HREF 01-22-07 1

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		HOUSE BILLS
			Committee
H.B. NO.			REFERRAL

1	RELATING TO A COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM. Establishes offender reentry system to assist adult and juvenile offenders with preparing for release and reintegration back to the community. Establishes interagency committee and appropriates funds for demonstration projects		PSM/LAB, JUD, FIN
2	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to develop a plan by January 1, 2008, to return all female Hawaii prisoners incarcerated in mainland prisons back to Oahu by July 1, 2009.		PSM, FIN
3	RELATING TO PRISONS. Requires the Department of Public Safety to conduct a study to identify three sites within the State for a new minimum security prison by December 15, 2007. Requires a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2008.		PSM, FIN
4	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires a feasibility review regarding the sale of the Oahu community correctional center in order to build a new facility in a different location to accommodate and manage the continued growth of the inmate population.		PSM/WLH, FIN
5	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds for the expansion of the restorative circles pilot program to other correctional facilities statewide.		PSM, FIN
6	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Requires quarterly reports that disclose the average wholesale price, wholesale acquisition cost, average manufacturer price, and best price for each of the manufacturer's drugs from manufacturers of certain prescription drugs dispensed in this State.		HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
7	RELATING TO THE I-SAVERX PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM. Directs governor to establish the State of Hawaii's participation in the I-SaveRx prescription drug program to provide residents with increased access to affordable drugs.		HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN
8	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Allows consumers, the State, and other affected parties to obtain an injunction, damages, and other relief when a drug manufacturer or its licensee sells prescription drugs for an excessive price		HLT, CPC, JUD
9	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS. Prohibits the sale or transfer of patient prescription information by certain businesses as an unfair and deceptive act in the conduct of trade or commerce.		HLT, CPC/JUD
10	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Makes rebate agreements between drug manufacturers and department of human services mandatory. Requires the department to inform health care providers about drug costs for manufacturers with rebate agreements and those without rebate agreements.		HSH/HLT, CPC, FIN
11	RELATING TO ADVERTISING BY MANUFACTURERS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND DISCLOSURE OF CLINICAL TRIALS. Requires prescription drug ads to meet federal standards, public disclosure of clinical trial information, and drug manufacturers to pay fees to department of health to fund a public education initiative on clinical trials and drug safety. Establishes special fund.		HLT, CPC, FIN
12	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST CONTAINMENT AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS. Requires the director of human services to establish a pharmacy best practices and cost control program including medicaid and other state public assistance health benefits plans, in which any public and private health plan may participate. Includes a prescription drug preferred list and prior authorization review process. Requires drug manufacturers to disclose economic benefits of $25 or more provided to persons who prescribe, dispense, or purchase prescription drugs.		HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN
13	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes food distribution program revolving fund to support the administration and operation of the food distribution program. Fund is not to exceed $2,000,000 from revenues generated.		EDN, FIN
14	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals provisions that transfer functions from the department of budget and finance to the department of education as specified in the Reinventing Education Act of 2004.		EDN, FIN
15	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the Felix stipend revolving fund, which shall be used by the department of education to deposit moneys received as repayment from students who have broken their contractual Felix stipend agreement with the department of education.		EDN/HED, FIN
16	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a school health services program within the department of education. Repeals the school health services program within the department of health. Repeals provisions requiring transfer of public health nurses from the department of health to the department of education.		EDN/HLT, LAB, FIN
17	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education's committee on weights to meet every odd numbered year rather than every year.		EDN, FIN
18	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the teacher standards board to suspend its policies, rules, and standards when extenuating circumstances require.		EDN, LAB, JUD
19	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates the facilities alignment commission to revitalize school facilities by developing and submitting recommendations for areas for new school construction, schools for expansion, and schools for consolidation or closure. Allows the legislature to disapprove these recommendations only in their entirety. If no legislative disapproval occurs, requires the board of education to comply with these recommendations.		EDN, FIN
20	RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Repeals section 302A-1115 because it is no longer required based on the implementation of the Reinventing Education Act of 2004 (Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004).		EDN, LAB, FIN
21	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Limits asbestos testing at school facilities to suspected asbestos containing materials, as required by the federal Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986.		EDN
