Hawaii State Legislature
2008 Legislative Session
House Bills Carried Over From The 2007 Legislative Session
House Bills Carried Over From The 2007 Legislative Session
| Measure, Title, and Description | Introducer(s) | |
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HB1 HD1 SD1 RELATING TO A COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM. |
EVANS, HAR |
| Establishes offender reentry system to help adult offenders prepare for release and reintegration back to the community. Establishes a stakeholder committee and appropriates funds for demonstration projects. Establishes a two-year pilot day reporting center administered by the department of public safety and appropriates funds. Appropriates funds for the expansion of the restorative circles pilot program to other correctional facilities statewide. Authorizes the Hawaii paroling authority to parole committed persons to any county in the State where they will receive the greatest support to successfully reintegrate into the community. Appropriates funds for a grant to Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc., for the administration of community-based reintegration programs. Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to provide a cognitive restructuring and transition program in the county of Hawaii. (SD1) | ||
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HB2 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
EVANS, HAR |
| Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to develop a plan by January 1, 2008, to return all female Hawaii prisoners incarcerated in mainland prisons back to Oahu by July 1, 2009. | ||
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HB3 HD1 RELATING TO PRISONS. |
EVANS, HAR |
| Requires the Department of Public Safety to conduct a study to determine the best possible sites in the state for a new minimum-security prison facility by December 15, 2007. Requires that a report be made to the Legislature by January 1, 2008. (HB3 HD1) | ||
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HB4 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
EVANS, HAR |
| Requires a feasibility review regarding the sale of the Oahu community correctional center in order to build a new facility in a different location to accommodate and manage the continued growth of the inmate population. | ||
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HB5 HD1 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
EVANS, HAR |
| Appropriates funds for the expansion of the restorative circles pilot program to correctional facilities statewide. (HB5 HD1) | ||
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HB6 RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. |
TAKUMI, GREEN, THIELEN |
| Requires quarterly reports that disclose the average wholesale price, wholesale acquisition cost, average manufacturer price, and best price for each of the manufacturer's drugs from manufacturers of certain prescription drugs dispensed in this State. | ||
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HB7 RELATING TO THE I-SAVERX PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM. |
TAKUMI, GREEN, THIELEN |
| Directs governor to establish the State of Hawaii's participation in the I-SaveRx prescription drug program to provide residents with increased access to affordable drugs. | ||
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HB8 RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. |
TAKUMI, GREEN, THIELEN |
| Allows consumers, the State, and other affected parties to obtain an injunction, damages, and other relief when a drug manufacturer or its licensee sells prescription drugs for an excessive price | ||
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HB9 RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS. |
TAKUMI, GREEN, THIELEN |
| Prohibits the sale or transfer of patient prescription information by certain businesses as an unfair and deceptive act in the conduct of trade or commerce. | ||
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HB11 RELATING TO ADVERTISING BY MANUFACTURERS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND DISCLOSURE OF CLINICAL TRIALS. |
TAKUMI, GREEN, THIELEN |
| Requires prescription drug ads to meet federal standards, public disclosure of clinical trial information, and drug manufacturers to pay fees to department of health to fund a public education initiative on clinical trials and drug safety. Establishes special fund. | ||
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HB12 HD1 RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST CONTAINMENT AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS. |
TAKUMI, BELATTI, BERG, LEE, LUKE, MORITA, NISHIMOTO, SAIKI, TAKAI, THIELEN, Rhoads, Wakai |
| Requires drug manufacturers to disclose economic benefits of $25 or more provided to persons who prescribe, dispense, or purchase prescription drugs. (HB12 HD1) | ||
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HB16 HD1 SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
TAKUMI, Berg |
| Repeals the transfer of the public health nurses who supervise school health aides from the department of health to the department of education; establishes the school health services program in chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes; repeals the school health services program in chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1) | ||
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HB17 HD1 SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
TAKUMI |
| Requires the department of education's committee on weights to meet annually to review the weighted student formula; provided that recommendations for changes to the weighted student formula shall be made at least biennially; provided further that the rationale for its findings and recommendations shall be provided by the committee on weights to the board of education and the legislature. (SD1) | ||
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HB20 RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. |
TAKUMI, Berg |
| Repeals section 302A-1115 because it is no longer required based on the implementation of the Reinventing Education Act of 2004 (Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004). | ||
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HB22 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS. |
TAKUMI, BERG |
| Repealing the department of education repair and maintenance account for projects on the backlog list as of 6/30/00. | ||
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HB23 HD3 RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. |
