RELATING TO FOREIGN PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

Provides for good faith immunity for law enforcement officers who enforce a foreign protective order that appears to be authentic.

SB 2898

RELATING TO CAVE PROTECTION.

Protects caves as unique cultural and natural resources of the State of Hawaii. (SD1)

RELATING TO KAHO'OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE.

Requires the State to warn persons entering Kaho'olawe of the dangers of unexploded ordnance, and to warn of the dangerous natural conditions of the adjacent ocean; establishes a task force on warning signs and devices for Kaho'olawe.

RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY.

Revises animal cruelty laws.

SB 2704

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Streamlines the state public housing eviction process without impairing the tenant's due process rights. (SD1)

SB 2294

RELATING TO FINANCIAL SERVICES LOAN COMPANIES.

Replaces article 9 of the code of financial institutions relating to financial services loan companies with two new articles governing depository FSLCs and nondepository FSLCs, respectively. (SD1)

SB 2733

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Amends the insurance code for internal consistency based upon enactment of the producer licensing law. Reinstates licensing scheme for managing general agents that was inadvertently repealed in Act 216, SLH 2001. (SD1)

SB 2303

RELATING TO INJURY TO PUBLIC UTILITY PROPERTY.

Enhances liability for damage to public utility property. (SD1)

SB 2093

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

Prohibits insurance fraud in health insurance provided by accident and sickness insurance contracts, mutual benefit societies through medical indemnity or hospital service associations, and HMOs. Exempts insurance company investigators from criminal liability. (SD1)

SB 2779

RELATING TO CONTROL OF DISEASE.

Allows the Department to enter into agreements with health care facilities and providers to assist with epidemic control activities. Requires individuals and entities to provide information needed to locate people suspected of having been exposed to a dangerous disease. Establishes protections for the rights of individuals quarantined to prevent transmission of a dangerous infectious disease and grants the Department authority to sequester contaminated articles. (SD1)