Hawaii State Legislature
2008 Legislative Session
Senate Bills Carried Over From The 2007 Legislative Session
Senate Bills Carried Over From The 2007 Legislative Session
| Measure, Title, and Description | Introducer(s) | |
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SB1 RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. |
MENOR (BR) |
| Requires competitive bidding on small purchases of construction contracts for drilling and soil testing. | ||
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SB2 RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. |
HEE, Sakamoto |
| Requires board of education members to serve full-time and establishes a salary commission to recommend the salaries of the board members. | ||
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SB3 RELATING TO KAHANA VALLEY STATE PARK. |
HEE |
| Provides for additional families to reside in Kahana valley state park by lease agreement, and establishes an advisory committee to, among other things, monitor compliance with the agreements. | ||
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SB4 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO ALLOW THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO VOTE. |
HEE, SAKAMOTO |
| Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to allow the student member of the board of education to vote, except on issues pertaining to personnel or fiscal matters. | ||
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SB5 SD1 RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES. |
HEE, ENGLISH |
| Appropriates funds from the public land trust for the repair and maintenance of Iolani Palace, Queen Emma Summer Palace, and Hulihee Palace. (SD1) | ||
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SB6 RELATING TO OPIHI. |
HEE, Kokubun |
| Prohibits the selling or offering for sale of 'opihi, except in certain circumstances. | ||
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SB7 SD1 RELATING TO THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS. |
BAKER, Tsutsui, Chun Oakland, Ige, Menor, Sakamoto |
| Appropriates funds to create two instructor positions for the Air Force JROTC program at Lahainaluna High School. (SD1) | ||
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SB8 RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
IGE, CHUN OAKLAND, Ihara, Hemmings, Bunda, Nishihara, Slom |
| Exempts food from general excise tax. | ||
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SB9 RELATING TO INFORMATION. |
IGE, BAKER, FUKUNAGA, GABBARD, IHARA, TOKUDA, HANABUSA, NISHIHARA, ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, HEMMINGS, ESPERO, Bunda, Taniguchi, Trimble, Sakamoto, Slom |
| Requires public or private entities responsible for the inadvertent, unauthorized disclosure of personal financial information to pay for access to credit reports for at least 1 year. | ||
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SB10 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
IGE, CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Bunda, Ihara, Tokuda, Hanabusa, Slom, Hemmings, Sakamoto, Taniguchi, Nishihara, Espero |
| Allows all employees' retirement system retirants to change their pension payment option if the retirant's beneficiary dies before the retirant. | ||
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SB11 SD3 HD2 RELATING TO EXCISE TAX ON HEALTH CARE. |
IGE, BAKER, FUKUNAGA, IHARA, TOKUDA, NISHIHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, HEMMINGS, ESPERO, SAKAMOTO, Bunda, Hanabusa, Slom |
| Exempts hospital services from the general excise tax for any private hospital; provided that a certain percentage or more of the annual patient population treated by the hospital consists of uninsured, medicaid, and medicare patients, and the hospital spends not less than a certain dollar amount for capital improvement projects at the hospital by a certain date. (SB11 HD2) | ||
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SB13 RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH. |
IGE (BR) |
| Requires the department of health to establish and administer the water fluoridation pilot program to adjust the amount of naturally occurring fluoride in the water to a level that will benefit oral health. Makes appropriations. | ||
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SB15 SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, NISHIHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, Hee |
| Establishes a grant program in the department of education to develop K-12 lesson plans, curriculum, and other educational materials to promote civic responsibility. Appropriates funds to the department of education for the grant program and for social studies textbooks. (SD1) | ||
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SB16 RELATING TO THE HAWAII CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE ACTION PLAN. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates $30,000 to the Department of Labor for a grant-in-aid to the Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs (HIPA) to implement the Hawaii Construction Workforce Action Plan; requires a dollar-for-dollar private sector match. | ||
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SB18 RELATING TO ANIMALS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires counties that license dogs pursuant to state law to maintain, for public inspection, a registry of animals determined to be dangerous pursuant to county ordinance. | ||
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SB19 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
INOUYE (BR) |
| Reduces the consumer fireworks fee from $25 to $10. | ||
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SB20 RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. |
INOUYE |
| 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 | ||
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SB21 RELATING TO LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE. |
NISHIHARA, Kokubun, Hemmings, Taniguchi |
| Makes an appropriation for the planning, design, and construction for a second access road for leeward community college. | ||
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SB22 RELATING TO GAMBLING. |
NISHIHARA |
| Amends definition of gambling to clarify that purchase of sweepstakes entry that also provides nominal non-gambling value constitutes gambling even if sweepstakes entry can be obtained without payment of consideration. | ||
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SB23 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII-WEST OAHU. |
NISHIHARA |
| Appropriates general obligation bonds for site development at the University of Hawaii-West Oahu. | ||
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SB24 RELATING TO TEMPORARY FACILITIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII-WEST OAHU. |
NISHIHARA |
| Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds for capital improvement projects for temporary facilities at the University of Hawaii-West Oahu. | ||
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SB26 RELATING TO ELECTIONS BY MAIL. |
NISHIHARA |
| Establishes an election by mail voting system for state, federal, and county primary, special primary, general, and special elections; creates procedure and process for this method of voting. Makes appropriation. | ||
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SB27 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
NISHIHARA |
| Allows the Department of Education to hire individuals with professional experience and university degrees as exceptional teachers and to authorize alternative licensing routes based on performance-based standards and giving credit toward licensing for prior teaching experience in public schools outside of Hawaii and at accredited private schools, colleges, or universities. | ||
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SB28 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. |
NISHIHARA, Ige |
| Establishes minimum qualifications for administrator and project managers of the department of education's facilities services branch. | ||
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SB29 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
NISHIHARA, Ige |
| Exempts the department of education from liability when a person employed by the department participates in parent teacher association activities or related activities. Makes that person personally liable for wilful acts committed during these activities. Requires DOE to establish a policy that encourages and allows DOE employees to participate in such activities and to report on its actions. | ||
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SB30 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT-IN-AID TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WAIPAHU STREET, OAHU. |
NISHIHARA |
| Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to city and county of Honolulu to design and construct a sidewalk on the north side of Waipahu Street from Waipahu Depot Road to Awamoi Street and from Amokii Street to Waikele Road. | ||
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SB31 SD1 RELATING TO VETERAN BURIAL GRANTS. |
NISHIHARA, Kokubun, Taniguchi, Hemmings |
| Requires office of veterans' services to pay directly to a mortuary for services and to transport the remains of a deceased veteran who joined the New Filipino Scouts between 10/6/1945, and 6/30/1947, and died after 6/30/1994, to the Philippines upon submission of an unpaid invoice. Appropriates $ . (SD1) | ||
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SB32 RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. |
NISHIHARA |
| Disqualifies persons from driving commercial vehicles for a positive drug or alcohol test. | ||
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SB33 RELATING TO HAZARDOUS WASTE. |
NISHIHARA |
| Requires the department of health to establish a labeling program that establishes more stringent standards than the current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Association of American Plant Food Control Officials standards, and limits imports of fertilizers to those that meet the more stringent standards. | ||
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SB34 RELATING TO SCRAP DEALERS. |
NISHIHARA, Kokubun, Hemmings |
| Increases the reporting requirements for sales of scrap to scrap dealers. Introduces a recordkeeping requirement for private scrap sales over 50 pounds. Increases the criminal penalties for failing to comply with these requirements. | ||
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SB35 RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. |
NISHIHARA |
| Requires dealers and redemption centers to pay the scrap value for aluminum containers in addition to the deposit refund value. | ||
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SB36 RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. |
NISHIHARA |
| Allows consumers to request that refund value be computed by actual container count with no limit. Allows redemption centers to refuse refund where containers appear to have been previously processed. | ||
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SB37 RELATING TO STATE OF HAWAII. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes a technical amendment to the administrative district law. | ||
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SB38 RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes technical amendments to statute relating to the common law of the State of Hawaii. | ||
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SB39 RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes technical amendments to laws relating to the state flag. | ||
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SB40 RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes technical amendment to state flag law. | ||
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SB41 RELATING TO TOURISM. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes technical amendments to tourism law. | ||
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SB42 RELATING TO TOURISM. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes technical amendment to tourism law. | ||
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SB43 RELATING TO TOURISM. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes technical amendment to Hawaii tourism authority law. | ||
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SB44 RELATING TO TOURISM. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes technical amendments in law relating to Hawaii tourism authority. | ||
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SB45 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes technical amendment to the penal code provision relating to the obstruction of government operations. | ||
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SB47 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes technical amendment to general fund law. | ||
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SB48 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. |
NISHIHARA |
| Makes technical amendment to public service law relating to cash awards. | ||
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SB49 SD1 RELATING TO NATUROPATHY. |
IGE, Fukunaga, Baker, Chun Oakland, Nishihara, Kim, Ihara, Tokuda, Hemmings, Kokubun, Bunda, Espero, Taniguchi, Inouye, English |
| Requires the board of examiners in naturopathy to adopt a formulary and qualifications for administering natural medicines by injection, and to grant the authority to qualified naturopaths. Amends the definition of naturopathy accordingly. Establishes a temporary advisory committee to recommend a formulary and qualifications. Eff. 7/1/2050. (SD1) | ||
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SB50 SD1 RELATING TO AIDS RESEARCH. |
IGE, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, FUKUNAGA, TSUTSUI, ESPERO, ENGLISH, Sakamoto, Kim, Ihara, Taniguchi, Kokubun, Hee, Bunda, Slom, Inouye |
| Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii AIDS clinical research program. (SD1) | ||
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SB51 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO HOME CARE. |
IGE, BAKER, IHARA, TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, Sakamoto, Kim, Nishihara, Kokubun, Fukunaga, Bunda, Espero, Inouye |
| Establishes home care agency licensing requirements. Repealed on June 30, 2012. (SB51 HD1) | ||
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SB52 RELATING TO THE POWER OF ARREST. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Extends the power of federal officers to make arrests under state law, currently limited to Customs and Immigrations Service officers, to include agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, United States Secret Service, and United States Marshal Service. | ||
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SB54 SD1 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects at the University of Hawaii. (SD1) | ||
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SB57 RELATING TO DENTISTS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Authorizes the board of dental examiners to sanction licensees for false or misleading advertising. | ||
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SB59 RELATING TO DENTISTS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Authorizes the board of dental examiners to conduct background checks on applicants for dental license. | ||
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SB61 RELATING TO COMMERCE. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies the application process for water carriers involved with interstate of foreign commerce. | ||
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SB62 RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies the law with respect to injunctions filed by the director of commerce and consumer affairs. | ||
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SB63 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Clarifies the housing research duties of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation. | ||
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SB64 RELATING TO RESTAURANTS. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Establishes a statewide cleanliness grading system for food establishments and requires establishments to visibly post their grade for patrons. | ||
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SB65 RELATING TO MARIJUANA. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Reduces penalty for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana to a violation rather than a petty misdemeanor. | ||
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SB66 SD1 RELATING TO UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Makes tampering with for-profit entertainment games, such as for-profit coin- or dollar bill-operated entertainment machines and arcade games, an unfair or deceptive act or practice. (SD1) | ||
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SB67 RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Establishes state building code commission tasked with the adoption of a uniform state building code. | ||
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SB68 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
BAKER, IHARA, FUKUNAGA, English, Tsutsui, Chun Oakland, Ige, Hanabusa, Menor, Kokubun |
| Establishes safety and evacuation criteria for assisted living facilities that accept individuals with an impairment that prevents the resident from safely evacuating with minimal assistance. Requires that assisted living facilities implement the criteria by July 1, 2008. (SB68 HD1) | ||
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SB69 SD2 HD2 RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. |
BAKER, TSUTSUI, CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO, English, Ige, Hanabusa, Menor, Ihara, Kokubun, Fukunaga |
| Funds the development and maintenance of a statewide comprehensive health care workforce map and database by the John A. Burns School of Medicine, to identify health care workforce shortages through 2020, and to develop a plan to improve any health care workforce shortages. (SB69 HD2) | ||
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SB70 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR LIFEGUARD SERVICES AT MAKENA STATE PARK ON MAUI. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI, CHUN OAKLAND, Ige, Menor, Ihara, Kokubun, Fukunaga |
| Makes an appropriation to provide for lifeguard service at Makena State Park on Maui. | ||
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SB71 RELATING TO STATE AND COUNTY TORT LIABILITY. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI, SAKAMOTO, Chun Oakland, Ige, Menor, Ihara, Kokubun, Fukunaga |
| Repeals the sunset date for public land liability immunity established by Act 190, SLH 1996, and repeals the sunset date for state and county tort liability relating to lifeguard services established by Act 170, SLH 2002. | ||
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SB72 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, Tsutsui, Ige, Hanabusa, Menor, Sakamoto, Ihara, Kokubun, Fukunaga |
| Appropriates funds to the department of human services to expand their QUEST and medicaid programs to provide periodontal care to pregnant women. Limits benefits to $500 per person per year. | ||
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SB73 RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. |
