SB642
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires cigarettes and tobacco products to be stored for sale behind a
counter in certain establishments.
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HTH, CPN
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SB1127
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO SALES OF ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES TO PERSONS
UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE.
Adds electronic smoking devices to tobacco as products that are unlawful to
sell to or be purchased by persons under eighteen years of age; and requires
the additional listing of electronic smoking devices to sales prohibition
signage.
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HTH, JDL
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SB1307
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO HEALTH.
Amends the tax on tobacco products by an unspecified amount.
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HTH, WAM
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SB652
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires cigarettes and tobacco products to be stored for sale behind a
counter. Requires advertisements that promote or encourage the purchase or use
of cigarettes or tobacco products to be placed twenty-five feet away from
children's products, toys, cookies, candy, ice cream, gum, or snacks.
Requires advertisements that promote or encourage the purchase or use of
cigarettes or tobacco products to be placed four feet off the floor. Permits
exceptions for retail tobacco stores, bars, or establishments where the
minimum age for admission is eighteen. Includes electronic cigarettes under
the definition of tobacco products.
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HTH, CPN
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SB492
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Imposes an excise tax equal to $3.20 per net ounce of tobacco for each
article or item of tobacco products, other than large cigars, sold by the
wholesaler or dealer on and after January 1, 2014. Requires the additional
moneys collected under the excise tax to be deposited to the credit of the Hawaii
cancer research special fund.
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HTH, WAM
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SB645
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO HEALTH.
Increases liquor taxes and repeals excise and use tax exemptions on the sale
of liquor. Designates a percentage of funds from liquor taxes to go toward
the community health centers special fund and the trauma system special fund.
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HTH, WAM
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SB932
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
Prohibits any person who is a danger to self or danger to others from
possessing, having custody or control of, receiving, purchasing, or
attempting to receive or purchase firearms or other dangerous or deadly
weapons. Creates a reporting system for persons who seriously threaten a readily
identifiable person or persons to a mental health professional. Requires the
department of public safety to create a database and list of persons
prohibited from possessing, having custody or control of, receiving,
purchasing, or attempting to receive or purchase firearms and other dangerous
or deadly weapons, which will be accessible to law enforcement, mental health
professionals, and sellers of firearms. Requires the department of public
safety to make a list of persons whose license for firearms or other
dangerous or deadly weapons has been revoked. Excepts any communication
under the Act from applicable privileges.
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HTH/PSM, JDL/WAM
[Measure
added on 2/8/2013]
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SB638
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO HEALTH.
Requires all cellular telephones, including refurbished and remanufactured
cellular telephones, sold or leased by a retailer in the State to bear a
label that warns consumers of the potential dangers of electromagnetic
radiation emitted by cellular phones.
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HTH/TEC, CPN
[Measure
added on 2/8/2013]
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SB972
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS.
Amends the Uniform Controlled Substances Act in Chapter 329, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, by adding definitions consistent with federal law, clarifying the
conditions for electronic transmittal of prescriptions, and adding and
clarifying violations of prohibited acts.
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HTH/TEC, CPN
[Measure
added on 2/8/2013]
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