OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 3
4th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 24, 2005
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
HSG Housing |
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CPC - Consumer Protection and Commerce |
HUS - Human Services |
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EDB - Economic Development and |
INT - International Affairs |
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Business Concerns |
JUD - Judiciary |
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EDN - Education |
LAB - Labor and Public Employment |
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EEP - Energy and Environmental Protection |
LMG - Legislative Management |
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FIN - Finance |
PSM - Public Safety and Military Affairs |
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HAW Hawaiian Affairs |
TAC - Tourism and Culture |
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HED - Higher Education |
TRN - Transportation |
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HLT - Health |
WLO - Water, Land & Ocean Resources |
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HOUSE BILLS |
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155 |
RELATING TO TIME SHARING. Allows an escrow agent to release purchasers' funds to a developer prior to closing if the developer secures the funds with a bond or letter of credit. |
CPC |
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156 |
RELATING TO TIME SHARING. Adds definitions of "master development" and "person" and amends the definitions of "blanket lien" and "project" in the Time Sharing Plans law. |
CPC |
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157 |
RELATING TO MORTGAGE BROKERS AND SOLICITORS. Exempts the sales agent of a time share plan developer from mortgage broker and solicitor licensing laws, if the developer is a licensed mortgage broker. |
CPC |
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158 |
RELATING TO SPORTS AND MULTI-PURPOSE USE FACILITIES. Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds for the purpose of building three sports and community multi-purpose use facilities on the campuses of Farrington High School, Roosevelt High School, and McKinley High School. |
EDN, FIN |
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159 |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for additional correctional facilities. |
PSM, FIN |
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160 |
RELATING TO THE COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION FUND. Exempts insurers from assessments and fees paid into the Compliance Resolution Fund. |
CPC, FIN |
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161 |
RELATING TO SECURITIES.
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CPC, FIN |
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162 |
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires the Procurement Policy Board to adopt rules to promote the growth and development of small businesses. |
EDB, FIN |
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163 |
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Expands the types of disputed issues a hearing officer may hear pursuant to section 514A-121.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes; amends Act 164 (2004) to allow a party to a condominium dispute to request an administrative hearing with the office of administrative hearings following mediation. |
CPC, FIN |
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164 |
RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED MOTION PICTURE RECORDING. Prohibits the use of audiovisual recording devices in a movie theater without prior consent of the movie theater operator. |
CPC, JUD |
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165 |
RELATING TO THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. Appropriates funds for the operation and maintenance of the East Kauai Irrigation System. |
AGR/WLO, FIN |
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166 |
RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURES. Require sellers of residential property to disclose to buyers the close proximity of agricultural lands by including this geographic information in the disclosure statement provided to buyers. |
AGR/WLO, FIN |
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167 |
RELATING TO STATE AGRICULTURAL LEASES. Requires lease rent appraisals for reopenings of state agricultural leases to be based on non-compounded inflation, rather than fair market value, provided that the lessees are in compliance with the terms of the lease. |
AGR/WLO, FIN |
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168 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation for agricultural research and market development. |
AGR, FIN |
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169 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL INSPECTIONS. Allows the Department of Agriculture to establish rules that require identification of specific articles on bills of lading for the purpose of inspection due to pest risk. |
AGR |
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170 |
RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED MARINE COMANAGEMENT. Creates a framework for community-based marine comanagement. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to designate community-based marine comanagement areas. Encourages the formation of community-based marine comanagement area councils and management plans. Provides for enforcement and penalties for violation of any rule or law applicable to any community-based marine comanagement area. |
WLO/EEP/HAW, JUD, FIN |
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171 |
RELATING TO SALARY COMPENSATION. Requires the State to compensate state employees and officers on active duty in a hostile fire zone the difference between their higher state pay and their military pay. |
PSM, LAB, FIN |
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172 |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a 5% income tax credit for employers that hire members of the national guard. Establishes that the maximum tax credit per national guard/employee shall be $1,000. |
PSM, EDB, FIN |
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173 |
RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD. Prohibits, effective 7/1/05, a person from being deemed eligible to serve, continuing to serve, or being appointed to serve as adjutant general or deputy adjutant general unless the person has had at least 5 years of service as an active commissioned officer in the Hawaii national guard, whether army, air, or both. |
PSM, LAB |
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174 |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a short-form bill relating to taxation. |
FIN |
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175 |
RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to the state budget. |
FIN |
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176 |
RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to state finances. |
FIN |
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177 |
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Amend the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to government. |
FIN |
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178 |
RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Provides a short-form vehicle relating to non-general funds. |
FIN |
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179 |
RELATING TO SALARIES. Adjusts the salaries of certain department and agency positions, including: the Hawaii Labor Relations Board, the Stadium Authority, the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii, the PUC, the Office of Solid Waste Management, the Executive Office on Aging, the Hawaii Paroling Authority, the Office of Veterans' Services, the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board, the Office of Community Services, and the Office of the State Public Defender. |
LAB, FIN |
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180 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Requires the proposed adjustments to compensation and benefit packages for excluded civil service employees to be at least equivalent to the adjustments provided under collective bargaining agreements for counterparts within the employer's jurisdiction. |
LAB, FIN |
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181 |
RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. Amends the law relating to medical torts to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system in Hawaii. |
HLT, CPC, JUD |
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182 |
RELATING TO INCENTIVES FOR RECYCLABLES. Offers incentives to expand the market for recyclables. |
EEP, EDB, FIN |
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183 |
RELATING TO FISCAL NOTES. Requires preparation of a fiscal note for any bill reported from the final committee to which the bill has been referred prior to passage on third reading in either house of the legislature, to or, if no fiscal impact, a statement to that effect. Specifies fiscal note requirements. Appropriates funds. |
LMG, FIN |
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184 |
RELATING TO MAINTENANCE. Mandates the consolidation of highway maintenance baseyards of the state and counties. |
TRN/LAB, JUD, FIN |
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185 |