BAKER, TSUTSUI, IHARA, TOKUDA, Ige, Menor, Fukunaga |
| Requires nonprofit corporations with annual gross revenues of $1 million or greater to implement federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act-type provisions by forming an audit committee with independent members and using generally accepted accounting principles. Establishes whistleblower protections. | ||
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SB74 RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. |
BAKER |
| Makes it a penal offense to promote a controlled substance in, on, or near a county, state, or federal historic property. | ||
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SB75 RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS. |
BAKER |
| Authorizes public access to the public information of all convicted sex offenders through both public Internet access and on-site access. | ||
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SB76 SD2 RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER |
| Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds to the department of education to develop a plan to provide temperature reduction measures in public school facilities, which incorporates energy conservation initiatives. (SD2) | ||
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SB77 RELATING TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, Hooser |
| Establishes hurricane resistant building code for state buildings. Requires developers to install siren warning devices in developments. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund retrofit of public school buildings for use as emergency shelters. Appropriates funds to retrofit existing and construct new emergency shelters. Transfers investment earnings of the Hawaii hurricane relief fund to the loss mitigation grant fund for two fiscal years. Provides an income tax credit for the installation of wind resistive devices. | ||
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SB78 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER |
| Creates the schools education special fund under the department of education to hold unexpended and unencumbered moneys from other education special funds and accounts instead of lapsing into the general fund. Moneys to be used for emergencies or as needed. Makes start-up appropriation. | ||
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SB79 SD2 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Chun Oakland, Hooser |
| Amends Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, to repeal the transfer of certain fiscal functions from the department of budget and finance to the department of education. (SD2) | ||
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SB80 SD2 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, Hooser |
| Creates a revolving fund for the collection of stipend repayments for University of Hawaii students in breach of the Felix consent decree recruitment and retention program and provides funding for stipends for other students under the recruitment and retention program. (SD2) | ||
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SB81 RELATING TO SCHOOLS. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, HOOSER |
| Conforms Act 186, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, with the federal Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 that requires asbestos testing only of suspected asbestos-containing materials. | ||
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SB82 SD1 RELATING TO SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCILS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires the department of education to establish a community council training program. Appropriates funds for this purpose. (SD1) | ||
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SB83 RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Provides a qualified exemption to the University of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii Foundation from disclosure of donor information. | ||
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SB84 SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Increases the compensation amount and provides a protocol allowance for members of the board of education. Appropriates funds. (SD1) | ||
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SB85 SD1 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, Hooser |
| Requires each county to adopt an ordinance to participate in the community rating system of the National Flood Insurance Program. Appropriate funds to the counties for implementation. (SD1) | ||
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SB86 RELATING TO EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR NATURAL DISASTERS. |
SAKAMOTO, Tokuda, Hooser |
| Authorizes the governor to order the release of up to ten per cent of moneys appropriated from interest earnings in the emergency and budget reserve fund for emergency assistance to residents and businesses sustaining damage from natural disasters. Also appropriates funds for emergency assistance. | ||
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SB87 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Allows the board of education to employ or retain its own attorneys. | ||
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SB88 RELATING TO TEACHERS. |
SAKAMOTO, Tokuda |
| Provides teachers receiving satisfactory service performance evaluations with annual step increases for five years. Denies DOE teachers with marginal service performance evaluations from receiving annual step increases. Excludes teachers at the top salary levels from receiving annual step increases. | ||
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SB89 RELATING TO EMPLOYER WORKFORCE ASSISTANCE. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds to the department of labor and industrial relations to contract for the development and implementation of a program to assist employers with workforce requirements during labor shortages. | ||
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SB90 SD2 HD2 RELATING TO VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA |
| Establishes a Vocational Agriculture and Landscape Education Program to ensure the continued supply of qualified individuals to support and maintain the agriculture and landscape industries. | ||
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SB91 SD1 RELATING TO NURSING EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, Ige, Fukunaga |
| Makes appropriations to University of Hawaii campuses to implement nursing education workforce development. (SD1) | ||
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SB92 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO, Chun Oakland, Ige, Fukunaga |
| Exempts Board of Regents from Hawaii public procurement code requirements. | ||
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SB93 SD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE SIMULATION RESOURCE LABORATORIES. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, TOKUDA, Ige, Fukunaga |
| Appropriates funds to expand and establish healthcare workforce simulation resource laboratories throughout the University of Hawaii system for healthcare workforce development and training. (SD1) | ||
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SB94 SD2 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA |
| Establishes a revolving fund for the department of education in order for it to disburse revenue in support of its food distribution program. (SD2) | ||
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SB96 SD3 HD2 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires reasonable suspicion and random drug testing of public school employees, teachers, and public library employees; requires department of education to adopt rules to determine sanctions for positive drug tests. Requires the department of education to develop procedures for obtaining the criminal history of certain persons who are seeking to serve as providers or subcontractors and trainees from an institution of higher education. Allows the department to pass on fees charged by the Hawaii criminal justice data center. Repeals the authority of the department to refuse to issue or to revoke a teaching or other educational certificate. Makes appropriation. (SB96 HD2) | ||
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SB97 SD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA |
| Appropriates $4,000,000 to the department of education for science textbooks and other teaching resources for school complex areas with an established K-12 articulated science curriculum and appropriates $750,000 to the department of education to assist teachers in conducting assessments and addressing student weaknesses and needs. (SD1) | ||
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SB99 RELATING TO THE COMMITTEE ON WEIGHTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA |
| Requires that the department of education committee on weights meet biennially every odd numbered year, instead of annually. | ||
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SB100 SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA |
| Authorizes the Hawaii teacher standards board to suspend its rules, in cases where extenuating circumstances exist, and to amend licensing-related fees and charges relating to the performance of the board's duties. (SD1) | ||
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SB101 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund to provide medical, hospital, and surgical benefits plans to part time, temporary, and seasonal or casual employees with contributions from the employer. | ||
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SB102 RELATING TO STATE BUILDING CODE. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes a state building code council; authorizes the council to establish a state building code; appropriates funds for the operations of the council. | ||
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SB103 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, Tokuda |
| Clarifies the time period in which the department of labor and industrial relations may expend funds appropriated under Act 190, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006. Clarifies restrictions on the use of funds. | ||
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SB104 RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Imposes the general excise tax on the value of the work performed by owner-builders on their residences. | ||
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SB105 RELATING TO COMMUNITY RESTITUTION. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, Tokuda |
| Substitute the term "community restitution" for the term "community service" wherever that term appears as it relates to punishment, sanction, or sentencing. | ||
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SB106 SD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STUDY ON TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR COVERAGE. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Funds a joint legislative study group to address 24-hour coverage. (SD1) | ||
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SB107 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
INOUYE |
| Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to designate an improvement district when it determines that there is a need for replanning, renewal, or redevelopment of an area's infrastructure. | ||
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SB108 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
SLOM |
| Repeals one-half percent county surcharge on state tax established to fund public transportation systems. | ||
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SB109 RELATING TO A GENERAL EXCISE TAX HOLIDAY. |
SLOM |
| Establishes a general excise tax holiday for consumers and businesses for retail goods and services sold on condition that businesses pass the savings on to consumers. | ||
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SB110 RELATING TO GASOLINE DEALERS. |
SLOM |
| Repeal chapter 486H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to gasoline dealers; repeal appropriation to public utilities commission to carry out purposes of chapter 486H. | ||
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SB111 RELATING TO FUEL TAX. |
SLOM |
| Reduces state fuel tax rate. | ||
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SB112 RELATING TO TAXATION OF PREMIUMS. |
SLOM |
| Eliminates the premium tax on health insurers. | ||
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SB113 RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. |
SLOM |
| Repeals the deposit beverage container program and requires that all moneys collected under the program and deposited into the deposit beverage container deposit special fund lapse into the general fund. | ||
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SB114 RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND. |
SLOM |
| Refunds to property owners all but $1,000,000 from the hurricane reserve trust fund. | ||
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SB115 RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. |
SLOM |
| Increases voting requirement for appropriations from two-thirds majority vote of each house of the legislature to a three-fourths majority vote of each house of the legislature. | ||
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SB116 RELATING TO MANDATED HEALTH COVERAGE. |
SLOM |
| Repeals Hawaii's Mandated Health Coverage Act. | ||
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SB117 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
SLOM |
| Disallows workers' compensation benefits for injuries sustained during after work employer-sponsored voluntary recreational or social activities. Clarifies that calculations of permanent partial disability awards are patterned after those of permanent total disability awards. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB118 RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES. |
SLOM |
| Increases the reduction in minimum wage levels for tipped employees. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB119 RELATING TO LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. |
SLOM |
| Protects each citizen's right to gainful employment regardless of non-membership in any labor organization. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB120 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
SLOM |
| Removes work comp coverage for stress claims and injuries/damages from any act of violence; appropriates funds to establish a workers' compensation fraud hotline; requires designation of a deputy attorney to investigate and prosecute workers' compensation fraud violations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB121 RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. |
SLOM |
| Repeals mandatory arbitration for all collective bargaining units except firefighters and police officers. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB122 PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE GOVERNANCE, INTERNAL STRUCTURE, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN HAWAII. |
SLOM |
| Proposes amendments to the state constitution in order to change the governance, internal structure, management, and operation of public schools in Hawaii. Replaces the State's single, elected board of education with elected/appointed boards of education. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB123 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SLOM |
| Establishes the parental choice in education opportunity scholarship program in order to provide scholarships to a private school of choice for school children of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB124 RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS. |
SLOM |
| Provides an income tax credit for private school tuition. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB125 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. |
SLOM |
| Proposes amendment to article V, section 6, of the state constitution to provide that the attorney general be elected rather than appointed by the governor. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB126 PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR A UNICAMERAL LEGISLATURE. |
SLOM |
| Proposes constitutional amendments to provide for a unicameral legislature to be known as the house of representatives commencing after the general election in November, 2008, consisting of 51 members serving 4-year terms. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB127 RELATING TO CORRUPT PRACTICES INTENDED TO INFLUENCE "OFFICIAL ACTS," AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED BY SECTION 84-3, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. |
SLOM |
| Prohibits any person from corruptly influencing an official act; provides penalties for such conduct. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB128 RELATING TO PENAL RESPONSIBILITY. |
SLOM |
| Eliminates the insanity defense. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB129 RELATING TO ABORTION. |
SLOM |
| Prohibits partial birth abortion. Defines "abortion", "fetus", and "partial birth abortion". | ||
| Status View measure |
SB130 RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST UNBORN CHILDREN. |
SLOM |
| Creates new criminal offenses perpetrated by the mother against an unborn child. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB131 RELATING TO OPEN CARRY LICENSE OF FIREARMS. |
SLOM |
| Authorizes chiefs of police to issue licenses to carry a concealed firearm. Details processes for license applications, renewals, and record keeping. Strictly prohibits carrying concealed firearms under certain circumstances. Repeals HRS section 134-9. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB132 RELATING TO OPEN CARRY LICENSE OF FIREARMS. |
SLOM |
| Authorizes chiefs of police to issue licenses to openly carry a firearm. Details processes for license applications, renewals, and record keeping. Strictly prohibits openly carrying firearms under certain circumstances. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB133 RELATING TO HIGH CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINE FOR FIREARMS. |
SLOM |
| Repeals HRS section 134-8 subsection (c) prohibition against manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of detachable ammunition magazine with a capacity in excess of ten rounds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB134 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
SLOM |
| Preempts any and all ordinances, resolutions or motions, or administrative action of any county or county agency relating to firearms. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB135 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
SLOM |
| Exempts a retired law enforcement officer from HRS sections 134-9 and 134-23 through 134-27. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB136 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. |
SLOM |
| Abolishes periodic motor vehicle inspections (safety checks). | ||
| Status View measure |
SB137 RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. |
SLOM |
| Provides exemption for passengers in taxicabs from mandatory seat belt requirement. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB140 RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. |
BAKER (BR) |