TAKUMI, BERG |
| Adds providers and subcontractors to the individuals subject to criminal history record checks for purposes of employment with the Department of Education. Appropriates funds. (HB23 HD3) | ||
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HB26 HD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
TAKUMI |
| Establishes salaries for the members of the board of education. Appropriates funds. (HB26 HD1) | ||
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HB27 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. |
TAKUMI |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 36th Representative District. | ||
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HB28 RELATING TO INJURY PREVENTION. |
TAKUMI |
| Requires counties to adopt ordinances requiring the installation of window guards and locks located at the top of lanai doors in all dwelling units in which a child or children 10 years of age and under reside. | ||
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HB29 RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS. |
TAKUMI, BERG, MORITA, TAKAI, Takamine |
| Makes VEBA trust law permanent. | ||
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HB31 HD1 RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. |
TAKUMI, BELATTI, BERG, LEE, LUKE, MORITA, NISHIMOTO, TAKAI, Rhoads, Takamine, Wakai |
| Prohibits state officials from binding the State to government procurement rules of an international trade agreement without legislative action. (HB31 HD1) | ||
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HB32 HD1 RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. |
TAKUMI, Takamine |
| Prohibits the state from contracting with or providing development assistance to companies that contract work outside of the United States unless the work is not available locally or domestically. (HB32 HD1) | ||
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HB33 HD2 RELATING TO THE HAWAII LIVING WAGE LAW. |
TAKUMI, BERG, LUKE, MORITA, Belatti, Takamine |
| Requires private firms contracted by state government to pay covered workers a Hawaii living wage of at least $9.43 an hour, to begin on 7/1/59 and adjusted thereafter. Requires DLIR to implement living wage. Establishes temporary living wage advisory committee to evaluate law. Repealed 7/1/2011. (HB33 HD2) | ||
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HB35 RELATING TO ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE. |
TAKUMI, Takamine, Wakai |
| Requires corporate recipients of economic development assistance to adhere to certain requirements regarding job creation, job retention, investment of capital; requires uniform application for assistance; creates mechanism to track compliance; provides for recapture upon non-compliance. | ||
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HB36 HD1 RELATING TO COUNTIES. |
TOKIOKA, BERTRAM, MCKELVEY, MORITA, SAGUM, Evans, Ito |
| Authorizes state agencies to indemnify county agencies and statutorily limits the civil liability of a county agency when the state agency receives from the county agency aid, assistance, support, benefits, service, or interest in or rights to use county property under certain circumstances. Authorizes the Comptroller to obtain loss insurance to indemnify a county. | ||
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HB37 RELATING TO UNADJUDICATED TRAFFIC FINES. |
TOKIOKA, EVANS, ITO, MCKELVEY, MORITA, SAGUM, Bertram, Har |
| Transfers 50% and 100% of all fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions to the counties beginning 7/1/2007 to 6/30/2008, and from 7/1/2008, respectively. | ||
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HB38 HD2 SD1 RELATING TO LIABILITY OF STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. |
TOKIOKA, BERTRAM, EVANS, MCKELVEY, MORITA, SAGUM, Ito |
| Makes certain temporary liability protections for the state and county governments relating to public use of public beaches and state parks permanent; makes temporary liability protection for acts of lifeguards permanent. (SD1) | ||
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HB39 RELATING TO RENEWABLE RESOURCES. |
THIELEN, LUKE, MARUMOTO, Belatti, Carroll, Morita, Saiki |
| Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to develop a wave energy facility. | ||
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HB40 RELATING TO ELECTRIC RESTRUCTURING. |
THIELEN |
| Requires the public utilities commission to open an electric restructuring docket for the purpose of developing a plan to unbundle the generation functions of Hawaii's electric utilities from their distribution and transmission functions. | ||
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HB41 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. |
THIELEN, SHIMABUKURO, Belatti, Berg, Evans, Luke, Morita, Takumi |
| Directs the counties to require the installation of solar energy systems for new residential developments with 6 or more single-family dwellings or multi-family units. | ||
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HB42 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. |
THIELEN, LUKE, MCKELVEY |
| Requires PUC to establish a tariff for intergovernmental wheeling of indigenous electric energy between governmental agencies. | ||
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HB43 RELATING TO ELECTRIC WHEELING. |
THIELEN |
| Requires the public utilities commission to establish a wheeling tariff to enable nonutility electric energy producers to use the transmission and distribution facilities of an electric utility to distribute power to the producers' end-use customers. | ||
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HB44 RELATING TO SCHOOLS. |
THIELEN, GREEN, MCKELVEY |
| Requires DOE to include a shaded play area or areas of reasonable size on school grounds in its plans for all new elementary schools and to implement an ongoing program to provide a shaded play area or areas of reasonable size on the grounds of existing elementary schools. | ||
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HB45 RELATING TO ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES. |
THIELEN, Berg, Evans, Marumoto |
| Prohibits certain elective officers from holding fundraisers or engaging in any fundraising activities during the period in which the legislature is in a regular session. Amends definition of "fundraiser". | ||
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HB46 RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. |
THIELEN, LUKE, MCKELVEY |