RELATING TO UNADJUDICATED TRAFFIC FINES. Transfers in two phases, all fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions to the counties- 50 per cent in fiscal year 2005-2006; and 100 per cent in fiscal year 2006-2007. |
TRN, JUD, FIN |
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186 |
RELATING TO FUEL. Lowers state tax on fuel; repeals chapter 486H. |
TRN, EEP, FIN |
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187 |
RELATING TO GASOLINE DEALERS. Repeals the law relating to restrictions on manufacturers or jobbers in operating service stations, and lease rent controls. |
EEP, CPC |
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188 |
RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides tax credits to private employers of reservists and National Guard members who are called to active duty. |
PSM, LAB, FIN |
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189 |
RELATING TO THE EXCLUSION OF PROCEEDS FROM THE MANUFACTURE, PACKAGING, AND SALE OF FOOD FROM GENERAL EXCISE TAX LIABILITY. This Act seeks to exclude proceeds from the manufacture, packaging, and sale of food from general excise tax liability. |
EDB, HLT/HUS, FIN |
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190 |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. Allows governor to contract for operation of a correctional treatment facility. Establishes criteria for acceptable contracts for operation of a correctional treatment facility. |
PSM, JUD, FIN |
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191 |
RELATING TO DNA. Expands scope of DNA registration law to mandate collection of DNA samples from all convicted felons. Allows DNA samples to be collected by buccal swabs. Appropriates funds for a state DNA lab. |
JUD/PSM, FIN |
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192 |
RELATING TO CRIME. Creates more uniformity and fairness in the revised sentencing provisions relating to first-time and repeat offenders by eliminating unintended disparities or loopholes. |
JUD |
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193 |
RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE. Amends Hawaii’s electronic surveillance laws to conform to federal laws; establishes a surveillance review unit within the Department of the Attorney General. |
JUD |
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194 |
RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. Creates two new offenses relating to illegal compensation of public servants - bribery in the second degree and unlawful gifts to public servants by persons subject to their jurisdiction. |
LAB, JUD |
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195 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allocates greater percentage of moneys to direct classroom expenses. |
EDN, FIN |
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196 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows home school students to participate on an equal basis in any extracurricular or interscholastic activities offered by a public school in the geographic area in which the student resides. Requires home school students to pay applicable activity participation fees. |
EDN, JUD, FIN |
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197 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the University of Hawaii as an alternative chartering authority. |
EDN/HED, FIN |
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198 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides funding for pre-school services and programs. |
EDN/HUS, FIN |
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199 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows a teacher or driver in charge to exclude from the teacher's classroom or the driver in charge's school bus any pupil who: is guilty of disorderly conduct; interferes with an orderly educational process; threatens, abuses, or intimidates a school employee; willfully disobeys a school employee; or uses abusive or profane language directed at a school employee. |
EDN, LAB, JUD |
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200 |
RELATING TO A LONG-TERM CARE TAX CREDIT. Provides a refundable net income tax credit to individuals purchasing long-term care insurance. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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201 |
RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Transfers deposit beverage container program to the counties upon passage of appropriate ordinances. Repeal deposit beverage container fee. |
EEP, LAB, JUD, FIN |
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202 |
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES II, III, AND XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL. Amends articles II, III, and XVII of the state constitution to provide for initiative, referendum, and recall. |
JUD, LMG, FIN |
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203 |
RELATING TO SENTENCING REFORM. Provides for enhanced sentencing for recidivist behavior evidenced by prior convictions for certain criminal offenses. |
JUD |
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204 |
RELATING TO DRUGS. Repeals provision defining drug treatment home as a residential use; mandates suspension from school while observing due process rights and clarifies that schools and department of education are not responsible for costs; amends probation, sentencing, and paroling laws. |
JUD/EDN, FIN |
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205 |
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Allows prosecutors to use evidence derived from consensual conversations between law enforcement officers and other persons. |
JUD, FIN |
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206 |
RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Amends drug schedules; limits sale amount of products containing certain precursor drugs. |
JUD, FIN |
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207 |
RELATING TO VOLUNTARY DRUG TESTING IN SCHOOLS. Mandates the implementation of a voluntary and confidential drug testing policy in public schools. |
EDN, JUD, FIN |
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208 |
RELATING TO ANTITRUST. Broadens applicability of antitrust law by prohibiting "persons," as opposed to "corporations," from acquiring or merging with another "person" if the effect is to substantially lessen competition. Expressly authorizes private litigants to seek injunctive relief against all violations of chapter 480. |
CPC/JUD |
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209 |
RELATING TO CLINICAL TRIALS. Requires results from clinical trials conducted in hospitals and universities to be made public. |
HLT, CPC/JUD |
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210 |
RELATING TO HAZARD ZONE IDENTIFICATIONS. Prohibits consideration of "hazard zone" identifications of the United States Department of the Interior in setting rates for residential property insurance or deciding whether to approve a residential loan application. |
CPC |
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211 |
RELATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. Requires the Department of Education to provide suitable transportation to students who reside in rural areas without public transportation so they can participate in sanctioned, organized, extracurricular school activities. |
EDN, FIN |
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212 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. Appropriates funds for the establishment of a post-high school vocational training program in Pahoa/Ka'u, island of Hawaii. |
LAB, HED, FIN |
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213 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HANA AND KA'U SCHOOLS. Appropriates $50,000 to each school to purchase vans for student transportation. |
EDN, FIN |
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214 |
RELATING TO INSURANCE RATE REGULATION. Exempts lowered rate filings from prior approval of the Insurance Commissioner. |
CPC |
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215 |
RELATING TO TORTS. Specifies that a person injured in an accident while driving uninsured, has no cause of action to recover personal injury protection benefits or damages arising out of the operation or use of the motor vehicle, and protects insurers from liability to a person who is uninsured. |
CPC, JUD |
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216 |
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. Establishes the three-year administrative rules review pilot program requiring the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to examine its existing rules and begin the process of repealing obsolete, cumbersome, unnecessary, or overly restrictive rules. |
CPC, JUD |
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217 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAII REGULATORY LICENSING REFORM ACT. Sunsets a professional or vocational board or commission (PVBC) 30 days after the Auditor finds in response to request by concurrent resolution that the PVBC should be abolished as inconsistent with Chapter 26H, the Hawaii Regulatory Licensing Reform Act, unless the Auditor's recommendation is disapproved by concurrent resolution or Governor's message. Establishes additional criteria in chapter 26H for the Auditor to consider. |
CPC, LMG, FIN |
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218 |
RELATING TO CONSUMER ACTIONS. Establishes, if a constitutional amendment authorizes it, a right of a consumer to bring an action for declaratory relief for any law enacted by the legislature that has, as its primary impact, a negative economic impact on consumers. |
CPC, JUD |