| Requires radio and television stations to maintain emergency electrical generators in times of power outages. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB141 RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE |
BAKER (BR) |
| Requires retail dealers of liquid fuel to maintain emergency electrical generators in times of power outages. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB142 RELATING TO COPPER RECYCLING. |
BAKER (BR) |
| Establishes state-run copper recycling clearinghouses in each county to purchase used, secondhand, or salvaged copper. Makes appropriations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB143 RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT. |
BAKER |
| Makes technical amendment to budget allotment modification law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB144 RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. |
BAKER |
| Makes a technical amendment to the state budget law relating to the deposit of state funds into the state treasury. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB145 RELATING TO STATE BUDGET. |
BAKER |
| Clarifies the budgetary responsibilities of government agencies. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB146 RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. |
BAKER |
| Clarifies the administration of special funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB147 RELATING TO STATE REVENUES. |
BAKER |
| Clarifies the administration of special funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB150 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL. |
ESPERO |
| Appropriates funds to provide an air conditioning system for James Campbell High School. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB151 RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING. |
ESPERO, Sakamoto |
| Establishes a temporary bioprospecting advisory commission to address issues relating to bioprospecting. Appropriates funds for commission to fulfill its mandate. Commission ends June 30, 2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB152 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
ESPERO |
| Clarifies use of moneys in state highway fund for bicycle lanes, bicycle paths, bicycle routes, and bikeways. Requires department of transportation to involve representatives of the bicycle community in decision making process. Effective July 1, 2012. (SB152 HD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB153 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. |
IGE, INOUYE, ESPERO, TOKUDA, ENGLISH, CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, Bunda, Gabbard, Ihara, Trimble, Sakamoto, Nishihara, Kim, Tsutsui, Hemmings, Fukunaga, Taniguchi, Kokubun |
| Makes appropriations to the department of health to assess the structural integrity of state hospitals to determine their ability to withstand different types of natural disasters. (SB153 HD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB154 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EROSION CONTROL MEASURES ALONG KAWA STREAM IN KANEOHE, OAHU. |
TOKUDA, HEE, Kokubun |
| Appropriates funding for erosion control along Kawa Stream in Kaneohe. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB155 SD1 RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS. |
HEE, Kokubun, Nishihara, Inouye |
| Clarifies the methods of public access to a sex offender's public information. (SD 1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB156 SD2 HD2 RELATING TO VOTING. |
HEE, KOKUBUN, INOUYE, Nishihara |
| Authorizes permanent absentee voting. Makes appropriations. (SB156 HD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB157 RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. |
BAKER |
| Requires online full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving state funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB158 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PLAN FOR AND TO HOST THE INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS HEALTH CONFERENCE, "HEALING OUR SPIRIT WORLDWIDE" IN HAWAII. |
BUNDA |
| Makes an appropriation for preliminary planning to host the international indigenous health conference in Hawaii in 2010. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB159 RELATING TO THE UNIFORM DEBT-MANAGEMENT SERVICES ACT. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Enacts Uniform Debt-Management Services Act that requires registration of providers of debt-management services. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB160 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
FUKUNAGA, CHUN OAKLAND, Ihara |
| Requires all applications for demolition of historic properties to be reviewed and approved by the Hawaii historic places review board or local government preservation commission. Requires a replacement structure as a condition of demolition approval. Allows exceptions for imminent harm and economic hardship. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB161 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
FUKUNAGA, TOKUDA, CHUN OAKLAND, IHARA, ENGLISH, Ige, Espero, Nishihara |
| Appropriates funds to the state historic preservation division for operating and staff costs to maintain its various historic preservation projects and programs and assist in earthquake damage. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB163 SD1 RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Specifies that responsible managing employees of a contracting entity are not exempt from the requirements of chapter 444, Hawaii Revised Statues. Authorizes the contractors licensing board to award reasonable attorneys fees for violations of chapter 444, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB164 RELATING TO NURSE AIDES. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Certifies nurse aides who work in nursing facilities participating in medicare and medicaid programs and in other state licensed and certified health care settings. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB165 RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Provides funds for the insurance fraud investigations unit to increase staff to prosecute insurance fraud more effectively. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB166 RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. |
TANIGUCHI |
| 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. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB167 SD1 RELATING TO LOANS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. |
TANIGUCHI |
| Establishes interest-free home purchase loan programs to be administered by the Hawaii health systems corporation for physicians and advanced practice registered nurses to provide them with an incentive to work in hard-to-staff rural areas. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB168 RELATING TO LEAHI HOSPITAL. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Transfers the Leahi Hospital from Hawaii health systems corporation to the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB169 RELATING TO CONSUMER ACTIONS. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| 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. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB170 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE COMPANIES. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Allows captive insurance companies to be formed as limited liability companies. Clarifies minimum capital and surplus requirements. Increases investment flexibility for pure captives. (SB170 HD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB171 RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Appropriates funds for construction of a second building to house the First Circuit Court. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB172 RELATING TO CONSUMER CONTRACTS. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Prohibits the automatic renewal of consumer contracts unless the consumer is given (a) timely notice of the automatic renewal and (b) the possibility to avoid automatic renewal. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB173 RELATING TO UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Provides for recovery of expert witness' fees by prevailing plaintiff in consumer protection cases. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB174 RELATING TO DRIVING. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Amends the offense of inattention to driving to specify negligence as the requisite state of mind. Amends penalties to be consistent with those of reckless driving. Gives court discretion to require defendant to comply with financial responsibility requirements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB175 RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Changes the method of assessing the conveyance tax for property exchanges to the net difference in value of the properties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB176 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROVIDE ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE DRUG INJECTIONS. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Appropriates $ in FY 2007-2008 $ in FY 2008-2009 for the department of health to provide free injections of the alcohol dependence drug naltrexone in its health clinics. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB177 RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Limits reports by physicians, surgeons, hospitals, and clinics to the police in cases of motor vehicle accidents to situations when a road or roads are closed pending a motor vehicle accident investigation. Narrows scope of report by eliminating "other pertinent information." | ||
| Status View measure |
SB178 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GENETIC ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to assess the long-term effects of allowing genetic engineering to occur in the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB179 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURE. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Provides for procedures to protect nongenetically engineered plant life from their genetically engineered counterparts. Establishes the liability of manufacturers and growers of genetically engineered plants, plant parts, or seeds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB180 RELATING TO GENETIC ENGINEERING. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Prohibits the use of food crops for the genetic engineering of drugs, industrial chemicals, and other non-good materials. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB181 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
TANIGUCHI (BR) |
| Prohibits possession of license plate where vehicle is uninsured. Requires safety inspection stickers on the inside of the window. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB182 PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES II, III, AND XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR INITIATIVE. |
SLOM |
| Amends articles II, III, and XVII of the state constitution to provide for initiative. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB183 PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES II, III, AND XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR REFERENDUM. |
SLOM |
| Enables small insurers that occupy less than thirty per cent of the health insurance market to provide the broadest healthcare coverage at the lowest possible rates by permitting different types of insurance to be combined into a single unified policy; encourages broader coverage of sole proprietors and other employer groups with only one employee. (HD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB184 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR RECALL. |
SLOM |
| Amends article II of the state constitution to provide for recall. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB185 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL. |
SLOM |
| Amends the state constitution to provide for initiative, referendum, and recall. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB186 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO IMPOSE TERM LIMITS UPON SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES. |
SLOM |
| Limits state senators to 3 consecutive 4-year terms and state representatives to 6 consecutive 2-year terms beginning with terms commencing on the day of the general election of 2008; provided that a person becomes eligible to serve in the same position again, if the person has been out of that office for 4 years. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB187 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. |
SLOM |
| Requires each polling place to post for 24 hours, beginning after the closing of the polls, the printout results from that polling place's voting machines. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB189 RELATING TO THE COUNTIES' EMINENT DOMAIN POWERS. |
SLOM |
| Restricts the eminent domain powers of the counties to ensure that private property, if acquired by a county through its eminent domain powers, is acquired only for public uses and not for private use. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB190 RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN POWERS. |
SLOM |
| Prohibits the State and counties from condemning private property for a private economic interest or a private entity who expressed an interest in developing that same property for development purposes or private use before the condemnation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB191 RELATING TO FOOD AND MEDICAL SERVICES. |
SLOM, TRIMBLE, HEMMINGS |
| Provides an exemption for food and medical services from the general excise tax. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB192 RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
SLOM |
| Repeals the GET on all intermediary business transactions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB193 RELATING TO CONFORMANCE OF STATE PERSONAL EXEMPTION TO FEDERAL PERSONAL EXEMPTION. |
SLOM |
| Conforms the state personal exemption amount to the federal personal exemption amount. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB194 RELATING TO TAXABLE INCOME EXCLUSION |
SLOM |
| Provides taxable income exclusion for military on active duty who are serving outside the State pursuant to orders. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB195 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
SLOM |
| Amends HRS section 235-1 to include the definition of "totally disabled." | ||
| Status View measure |
SB196 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
SLOM |
| Extends workers' compensation insurance exemption to employers having distributional interest of at least 50% of a limited liability company or having transferable interest of at least 50% of a limited liability partnership. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB197 RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. |
SLOM |
| Provides that an owner-employee of a corporation or a member of a limited liability company owing a distributed interest of at least fifty per cent may collect unemployment benefits in circumstances where "voluntary" closure of a business is necessary. Allows the director to make rules with respect to hardship and work availability. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB198 RELATING TO PAYCHECK PROTECTION. |
SLOM |
| Protects employees from paycheck deductions or withholdings they do not specifically authorize in writing. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB199 RELATING TO SALARY PERIODS. |
SLOM, TRIMBLE, HEMMINGS |
| Eliminates payroll lag and after-the-fact paycheck issuance for public employees; provides that paydays for public employees shall be on the first and fifteenth of each month. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB200 RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. |
HANABUSA (BR) |
| Status View measure |
SB201 RELATING TO MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. |
SLOM |
| Establishes medical savings accounts. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB202 RELATING TO TORTS. |
SLOM |
| Revises provisions relating to medical tort reform. Makes a tortfeasor liable for no more than that percentage of share of damages attributable to that individual or entity. Removes exceptions from law abolishing joint and several liability | ||
| Status View measure |
SB203 RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. |
SLOM |
| Prevents recovery in negligence by drivers who are uninsured or chemically impaired at the time of the accident. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB204 RELATING TO TORTS. |
SLOM |
| Redefines noneconomic damages for purposes of tort actions. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB205 RELATING TO PARENTAL NOTIFICATION BEFORE AN ABORTION MAY BE PERFORMED ON CERTAIN MINORS. |
SLOM |
| Prohibits physician from performing an abortion on a minor unless: (1) the physician has given 72 hours actual notice to the minor's parents or guardian; (2) a family court or appellate court authorizes the minor to consent, either by issuing an appropriate order or by failing to do so; or (3) the physician concludes that an abortion is necessary to avoid death or a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. Prescribes procedure for obtaining judicial approval. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB206 RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST UNBORN CHILDREN. |
SLOM |
| Creates new criminal offenses of murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, and battery of an unborn child; defines unborn child. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB207 RELATING TO BILL OF RIGHTS FOR VICTIMS. |
SLOM |
| Amends HRS 801D to remove the written request requirement for rights of victims to become effective. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB208 RELATING TO BILL OF RIGHTS FOR VICTIMS. |
SLOM |
| Amends HRS 801D providing for additional rights to crime victims. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB209 RELATING TO COURT APPEARANCE. |
SLOM, Trimble, Hemmings |
| Allows sole owners of corporations and limited liability companies, and officers of nonprofit corporations to appear in court and prosecute or defend the interests of the respective entity without being licensed to practice law. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB210 RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS. |
SLOM |
| Amends the crime victims' bill of rights to include notice or waiver of notice as to an offender's unfitness to stand trial, transfer to the state hospital or other psychiatric facility, or regaining fitness to proceed. Requires the department of health to provide notice of offender unauthorized absences. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB211 RELATING TO ELECTED OFFICIALS. |
SLOM |
| Requires testing for illegal drugs of all elected officials of the State, county, board of education, and office of Hawaiian affairs. Disqualifies any person who tests positive for illegal drugs from taking office. Requires forfeiture of office upon testing positive for illegal drugs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB212 RELATING TO BRIBES. |
SLOM |
| Requires reporting of bribe offers by public servants and disclosure of corrupt solicitations. Imposes penalties for failure to report. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB213 RELATING TO JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE. |