22	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS. Repealing the department of education repair and maintenance account for projects on the backlog list as of 6/30/00.		EDN, FIN
23	RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. Adds providers, subcontractors, and trainees from an institute of higher education to individuals subject to criminal history record check for employment purposes by department of education.		EDN/LAB, JUD, FIN
24	RELATING TO TEACHERS. Provides greater incentives for National Board Certified teachers to work at schools in restructuring under the No Child Left Behind Act, by giving them an additional $5,000 bonus per year. Appropriates funds.		EDN, LAB, FIN
25	RELATING TO TEACHER LICENSING. Authorizes the board of education to issue Hawaii teaching licenses to teachers with licenses from other states whose licensing standards are equivalent to or higher than Hawaii's.		EDN, LAB
26	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes salaries for the members of the board of education. Appropriates funds.		EDN, LAB, FIN
27	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 36th Representative District.		FIN
28	RELATING TO INJURY PREVENTION. 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.		HSH, FIN
29	RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS. Makes VEBA trust law permanent.		LAB, FIN
30	RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS. Requires legislative consent to bind State to international trade agreements. Creates legislative points of contact to serve as liaisons with the federal government. Creates office of trade enforcement to monitor, analyze, and assess trade and creates citizens' commission on globalization to make recommendations.		INT/EDB, FIN
31	RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. Prohibits state officials from binding the State to government procurement rules of an international trade agreement without legislative action.		INT/EDB, FIN
32	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Bans State from contracting with or giving development assistance to companies that contract work offshore. Requires violating companies to repay to the State the amount paid for the percentage of work done by offshore workers. Bans violators from receiving contracts or development assistance for 5 years.		EDB/INT, LAB, FIN
33	RELATING TO THE HAWAII LIVING WAGE LAW. Requires private firms contracted by state government to pay covered workers a Hawaii living wage of at least $9.43 an hour, to begin on 7/1/07 and adjusted thereafter. Requires DLIR to implement living wage. Establishes temporary living wage advisory committee to evaluate law. Repealed 7/1/2011.		EDB, LAB, FIN
34	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Prohibits the employees' retirement system from acquiring securities of companies that have active business operations with Sudan.		LAB, INT, FIN
35	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, LAB, FIN
36	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Requires a state agency to indemnify a county to receive from the county any assistance, services, rights, or permission to use county property.		JUD, FIN
37	RELATING TO UNADJUDICATED TRAFFIC FINES. 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.		TRN, JUD, FIN
38	RELATING TO LIABILITY OF STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. 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.		WLH, JUD
39	RELATING TO RENEWABLE RESOURCES. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to develop a wave energy facility.		EEP, CPC, FIN
40	RELATING TO ELECTRIC RESTRUCTURING. Requires the public utilities commission to open an electric restructuring docket for the purpose of developing a plan to unbundle the generation functions of Hawaii's electric utilities from their distribution and transmission functions.		EEP, CPC, FIN
41	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Directs the counties to require the installation of solar energy systems for new residential developments with 6 or more single-family dwellings or multi-family units.		EEP, HSH, FIN
42	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires PUC to establish a tariff for intergovernmental wheeling of indigenous electric energy between governmental agencies.		EEP, CPC, FIN
43	RELATING TO ELECTRIC WHEELING. Requires the public utilities commission to establish a wheeling tariff to enable nonutility electric energy producers to use the transmission and distribution facilities of an electric utility to distribute power to the producers' end-use customers.		EEP, CPC, FIN
44	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Requires DOE to include a shaded play area or areas of reasonable size on school grounds in its plans for all new elementary schools and to implement an ongoing program to provide a shaded play area or areas of reasonable size on the grounds of existing elementary schools.		HLT, EDN, FIN
45	RELATING TO ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES. Prohibits certain elective officers from holding fundraisers or engaging in any fundraising activities during the period in which the legislature is in a regular session. Amends definition of "fundraiser".		JUD
46	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Provides for the organization of renewable energy cooperatives to generate, transmit, and sell electricity to their membership. Authorizes issuance of revenue bonds to finance costs related to constructing, upgrading, and acquiring transmission facilities. Exempts cooperatives from Public Utilities Commission regulation, except for interconnection agreements.		EEP, CPC, FIN
47	RELATING TO SUN PROTECTION. Establishes a sun protection program for students in public schools and children in child care homes and group child care centers.		HLT/HSH, EDN, FIN
48	RELATING TO JURY SERVICE. Allows dentists to claim an exemption from jury service.		HLT/PSM, JUD
49	RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GASES. Requires state agencies to promote policies that decrease greenhouse gas emissions.		EEP, EDB
