SB 2291

RELATING TO THE REVISED UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ARTICLE 9 – SECURED TRANSACTIONS.

Amends definition of "agricultural lien" to include a security interest in farm products; amends "health-care-insurance receivable to include obligation for future goods or services. Adds a sale by an individual of an account that is a right to payment of lottery or other chance winnings as a security interest perfected upon attachment.

SB 2037

SD1

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Amends the whistleblowers' protection act by expanding protected activities, extending the limitations period, and increasing fines. (SD1)

SB 2118

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.

Requires successor employers to retain incumbent employees upon the divestiture, sale, or acquisition of a business.

SB 2624

SD1

RELATING TO THE COURTS.

Repeals requirement that administrative director of the courts must be a resident of Hawaii for continuous period of three years prior to appointment. (SD1)

SB 2149

RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION.

Establishes guidelines for the court in determining release of information related to cases involving a missing child.

SB 2040

RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION.

Establishes guidelines for the court in determining release of information related to cases involving a missing child.

SB 2045

RELATING TO EXPUNGEMENT.

Makes technical, clarifying amendments to Act 233, SLH 2001, establishing procedures for expungement of juvenile arrest records; deletes the exemption that the court consult with the prosecuting attorney before expunging the arrest record of an adult who incurred the arrest as a juvenile.

SB 2690

RELATING TO DIRECT PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT.

Deletes reference to the Offfice of Child Support Hearings as an entity having the ability to order direct payments.

SB 2692

RELATING TO MEDICAL SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN.

Requires the use of the National Medical Suport Notice form whenever a parent is ordered to provide medical insurance coverage for a child.

SB 2693

RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

Deletes reference to public assistance debt. Allows orders or judgments issued by another state to be recorded with the Bureau of Conveyances.

SB 2754

RELATING TO CHILD CARE.

Exempts from child care licensing and registration statutes and rules persons who care for two or fewer children unrelated to the caregiver by blood, marriage, or adoption. Authorizes the department to investigate possible violations of the child care law. Allows the department to obtain an inspection warrant from district court.

SB 2777

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Allows a person, a person's guardian, or agent, or surrogate with legal authority, to make health-care decisions on behalf of the person to allow withholding cardiac resuscitation and artificial breathing or to revoke CCO-DNR documents.

SB 2307

RELATING TO EVIDENCE.

Amends law to ensure that Hawaii courts admit photogrammetric analysis of electronic photographs.

SB 2321

RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY.

Increases the age of mandatory child safety seat usage from 4 to 8 years old.

SB 2335

RELATING TO NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Eliminates requirement that neighborhood electric vehicles display slow moving vehicle emblem.

SB 2300

SD1

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

Requires both the apartment owner and the board of directors to pay for their own costs in mediating a dispute between them, unless they both agree that 1 party will pay all or a specified portion of the mediation costs. (SD1)

SB 2464

SD1

RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Prohibits discrimination in real property transactions against victims of domestic violence. (SD1)

SB 2705

RELATING TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF HAWAII.

Conforms the period for transmitting the record of a HCDCH proceeding to a court of appeal to the period specified for other agencies.

SB 3040

SD1

RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE.

Clarifies confidential treatment requirements of captive insurance companies. (SD1)

SB 2484

RELATING TO SPECIAL WASTES RECYCLING.

Clarifies the disposal options for used tires and notice requirements to consumers of new tires. Further provides that tire inventory payment by the rental car industry shall be paid annually.

SB 2567

RELATING TO LITTER.

Stiffens penalties for littering.

SB 2794

RELATING TO SECTION 17 OF ACT 85, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1999.

Makes permanent certain statutory revisions to fishing laws temporarily enacted through Act 85, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 1999. Allows the Department to amend rules without amending statutes.

SB 2613

SD1

(SSCR2410)

RELATING TO FISHING RIGHTS AND REGULATIONS.

Prohibits feeding of sharks as part of a commercial activity. (SD1)

SB 2645

RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS.

Clarifies purpose of test under implied consent provisions. Allows law enforcement officer to direct person to take appropriate test for determining drug content.

SB 2646

RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS.

Establishes that the refusal of a legally arrested person, including person under age 21, to submit to breath, blood, or urine test may be admissible in any criminal or civil proceeding.

SB 2620

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Clarifies the filing date for nomination papers for the board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs.

SB 2767

RELATING TO PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Prohibits and establishes a penalty for parking in an access aisle adjacent to a reserved parking stall for persons with disabilities.

SB 2791

SD1

(SSCR2376)

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.

Deems sex offenders ineligible for employment for any position within the Hawaii State Public Library system.

SB 2823

RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES.

Requires the reporting of inventories of explosives under the control of manufacturers, dealers, and users, and provides for penalties for those who do not comply.

SB 2837

RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE.

Specifies that a person who refuses a test for intoxication is ineligible for a conditional driving permit under administrative driver revocation.

SB 2838

RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING.

Distinguishes the examination, licensing and operation of mopeds from that of motor scooters and motorcycles.

SB 2336

SD1

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING.

Requires all drivers, with some exceptions, under age eighteen to be accompanied by a licensed driver over age twenty-one when driving between 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. (SD1)

SB 2840

SD1

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Modifies commercial driver licensing laws so they conform to new federal standards, regulations and penalties pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings for commercial motor vehicles. (SD1)

SB 2409

SD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires civil process servers to wear identification badges and carry wallet identification cards. (SD1)

SB 2633

SD1

RELATING TO JUROR PRIVACY.

Provides that juror qualification forms are not a public record and shall not be made part of the court record. Allows for redacted forms to be made available. (SD1)

SB 2552

SD1

RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Deletes requirement that precinct officials be satisfied that the physical disability exists before rendering assistance; deletes blindness as a specified condition. (SD1)

SB 2309

SD1

RELATING TO WATERCRAFT.

Requires watercraft to have on board a properly functioning Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon ("EPIRB") or VHF-FM radio when watercraft is beyond one mile of shore. (SD1)

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Senator Brian Kanno