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219 |
RELATING TO A PORT AUTHORITY. Establishes a state port authority. Empowers the authority to administer a statewide system of harbors and airports. Establishes a port authority task force to review the consolidation of airport and harbor functions and draft necessary implementing legislation. |
TRN, FIN |
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220 |
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. Provides for the automatic repeal of administrative rules effective 180 days after the repeal of the related statute or ordinance. |
JUD |
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221 |
RELATING TO THE REGULATORY LICENSING REFORM ACT. Amends Regulatory Licensing Reform Act to prohibit redundant or unnecessary professional or vocational regulation. Requires DCCA to sunset a professional or vocational program if the Auditor finds it redundant or unnecessary and where there is no Act expressly prohibiting the sunset. |
CPC, FIN |
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222 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PRESCHOOLS OPEN DOORS PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for the Preschools Open Doors Program. |
EDN/HUS, FIN |
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223 |
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the use of headlights when windshield wipers are in continuous use. |
TRN, JUD |
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224 |
RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits remote discharge of a firearm for hunting or any other purpose. |
PSM, JUD |
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225 |
RELATING TO TELEPHONE SOLICITATIONS. Prohibits unsolicited recorded phone messages from candidates or parties. |
JUD |
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226 |
RELATING TO TRUANCY. Establishes a daytime curfew for students. |
EDN, JUD |
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227 |
RELATING TO DRUG REHABILITATION HOMES. Limits the number of drug rehabilitation homes per neighborhood; requires the department of health to hold a public hearing before approval of a proposed drug rehabilitation home. |
PSM, JUD |
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228 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the litter control office within the department of health to achieve the litter control duties of the director of health; makes appropriation.
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EEP, FIN |
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229 |
RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID FOR THE DNA REGISTRY. Expands scope of DNA registration law to mandate collection of DNA samples from all convicted felons. Allows DNA samples to be collected by buccal swabs. |
JUD/PSM, FIN |
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230 |
RELATING TO INCOME TAXATION. Allows an income tax credit to physicians and dentists practicing in medically or dentally underserved areas for a portion of the amount of medical or dental malpractice premiums. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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231 |
RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES. Requires the State to provide state employees with child care facilities and services. |
LAB, FIN |
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232 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits the unlawful employment practice of subjecting an employee to an abusive work environment. Provides a legal recourse for employees who have been psychologically, physically, or economically harmed by being deliberately subjected to abusive work environments. |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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233 |
RELATING TO THE CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION TASK FORCE. Establishes the cervical cancer elimination task force for the State. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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234 |
RELATING TO POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS. Grants rulemaking authority to the department of health for the regulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers for purposes of enforcing chapter 332D. |
HLT, JUD |
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235 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYER SUPPORTED CHILD CARE. Establishes state policy for employer supported child care facilities and services. |
LAB, FIN |
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236 |
RELATING TO MEDICALLY ACCURATE SEX EDUCATION. Requires recipients of state funding that provide information or offer programs regarding sex education to provide medically accurate, factual information that is age-appropriate and includes education on both abstinence and contraception. |
HLT, FIN |
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237 |
RELATING TO TORTS. Shortens statute of limitations for medical malpractice action. Caps noneconomic damages and contingent attorney's fees awards. Permits evidence of collateral benefits. Disallows punitive damages claim in initial complaint. Permits periodic payments of future damages. |
HLT, CPC, JUD |
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238 |
RELATING TO TAX CREDITS FOR MEDICAL STUDENT LOANS. Creates an income tax credit to repay student loans for students who practice in medically underserved areas in the State. |
HLT, HED, FIN |
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239 |
RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS. Extends the individual development account tax credit for five years. Authorizes financial institutions to claim the tax credit and use part of the private funds contributed for ministerial purposes. Raises contribution and tax credit ceiling from $1 million to $2 million. |
HUS, FIN |
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240 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR JOB TRAINING. Appropriates funds for the department of labor and industrial relations to provide job training to underemployed and unemployed persons. Specifies that the department focus training on construction industry and other skilled trades, high tech, maritime, culinary arts, GED, and labor shortage areas. |
LAB, FIN |
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241 |
RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii to repair all vacant public housing units by December 31, 2006. Provides for funding through Capital Fund Program grants or issuance of bonds. |
HSG, FIN |
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242 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds to the department of human services to expand their QUEST/medicaid programs to provide periodontal care to pregnant women. |
HUS/HLT, FIN |
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243 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Increases standard of need from the 1993 federal poverty level to an annually updated poverty level for the current year. Includes the general assistance (GA) and aged, blind, and disabled programs for the calculation. Removes limitation on making GA payments only from total appropriations made for GA. |
HUS, FIN |
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244 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Requires the Department of Human Services to recognize individuals who have not received a decision on their application for public assistance within 45 days to be presumptively eligible until an eligibility decision is made. |
HUS, FIN |
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245 |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Requires that the range and quality of programming offered to women in corrections be substantially equivalent to the range and quality of programs offered to males. Requires office of youth services to develop and implement gender-responsive community-based programs for adjudicated females. Appropriates funds. |
PSM/HUS, JUD, FIN |
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246 |
RELATING TO EQUAL PAY. Establishes a pay equity task force to review any relevant information and make recommendations for funds and specific actions to correct any gender-based pay inequities. Prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of gender by paying wages to an employee at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to another employee of the opposite sex for equal work, except when the difference in compensation is based on a seniority system, a merit system, a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, a bona fide occupational qualification, or a differential based on any factor other than sex. |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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247 |
RELATING TO BIOPROSPECTING. Prohibits the sale or transfer of biological resources or biological diversity on public lands; establishes a temporary bioprospecting advisory commission to address issues related to bioprospecting, including equitable benefit sharing, and appropriates funds to enable the commission to develop a comprehensive bioprospecting plan; to be repealed 6/30/08. |
EEP/WLO/HAW, EDB/AGR, FIN |
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248 |
RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Provides that weekly unemployment benefit payments shall not be reduced as a result of the receipt of pension payments under the Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. |