50	RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires the public utilities commission to remove the fossil fuel quotient from renewable energy in determining the amount of energy that qualifies as renewable energy.		EEP, CPC
51	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FIFTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 50th representative district.		FIN
52	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits employers from suspending, discharging, or discriminating against an employee for taking sick leave.		LAB, FIN
53	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Subjects the employer-selected "independent medical examiner" to general medical malpractice standards as applicable in Hawaii.		LAB, JUD, FIN
54	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires a franchise retail food establishment to include nutritional information about each standard menu item.		EDB, HLT, CPC
55	RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION. Establishes statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention program. Appropriates $ to department of health to implement the program.		HLT/HSH, FIN
56	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the Hawaii Health Commission to develop a plan for health care for all individuals in the state.		HLT, CPC, FIN
57	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Provides for a ban, for all ages, on riding in truck beds; mandatory helmet law for all two-wheeled vehicles; mandate video screens be behind driver; prohibits cell phone operation except for hands free; prohibit operation of portable media players while driving.		TRN, JUD
58	RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF THE SALE OF PRIVATE TELEPHONE RECORDS. Criminalizes the brokering of customer information acquired from a telecommunication service provider.		CPC/JUD
59	RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers for premiums paid for long-term care insurance contracts.		HLT/HSH, FIN
60	RELATING TO THE LONG-TERM CARE RESOURCE PROGRAM AT KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Appropriates funds to Kapiolani Community College to train a workforce to care for the State's elder population.		HLT/HED, FIN
61	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CENTER ON GERONTOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA. Appropriates funds for the center on gerontology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa		HLT/HED, FIN
62	RELATING TO THE RESCISSION OF THE COUNTY AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE A SURCHARGE ON THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Repeals Act 247, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, which relates to the authorization for counties to levy a county surcharge on the state general excise tax to fund public transportation systems in their respective counties.		TRN, FIN
63	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for a robotics education coordinator.		HED/EDN, FIN
64	RELATING TO HARBORS. Authorizes the department of transportation to partner with a private developer to purchase or lease land for an intra-island ferry or water taxi service at west Oahu.		TRN, FIN
65	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Requires association to give prior written notice of costs for providing information.		CPC
66	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Requires the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to identify and report on planned community associations in Hawaii. Appropriates funds.		CPC, FIN
67	RELATING PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Requires minutes of meeting of board of directors to record vote of each board member on all motions except motions voted upon in executive session.		CPC
68	RELATING TO MEETINGS OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS. Requires notice of board meetings to be sent to members 72 hours prior to the meeting, to include agenda for meeting.		CPC
69	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Repeals the sunset date on section 46-36, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which authorizes the governor and the executives of other jurisdictions to use a managed competition process as a management tool to provide government services more efficiently, if they so choose.		LAB, FIN
70	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows State to enter into agreements with private entities to build, operate, own, or finance transportation facilities including toll highways. Appropriates $ and $ for FY 2007-2008 and FY 2008-2009, respectively.		TRN, EDB, FIN
71	RELATING TO NURSE AIDES. Establishes certification procedures for nurse aides employed in state licensed or state certified health care settings and medicare or medicaid facilities.		HLT/HSH, CPC
72	RELATING TO KONA COFFEE. 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.		AGR, EDB, CPC
73	RELATING TO CONSUMER ACTIONS. 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.		CPC, JUD
74	RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. 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.		CPC, PSM
75	RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. Establishes state building code commission tasked with the adoption of a uniform state building code.		CPC, FIN
76	RELATING TO LOANS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. Establishes interest-free home purchase loan programs for physicians and advanced practice registered nurses to provide them with an incentive to work in hard-to-staff rural areas.		HLT/HSH, FIN
77	RELATING TO LEAHI HOSPITAL. Transfers the Leahi Hospital from Hawaii health systems corporation to the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii.		HLT, HED, FIN
78	RELATING TO LAND USE. Allows the redesignation of certain residential subdivisions in the agricultural district into the rural district, subject to certain criteria.		WLH/AGR, FIN
79	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HANA AND KA‘U SCHOOLS. Appropriates $50,000 to each school to purchase vans for student transportation.		FIN
80	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 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.		AGR/EDB, FIN