| Provides for the organization of renewable energy cooperatives to generate, transmit, and sell electricity to their membership. Authorizes issuance of revenue bonds to finance costs related to constructing, upgrading, and acquiring transmission facilities. Exempts cooperatives from Public Utilities Commission regulation, except for interconnection agreements. | ||
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HB47 RELATING TO SUN PROTECTION. |
THIELEN, GREEN, MCKELVEY |
| Establishes a sun protection program for students in public schools and children in child care homes and group child care centers. | ||
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HB48 RELATING TO JURY SERVICE. |
THIELEN, MARUMOTO |
| Allows dentists to claim an exemption from jury service. | ||
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HB49 RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GASES. |
THIELEN, Belatti, Carroll, Luke, Morita, Saiki |
| Requires state agencies to promote policies that decrease greenhouse gas emissions. | ||
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HB50 RELATING TO ENERGY. |
THIELEN, LUKE, MORITA, Carroll, Mizuno |
| Requires the public utilities commission to remove the fossil fuel quotient from renewable energy in determining the amount of energy that qualifies as renewable energy. | ||
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HB51 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FIFTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. |
THIELEN |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 50th representative district. | ||
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HB52 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. |
SONSON, CHANG, MORITA, Carroll, Green, Karamatsu, McKelvey, Mizuno, Rhoads, Souki, Wakai |
| Prohibits employers from suspending, discharging, or discriminating against an employee for taking sick leave. | ||
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HB53 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
SONSON, MIZUNO, Chang, Souki |
| Subjects the employer-selected "independent medical examiner" to general medical malpractice standards as applicable in Hawaii. | ||
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HB54 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
MIZUNO, BERTRAM, CARROLL, CHONG, GREEN, ITO, MANAHAN, TSUJI, THIELEN, Brower, Ching, Karamatsu, McKelvey, Rhoads, Say, Shimabukuro, Souki, Takumi, Waters |
| Requires a franchise retail food establishment to include nutritional information about each standard menu item. | ||
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HB56 HD3 SD1 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
MIZUNO, CHANG, KARAMATSU, MANAHAN, SHIMABUKURO, Bertram, Brower, Chong, Ito, Rhoads, Sonson, Souki, Takumi, Tsuji |
| Establishes the Hawaii health commission to develop a health plan to provide healthcare coverage for all individuals in the state. Effective July 1, 2020. (SD1) | ||
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HB57 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
MARUMOTO |
| Provides for a ban, for all ages, on riding in truck beds; mandatory helmet law for all two-wheeled vehicles; mandate video screens be behind driver; prohibits cell phone operation except for hands free; prohibit operation of portable media players while driving. | ||
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HB58 RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF THE SALE OF PRIVATE TELEPHONE RECORDS. |
MARUMOTO |
| Criminalizes the brokering of customer information acquired from a telecommunication service provider. | ||
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HB59 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. |
MARUMOTO |
| Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers for premiums paid for long-term care insurance contracts. | ||
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HB60 RELATING TO THE LONG-TERM CARE RESOURCE PROGRAM AT KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. |
MARUMOTO |
| Appropriates funds to Kapiolani Community College to train a workforce to care for the State's elder population. | ||
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HB61 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CENTER ON GERONTOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA. |
MARUMOTO |
| Appropriates funds for the center on gerontology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||
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HB62 RELATING TO THE RESCISSION OF THE COUNTY AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE A SURCHARGE ON THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
MARUMOTO, BERG |
| Repeals Act 247, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, which relates to the authorization for counties to levy a county surcharge on the state general excise tax to fund public transportation systems in their respective counties. | ||
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HB63 HD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
CABANILLA, Bertram, Brower, Carroll, Chong, Karamatsu, Mizuno, Nishimoto, Sagum, Say, Sonson, Souki, Wakai |
| Appropriates funds to establish the positions of a robotics education coordinator and robotics specialists to coordinate robotics education among the University of Hawaii, Department of Education, and other agencies and organizations in the state. (HB63 HD1) | ||
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HB64 RELATING TO HARBORS. |
CABANILLA, BERTRAM, MIZUNO, RHOADS, Karamatsu, Luke, Nishimoto, Sagum, Say, Sonson, Souki |
| 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. | ||
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HB65 RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. |
CABANILLA, TAKAI, Berg, Bertram, Carroll, Chong, Karamatsu, Mizuno, Sagum, Say, Sonson, Souki, Wakai |
| Requires association to give prior written notice of costs for providing information. | ||
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HB66 RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. |
CABANILLA, Berg, Bertram, Brower, Carroll, Chong, Karamatsu, Mizuno, Sagum, Say, Sonson, Souki |
| Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to identify and report on planned community associations in Hawaii. Appropriates funds. | ||
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HB67 RELATING PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. |
CABANILLA, TAKAI, Berg, Bertram, Carroll, Chong, Karamatsu, Luke, Mizuno, Sagum, Say, Sonson, Souki, Wakai |
