
Keith-Agaran
JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
HB 974
Souki (by request)
HED, JUD
First Reading
(House)
SB 1143
Kim (by request)
HEA/JDL,
WAM
First Reading
(Senate)
HB 986
Say
First Reading
(House)
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OIP opposes in current form because of broad
definition of government record under UIPA
Sunshine: Grants Employees’ Retirement System
permission to hold executive sessions to discuss
investments or potential investments that concern
proprietary or confidential business information,
to discuss procurement decisions, to discuss
authority of negotiators for investment or sale of
property, and to consider draft reports under
“deliberative process privilege”
Sunshine: Permits UH to promulgate rules by
Sunshine meeting, rather than Chapter 91, when
the rules concern inventory, equipment, surplus
property or expenditures management; defining
residence for tuition purposes; the state higher
education loan fund; the Fong and Long
scholarship programs; and parking fees; Governor
Package
OIP: No noticeable difference with HB 461 & SB
472
Bill/Companion Introducer(s)
Bills
HB 1023
Saiki (by request)
Referrals
Current Status
Description
WAL, JUD,
FIN
First Reading
(House)
SB 1205
Chun Oakland
HB 1067
Kawakami,
Ichiyama, Kong,
McKelvey,
Morikawa, Oshiro,
Say, Woodson
Yamashita
HSH/JDL,
WAM
JUD
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(House)
Sunshine (portion): HCDA must hold open
meeting before approving any lease for 10 years
or more
HB 1173
SB 465
Keith-Agaran,
Baker, Dela Cruz,
English,
Ruderman
First Reading
(House)
JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
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Sunshine: No noticeable difference with HB 202
& SB 410
Sunshine: Permits a board member to distribute
to other board members a document subject to the
mandatory disclosure provision of the UIPA (HRS
§ 92F-12), so long as no commitment to a vote on
board business; comparable to HB 150 & SB 135
with no purpose clause and modified language
regarding commitment to vote
Bill/Companion Introducer(s)
Bills
HB 1260
LoPresti, Brower,
Evans, Ichiyama,
Kobayashi, Lee,
Mizuno, Jordan,
Kong, San
Buenaventura
SB 1322
Referrals
Ihara, Inouye,
Keith-Agaran,
Slom
Current Status
Description
First Reading
(House)
Sunshine: Requires boards to provide public
access to board packets before meeting; board
agendas must be posted on Internet; requires
boards to give electronic notice of meetings when
requested; minutes, even if unapproved, must be
posted on Internet after 30 days; suit to void
board action for Sunshine violation may be
brought 10 days after OIP final decision; only
allows attorney’s fees for a prevailing
complainant
Introduced
(Senate)
UIPA: Agencies must assist requesters in finding
records and overcoming obstacles to access;
search, review, and segregation fees must be
waived for public interest requests
HB 1303
McDermott
SB 9
Ihara
JDL
SB 27
English
JDL
First Reading
(House)
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(Senate)
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Other: Any public notice required by law must
be posted on government website, in addition to
publication in newspaper
UIPA: Prohibits government agencies from
charging another agency for records
Sunshine: Requires legislature hold public
hearings prior to adoption of rules concerning
open meeting requirements; requires legislature
hold a recorded vote whenever it waives a rule or
procedure
UIPA: Short form bill on information practices
Bill/Companion Introducer(s)
Bills
SB 31
English
Referrals
Current Status
Description
JDL
Sunshine: Short form bill on Sunshine Law
SB 246
Ihara
JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(Senate)
SB 475
Keith-Agaran,
Ihara,
Shimabukuro,
Tokuda
JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
SB 497
Thielen, Baker,
Espero,
Ruderman, Kim,
Shimabukuro
Numerous
PSM, JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
JDL
SB 658
Ihara, Dela Cruz,
Riviere
Ihara, KeithAgaran, Chun
Oakland, Espero,
Thielen
Ihara
SB 659
Ihara
GVO, JDL
SB 523
SB 624
SB 652
GVO/EDT, First Reading
JDL/WAM (Senate)
JDL
JDL, WAM
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(Senate)
First Reading
(Senate)
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UIPA: Adds mandatory disclosure for official
daily calendar of governor, lieutenant governor,
state department head, or state agency head
Sunshine: Requires posting agendas on Internet;
automatically cancels meeting if agenda not
posted on Internet within 6 days of meeting;
requires boards to provide agendas by electronic
mail when requested
UIPA: Requires mandatory disclosure for police
disciplinary suspension records
Access: Establishes a fair access commission to
evaluate access to government proceedings,
information, and services in rural Oahu and the
neighbor islands
Sunshine: Applies limited Sunshine principles to
the Legislature
Sunshine: Requires boards to report on final
actions taken in executive session unless it would
defeat purpose of the executive session
OIP: Replaces OIP with Information Practices
Commission
Records: Requires State agencies to maintain a
record retention schedule with DAGS
Bill/Companion Introducer(s)
Bills
SB 784
Shimabukuro,
Chun Oakland,
Ihara
Referrals
Current Status
Description
JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
SB 823
Kidani, Dela Cruz,
Wakai
HEA, JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
SB 1015
Ruderman,
Harimoto, Ihara,
Inouye
Keith-Agaran,
Baker, English
JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
JDL
First Reading
(Senate)
Sunshine: Requires agendas be posted on
Internet in manner that complies with disability
requirements; requires agendas provide contact
information for requesting disability
accommodations
Sunshine: UH Regents prohibited from meeting
in executive session to discuss performance of UH
president or campus chancellor
Sunshine (portion): Elections Commission
meetings subject to open meetings requirement
(HRS § 92-3)
Sunshine: Less than quorum of board may
discuss board business so long as no commitment
to vote
SB 1210
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