SLOM |
| Amends HRS chapter 703 to remove the requirement of retreating or surrendering possession of a thing before the use of force is a justifiable defense. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB214 RELATING TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. |
SLOM |
| Provides for a sentence of death or life imprisonment without possibility of parole upon conviction of a defendant for the murder of a minor less than 12, murder combined with torture or sexual assault, or multiple murder. Requires separate sentencing proceeding after conviction before a jury. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB215 RELATING TO WATER SUPPLY. |
SLOM |
| Bans the addition of products, substances or chemicals to the public water supply. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB216 SD1 RELATING TO CAPITAL GOODS EXCISE TAX CREDIT. |
SLOM |
| Amends the definition of "cost" with regard to the capital goods excise tax credit. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB217 RELATING TO CONFORMING STATE STANDARD DEDUCTION TO FEDERAL STANDARD DEDUCTION. |
SLOM |
| Conforms the state standard deduction amount to reflect the federal standard deduction amount. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB218 RELATING TO SMOKING. |
SLOM |
| Allows smoking in a stand-alone adult entertainment business, providing signage outside the premises warns that smoking is permitted within the premises. Adds definition of "stand-alone adult entertainment business". | ||
| Status View measure |
SB219 RELATING TO THE USE OF FORCE. |
SLOM |
| Permits the use of deadly force by the resident of a dwelling against person not lawfully in the dwelling who uses force against the resident. Expands the exemption from the duty to retreat from the home and work place to any place where the actor may lawfully be present. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB220 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
SLOM |
| Repeals 10 round capacity limit on detachable ammunition magazines. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB221 RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. |
SLOM |
| Makes it a class B felony for a psychotherapist to subject a patient to sexual penetration and a class C felony for a psychotherapist to subject a patient to sexual contact. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB222 RELATING TO BRIBERY. |
SLOM |
| Requires public officials and employees to disclose any offer of a bribe. Requires any person from whom a bribe is solicited by a public official or employee to disclose the solicitation. Establishes penalties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB223 RELATING TO SPEEDING. |
SLOM |
| Amends the offense of excessive speeding to include speeding while having three prior speeding offenses in the preceding 12 months. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB224 RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF THE SALE OF PRIVATE TELEPHONE RECORDS. |
SLOM |
| Criminalizes the brokering of customer information acquired from a telecommunication service provider. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB225 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A WORKFORCE ACADEMY LIAISON IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. |
TOKUDA, Sakamoto, Baker, Kokubun, Tsutsui, English |
| Appropriates funds for a workforce academy liaison within the department of education to coordinate efforts to provide career exploration, awareness, and mentoring for students. The liaison would also work with the business community and the department of business, economic development and tourism to identify future economic growth areas and emerging industries and work to establish academies to ensure that there are skilled workers for these fields. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB226 RELATING TO SCRAP DEALERS. |
MENOR |
| Transfers license issuance and enforcement duties regarding scrap dealers from counties to the Department of the Attorney General. Establishes penalties for failure to obtain a scrap dealer license, and to obtain identification and written statements from sellers regarding ownership of scrap. Exempts currently licensed scrap dealers for 180 days after effective date. Appropriates funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB227 SD1 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR HANALANI SCHOOLS. |
MENOR, Bunda |
| Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Hanalani Schools. (SD1) | ||
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SB229 RELATING TO MOTOR SCOOTER AND MOPED HELMET USAGE. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires all operators and passengers of motor scooters and mopeds to wear helmets. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB230 SD1 RELATING TO SCRAP METAL. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Adds additional requirements for the purchase of copper by scrap dealers and holds scrap dealers accountable for violations. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB231 RELATING TO TELEPSYCHIATRY. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Appropriates funds to expand the telepsychiatry project at the University of Hawaii; appropriates funds for that purpose. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB232 RELATING TO REMOTE DISPENSING PHARMACIES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Permits the operation of remote dispensing pharmacies. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB233 RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Permits the department of land and natural resources to obtain a warrant and enter privately owned real property to mitigate hazards posed by potential rock, soil, or other slope movement, and to charge the owner for the cost of mitigating the hazard. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB234 RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the association of apartment owners to regulate the use, maintenance, repair, replacement, and modification of limited common elements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB235 RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Prohibits a premium increase on any motor vehicle insurance policy as a result of any traffic violation if the traffic violation is dismissed by court order. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB236 RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Makes pseudoephedrine a schedule V controlled substance requiring a prescription. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB237 RELATING TO FORENSIC EXAMINERS. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Increases the fee paid to a forensic examiner who performs a court-ordered mental health evaluation of a criminal defendant; appropriates funds for that purpose for fiscal years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB238 SD2 RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Increases the reimbursement rate for medicaid and QUEST psychiatric services according to county population. Requires notice to HMOs and prepaid health plans of any rate adjustments. Requires annual report to legislature. Appropriates $ for the reimbursement rate increase. (SD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB239 RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY LEASES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the lessor of commercial and industrial properties to pay the lessee the market value of improvements made by the lessee in the event that the lessor does not renegotiate the lease with that lessee. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB240 SD1 RELATING TO NEUROTRAUMA. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Allows money from the neurotrauma special fund to be used for direct services to individuals with neurotrauma; requires the department of human services to apply for a federal waiver for the use of moneys from the fund. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB241 SD1 RELATING TO COMMUNITY PLACEMENT. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Directs the departments of health and human services to maintain an inventory of all facilities licensed or certified under their jurisdiction and their vacancies to facilitate the placement of individuals in community-based facilities. (SD1) | ||
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SB242 SD1 RELATING TO DENTAL CARE. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga |
| Expands coverage under the State's medicaid and QUEST programs to include comprehensive dental care for adults and appropriates funds to provide the additional coverage. (SD1) | ||
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SB243 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Sakamoto |
| Requires the board of regents for the University of Hawaii to establish a new bachelor's degree program in information technology at the Manoa campus. | ||
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SB244 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Sakamoto |
| Requires department of health to adopt rules for beauty shops and health spas providing laser technology. Requires special license for laser technology application for an esthetician to use laser technology. Defines laser technology and health spa. Requires DOH to adopt rules for special license. | ||
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SB245 RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Nishihara, Whalen, Sakamoto, Ihara, English |
| Appropriates funds to provide treatment services for child victims of sexual abuse, including psychological treatment and case management services for child victims and their families. | ||
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SB246 RELATING TO COUNTIES. |
CHUN OAKLAND, English |
| 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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SB247 SD1 RELATING TO ASIAN LUNAR NEW YEAR COMMEMORATION. |
CHUN OAKLAND, ENGLISH, Ihara |
| Establishes the Asian lunar new year commemoration week. (SD1) | ||
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SB248 SD2 RELATING TO THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Ihara |
| Appropriates funds for staffing of state commission on fatherhood. Extends sunset to 6/30/09. (SD2) | ||
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SB250 RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, SAKAMOTO, IHARA |
| Clarifies that in cases where a meeting has been duly noticed but a board fails to attain a quorum, the remaining members of the board may still receive testimony and presentations. | ||
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SB251 SD1 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
CHUN OAKLAND, English |
| Allows a premium reduction for drivers who complete a driver accident prevention program. (SD1) | ||
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SB252 RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ACCESS. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Nishihara |
| Requires voting record of each legislator to be available online on every measure on which a vote is taken in committee or on the floor | ||
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SB253 RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Hee |
| Prohibits an employer from subjecting an employee to an abusive work environment; provides legal recourse for employees who have been psychologically, physically, or economically harmed as a result of being deliberately subjected to an abusive work environment. | ||
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SB254 RELATING TO INJURY PREVENTION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| 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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SB255 SD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Requires the department of education to design and implement an early intervention services pilot program for eligible children with Down syndrome; appropriates funds for the pilot program; sunset date. (SD1) | ||
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SB256 RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Establishes statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention program. Appropriates $ to department of health to implement the program. | ||
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SB257 SD1 RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. |
CHUN OAKLAND |
| Prohibits pre-signed and predated prescriptions. Clarifies how the narcotic enforcement division administrator shall conduct inspections at pharmacies. (SD1) | ||
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SB258 SD1 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. |
CHUN OAKLAND, Ihara, Fukunaga |
| 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. (SD1) | ||
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SB259 SD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER. |
FUKUNAGA, CHUN OAKLAND, Slom, English, Espero |
| Appropriates funds for the Papakolea Community Development Corporation to operate its community center. (SD1) | ||
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SB260 RELATING TO HOLIDAYS. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Establishes September 21 of each year as Peace Day to promote peace programs, improve international relations, and increase educational awareness of peace. Encourages citizens to observe and celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create peace on the holiday | ||
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SB261 RELATING TO HOLIDAYS. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Establishes September 21 of each year as a state holiday to be known as Peace Day to promote peace programs, improve international relations and increase educational awareness of peace. | ||
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SB262 RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB263 RELATING TO BANKING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB264 RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB265 RELATING TO BUSINESS REGULATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB266 RELATING TO CABLE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB267 RELATING TO COMMUNICATIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB268 RELATING TO COMMUNICATIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB269 RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB270 RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB271 RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB272 RELATING TO CONSUMERS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB273 RELATING TO CONSUMERS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB274 RELATING TO CONSUMERS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB275 RELATING TO CONTRACTS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB276 RELATING TO ELDERLY HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB277 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB278 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB279 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB280 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB281 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB282 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB283 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB284 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB285 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB286 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB287 RELATING TO IDENTITY THEFT. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB288 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB289 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB290 RELATING TO INSURANCE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB291 RELATING TO INTERSTATE BANKING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB292 RELATING TO THE LANDLORD TENANT CODE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB293 RELATING TO THE LANDLORD TENANT CODE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB294 RELATING TO LEASEHOLDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB295 RELATING TO LEASEHOLDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB296 RELATING TO PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB297 RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB298 RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB299 RELATING TO REGULATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB300 RELATING TO REGULATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB301 RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB302 SD1 RELATING TO THE ARTS. |
HOOSER |
| Adds an unspecified percentage to the works of art special fund for performing arts. (SD1) | ||
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SB303 RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB304 RELATING TO CULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB305 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HOOSER |
| Makes permanent the $3 rental motor vehicle surcharge tax; raises the tour vehicle surcharge tax to unspecified amounts; appropriates an unspecified amount from the state highway fund. (SD1) | ||
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SB306 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB307 RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB308 RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB309 RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY USES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB310 RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB311 RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB312 RELATING TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB313 RELATING TO SCIENCE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB314 RELATING TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB315 RELATING TO RECREATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB316 RELATING TO RECREATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB317 RELATING TO INTERNET SERVICE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB318 RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB319 RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB320 RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB321 RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB322 RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB324 RELATING TO THE HAWAII STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB325 RELATING TO THE HAWAII STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB326 RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB327 RELATING TO FOREIGN TRADE ZONES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB328 RELATING TO THE FILM INDUSTRY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB329 RELATING TO THE FILM INDUSTRY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB330 RELATING TO FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB331 SD3 RELATING TO ELECTRONIC DATA AND INFORMATION. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates funds to the office of the auditor for research and support services necessary to develop additional deterrents for identity theft, and in particular, those related to the compromise of electronic data and information, and social security numbers in public records. (SD3) | ||