| Requires minutes of meeting of board of directors to record vote of each board member on all motions except motions voted upon in executive session. | ||
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HB68 RELATING TO MEETINGS OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS. |
CABANILLA, TAKAI, Berg, Bertram, Brower, Carroll, Chong, Karamatsu, Mizuno, Sagum, Say, Sonson, Wakai |
| Requires notice of board meetings to be sent to members 72 hours prior to the meeting, to include agenda for meeting. | ||
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HB69 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. |
CABANILLA, Berg, Bertram, Brower, Chong, Karamatsu, Mizuno, Nishimoto, Sagum, Say, Sonson |
| Repeals the sunset date on section 46-36, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which authorizes the governor and the executives of other jurisdictions to use a managed competition process as a management tool to provide government services more efficiently, if they so choose. | ||
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HB70 HD3 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
CABANILLA, Bertram, Chong, Karamatsu, Luke, Nishimoto, Sagum, Say, Sonson, Souki |
| Allows the State to enter into agreements with private entities to build, operate, own, or finance transportation facilities including toll highways. (HB70 HD3) | ||
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HB72 RELATING TO KONA COFFEE. |
HERKES (BR) |
| Changes labeling requirements for Kona coffee by specifying that "Kona" or "Kona Coffee" shall not be used on the label unless the coffee contains at least 75 per cent of Kona coffee meaning coffee grown in the South Kona district or the North Kona district by weight. | ||
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HB73 RELATING TO CONSUMER ACTIONS. |
HERKES |
| If a constitutional amendment authorizes it, the Act establishes a right of a consumer to bring an action for declaratory relief for any law enacted by the Legislature that has primarily a negative economic impact on the consumer. | ||
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HB74 RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. |
HERKES |
| Requires the renewal of property insurance at least once following the loss or damage of any covered property of the insured resulting from a catastrophe. | ||
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HB75 RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. |
HERKES |
| Establishes state building code commission tasked with the adoption of a uniform state building code. | ||
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HB76 RELATING TO LOANS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. |
HERKES |
| Establishes interest-free home purchase loan programs for physicians and advanced practice registered nurses to provide them with an incentive to work in hard-to-staff rural areas. | ||
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HB77 RELATING TO LEAHI HOSPITAL. |
HERKES |
| Transfers the Leahi Hospital from Hawaii health systems corporation to the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii. | ||
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HB78 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HERKES |
| Allows the redesignation of certain residential subdivisions in the agricultural district into the rural district, subject to certain criteria. | ||
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HB79 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HANA AND KA‘U SCHOOLS. |
HERKES |
| Appropriates $50,000 to each school to purchase vans for student transportation. | ||
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HB80 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HERKES |
| Appropriates $200,000 to plan a terminal market pilot program on the Big Island; appropriates $50,000 for the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to hire a consultant to assist in planning terminal markets; authorizes $3,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance construction and equipment for a terminal market and vacuum cooling plant on the island of Hawaii; requires the consultant to work with DOA to form a Committee relating to terminal markets. | ||
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HB81 RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. |
HERKES |
| Repeals the collateral source rule, which bars defendants from introducing evidence to show that a plaintiff has received collateral source payments, that is, not from the defendant, for the sustained injury. | ||
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HB82 RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. |
HERKES |
| Permits a plaintiff to recover noneconomic damages only when the plaintiff can prove that the defendant was grossly negligent. | ||
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HB83 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
HERKES |
| Prohibits uninsured motorists from recovering noneconomic damages. | ||
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HB84 RELATING TO NONECONOMIC DAMAGES. |
HERKES |
| Establishes verbal thresholds limiting lawsuits for noneconomic damages. | ||
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HB85 RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. |
HERKES |
| Permits collateral sources that made payments to a plaintiff in a personal injury action to recover those payments directly from the defendant in the action. | ||
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HB86 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
HERKES |
| 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. | ||
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HB87 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
HERKES |
| Shortens notice period for reporting accident to insurer. | ||
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HB88 HD2 RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD. |
HERKES |
| Expands the department of commerce and consumer affairs' jurisdiction over insurance fraud to include workers' compensation cases, until July 1, 2010. Appropriates funds for additional personnel and resources within the department to combat insurance fraud. (HB88 HD2) | ||
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HB89 RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES. |
HERKES |
| Eliminates or limits payment of attorneys' fees when personal injury protection benefits are paid late. | ||
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HB92 HD1 SD1 RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