HLT, HUS, FIN |
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249 |
RELATING TO THE CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION TASK FORCE. Establishes the cervical cancer elimination task force for the State and appropriates funds. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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250 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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251 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 2 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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252 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 3 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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253 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 4 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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254 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 5 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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255 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 6 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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256 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 7 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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257 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 8 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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258 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 9 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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259 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 10 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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260 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 11 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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261 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 12 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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262 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS. Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 13 and their excluded counterparts. |
LAB, FIN |
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263 |
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Appropriates funds to pay for the negotiated salary increases for the HGEA bargaining units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), (9), and (13). Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining. |
LAB, FIN |
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264 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Effectuates the title of the bill. |
LAB |
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265 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Effectuates the title of the bill. |
LAB |
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266 |
RELATING TO LABOR. Effectuates the title of the bill. |
LAB |
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267 |
RELATING TO LABOR. Effectuates the title of the bill. |
LAB |
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268 |
RELATING TO LABOR. Effectuates the title of the bill. |
LAB |
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269 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. 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. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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270 |
RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEES. Creates a drug-free workplace program for state employees. |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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271 |
RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS. Repeals the capital gains tax on long-term investments made in Hawaii. |
EDB, FIN |
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272 |
RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR ELDER AT-HOME LONG-TERM CARE. Provides income tax credit of $ , to taxpayers caring for an elderly relative certified by the DHS as requiring care in an intermediate care or skilled nursing facility if the elderly relative has received such care for at least 29 days. Requires DHS to provide certification. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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273 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes pilot project for drug testing of public school in grade 7 or higher of a public school when requested by parent or guardian. Directs department of education to obtain federal funds for testing and treatment.provide certification. |
EDN, JUD, FIN |
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274 |
RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. 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. |
EEP, EDB, FIN |
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275 |
RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Repeals the cap on the number of new century charter schools and new century conversion charter schools that may be established. |
EDN, FIN |
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276 |
RELATING TO STANDARD DEDUCTION FOR INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX. Raises the Hawaii standard deduction over a three-year period. |
EDB, FIN |
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277 |
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO ADD A SECTION ON CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS. Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to give crime victims and their surviving immediate family members constitutionally recognized rights. |
JUD, FIN |
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278 |
RELATING TO VICTIM RESTITUTION. Mandates that defendants make restitution to victims. Removes judicial discretion. Provides that a defendant's financial ability to make restitution payments may be considered only in connection with establishing a restitution payment schedule. |
JUD, FIN |
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279 |
RELATING TO THE CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION FEE. Makes the crime victim compensation fee mandatory, regardless of ability to pay. Prioritizes the order in which defendant's court-ordered payments shall be made. |
JUD, FIN |
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280 |
RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL MATCHMAKING ORGANIZATIONS. Amends definition of "Hawaii resident"; requires international matchmaking organization to conduct a background check on Hawaii resident upon recruit's request for criminal conviction or marital history information; requires sworn disclosure by Hawaii residents; establishes violations. |
JUD |
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281 |
RELATING TO NURSING. Establishes and appropriates moneys for the Nursing Scholarship Program to satisfy the growing demand for nurses in the State. |
HED, FIN |
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282 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for a 24-hour, 7 days a week, rapid response emergency medical services unit for the Mililani/Mililani Mauka area. |
HLT, FIN |
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283 |
ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR SENATOR HIRAM L. FONG. Establishes a commission to recognize and honor Senator Hiram L. Fong. Provides funding to create the commission. |
TAC, FIN |
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284 |
RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Requires DOH, OYS, Judiciary, and PSD to develop positive outcomes reimbursement system using a reimbursement range on a sliding scale tied to degree of success achieved by substance abuse treatment services as monitored and evaluated through the statewide substance abuse treatment monitoring program. |
HLT/HUS/PSM, JUD, FIN |
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285 |
RELATING TO QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. Provides income tax credit for investments in qualified mental health centers using new treatment modalities in decreasing percentages beginning in the year the investment is made and for the following 4 years. Requires certification from director of health. Applies to tax years beginning after 12/31/2005. |
HLT, FIN |
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286 |
RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires health insurers, hospital and medical services associations, and health maintenance organizations to provide drug/alcohol screening and counseling as a covered benefit in emergency rooms or as part of primary care when the doctor providing the services has good reason to suspect substance abuse. |
HLT/LAB, CPC, FIN |
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287 |
RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF INFECTION RATES IN HOSPITALS. Requires hospitals to disclose rates of infection to DOH quarterly and annually. Ensures confidentiality of individual patient information. Creates advisory committee to assist the DOH. Provides penalties and requires director of health to adopt rules. |
HLT, CPC/JUD |
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288 |
RELATING TO HUMAN STEM CELL RESEARCH. Sets state policy for stem cell research in the State. |
HLT, JUD |