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SB332 RELATING TO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB333 RELATING TO THE ECONOMY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB334 RELATING TO ECONOMIC PLANNING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB335 RELATING TO ECONOMIC PLANNING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB336 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB337 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB338 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB339 RELATING TO DIGITAL MEDIA. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB340 RELATING TO COMMUNITY BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB341 RELATING TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN HAWAII. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB342 RELATING TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN HAWAII. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB343 RELATING TO AQUARIA. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB344 RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB345 RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB346 RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB347 RELATING TO THE ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB348 RELATING TO ALOHA STADIUM. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB349 RELATING TO ALOHA STADIUM. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB350 RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB351 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB352 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB353 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB354 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB355 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB356 RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB357 RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB358 RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB359 RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB360 RELATING TO LIBRARIES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB361 RELATING TO LIBRARIES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB362 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB363 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB364 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB365 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB366 RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB367 RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB368 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB369 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB370 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WEST OAHU. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB371 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WEST OAHU. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB372 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB373 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB374 RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB375 RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB376 RELATING TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB377 RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB378 RELATING TO STATE CIVIL DEFENSE. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB379 RELATING TO HAWAII SUPERFERRY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB380 RELATING TO AIRCRAFT NOISE ABATEMENT. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB381 RELATING TO BIOTECHNOLOGY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB382 RELATING TO BIOTECHNOLOGY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB383 RELATING TO CONSERVATION. |
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SB384 RELATING TO ECOLOGY. |
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SB385 RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES. |
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SB386 RELATING TO ENERGY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB387 RELATING TO ENERGY. |
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SB388 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB389 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT. |
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SB390 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT. |
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SB391 RELATING TO FOSSIL FUELS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB392 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB393 RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB394 RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB395 RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB396 RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB397 RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB398 RELATING TO RECYCLING. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB399 RELATING TO RECYCLING. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB400 RELATING TO RECYCLING. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB401 RELATING TO LITTER. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB402 RELATING TO HAZARDOUS WASTE. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB403 RELATING TO BIOFUELS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB404 RELATING TO BIOFUELS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB405 RELATING TO BIODIESEL. |
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SB406 RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB407 RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB408 RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB409 SD1 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
HOOSER |
| Requires health insurance policies to cover medical vigilance services for subscribers who are receiving in-patient health care services at an acute care hospital. (SD1) | ||
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SB410 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB411 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB412 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB413 RELATING TO HOSPITALS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB414 RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB415 RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB416 RELATING TO TRAUMA CARE. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB417 RELATING TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB418 RELATING TO THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB419 RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB420 RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB421 RELATING TO THE ELDERLY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB422 RELATING TO THE ELDERLY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB423 RELATING TO GROUP FOSTER CARE HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB424 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
HOOSER |
| Expands the Bridge to Hope program to enable heads of households with minor dependents who receive financial assistance and participate in the first-to-work program to pursue educational activities beyond the new one year federal limit. Appropriates funds. (SB424 HD1) | ||
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SB425 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB426 SD2 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates funds for a statewide interpreter referral service for public and private agencies and for persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or deaf blind. (SD2) | ||
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SB427 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
HOOSER |
| Requires the medically needy program to disregard an amount of income in determining eligibility for the program. Increases state supplemental payments for certain domiciliary care and requires a portion of the payment to be retained by the recipient for personal use. (SB427 HD1) | ||
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SB428 SD1 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates funds for the blueprint for change project. (SD1) | ||
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SB429 RELATING TO MARRIAGE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB430 RELATING TO MINORS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB431 RELATING TO MINORS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB432 RELATING TO PROTECTIVE SERVICES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB433 RELATING TO YOUTH SERVICES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB434 RELATING TO MED-QUEST. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB435 RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB436 RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB437 RELATING TO THE HOMELESS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB438 RELATING TO COUNTIES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB439 RELATING TO COUNTIES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB440 RELATING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB441 RELATING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB442 RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB443 RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB444 RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB445 RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB446 RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB447 RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSING LAWS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB448 RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB449 RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB450 RELATING TO PERMITS, LICENSES, AND APPROVALS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB451 RELATING TO VETERANS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB452 RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB453 RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB454 RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB455 RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB456 RELATING TO CIVIL PROCEEDINGS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB457 RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB458 RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB459 RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB460 RELATING TO COURTS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB461 RELATING TO CRIME. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB462 RELATING TO CRIME. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB463 RELATING TO CRIME PREVENTION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB464 RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB465 RELATING TO THE DRUG DEALER LIABILITY ACT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB466 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB467 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB468 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB469 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB470 SD2 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Requires reasonable suspicion drug testing of public school employees, teachers, and public library employees; requires department of education to adopt rules to determine sanctions for positive drug tests; and establishes employee assistance program. Requires testing for illegal drugs of all elected officials of the State, county, board of education, and office of Hawaiian affairs; disqualifies any person who tests positive for illegal drugs from taking office; and requires forfeiture of office upon testing positive for illegal drugs. (SD2) | ||
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SB471 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB472 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB473 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB474 RELATING TO ETHICS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB475 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB476 RELATING TO THE HEALTH FUND. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB477 RELATING TO THE HEALTH FUND. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB478 RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB479 RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB480 RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB481 RELATING TO JUVENILE JUSTICE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB482 RELATING TO NURSE STAFFING |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB483 RELATING TO PRISONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB484 RELATING TO PROBATE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB485 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB486 RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB487 RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB488 RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND PARKING FINES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB489 RELATING TO TRAINING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB490 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB491 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB492 RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB493 RELATING TO LABOR. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB494 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB495 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB496 RELATING TO PRISONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB497 RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB498 RELATING TO SHERIFFS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB499 RELATING TO AIRPORTS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB500 RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB501 RELATING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB502 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB503 RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB504 RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB505 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB506 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB507 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB508 RELATING TO HARBORS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB509 RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB510 RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB511 RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB512 RELATING TO SPORTS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB513 RELATING TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB514 RELATING TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB515 RELATING TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB516 RELATING TO TOURISM. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB517 RELATING TO TOURISM. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB518 RELATING TO TOURISM. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB519 RELATING TO TOURISM. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB520 RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB521 RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB522 RELATING TO RENEWALS OF DRIVERS LICENSES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB523 SD2 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
HOOSER |
| Requires the department of transportation to include biofuel storage and transmission structures in all harbor improvement master plans. (SD2) | ||
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SB524 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB525 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB526 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB527 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB528 RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB529 RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB530 RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB531 RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB532 RELATING TO CAVE PROTECTION. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB533 RELATING TO CEDED LANDS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB534 RELATING TO CEDED LANDS INVENTORY. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB535 RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB536 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB537 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB538 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB539 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB540 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB541 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB542 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN CLAIMS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB543 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB544 RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB545 RELATING TO HUNTING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB546 SD2 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HOOSER |
| Makes several amendments to the land use laws relating to agricultural districts and rural districts to protect and maintain viable agricultural productivity (SD2) | ||
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SB547 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB548 RELATING TO LAND USE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB549 RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB550 RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB551 RELATING TO MARICULTURE. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB552 RELATING TO MARICULTURE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB553 RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB554 RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB555 RELATING TO PLANNING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB556 RELATING TO PLANNING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB557 RELATING TO PLANNING. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB558 RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. |
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| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB559 RELATING TO STATE PARKS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB560 RELATING TO STATE PARKS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB561 SD1 RELATING TO WATER. |
HOOSER |
| Requires private entities that furnish water used for agricultural purposes in an area zoned for agricultural use to establish a water rate structure for agricultural water use that is comparable to the water rate structure used by the local county board of water supply. (SD1) | ||
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SB562 RELATING TO THE WATERSHED. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB563 RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. |
HOOSER |
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SB564 RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB565 RELATING TO AVIATION FUEL TAX. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB566 RELATING TO THE BUDGET. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB567 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB568 RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB569 RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB570 RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB571 RELATING TO FEES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB572 RELATING TO FINANCES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB573 RELATING TO FINANCES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB574 RELATING TO FUNDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB575 RELATING TO FUNDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB576 RELATING TO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. |