HERKES |
| Requires an investment broker and agent who share compensation for their services to pay the general excise tax on only that portion of the compensation retained by each. Effective 7/1/2007. (SD1) | ||
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HB93 HD2 RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. |
HERKES |
| Creates a State Building Code Council. Establishes state building code and design standards. Appropriates funds. (HB93 HD2) | ||
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HB94 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
HERKES |
| Short form bill. | ||
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HB95 RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
HERKES |
| Short form bill. | ||
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HB96 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. |
HERKES |
| Short form bill. | ||
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HB97 RELATING TO HAZARDS. |
HERKES |
| Short form bill. | ||
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HB98 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. |
HERKES |
| Short form bill. | ||
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HB99 HD1 RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. |
SHIMABUKURO, BELATTI, BERTRAM, EVANS, GREEN, HANOHANO, LEE, LUKE, MCKELVEY, MIZUNO, MORITA, RHOADS, TAKAI, WATERS, Brower, Sagum, Tokioka, Wakai, Yamashita |
| Requires the department of human services to offer financial education to applicants for and recipients of temporary assistance for needy families (HB99 HD1). | ||
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HB100 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
SHIMABUKURO, BELATTI, BERTRAM, GREEN, HANOHANO, MCKELVEY, MIZUNO, MORITA, TAKAI, Brower, Rhoads |
| Eliminates the asset limits for households with minor dependents' applications for medical assistance and appropriates funds for this purpose. | ||
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HB101 HD1 RELATING TO HOMEOWNERSHIP. |
SHIMABUKURO, HANOHANO, Belatti, Bertram |
| Appropriates funds to the counties to provide low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers, in conjunction with the federal Housing and Urban Development's HOME Investment Partnership Program, forgivable loans at similar interest rates to cover up to $10,000 of the closing costs for a first single family home purchase. (HB101 HD1 | ||
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HB102 HD1 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
SHIMABUKURO, HANOHANO, Belatti, Bertram |
| Requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) 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 DHS to submit annual reports to the Legislature. (HB102 HD1) | ||
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HB103 HD1 RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. |
SHIMABUKURO, HANOHANO, Belatti, Bertram |
| Requires the Department of Human Services to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing a micro-credit loan program. Appropriates funds. | ||
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HB105 HD1 RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
SHIMABUKURO |
| 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. (HB105 HD1) | ||
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HB106 HD1 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW. |
SHIMABUKURO, HANOHANO, Belatti, Bertram |
| Establishes a self-employment assistance program to assist eligible unemployed individuals in starting their own businesses as an alternative to receiving regular unemployment insurance benefits. Effective July 1, 2059. (HB106 HD1) | ||
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HB107 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
SHIMABUKURO, BELATTI, CABANILLA, GREEN, HANOHANO, MCKELVEY, MIZUNO, RHOADS, TAKAI, Bertram, Brower, Morita |
| Allows an individual taxpayer to request that the taxpayer's refund be electronically deposited into more than one checking or savings account. | ||
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HB108 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT TORT LIABILITY. |
SHIMABUKURO, HANOHANO, Bertram |
| Repeals the 6/30/07 sunset date and makes permanent the law protecting the State and counties from liability for dangerous ocean conditions at public beach parks. Extends the sunset date of law shielding county lifeguards from liability from 6/30/07 to 6/30/08. | ||
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HB109 HD1 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
SHIMABUKURO |
| Establishes a definition for "workforce housing". (HB109 HD1) | ||
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HB110 HD1 SD1 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
SHIMABUKURO |
| Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii to develop student housing. (SD1) | ||
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HB111 HD1 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
SHIMABUKURO |
| Requires counties to adopt rules to allow for the construction of indigenous Hawaiian structures by March 31, 2008. (HB111 HD1) | ||
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HB112 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
SHIMABUKURO |
| Short form bill relating to Human Services. | ||
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HB113 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
SHIMABUKURO |
| Short form bill relating to Human Services. | ||
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HB114 RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. |
EVANS, McKelvey, Morita |
| Requires a minor adjudicated of actions that would constitute distribution of drugs to choose detention in a youth correctional facility or drug counseling in the company of the minor's parents or guardians. | ||
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HB115 RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. |
EVANS, HAR, McKelvey |
| Codifies the department of public safety's classification system of establishing five offender custody levels: maximum, closed, medium, minimum, and community custody. Requires the department to consider custody levels when allocating resources. | ||
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HB117 RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. |
EVANS |
| Gives wastewater treatment plants access to the emergency procurement process to repair a major equipment breakdown that if not immediately repaired would result in wastewater spills and environmental permit noncompliance that is subject to a $25,000 fine per occurrence, per day. | ||