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289 |
RELATING TO CHILD ENDANGERMENT. Establishes the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in a motor vehicle. |
TRN, JUD |
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290 |
RELATING TO FERAL CHICKENS. Mandates the department of health responsible for disposing of feral chickens. |
HLT, FIN |
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291 |
RELATING TO ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PESTICIDES. Adds a landscape professional to the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. |
EEP, AGR |
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292 |
RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION. Establishes youth suicide prevention program for the State. |
HLT, FIN |
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293 |
RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Directs the department of transportation to convene a task force to examine, update, and organize statutes regulating to motorized transporter devices with engines under 250 cubic centimeters. |
TRN, FIN |
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294 |
RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Adds new section relating to members' rights; 2 new definitions for "director" and "proxy". Amends rules of governance by association board of director. Amends rights and responsibilities of the association and its members. |
CPC |
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295 |
RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING. Grants active duty member of National Guard serving outside of the State a 90-day period to file any required license renewal application. |
PSM, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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296 |
RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE. Makes a $1,000,000 appropriation for tuition assistance for national guard and military reservists enrolled in degree programs at the University of Hawaii. |
PSM, HED, FIN |
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297 |
RELATING TO SPEEDING Creates new offense of excessive speeding. |
TRN, JUD |
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298 |
RELATING TO SAFETY HELMETS. Mandates the use of safety helmets by motorcycle operators, moped operators, and bicycle riders. |
TRN, JUD |
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299 |
RELATING TO SAFETY. Bans display screens visible to driver; exceptions for safe operations of vehicle |
TRN, JUD |
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300 |
RELATING TO A TOTAL BAN ON RIDING IN CARGO AREAS OF PICKUP TRUCKS. Amends section 291-14 to establish a total ban on riding in the cargo areas of pickup trucks. |
TRN, JUD |
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301 |
RELATING TO INCREASING KEIKI CAR SEAT USAGE. Increases minimum age requirement for child passenger restraints over time. |
TRN, JUD |
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302 |
RELATING TO COUNTIES. Requires State agency that receives county assistance, services, permission to use county property, to indemnify the county. |
JUD, FIN |
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303 |
RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Authorizes the liquor commissions to use revenues from licensing fees and fines for alcohol abuse prevention programs. |
JUD, FIN |
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304 |
RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX. Allocates an unspecified percentage of the conveyance tax to the counties for the development of affordable housing. |
WLO, HSG, FIN |
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305 |
RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. Clarifies that source of reimbursements to auditor for audits of political subdivisions of the State are legislative appropriations. |
FIN |
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306 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY IMMUNITY. Repeals sunset date for public land liability immunity. |
WLO, JUD, FIN |
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307 |
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. Establishes commercial passenger vessel environmental compliance program; prohibits or limits types of discharge from vessels; imposes environmental compliance fee; and establishes environmental compliance fund. |
TRN, EEP/WLO, FIN |
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308 |
RELATING TO SHORELINE. Clarifies the definition of "shoreline". Establishes notice requirements for shoreline certification applications. Authorizes state land surveyor to review shoreline certification during 12 month validity period and rescind certification under certain circumstances. |
WLO |
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309 |
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AN EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER, WAIMEA HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SWIMMING POOL, KAUA'I AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEASIBILITY STUDY, ANTONE VIDINHA STADIUM COMPLEX IMPROVEMENTS, AND KALEPA VILLAGE RENTAL APARTMENTS. Appropriates $3,500,000 for CIP projects on Kaua'i for an emergency homeless shelter, Waimea high school district swimming pool, Kaua'i affordable housing feasibility study, Antone Vidinha Stadium baseball lighting, grand stand improvements, and Kalepa Village Rental Apartments. |
FIN |
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310 |
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE COUNTY OF KAUA`I. Authorizes capital improvement projects on the county of Kaua`i. (solid waste facilities, Wailua/Kapa`a sewer system, Kilauea bridge, Antone K. Vidinha stadium complex improvements, drainage master plan, and Wailua houselots drainage facilities) |
FIN |
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311 |
RELATING TO FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND DANGEROUS WEAPONS. Raises the age for allowable transfers of rifle or shotgun from 18 years old to 21 years old. |
JUD |
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312 |
RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO MOTOR VEHICLES. Creates offenses of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle in the 1st and 2nd degrees. |
JUD |
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313 |
RELATING TO 911 EMERGENCY SERVICE. Establishes the offense of misuse of 911 telephone service for accessing 911 and knowingly causing a false alarm or making a false complaint or report. Makes the offense of misuse of 911 telephone service a misdeameanor. |
JUD |
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314 |
RELATING TO PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS. Requires pawnshops to electronically file pawn slips with Honolulu Police Department. |
JUD |
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315 |
RELATING TO SUBPOENAS. Entitles a police officer who testifies or is compelled to be available as a state witness under a subpoena when off-duty to overtime compensation. Requires the State to reimburse the counties for 50% of overtime compensation paid. |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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316 |
RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. Establishes offenses of endangering a law enforcement animal and interfering with a law enforcement animal; provides definitions; requires restitution for violations. |
JUD |
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317 |
RELATING TO ALLOWANCE ON SERVICE RETIREMENT. Grants to police radio dispatchers treatment similar to that accorded to other law enforcement personnel under the employees' retirement system. |
LAB, JUD, FIN |
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318 |
RELATING TO THEFT. Provides that an individual caught with stolen property belong to three or more persons commits felony theft. |
JUD |
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319 |
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FINES UNDER THE STATE ETHICS CODE. Authorizes the ethics commission to impose an administrative fine not to exceed $500 for a violation of the state ethics law. |
JUD, FIN |
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320 |
RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. Adds business interests and real property interests outside the State of Hawaii to the business interests and real property interests that must be disclosed under the financial disclosure law. |
JUD |
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321 |
RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS. Expands the circumstances in which a state official is required to the official from taking official action to include those affecting a business in which the official's close family members hold financial interests. |
JUD |
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322 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. Expands the members of executive boards that head state departments who are required to file public financial disclosure statements to include the board of regents and members of the board of land and natural resources, the board of agriculture, and the Hawaiian homes commission. |
JUD |
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323 |
RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Strengthens and clarifies campaign spending law. Prohibits fundraising on state or county property. Limits contributions of out-of-state residents. Restricts certain contributions from banks, corporations, and labor organizations. Includes recorded telephone messages within definition of "advertising". Reduces time period that a county clerk must preserve campaign spending reports from 10 to 4 years. Allows campaign committees without a computer to file reports nonelectronically. Prohibits candidates from contributing campaign funds to charitable and other organizations. Limits noncandidate committees' contributions. Removes $50,000 public contract amount threshold to be prohibited from campaign contributions. Requires campaign loans to be repaid in one year. |
JUD |
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324 |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Prohibits the chief election officer, as of 01/01/06 from approving a direct recording electronic voting system that does not meet federal qualifications and include an accessible voter verified paper audit trail. Establishes requirements for purchase and use of voting systems as of 01/01/07. |
JUD, FIN |
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325 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Allows an employee to use for family leave purposes, Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) sick leave benefits in excess of minimum statutory TDI benefit requirements. |
LAB, FIN |
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326 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires motor vehicle insurers to reduce the rates of senior citizens who successfully complete a driver improvement course. |
CPC |
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327 |
RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES. Establishes a graduated schedule of reasonable attorneys' fees for cases pertaining to an association's collection of delinquent assessments, foreclosure of liens, and enforcement of the Condominium Property Act and related rules. |
CPC/JUD |
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328 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN WAHIAWA. Makes an appropriation for matching funds from the United States Department of Agriculture for the purchase of development rights of agricultural lands surrounding the Kukaniloko Birthstones in Wahiawa. |
WLO/AGR, FIN |
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329 |
RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides a tax credit to qualifying members of the national guard and reserves with qualifying dependents. |
PSM, FIN |
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330 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes the agribusiness development corporation to issue revenue bonds to obtain agricultural land in Waialua from the Galbraith Estate. Enables the agribusiness development corporation to contract with banks to provide lease management services. |
AGR/WLO, FIN |
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331 |
RELATING TO TEMPORARY PARTIAL DISABILITY. Deems treatment appointments to be periods of temporary partial disability, thereby making the time spent during the treatments compensable under workers' compensation. |
LAB, CPC |
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332 |
RELATING TO FROZEN FOOD PRODUCTS. Requires labeling of frozen and previously thawed foods. |
HLT, CPC |
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333 |
RELATING TO ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE. Requires corporate recipients of economic development assistance to adhere to certain requirements regarding job creation, job retention, investment of capital; requires uniform application for assistance; creates mechanism to track compliance; provides for recapture upon non-compliance. |
EDB, FIN |
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334 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Requires the department of human services to annually report on private sector employers with more than fifty employees who receive medical care or benefits from public assistance programs. |
HUS, LAB, FIN |
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335 |
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits an employer or labor organization from discriminating against an employee who uses accrued and available sick leave in accordance with a valid collective bargaining agreement or valid employment policy. Clarifies that the term "employee" includes an employee with a nonchronic condition of a short-term nature. |
LAB, JUD |
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336 |
RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. Requires DHS to annually identify employers of applicants for medical assistance programs and disclose them to the legislature. Requires report to include cost of medical assistance to these applicants. Requires DHS to make public these employers without identifying individual applicants. |
HUS, JUD, FIN |
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337 |
RELATING TO LABOR DISPUTES. Repeals the prohibition against picketing at the residence or dwelling of any individual. |
LAB, JUD |
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338 |
RELATING TO MEAL BREAKS. Requires the provision of rest or meal break periods of at least thirty consecutive minutes for employees who work five or more continuous hours, unless a collective bargaining agreement provides an express provision for meal breaks. |
LAB, FIN |
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339 |
RELATING TO DEFENSE TO TRESPASS. Makes it a defense to the offense of trespass that the defendant was engaged in labor dispute picketing at a mall, shopping center, resort, or hotel complex, provided that the picketing is limited to areas accessible to the general public, is confined to the entrance and exit of the employer involved, and is conducted only when the employer's employees are on the premises. |
LAB, JUD |
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340 |
RELATING TO COSTS OF PROCEEDINGS IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS. Gives the supreme court, appellate court, or appellate board discretion for awarding proceeding costs and reasonable attorney's fees if appeal is initiated by an employee and the employer loses. Sets standards for this discretion. |
LAB, CPC/JUD |
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341 |
RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION REFORM. Prohibits an employer from suspending workers' compensation benefits to an injured employee without an order from the director of labor and industrial relations. Provides compensation to permanently or temporarily disabled employees within 30 days of injury. Requires that an employer receive prior authorization from the director of labor and industrial relations prior to requesting an employee to submit to a medical examination by an employer's physician. |
LAB, CPC/JUD |
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342 |
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires the public utilities commission to include a stipulation, as part of any decision of the commission to allow a transfer of ownership of a utility, that any surplus that exists in the utility's employee pension fund remain in the pension fund. |
LAB, CPC, FIN |
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343 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Makes an appropriation for a temporary civil service position to coordinate state support for military personnel. |
PSM, FIN |
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344 |
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows a surviving spouse or surviving reciprocal beneficiary of a police officer, firefighter, deputy sheriff, or public safety officer to remarry, marry, or enter into a new reciprocal beneficiary relationship and to continue to receive pension and other retirement benefits arising from their former spouse's employment. |
LAB/PSM, FIN |
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345 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health. |
HLT |
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346 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health. |
HLT |
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347 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health. |
HLT |
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348 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health. |
HLT |
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349 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health. |
HLT |
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350 |
RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX. Increases excise tax on cigarettes to $0.09, $0.11, and $0.13 per cigarette sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer after 9/30/2005, 6/30/2006, and 6/30/2007, respectively, (amounting to $1.80, $2.20, and $2.60 per pack of 20 cigarettes). |
HLT, FIN |
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351 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ADULT AND YOUTH DAY CARE. Appropriates funds to Health for All to operate a pilot three-year project at the Waipahu Community Adult Day Health Care Center. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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352 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the DOH to provide cost-effective medical care for uninsured Hawaii residents. |
HLT/HUS, FIN |
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353 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURE. Appropriates $ to support the establishment of an organic agriculture center and improve food security in Waianae. |