HOOSER |
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SB577 RELATING TO FUNDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB578 RELATING TO GRANTS, SUBSIDIES, AND PURCHASES OF SERVICE. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB579 RELATING TO PUBLIC MONEY AND CONTRACTS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB580 RELATING TO REVENUES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB581 RELATING TO REVENUES. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB582 RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB583 RELATING TO STATE BONDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB584 RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB585 RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB586 SD1 RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates funds to staff and operate the office of the legislative analyst. | ||
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SB587 RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB588 RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB589 RELATING TO STREAMLINED SALES AND USE TAX. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB590 RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB591 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB592 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB593 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB594 RELATING TO TAXING AUTHORITY. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB595 RELATING TO GRANTS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB596 RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. |
HOOSER |
| Short Form Bill. | ||
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SB597 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SOPOGY, INC., IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds in an amount not exceeding $10,000,000 to assist Sopogy, Inc. with planning, designing, construction, equipping, and operating a solar farm power plant at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority to produce electricity from solar power. (SB597 HD1) | ||
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SB598 SD1 RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Provides a general excise tax exemption for buildings or facilities in conformance with the United States green building council's leadership in energy and environmental design green building rating system. (SD1) | ||
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SB599 RELATING TO INCOME TAX. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Provides an income tax deduction for an employer who reimburses the employer's employees for the cost of public transportation incurred by the employees for transportation to and from work. | ||
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SB601 RELATING TO CONTRACTS. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Authorizes contractors and subcontractors to include in their subcontracts additional provisions that must be met before the subcontractor is entitled to receive final payment for completion of work on a government project. | ||
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SB602 SD1 RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Provides for an experiential learning opportunity for students in public schools and the construction academies in community colleges to be included in a bid or proposal for repair and maintenance of public school. (SD1) | ||
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SB604 SD1 RELATING TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires the department of education to implement physical education instruction for grades kindergarten through eight; allows credit to be granted for certain athletic and co curricular activities; provides for the recruitment of licensed physical education teachers; and makes appropriations. (SD1) | ||
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SB605 SD1 RELATING TO TEACHER LICENSING. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Authorizes the issuance of a Hawaii teacher's license based on the possession of an active license from California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Washington and requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to pursue full teacher license reciprocity with all other states. (SD1) | ||
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SB606 SD1 RELATING TO THE BLIND PERSONS' AND LITERACY RIGHTS AND EDUCATION ACT. |
SAKAMOTO, CHUN OAKLAND, Hee |
| Assures individualized education programs for blind or visually impaired children including provisions for instruction in braille. Establishes standards of proficiency and instruction. Provides materials in a computer-accessible format capable of braille reproduction. Requires certification and re certification of teachers in accordance with braille literacy standards. Makes appropriation for braille teacher training. (SD1) | ||
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SB607 SD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriation to the University of Hawaii: $75,000 for research and development of a statewide web-based database of experiential learning opportunities; and $10,000 for a study to identify barriers to businesses and organizations volunteering to provide experiential learning opportunities to K-12 and post-secondary learners. (SD1) | ||
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SB608 SD2 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Provides funding to the University of Hawaii to design, research, and develop an interactive searchable web-based database. (SD2) | ||
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SB609 RELATING TO LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA, Hee |
| Creates an advisory group to recommend to the legislature improvements to the administration of the employment and training fund. Provides for transfer of reverted revenues to the employment and training fund. | ||
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SB610 SD1 RELATING TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE. |
SAKAMOTO, HEE, TOKUDA, NISHIHARA, IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER, TSUTSUI, Ige, Fukunaga |
| Makes an appropriation to the department of education to settle pending class action lawsuits brought by part-time and substitute teachers against the department of education of unpaid wages. (SD1) | ||
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SB611 SD1 RELATING TO ASSET MANAGEMENT. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Transfers all public lands used for public school facilities to the department of education; empowers the board of education and department of education to acquire, lease, hypothecate, develop, and enter into agreements for the improvement of lands under their control for the support of public schools. (SD1) | ||
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SB612 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, REGARDING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Proposes a ballot question to amend the state constitution to: make the board of education composed of seventeen voting members elected in a nonpartisan manner by the qualified voters of the respective school board districts, as provided by law; and require school board districts to be designated by the next scheduled reapportionment commission. | ||
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SB614 SD1 RELATING TO TEACHER HOUSING. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes an affordable housing program for public school teachers and a second mortgage revolving fund. Appropriates funds for: (1) the repair and maintenance of teacher housing; and (2) second mortgage loans for public school teachers. Provides for a report on the effectiveness of housing availability in increasing teacher recruitment. (SD1) | ||
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SB615 SD1 RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN PRACTICES. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Creates a task force within the University of Hawaii to develop a plan for the formation of a permanent aha moku advisory council to advise government agencies involved with regulatory policies for ocean and land use in Hawaii. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB616 SD1 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WEST OAHU CAMPUS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates moneys for construction of the University of Hawaii's West Oahu campus and creation of a West Oahu teacher education program. (SD1) | ||
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SB617 RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes the governor's candidate advisory council appointed by the governor to screen and propose candidates for appointment to the board of regents of the University of Hawaii. Allows a board of regents member to continue to serve until the member's successor has been appointed by the governor. | ||
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SB619 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A COMMUNITY-BASED AQUACULTURE PROGRAM IN HONOKAA. |
INOUYE, English, Tsutsui, Hooser, Kim, Fukunaga, Espero |
| Appropriates $100,000 for the 2007-2008 fiscal year for a community-based aquaculture program involving high school students and local aquaculture farmers in Honokaa. | ||
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SB621 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PERTAINING TO THE CIVIL AIR PATROL. |
INOUYE, English, Tsutsui, Hooser, Fukunaga, Espero |
| Appropriates moneys for capital improvements pertaining to the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol Wing Headquarters. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB622 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL. |
INOUYE, ESPERO, English, Tsutsui, Hooser, Fukunaga, Kim |
| Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB623 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. |
INOUYE, Espero, Fukunaga, Kim |
| Appropriates funds for small business development. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB624 SD1 RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. |
IHARA (BR) |
| Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers for premiums paid for long-term care insurance contracts. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB625 SD2 RELATING TO COURT INTERPRETERS. |
IHARA |
| Requires the judiciary to certify court interpreters and to appoint and use certified court interpreters in legal proceedings. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB626 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. |
IHARA (BR) |
| Eliminates the department of commerce and consumer affairs' division of consumer advocacy. Appropriates funds to the public utilities commission. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB627 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
IHARA |
| Provides a refundable state earned income tax credit equivalent to twenty per cent of the federal credit. Requires the refundable portion of the earned income tax credit to be reimbursed by federal or state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB628 RELATING TO SUN PROTECTION. |
IHARA |
| Establishes a sun protection program for students in public schools. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB629 RELATING TO THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE. |
IHARA |
| Requires department of agriculture to apply the precautionary principle in making a decision on a permit application. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB630 RELATING TO INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING. |
IHARA |
| Provides for instant runoff voting for all elections in which no primary election is held. Defines "instant runoff method". Provides for method of voting, counting votes, and certifying results using the instant runoff method. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB631 RELATING TO HUNTING. |
IHARA |
| Prohibits the use of body grip traps while hunting. Establishes penalties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB632 RELATING TO ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY. |
IHARA |
| Requires state agencies to provide electronic and information technology systems accessible to state employees and general public with disabilities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB633 RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. |
IHARA |
| Prohibits a lobbyist who lobbies the legislature, principal of a lobbyist, client or agent of lobbyist, and a political action committee on which the lobbyist sits from making a contribution to a member of the legislature, the governor, and lieutenant governor while the legislature is in session. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB634 RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS. |
IHARA |
| Authorizes the office of information practices to issue administrative fines against state or county agencies for non-compliance of the Uniform Information Practices Act (open records law). | ||
| Status View measure |
SB635 RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. |
IHARA, GABBARD |
| Requires the legislature to follow fundamental principles of the sunshine law, including: conducting public hearings on legislative rules; deeming correspondence on measures to be testimony; giving a forty-eight hour public notice for hearings, second reading, and third reading votes in the order of the day; and requiring a majority vote to suspend legislative rules. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB636 RELATING TO CHECK CASHING. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Amends the check cashing laws to require registration of check cashers, provide further requirements on deferred deposit transactions, and clarify applicability requirements. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB637 RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF FUNDRAISERS OR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY WHILE THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND |
| Prohibits state legislators from conducting a fundraiser or fundraising activity during regular sessions of the legislature. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB639 SD2 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. |
HOOSER |
| Prohibits the sale of plants designated as noxious weeds. Requires the department of agriculture to review the noxious weed list annually and update the list, as necessary. Appropriates funds for the revision and review of the list of noxious weeds. (SD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB640 RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS TRAINING. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates moneys to the University of Hawaii for the school of social work's long-term case management training program for victims of major natural disasters; including expansion of the program to the entire State, utilizing University of Hawaii campuses on the neighbor islands as training sites. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB641 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. |
HOOSER |
| Requires seller or seller's agent to provide buyer with disclosure of permitted uses and prohibited uses or activities on agricultural lands prior to sale. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB642 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. |
HOOSER |
| Requires the preparation of a supplemental environmental impact statement where appropriate and directs the council to develop rules for supplemental statements. (HD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB643 SD1 RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Allows a person previously evicted from a public housing to appeal a denial of eligibility for public housing based on that eviction under certain conditions. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB644 SD3 RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. |
HOOSER |
| Requires the installation of solar energy or comparable renewable energy devices to heat water in newly constructed residential properties. Increases limits for renewable energy income tax credit to systems installed and placed in service, in single family and multi-family residential properties constructed prior to 1/1/09. Eff 7/1/2050. (SD3) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB645 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER |
| Requires state and county agencies to give affordable housing projects priority in permit approval process. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB646 RELATING TO PROPERTY LEFT IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION. |
HOOSER |
| Establishes civil penalties for property owners who fail to make reasonable efforts to repair properties left in a dangerous condition. Authorizes counties to place a lien on the property for costs incurred. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB647 RELATING TO ETHANOL. |
HOOSER (BR) |
| Provides additional incentives for ethanol production: requires the State to enter into twenty-year contracts to purchase and resell ethanol; establishes a tax credit for gasoline-to-ethanol pump conversions; requires rental car companies with more than fifty vehicles to purchase flexible fuel vehicles. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB648 RELATING TO ETHANOL. |
HOOSER |
| Requires rental car companies with more than fifty vehicles to purchase flexible fuel vehicles. | ||
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SB649 RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX. |
HOOSER |
| Exempts from taxation, transfers of conveyances of realty or interest therein between certain individuals or entities. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB650 SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
HOOSER |
| Requires the department of education to report to the legislature on the number of teachers hired after 8/1/07 who are adversely affected by not receiving credit for post-baccalaureate and post-master's degree credits upon hiring. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB651 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO RECYCLING. |
HOOSER |
| Adds the use of segregated recycling receptacles in state facilities to improve state recycling efforts to the state energy management issues that are subject to input from the public-private advisory committee. (HD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB652 RELATING TO HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. |
HOOSER |
| Requires the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund to establish separately health benefits plans for collective bargaining unit 12 (police officers). | ||
| Status View measure |
SB653 RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. |
HOOSER |
| Requires health care facilities and providers to notify the state designated protection and advocacy entity or agency prior to transferring a patient to an out-of-state health care facility. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB654 RELATING TO RECYCLING. |
HOOSER |