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HB118 RELATING TO STATE BONDS. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article XII, section 13 of state constitution to declare that issuance of authorized bonds will not cause debt limit to be exceeded. | ||
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HB119 SD1 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER SYSTEMS. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Provides an exemption from the registration of subdivided lands for offers or dispositions in interest of land that the agribusiness development corporation acquires, if the offer or disposition is for agricultural water systems to provide water for irrigation of agricultural lands. (SD1) | ||
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HB120 RELATING TO THE LIQUOR TAX LAW. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Revises liquor tax to a gallonage rate based on the alcohol content of the various categories of liquor. | ||
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HB121 RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Exempts the sale of leasehold interests in real property from the general excise tax. | ||
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HB123 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
M. OSHIRO, BROWER, CABANILLA, CHANG, CHONG, HANOHANO, LEE, MAGAOAY, MORITA, RHOADS, TOKIOKA, WAKAI, YAMANE, Souki |
| Provides for a state earned income tax credit. | ||
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HB124 HD1 RELATING TO COUNTIES. |
B. OSHIRO, Waters |
| Extends statute of limitation for actions against a county for damage or injury from 6 months to 2 years. Permits the counties to identify, by charter, the person to whom claimant should give notice of claim for injuries or damage sustained on public property or as a result of the negligence of county official or employee. (H.B. No. 124, H.D.1) | ||
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HB125 RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. |
B. OSHIRO |
| Excludes costs of material in determining whether cost of project is less than $1,000 for purposes of exemption from contractor licensing law. | ||
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HB126 RELATING TO ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAX. |
B. OSHIRO, M. OSHIRO |
| Retains the State's ability to "pick-up" the state death tax credit as it existed in the Internal Revenue Code before the enactment of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. | ||
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HB127 RELATING TO JURIES. |
B. OSHIRO |
| Adds a jury service exemption for active practicing dentists. | ||
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HB128 HD1 RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. |
B. OSHIRO, BERG |
| Permits board members, numbering less than quorum, to (1) Discuss their individual positions related to official board business at other board meetings and legislative public hearings; (2) Attend and participate in discussions at presentations, such as community meetings; and (3) Discuss membership to a board's committees in private. Requires a quorum for discussion prior and related to voting and for voting to validate board actions. (HB128 HD1) | ||
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HB129 RELATING TO BAIL. |
B. OSHIRO, WATERS |
| Establishes qualifications and requirements for persons who apprehend bail fugitives. Regulates the conduct, prohibits certain practices, and establishes penalty for violations. Establishes conditions for surrender of a defendant by a bail agent. | ||
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HB130 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. |
AWANA |
| Capital improvement projects for 44th representative district. | ||
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HB131 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS ALONG THE WAIANAE COAST. |
AWANA, Har, Shimabukuro |
| Appropriation for beautification projects along the Waianae Coast. | ||
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HB132 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
AWANA, CHING, MARUMOTO, THIELEN, WARD, Bertram, Saiki, Shimabukuro, Wakai |
| Separate Nanakuli High School from Nanakuli Intermediate School. | ||
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HB133 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
AWANA, HAR, Nishimoto, Shimabukuro, Sonson |
| Appropriates funds to reconfigure highway over the Kunia interchange in the westbound direction to provide for a third lane of travel. | ||
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HB134 RELATING TO RECYCLING. |
AWANA, CARROLL, MCKELVEY, Morita |
| Mandates the formation of advisory committees to assist in formulating recommendations for development of markets for recycled materials and programs to encourage statewide recycling. | ||
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HB135 HD1 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
CHANG, EVANS, HERKES, TAKAI, Bertram, Hanohano, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Mizuno, Sonson, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Yamane, Yamashita |
| Establishes the candidate advisory council to qualify, screen, and present to the Governor pools of qualified candidates for appointment to the UH Board of Regents. Increases the membership of the Board of Regents to 15 members, with a specified number of members representing different geographic areas. Prohibits a Board of Regents member from serving more than two consecutive five-year terms. Requires the Senate to consider the question of whether to reconfirm an incumbent member's position on the Board of Regents at least 120 days prior to the expiration of the member's first term. Allows a Board of Regents member to continue to serve until the member's successor has been appointed and confirmed by the Senate. (HB135 HD1) | ||
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HB136 HD2 SD1 RELATING TO AIDS RESEARCH. |
CHANG, KARAMATSU, MAGAOAY, MIZUNO, SHIMABUKURO, TSUJI, YAMANE, Bertram, Herkes, Sonson, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Yamashita |
| Appropriates funds for the Hawaii AIDS clinical research program. (SD1) | ||
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HB137 RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. |
CHANG |
| Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill. | ||
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HB138 RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. |
CHANG |
| Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill. | ||
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HB139 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
CHANG |
| Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill. | ||
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HB140 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
CHANG |
| Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill. | ||
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HB141 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
CHANG |
| Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill. | ||
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HB142 RELATING TO COUNTIES. |
CHANG, BERTRAM, EVANS, HANOHANO, MAGAOAY, SHIMABUKURO, SONSON, TAKAI, YAMANE, Herkes, Karamatsu, Mizuno, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Tsuji, Yamashita |
| Allows counties to enact ordinances to permit the use of motorcycles operated by emergency rescue workers to respond to emergency rescue calls, in addition to any other type of vehicle that is otherwise deemed appropriate as a response vehicle by each county. | ||
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HB143 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
CHANG, KARAMATSU, TSUJI, Bertram, Evans, Magaoay, Mizuno, Souki, Takamine, Yamashita |
| Reduces the consumer fireworks fee from $25 to $10. | ||
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HB144 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
CHANG, SONSON, TAKAI, TSUJI, YAMANE, Bertram, Evans, Herkes, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Mizuno, Shimabukuro, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Yamashita |
| Requires the State, counties, and contractors performing work on a public highway to post signs warning motorists of steel plates placed in the roadway. | ||
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HB145 RELATING TO THE STATE VETERANS' HOME. |
CHANG, EVANS, KARAMATSU, TAKAI, TSUJI, Bertram, Herkes, Magaoay, Mizuno, Shimabukuro, Sonson, Souki, Takamine, Yamane, Yamashita |
| 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. Requires accounts to comply with reporting requirements for non-general fund information. | ||
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HB146 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
CHANG, SHIMABUKURO, Bertram, Evans, Hanohano, Herkes, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Mizuno, Sonson, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Yamane, Yamashita |
| Appropriates funding to hire additional career counselors for each department of education high school, based on school enrollment. | ||
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HB147 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SURVEY AND ENGINEERING DESIGN FEES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL PARK AT MANA, HILO, HAWAII. |
CHANG, Bertram, Hanohano, Herkes, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Mizuno, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Tsuji, Yamane, Yamashita |
| Makes an appropriation for survey and engineering design fees for the development of an industrial park at Mana, Hilo, Hawaii. | ||
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HB148 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. |
CHANG, EVANS, KARAMATSU, MAGAOAY, MIZUNO, TAKAI, YAMASHITA, Bertram, Herkes, Shimabukuro, Sonson, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Tsuji, Yamane |
| Establishes a long-term care income tax to pay for long-term care benefits; establishes long-term care income tax credit for amounts paid for purchase of long-term care insurance; clarifies that long-term care taxes are not state funds; makes appropriations. | ||
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HB149 HD2 SD2 RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. |
CHANG, EVANS, KARAMATSU, MIZUNO, TAKAI, YAMANE, Bertram, Hanohano, Herkes, Magaoay, Shimabukuro, Sonson, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Tsuji, Yamashita |
| Creates a one-time tax credit for victims of the October 15, 2006, earthquakes. (SD1) | ||
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HB150 HD2 SD2 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
SHIMABUKURO |
| Increases percentage of conveyance tax revenues allocated to the rental housing trust fund to sixty-five per cent; requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to create an affordable housing inventory registry and to report annually on expenditures from the rental housing trust fund; exempts special purpose revenue bonds issued to assist in the development of low and moderate income housing projects from the procurement code; and appropriates funds for various homeless and housing programs and projects. (SD2) | ||
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HB151 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SHIMABUKURO, AWANA |
| Appropriates funds to implement a new human resource management model for Waianae High School and its feeder schools to improve teacher recruitment and licensing. | ||
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HB152 RELATING TO LOCAL CONTROL. |
SHIMABUKURO, AWANA |
| Requires statewide planning as much as possible to empower local communities with increased control over decisions that affect them. | ||
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HB153 HD1 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
SHIMABUKURO, AWANA |
| Appropriates $1,500,000 to the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center for emergency services. (HB153 HD1) | ||
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HB156 HD1 RELATING TO THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES WHILE DRIVING. |
SOUKI, NISHIMOTO |
| 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. Prohibits transit drivers from using cellular phones whenever their vehicle is in motion. (HB156 HD1) | ||
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HB157 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
SOUKI, NISHIMOTO |
| Requires motor vehicle insurers to reduce the rates of drivers over the age of 55 who successfully complete a driver improvement course. | ||
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HB158 SD1 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
SOUKI |
| Clarifies the period of time for safety inspection of motor carrier vehicles. (SD1) | ||