AGR, HED, FIN |
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354 |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS. Amends the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree by deleting the applicability of the offense to persons who enter or remain unlawfully in or upon public property. |
WLO, JUD |
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355 |
RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Establishes a community oversight panel to reform prison and jail grievances for adult and juvenile offenders. |
PSM/HUS, JUD, FIN |
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356 |
RELATING TO YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Requires OYS to obtain legislative approval before transferring any incarcerated juvenile from the HYCF to an out-of-state youth correctional facility; requires adequate notice to the incarcerated juvenile's parent or legal guardian. |
HUS, JUD, FIN |
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357 |
RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF FOSTER YOUTH. Changes eligibility requirements to receive higher education board allowances for foster children attending college from a maximum age requirement (less than age 22) to a maximum time period (5˝ years). Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for the allowance if the former foster child is 21 years old or older. |
HUS, FIN |
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358 |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Authorizes DHS to establish a youth transition care program for former foster care children and other children not younger than 18 and not older than 22; makes appropriation. Allows DHS to contract out for transitional shelters and other assistance for these former foster youths and other youth; makes appropriation. |
HUS/HSG, FIN |
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359 |
RELATING TO CAREGIVER CONSENT. Authorizes a minor's caregiver to consent to health care services for the minor. Establishes requirements for caregiver consent affidavit. |
HUS/HLT, JUD |
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360 |
RELATING TO FOSTER CHILDREN. Establishes a Foster Children's Bill of Rights. Allows foster children to apply for a driver's license with the written consent of the Department of Human Services. Requires a foster child's natural parents to pay for the child's car insurance and provides for free insurance if the child's parents are unable to pay. Allows higher education board allowances to be paid directly to former foster children. |
HUS, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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361 |
RELATING TO THE ILLEGAL USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Appropriates funds for state agencies and the counties for crystal methamphetamine (ice) treatment, prevention, rehabilitation, education, environmental damage assessments, and program monitoring initiatives. |
HLT/PSM, JUD, FIN |
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362 |
RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING. Establishes a 3-stage driver licensing program, consisting of a learner's permit and provisional license for persons under 18 and then a driver's license. |
TRN, JUD |
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363 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SCHOOL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. Appropriates funds for the repair and maintenance of public schools. |
EDN, JUD |
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364 |
RELATING TO SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE. Creates a public school construction, repair, and maintenance trust fund for the construction and improvement of public school facilities. Establishes an income tax check off to allow taxpayers to designate a part of their income tax refund to a specific public school. |
EDN, FIN |
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365 |
RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. Creates a pilot program for universal access to early childhood education for children age 5 or younger whose families are unable to afford quality early childhood education. Makes appropriations. |
EDN/HUS, FIN |
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366 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES. Appropriates moneys to the UH college of tropical agriculture and human resources for its family resources degree program. |
HED, FIN |
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367 |
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING REPAIR AND RENOVATION. Authorizes general obligation bond issuance and appropriates funds to repair and renovate vacant public housing units. |
HSG, FIN |
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368 |
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING. Authorizes general bond issuance and appropriates funds for construction of public housing. |
HSG, FIN |
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369 |
RELATING TO TOBACCO. Removes cap of $150,000,000 on supersedeas bond for tobacco master settlement signatories to stay the execution of any judgments against the signatories during appeals. |
HLT, JUD, FIN |
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370 |
RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT. Requires the department of human resources development to formulate and implement a statewide policy on telecommuting for state employees. |
LAB, FIN |
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371 |
RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE LAW. Increases the minimum wage amount and provides for an automatic annual adjustment for cost-of-living increases. |
LAB, FIN |
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372 |
RELATING TO COUNTIES. Requires all counties to have a comprehensive recycling program January 1, 2007. Makes appropriation. |
EEP, FIN |
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373 |
RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH. Appropriates funds to nonschool-hour programs for children or youth enrolled in school. |
HUS, FIN |
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374 |
RELATING TO PICKUP TRUCKS. Amends section 291-14 to prohibit minors under the age of eighteen from riding in the cargo areas of pickup trucks. |
TRN, JUD |
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375 |
RELATING TO THE USE OF SAFETY HELMETS BY MINORS. Mandates safety helmet use for moped operators and bicycle riders under the age of 18 years. |
TRN, JUD |
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376 |
RELATING TO STUDENT PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES. Establishes physical activity and physical education requirements for schools and after-school programs. |
EDN, FIN |
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377 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL NUTRITION. Establishes public school nutrition standards and food service manager nutrition training requirements. Requires the department of education to encourage schools to provide culturally appropriate nutrition education and farm-to-table education programs. |
EDN, FIN |
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378 |
RELATING TO CHILDHOOD SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS. Establishes a surveillance system in the department of education to track childhood data. |
EDN, FIN |
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379 |
RELATING TO THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION COALITION TASK FORCE. Establishes the physical activity and nutrition coalition task force for the State. |
HLT, FIN |
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380 |
RELATING TO ARBITRATION. Requires award of attorney's fees and costs to beneficiary or policyholder who successfully establishes insurer's liability under insurance policy in arbitration. |
CPC/JUD |
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381 |
RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Excludes costs of material in determining whether cost of project is less than $1,000. |
CPC |
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382 |
RELATING TO PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS. Requires managed care plans to provide external review of denial of care to include a non-affiliated physician jointly selected by all parties. Requires benefit to be provided if reviewing physician determines medical necessity. Protects primary care physician from retaliation. |
HLT, CPC |
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383 |
RELATING TO ELECTRICIANS. Makes minimum qualifications for journey worker electrician and journey worker industrial electrician identical. |
CPC |
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384 |
RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES FOR COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL. Increases compensation for court appointed counsel. |
JUD, FIN |
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385 |
RELATING TO CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE. Allocates the one-half-cent increase in the tobacco tax that took effect on 7/1/04, and an additional one-half-cent increase in the tobacco tax that proposed to take effect on 7/1/05, to prevention and treatment programs and services for crystal methamphetamine. |
HLT, FIN |
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386 |