| Makes an appropriation for grants-in-aid to the counties to develop and operate recycling programs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB655 RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. |
HOOSER |
| Requires another environmental assessment and environmental impact statement if the original is more than ten years old. | ||
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SB656 RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. |
HOOSER |
| Establishes requirements for dam inspection and safety. Establishes penalties for failure to comply. Creates dam safety fund. Creates dam rehabilitation loan program. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB657 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
KOKUBUN |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the second senatorial district | ||
| Status View measure |
SB658 RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Incorporates into the Water Code, consideration of the water needs of Important Agricultural Lands. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB659 SD1 RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| 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. (SD1) | ||
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SB660 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HANA AND KAU SCHOOLS. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Appropriates $50,000 to each school to purchase vans for student transportation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB661 RELATING TO KONA COFFEE. |
KOKUBUN (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. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB662 SD2 HD2 RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS LOAN GUARANTY. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Allows the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture to guarantee loans made to agricultural producers for agricultural projects on important agricultural lands. (SB662 HD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB663 SD1 RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. |
KOKUBUN (BR) |
| Authorizes administrative inspections of bags and containers used to carry aquatic life, or vehicles or conveyances to transport aquatic life; repeals the probable cause requirement; directs the department of land and natural resources to create an administrative search scheme. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB664 SD1 RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR SACRED HEARTS ACADEMY. |
BAKER |
| Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for the construction and improvement of Sacred Hearts Academy, a not for-profit private sectarian school. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB665 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, Ige, Tokuda, Ihara, English, Espero, Kokubun |
| Appropriates funds for small business development. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB666 RELATING TO MEDICAL CLAIMS. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, IHARA, TSUTSUI, Ige, Fukunaga, Espero, Kokubun, Hee |
| Requires the medical claims conciliation panel to appoint out-of-state experts when conducting hearings. Makes appropriations from the compliance resolution fund. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB668 RELATING TO EXCISE TAX ON HEALTH CARE. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, Ige, Kokubun, Tokuda, Fukunaga, Menor, Espero |
| Exempts physician services, hospital charges, nursing services, and rehabilitation services from the county surcharge on state tax. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB669 RELATING TO STATE PARKS. |
BAKER, Ige, Fukunaga, Ihara, Espero, English |
| Creates a permit process to allow companies that provide wedding services to obtain annual permits to hold weddings in state parks. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB670 RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, IHARA, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI, Ige, Tokuda, Fukunaga, Espero, Kokubun |
| Makes benevolent gestures regarding a medical error inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability in medical malpractice claims. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB671 RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. |
BAKER, TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, Hee |
| Permits all elective officers (rather than only members of the legislature) who attain the age of 65 to retire and receive a service retirement allowance while continuing to fill an elective position. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB672 RELATING TO INMATE REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS. |
BAKER, ENGLISH, TSUTSUI |
| Appropriates funds for a grant to Maui Economic Opportunities, Inc., for the administration of community- based reintegration programs to reduce the return of former inmates to prison by providing training and support services for successful transitions into the community. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB673 RELATING TO CAREGIVERS. |
BAKER, IHARA, ENGLISH, ESPERO, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, FUKUNAGA, Ige |
| Provides a $1,000 refundable tax credit to eligible taxpayers who care for qualified care recipients. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB674 RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY. |
BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, Ige |
| Includes marriage and family therapy among mental illness, alcohol and drug dependence benefits required within the hospital and medical coverage offered under accident and sickness insurance policies and similar insurance products. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB675 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TAX REVIEW COMMISSION TO EVERY TEN YEARS. |
BAKER, Fukunaga |
| Proposes constitutional amendment to require tax review commission to meet every ten years instead of five. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB676 SD1 RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. |
NISHIHARA, Kim |
| Mandates certain penalties, including graffiti eradication, for persons convicted of aggravated criminal property damage. Holds persons legally accountable for a minor liable for aggravated criminal property damage committed by the minor. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB677 SD2 RELATING TO WITNESSES. |
NISHIHARA, Kim |
| Amends the reimbursable fees and costs for witnesses in criminal cases. Appropriates funds. (SD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB679 SD2 HD2 RELATING TO EMERGENCIES. |
NISHIHARA, Kim |
| Establishes the Office of the Director of Disaster Preparedness and a Disaster Preparedness Commission to develop a disaster preparedness plan for Hawaii that includes the identification of hazards and hazard impact zones; disaster mitigation policies, requirements, and incentives; and best responses. (SB679 HD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB680 RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. |
NISHIHARA, Kim |
| Requires the board of directors of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to provide public notice, conduct a public hearing, and allow public comment prior to the development of any affordable housing project. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB681 SD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOR PROGRAMS. |
NISHIHARA, Kim |
| Makes appropriation to University of Hawaii for graduate professional access program and Manoa health careers opportunity program. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB682 SD1 RELATING TO COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAMS. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the establishment of a college preparatory online academy. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB683 SD2 RELATING TO THE RUNNING START PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE PREPARATION. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA |
| Appropriates $ for each year of the fiscal biennium to the University of Hawaii scholarship and assistance special fund for scholarships to students in underrepresented populations in higher education for tuition at the University of Hawaii to participate in the running start college preparatory program and ensures credit for both high school and college degrees is granted for courses taken while in the program. (SD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB684 SD1 RELATING TO UNIFORM INFORMATION PRACTICES. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires the public disclosure of proposed compensation or compensation changes for administrative positions in the University of Hawaii system. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB685 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
SAKAMOTO, Baker |
| Permits a taxpayer to amend a return to correct an error in the computation of general excise tax liability; sunset date. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB687 RELATING TO GIFT CERTIFICATES. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Prohibits a certificate issuer from charging service fees for dormancy or inactivity within six months after the date of issuance of the certificate. Requires disclosure of fees on an electronic card or certificate. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB689 SD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PACIFIC AVIATION MUSEUM AT PEARL HARBOR. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates moneys for phase 2 development of the Pacific aviation museum. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB690 SD1 RELATING TO SCHOOL CLOSURES OR CONSOLIDATIONS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes a task force to conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine the cost savings, compensation, and a process for school closures or consolidations. Appropriates funds for the task force. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB691 SD2 RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires the department of education to provide procedures for amending policies or procedures regarding the suitable transportation to and from school and for educational field trips for all children in grades kindergarten to twelve and in special education classes. (SD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB692 SD1 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
SAKAMOTO, TOKUDA |
| Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for distance training in public health. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB693 SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Appropriates funds to support transition programs in all schools in the State and to hire necessary personnel to coordinate the transition programs. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB694 PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Allows the student member of the board of education to vote on all matters. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB695 SD1 RELATING TO HUNTING. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Provides for a fee of $95 for a 7-day hunting license on a private or commercial shooting preserve with a licensed guide. Allows the department of land and natural resources to set fees for private and commercial shooting preserve and farmers' licenses. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB696 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Establishes a process for determining and assessing school impact fees for financing new or expanding existing Department of Education schools or facilities when new residential subdivisions are planned. (SB696 HD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB697 RELATING TO DESTINATION CLUBS. |
SAKAMOTO |
| Requires destination clubs to register with the department of commerce and consumer affairs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB698 RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEES. |
GABBARD, CHUN OAKLAND, English, Inouye, Baker, Espero, Menor |
| Establishes a 1 year pilot project called the flexible work schedule program, which includes workplace flexibility options such as telework, compressed work weeks, and adjusted work schedules for state employees. Requires the department of transportation to serve as the lead agency of the program and report to the legislature. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB699 SD1 RELATING TO VETERANS LICENSE PLATES. |
GABBARD, Kim, Chun Oakland, Baker, Espero, Menor |
| Authorizes counties to waive the fees for special number license plates to veterans. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB700 RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES. |
GABBARD, Sakamoto, Chun Oakland, Espero |
| Amends HRS § 291C, Part XVII, relating to High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, to allow use of HOV and Zipper lanes by vehicles with at least three passengers. Establishes a program allowing Low Emission and Energy Efficient Vehicles, as defined by federal law, to utilize HOV and Zipper lanes with only one passenger. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB701 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
GABBARD |
| Requires department of health to collect data and submit annual reports on the number of adverse events in health care facilities in the State. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB702 SD1 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
GABBARD (BR) |
| Allows for the owner of a pistol to use any ammunition magazine with a capacity up to 15 rounds. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB703 RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY GROWTH. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Appropriates funds for the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii to coordinate marketing, with emphasis on representing Hawaii's technology companies and opportunities on the mainland. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB704 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Exempts amounts received by trusts whose sole beneficiaries are blind, deaf, or disabled from up to $2,000 in income. Limits general excise tax amounts collected from the trusts to one-half per cent. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB705 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. |
FUKUNAGA (BR) |
| Establishes the Hawaii innovations partnership corporation to provide research and development grants and to invest in enterprises in advanced technology, life sciences, and renewable energy fields. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB706 RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. |
FUKUNAGA |
| Moves definition of "public place"; makes prostitution a violation subject to a fine up to $500; authorizes the State and counties to designate areas exempt from the violation penalty; repeals sections on promoting prostitution in the first degree, loitering for the purpose of engaging or advancing prostitution, and designated areas related to street solicitation. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB707 SD2 HD2 RELATING TO A NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT. |
FUKUNAGA, Ige, Ihara, Espero, Slom, Trimble, Chun Oakland |
| Provides a new markets tax credit of percent of the amount paid to a qualified community development entity located in Hawaii to make a qualified equity investment. Requires taxpayer to have received an allowance of credit under section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code, the federal new markets tax credit. Effective July 1, 2020. Sunset December 31, 2010. (SB707 HD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB708 SD1 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
FUKUNAGA, CHUN OAKLAND, Slom, English, Espero, Baker, Ige |
| Creates a tax credit for rehabilitation of historic properties; requires one hundred per cent recapture under certain conditions. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB710 SD1 RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. |
FUKUNAGA, CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, Nishihara, Slom, Trimble, Espero, English, Ige |
| Appropriates an unspecified amount for an interim alternate data center site and a business plan for its implementation. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB711 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
FUKUNAGA, Trimble, Espero, Baker, Ige |
| Establishes a ten-year statute of limitations on tax collections. Clarifies that the three-year statute of limitations on tax assessments for the general excise tax, use tax, and other period taxes begins running from the filing of each periodic return. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB712 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. |
BAKER, HEE, CHUN OAKLAND, Ige, Tsutsui, Taniguchi |
| Requires motor vehicle insurers to reduce the rates of senior citizens who successfully complete a driver improvement course. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB713 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO NURSE AIDES. |
BAKER, Ige, Taniguchi |
| Establishes certification procedures for nurse aides employed in state-licensed or state-certified health care settings and medicare or medicaid facilities. (SB713 HD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB714 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
BAKER, HOOSER, IHARA, Fukunaga |
| Provides for a state earned income tax credit. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB715 SD1 RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Kim, Baker, English, Fukunaga |
| Amends the procurement code to establish a preference for the purchase of agricultural products raised or grown in Hawaii. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB716 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Kim, Baker, Tsutsui, English, Inouye |
| Appropriates funds for the continued operation and maintenance of the east Kauai irrigation system. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB717 RELATING TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS. |
HOOSER |
| Regulates production of pharmaceutical crops and industrial crops. Imposes civil penalties for violations. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB718 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Kim, Baker, English, Fukunaga, Tsutsui |
| Requiring the State Procurement Office (SPO) to develop a Hawaii agricultural product program that requires purchasing agents of food operations at state correctional facilities and state hospitals and healthcare facilities to apply a preference for the purchase of agricultural products raised or grown in Hawaii before purchasing products not raised or grown in Hawaii. (SB718 HD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB719 RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Tsutsui |
| Appropriates funds to the county of Kauai for the control and eradication of coqui frogs. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB720 RELATING TO LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Fukunaga |
| Establishes a requirement that the department of land and natural resources extend its Kokee recreation-residence use leases for five years and develop a community based process to create a long term plan and policy on its residential lease issue. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB721 RELATING TO OLD GOVERNMENT ROADS. |