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HB159 RELATING TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING. |
HANOHANO, AWANA, EVANS, MCKELVEY, MIZUNO, RHOADS, TOKIOKA, WARD, Belatti, Bertram, Brower, Har |
| Appropriates funds for the establishment of post-high school vocational education programs in Pahoa and Ka'u, in the county of Hawaii. | ||
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HB160 HD1 RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE REVOCATION. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Permits driver whose license has been administratively revoked for life to seek reinstatement of the license after 10 years have passed since the lifetime revocation. Requires driver to have had no arrests or convictions for driving while license revoked and be free from dependency or abuse of alcohol and drugs. (HB160 HD1) | ||
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HB161 RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Makes a technical amendment to the state budget law relating to the deposit of state funds into the state treasury | ||
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HB163 RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Makes technical amendment to budget allotment modification law. | ||
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HB164 RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Makes a technical amendment to the state budget law relating to the deposit of state funds into the state treasury. | ||
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HB165 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Short form bill relating to taxation. | ||
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HB166 RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Short form bill related to the state budget. | ||
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HB167 RELATING TO STATE BONDS. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Short form bill relating to state bonds. | ||
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HB168 RELATING TO STATE REVENUES. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Short form bill relating to state revenues. | ||
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HB169 RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. |
M. OSHIRO |
| Short form bill relating to non-general funds. | ||
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HB170 RELATING TO LABOR. |
SONSON |
| Short form bill. | ||
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HB171 RELATING TO LABOR. |
SONSON |
| Short form bill. | ||
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HB172 RELATING TO LABOR. |
SONSON |
| Short form bill. | ||
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HB173 RELATING TO LABOR. |
SONSON |
| Short form bill. | ||
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HB174 RELATING TO LABOR. |
SONSON |
| Short form bill. | ||
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HB175 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
TAKAI |
| Exempts amounts received for medical services, with certain exceptions, from general excise tax assessments. | ||
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HB176 RELATING TO INCOME TAX. |
TAKAI |
| Establishes a tax credit for tuition and fees of parents who enroll in parenting and child development classes. | ||
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HB177 RELATING TO BOARD OF EDUCATION. |
TAKAI |
| Provides salaries for the board of education. | ||
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HB178 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
TAKAI |
| Directs the department of education to establish a program to award high school diplomas to armed services veterans drafted during World War II, Korean conflict, and Vietnam War, as well as to those whose schooling was interrupted due to wartime practices. | ||
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HB179 RELATING TO BUSINESS ENERGY TAX CREDIT. |
CHANG, KARAMATSU, MAGAOAY, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, SONSON, Bertram, Evans, Herkes, Shimabukuro, Souki, Takamine, Takumi, Tsuji, Yamane, Yamashita |
| Establishes a business energy tax credit to encourage energy preservation and efficiency. | ||
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HB180 HD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. |
CHANG, BERTRAM, EVANS, HANOHANO, HERKES, KARAMATSU, MAGAOAY, MIZUNO, NISHIMOTO, SHIMABUKURO, TAKAI, TSUJI, YAMANE, YAMASHITA, Sonson, Souki, Takamine, Takumi |
| Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network to provide assistance to small businesses through management-force training. (HB180 HD1) | ||
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HB181 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
HERKES |
| Makes health insurance primary to personal injury protection benefit component of no-fault insurance. | ||
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HB182 RELATING TO REGULATION OF HOME INSPECTORS. |
HERKES |
| Requires licensing of professional home inspectors by the department of commerce and consumer affairs. Establishes licensing board. Appropriates funds. | ||
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HB183 RELATING TO MORTGAGE BROKERS AND SOLICITORS. |
HERKES |
| Exempts bank holding companies from mortgage broker and solicitor requirements. | ||
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HB184 RELATING TO THE UNIFORM DEBT-MANAGEMENT SERVICES ACT. |
HERKES |
| Enacts Uniform Debt-Management Services Act that requires registration of providers of debt-management services. | ||
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HB185 HD1 RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
HERKES, Shimabukuro |
| Requires the Hawaii Housing and Finance Development Corporation to establish an affordable housing demonstration project in Waianae on the island of Oahu and South Kohala on the island of Hawaii. (HB185 HD1) | ||
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HB186 RELATING TO GASOLINE. |
HERKES, CHANG, EVANS, GREEN, HANOHANO, TSUJI, Takamine |
| Changes the ethanol content requirement for gasoline sold in the state for use in motor vehicles from 10% to 2%. | ||
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HB187 RELATING TO FEES IN CRIMINAL CASES. |
EVANS |
| Increases witnesses fees in criminal cases. | ||
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HB188 RELATING TO LOCKSMITHS. |
EVANS, Magaoay |
| Requires licensing for locksmiths. | </