RELATING TO COURTS. Repeals the jury service exemptions for categories, except for jurors who served within the last year. Adds jury service exemptions for persons who live more than 70 miles from the court for jury service, and persons who are 70 or older. |
JUD |
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387 |
RELATING TO THE ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAX. Retains the State's ability to "pick-up" the state death tax credit as it existed in the Internal Revenue Code before the enactment of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. |
FIN |
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REQUESTING THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO SUPPORT FEDERAL POLICIES DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE HOMELESSNESS IN THE UNITED STATES. |
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REQUESTING THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER TO INVESTIGATE THE ADVISABILITY OF ENTERING INTO INTERSTATE COMPACTS WITH OTHER STATES CONCERNING CERTAIN PERILS AFFECTING THE COST OF HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE. |
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REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR, THE LEGISLATURE, AND HAWAII BUSINESS LEADERS TO DISCUSS WITH HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING AND ENHANCING HAWAII'S FREE TRADE ZONE PROGRAM. |
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REQUESTING THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND TO ESTABLISH A LOW COST LOAN FUND AND TO ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP HOMEOWNERS. |
CPC, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A FIXED RAIL SYSTEM AROUND THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN THE HAWAII LONG RANGE LAND TRANSPORTATION PLAN. |
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DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF JANUARY AS CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. |
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REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO CONDUCT A STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDRESSING THE SHORTAGE OF INFANT AND TODDLER CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES IN THE STATE. |
HUS, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE CREATION OF A TEMPORARY INTERDEPARTMENTAL EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION INFORMATION WORKING GROUP WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP A MECHANISM TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION STATEWIDE. |
HLT, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL SCREENING AND COUNSELING IN EMERGENCY ROOMS OR AS PART OF PRIMARY CARE. |
HLT, FIN |
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REQUESTING A FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES, INCLUDING PURCHASE OF SERVICES AND ANY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES AND THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. |
HUS, FIN |
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URGING EMPLOYERS TO IMPLEMENT FLEXIBLE BENEFIT PLANS AND OTHER FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES. |
LAB, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A COORDINATING COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE GOVERNMENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCING PROGRAMS. |
HSG, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MINUTES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, OR EXERCISE EACH WEEK FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, REQUIRE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO OFFER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES, ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO ADOPT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FACILITIES. |
EDN |
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REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO ESTABLISH THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION COALITION TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A STATE PLAN TO COMBAT OBESITY IN HAWAII. |
HLT, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT STRATEGIES TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY NUTRITION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
EDN |
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REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS TO CONSIDER POLICIES THAT PERMIT EDIBLE SCHOOL GARDENS AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO SCHOOL CURRICULUMS. |
EDN |
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ENCOURAGING THE SUPPORT OF NEW PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE LIFELONG EDUCATION IN PHYSICAL FITNESS AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. |
EDN |
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URGING ALL HAWAII SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT STANDARD OF CONDUCT POLICIES TO DISCOURAGE INTIMIDATION AND PROMOTE SAFE AND PEACEFUL SCHOOLS THAT ENCOURAGE EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. |
EDN |
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REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR TRACKING CHILDHOOD OBESITY DATA AND IMPLEMENT "BEST PRACTICES" PREVENTION AND TREATMENT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS TO REDUCE CHILDHOOD OBESITY. |
HLT, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATEWIDE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR COORDINATION AND EXPANSION OF SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH CHILD WELFARE SERVICES TO YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. |
HUS, FIN |
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EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATED SCHOOL HEALTH BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
EDN/HED, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATEWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN TO PROMOTE OBESITY PREVENTION AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. |
HLT, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO SUPPORT FEDERAL POLICIES DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE HOMELESSNESS IN THE UNITED STATES. |
HSG |
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REQUESTING THE CREATION OF A TEMPORARY INTERDEPARTMENTAL EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION INFORMATION WORKING GROUP WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP A MECHANISM TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION STATEWIDE. |
HLT, FIN |
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REQUESTING A FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES, INCLUDING PURCHASE OF SERVICES AND ANY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES AND THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. |
HUS, FIN |
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URGING EMPLOYERS TO IMPLEMENT FLEXIBLE BENEFIT PLANS AND OTHER FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES. |
LAB, FIN |
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REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MINUTES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, OR EXERCISE EACH WEEK FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, REQUIRE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO OFFER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES, ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO ADOPT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FACILITIES. |
EDN |
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REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO ESTABLISH THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION COALITION TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A STATE PLAN TO COMBAT OBESITY IN HAWAII. |
HLT, FIN |
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20 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT STRATEGIES TO ENCOURAGE HEALTHY NUTRITION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
EDN |
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21 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS TO CONSIDER POLICIES THAT PERMIT EDIBLE SCHOOL GARDENS AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO SCHOOL CURRICULUMS. |
EDN |
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22 |
ENCOURAGING THE SUPPORT OF NEW PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE LIFELONG EDUCATION IN PHYSICAL FITNESS AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. |
EDN |
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23 |
URGING ALL HAWAII SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT STANDARD OF CONDUCT POLICIES TO DISCOURAGE INTIMIDATION AND PROMOTE SAFE AND PEACEFUL SCHOOLS THAT ENCOURAGE EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. |
EDN |
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24 |
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR TRACKING CHILDHOOD OBESITY DATA AND IMPLEMENT "BEST PRACTICES" PREVENTION AND TREATMENT INTERVENTION PROGRAMS TO REDUCE CHILDHOOD OBESITY. |
HLT, FIN |
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25 |
REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATEWIDE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR COORDINATION AND EXPANSION OF SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH CHILD WELFARE SERVICES TO YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. |
HUS, FIN |
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26 |
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATED SCHOOL HEALTH BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. |
EDN/HED, FIN |
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