HOOSER, Baker, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Tsutsui |
| Provides that old government roads belong jointly to state and counties. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB722 RELATING TO THE COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga |
| Provides initial state investments at birth and periodic investments to college savings accounts to encourage savings and investment for post-secondary educational purposes. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB723 RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDIT. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Inouye, Fukunaga |
| Increases the income tax credit for low-income household renters and eliminates reference to family size. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB724 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga, Baker, Inouye |
| Requires certain places of employment, physical fitness facilities, and buildings, to be equipped with an automatic external defibrillator. Expands the "Good Samaritan" exemption from liability as it applies to users of automatic external defibrillators. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB725 SD1 RELATING TO KAUAI VETERANS CEMETERY. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, Inouye, Fukunaga |
| Appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2007-2008 and thereafter for the repair and maintenance of the Kauai veterans cemetery. (SD1) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB726 RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS. |
HOOSER, Baker, Chun Oakland, Inouye, Fukunaga |
| Requires online advertising of transient vacation rentals to include local contact information. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB727 RELATING TO UNADJUDICATED TRAFFIC FINES. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Tsutsui |
| 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. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB728 RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Holds grantee of a unit jointly and severally liable with the grantor for delinquent assessments against the grantor. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB729 RELATING TO LIABILITY OF STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, INOUYE, TSUTSUI, Fukunaga |
| Makes certain temporary liability protections for the state and county governments relating to public use of certain public lands and public beach parks permanent; makes temporary liability protection for acts of lifeguards permanent. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB730 RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. |
HOOSER, TSUTSUI, Baker, Fukunaga, Chun Oakland |
| Clarifies that obstructing access to the sea, to or along the shoreline, to inland public recreational areas, or to government roads is prohibited and that inland public recreational areas include public trails. Requires agencies to protect public rights of way to coastal or inland recreational areas. | ||
| Status View measure |
SB731 SD2 RELATING TO FUEL TAX. |
HOOSER, Baker, Inouye, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga |
| Exempts power-generating facilities and electric cooperatives from the tax on liquid fuel. (SD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB732 SD2 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STATE LIFEGUARDS. |
HOOSER, ENGLISH, Chun Oakland, Ihara |
| Appropriates funds for salaries and benefits for lifeguards for the islands of Kauai and Maui in areas under the jurisdiction of the department of land and natural resources, subject to county matching funds. (SD2) | ||
| Status View measure |
SB733 SD1 RELATING TO VETERANS. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Inouye, Fukunaga, Tsutsui |
| Appropriates funds to the department of defense for veterans' newsletters to inform returning veterans of benefit changes and the availability of supportive services and programs. (SD1) | ||
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SB734 RELATING TO HOUSING. |
HOOSER, INOUYE, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, Fukunaga |
| Requires all housing units developed and built on state lands under chapter 171, or under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii community development authority, and the University of Hawaii to be for low- to moderate-income range residents. | ||
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SB735 RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. |
HOOSER, INOUYE, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga |
| Authorizes a personal needs allowance for eligible care home residents. | ||
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SB736 RELATING TO STATE AND COUNTY TORT LIABILITY. |
HOOSER, INOUYE, BAKER, CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga |
| Makes permanent the immunity for the State, counties, and lifeguards from liability against damages arising from the acts or omissions of lifeguards while performing emergency lifeguard services. | ||
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SB737 RELATING TO TRAFFIC FINE SURCHARGE. |
HOOSER, INOUYE, Baker, Chun Oakland |
| Adds a 10% traffic fine surcharge to each fine and forfeiture imposed for a violation of the traffic code; allocates the amount of the surcharge to the county in which the violation occurred. | ||
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SB738 RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. |
HOOSER, Inouye |
| Includes in definition of land use in the conservation district the traversing of or conducting of business within the conservations district by an commercial ocean activity operation. | ||
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SB739 RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga, Kim |
| Allows unlicensed practitioners of heath-related services to provide services to the public without it being considered the practice of medicine under certain circumstances. | ||
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SB740 SD1 RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, Fukunaga |
| Repeals the five year limitation on direct state funding to fiduciary organizations; requires the department of human services to provide technical and administrative assistance to fiduciary organizations; allows qualified expenditures for auto purchases; raises the amount that fiduciary organizations may use to cover administrative costs; allows the department of human services to utilize federal funds for matching funds; and appropriates or authorizes temporary assistance for needy families funds for the department of human services to implement chapter 257, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1) | ||
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SB741 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates moneys to Aloha United Way to coordinate and administer the family economic self sufficiency program which focuses primarily on increasing individual filing and state revenue from the federal earned income tax credit under the direction of the department of labor and industrial relations, office of community services. | ||
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SB742 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES IN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ON THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU. |
BUNDA |
| Authorizes issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for agricultural irrigation systems on the north shore of Oahu. | ||
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SB743 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
SLOM |
| Repeals the certificate of need process and the law relating to hospital acquisition. | ||
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SB744 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. |
SLOM |
| Beginning 1/1/2008, prohibits health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and HMOs from providing lower benefits or charging higher premiums to sole proprietors than they provide or charge to the sole employee of a corporation. | ||
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SB745 RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. |
SLOM |
| Provides family-owned corporations with only one stockholder with the option to participate in the State's unemployment insurance program. | ||
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SB746 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
SLOM |
| Prohibits counties from enacting firearm laws inconsistent with state law regarding sales, ownership, possession, and use of firearms. | ||
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SB747 RELATING TO FIREARMS. |
SLOM |
| Exempts from the permitting requirements of firearms law, those firearm transfers conducted by a federal firearms licensee who has complied with the background check requirements of the national instant criminal background check system. | ||
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SB748 RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Prohibits associations from imposing any restriction on use of outdoor clothes lines. | ||
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SB749 RELATING TO LABOR. |
HOOSER |
| Establishes labor representation procedures in developments in which the State or counties have an ongoing proprietary interest. | ||
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SB750 SD3 HD2 RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. |
HOOSER |
| Requires the Department of Taxation (DOTAX) to coordinate with the Hawaii Tourism Authority and each respective county to identify property owners subject to the transient accommodations tax who operate vacation rentals and bed and breakfast establishments. Allows audits of these owners and other enforcement actions to ensure compliance with applicable laws relating to the transient accommodations tax. Requires the counties to share transient accommodations information with DOTAX. Requires DOTAX to provide annual reports, including providing information on the estimated amount of general excise tax and transient accommodations tax revenue that is uncollected, and therefore lost, due to the lack of county enforcement. (SB750 HD2) | ||
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SB751 RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. |
HOOSER |
| Assesses the transient accommodations tax on cruise ship cabins based on the time the ship is docked at a Hawaii port. | ||
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SB752 RELATING TO ELECTIONS. |
HOOSER |
| Changes the age from which persons may pre-register to vote from seventeen to sixteen years of age. | ||
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SB753 SD1 RELATING TO HEALTH. |
HOOSER |
| Appropriates funds to continue the Hawaii health care task force created by Act 223, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005. (SD1) | ||
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SB754 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 5, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION REGARDING PUBLIC FINANCING OF CAMPAIGNS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. |
IHARA |
| Places a question on the 2008 general election ballot that asks if the constitution should be amended to allow a full range of public financing levels for campaigns for public offices of the State and its political subdivisions. | ||
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SB756 RELATING TO BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY. |
IHARA (BR) |
| Repeals the provision encouraging experimental modernization projects by county boards of water supply. | ||
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SB757 RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. |
IHARA (BR) |
| Provides that employees loaned by business entities to the legislature as interns or temporary staff are subject to the state code of ethics under chapter 84, HRS. | ||
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SB758 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR SACRED HEARTS ACADEMY. |
IHARA, Sakamoto, Baker |
| Appropriates moneys for special purpose revenue bonds for sacred hearts academy for construction and improvements of its educational facilities. | ||
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SB759 RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. |
IHARA |
| Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the ninth senatorial district. | ||
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SB760 RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ETHICS. |
IHARA |
| Requires legislators to disclose any financial interests not previously disclosed prior to the bill introduction deadline of each legislative session. | ||
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SB761 RELATING TO ETHICS. |
IHARA |
| Clarifies that members of county boards and commissions are subject to their respective county code of ethics, whether the board or commission member is appointed or elected. | ||
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SB762 RELATING TO HABITUAL VIOLENT FELONS. |
IHARA, HOOSER |
| Repeals Act 81, session laws of Hawaii 2006, for sentencing of habitual violent felons (three strikes law). | ||
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SB763 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, HOOSER |
| Increases the tax credit for low-income household renters. | ||
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SB764 RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. |
IHARA, Hooser, Chun Oakland |
| Requires a legislator to disclose each source of annual income derived from a single source $25,000 or more, or that represents an amount equal to twenty-five per cent or more of the legislator's total annual income from all sources excluding legislative salary, if the source is a lobbyist or has certain relationships with a lobbyist. | ||
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SB765 RELATING TO PALLIATIVE CARE. |
IHARA, CHUN OAKLAND, Baker, Fukunaga |
| Precludes a charge of manslaughter against a medical caregiver whose patient dies while receiving palliative care. | ||
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SB766 SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, Tsutsui |
| Allows certain teacher loans to be forgiven during employment in hard-to-fill positions in public school for a specified number of years as determined by the department of education. Appropriates funds. (SD1) | ||
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SB767 SD1 RELATING TO EDUCATION. |
HOOSER, CHUN OAKLAND, TSUTSUI, Fukunaga |
| Appropriates funds to the department of education for expenses relating to the graduations of public high school seniors. (SD1) | ||
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SB768 SD1 HD1 RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES. |
TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, BAKER, HOOSER |
| Designates vehicles of the division of conservation and resources enforcement as authorized emergency vehicles. Authorizes emergency vehicles used by conservation and resources officers to have blue and red lights affixed to them. Effective July 1, 2007. (SB768 HD1) | ||
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SB769 RELATING TO SHORT TERM INVESTMENT OF COUNTY MONEYS. |
TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, BAKER, HOOSER |
| Expands short term investment of county moneys to include commercial paper and bankers' acceptances. | ||
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SB770 RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. |
TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, BAKER, HOOSER |
| Excludes from the definition of "employment" under workers' compensation law: service performed by (1) a sole proprietor or a partner of a partnership, as defined in the partnership law, if the partner is an individual; and (2) a member of a limited liability company if the member is an individual and has a distributional interest as defined under the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, of at least 50% in the company. Provides for fees to be charged under certain circumstances. | ||
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SB771 RELATING TO CORPORATIONS. |
TSUTSUI |
| Establishes a task force to determine how to provide for the establishment and incorporation of responsible companies that consider the public interest in doing business. | ||
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SB772 RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. |
TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, BAKER, HOOSER |
| Reiterates the legislature's intent that appropriation transfers or changes between programs and agencies be made only pursuant to legislative authorization. | ||
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SB773 SD1 RELATING TO THE HAWAII INGENUITY CORPORATION. |
TSUTSUI, ENGLISH, BAKER, HOOSER |
| Establishes the Hawaii ingenuity corporation charter, a private, for profit, non-stock, membership corporation. (SD1) | ||
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SB774 RELATING TO RIDESHARING. |
TOKUDA, Tsutsui, English, Taniguchi, Hooser |
| Creates a pilot senior vanpool Hawaii program to provide vanpools for seniors; makes appropriation. | ||
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SB775 RELATING TO TAXATION. |
INOUYE, FUKUNAGA, Hemmings, Menor, Ige |
| Provides an income tax deduction to residential unit owner occupants for qualifying costs of installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system installed after December 31, 2007. | ||
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SB777 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
INOUYE, Hemmings, Fukunaga |
| Allows counties to enact more stringent fireworks laws or rules. | ||
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SB778 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
INOUYE (BR), HEMMINGS (BR) |
| Bans consumer fireworks except for religious and cultural purposes. | ||
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SB779 RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL. |
INOUYE, Hemmings, Menor, Fukunaga, Ige |
| Creates positions to enable the state fire council to more effectively meet its responsibilities. | ||
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SB780 RELATING TO FIREWORKS. |
INOUYE |
| Prohibits the purchase or use of consumer fireworks on the Fourth of July in counties with populations over 500,000. | ||
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SB781 SD2 HD1 RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. |
INOUYE, Menor, Fukunaga, Ige |
| Appropriates funds to plan a Hawaii state public safety and emergency response training facility to respond to natural and manmade disasters. (HD1) | ||
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SB782 RELATING TO USE OF SAFETY HELMETS. |
INOUYE, Hooser, Fukunaga |
| Requires helmet use by all moped drivers. | ||
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SB783 RELATING TO NOISE ABATEMENT. |
INOUYE, Ige |
| Appropriates funds to the counties to develop noise abatement programs to increase enforcement of noise abatement laws. | ||
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