81	RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. Repeals the collateral source rule, which bars defendants from introducing evidence to show that a plaintiff has received collateral source payments, that is, not from the defendant, for the sustained injury.		JUD
82	RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. Permits a plaintiff to recover noneconomic damages only when the plaintiff can prove that the defendant was grossly negligent.		JUD
83	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Prohibits uninsured motorists from recovering noneconomic damages.		CPC, JUD
84	RELATING TO NONECONOMIC DAMAGES. Establishes verbal thresholds limiting lawsuits for noneconomic damages.		JUD
85	RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. Permits collateral sources that made payments to a plaintiff in a personal injury action to recover those payments directly from the defendant in the action.		JUD
86	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Makes health insurance primary to personal injury protection benefit component of no-fault insurance. Authorizes health insurers to recover their costs from the personal injury protection insurers.		CPC, JUD
87	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Shortens notice period for reporting accident to insurer.		CPC
88	RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD. Provides funds for the insurance fraud investigations unit to increase staff to prosecute insurance fraud more effectively.		CPC, FIN
89	RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES. Eliminates or limits payment of attorneys' fees when personal injury protection benefits are paid late.		CPC, JUD
90	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Enacts the National Conference of Insurance Legislators market conduct surveillance model law, which requires the insurance commissioner to conduct market conduct examinations of domestic and foreign insurers.		CPC, FIN
91	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Removes private or governmental accounting experience as meeting the required professional experience for a license in public accountancy. Removes public accountant examination requirement that baccaulareate degree be in accounting.		CPC
92	RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Requires an investment broker and agent who share compensation for their services to pay the general excise tax on only that portion of the compensation retained by each. Effective 7/1/07.		CPC, FIN
93	RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. Establishes a statewide model building code and design standards. Makes appropriation.		CPC, FIN
94	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Short form bill.		CPC
95	RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Short form bill.		CPC
96	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Short form bill.		CPC
97	RELATING TO HAZARDS. Short form bill.		CPC
98	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. Short form bill.		CPC
99	RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Requires the department of human services to offer financial education to applicants for and recipients of temporary assistance for needy families.		HSH, FIN
100	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Eliminates the asset limits for households with minor dependents' applications for medical assistance and appropriates funds for this purpose.		HSH, FIN
101	RELATING TO HOMEOWNERSHIP. Provides financial assistance to qualified first time home buyers under the individual development accounts program. Repeals 5 year limitation on direct state funding to fiduciary organizations.		HSH, FIN
102	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires the department of human services to apply a self-sufficiency standard, to be established and updated annually by the department of business, economic development, and tourism to determine the amount of assistance allowance. Defines self-sufficiency standard. Requires reports to the legislature from the department of human services.		HSH, EDB, FIN
103	RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Requires the department of human services to develop and implement a micro-credit pilot program and appropriates funds for that purpose.		HSH, FIN
104	RELATING TO HEALTH. Amends Medicaid fee schedule law to require an annual adjustment for inflation. Appropriates funds to retroactively adjust for inflation, payments made to fee-for-service providers for fiscal year 2001-2002 and bienniums 2002-2005 and 2005-2007. Changes Medicaid fee schedule to 100% of the 2006 Medicare fee schedule.		HSH/HLT, FIN
105	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority, in cooperation with the City and County of Honolulu, to develop a plan for an affordable housing community within the Kalaeloa Community Development District.		HSH, WLH, FIN
106	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW. Establishes a self-employment assistance program to assist eligible unemployed individuals in starting their own businesses as an alternative to receiving regular unemployment insurance benefits.		LAB, FIN
107	RELATING TO TAXATION. Allows an individual taxpayer to request that the taxpayer's refund be electronically deposited into more than one checking or savings account.		CPC, FIN
108	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT TORT LIABILITY.		WLH, JUD
109	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to Housing.		HSH
110	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to Housing.		HSH
111	RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to Housing.		HSH
112	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to Human Services.		HSH
113	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Short form bill relating to Human Services.		HSH
114	RELATING TO FAMILY COURTS. Requires a minor adjudicated of actions that would constitute distribution of drugs to choose detention in a youth correctional facility or drug counseling in the company of the minor's parents or guardians.		HSH, JUD, FIN
115	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Codifies the department of public safety's classification system of establishing five offender custody levels: maximum, closed, medium, minimum, and community custody. Requires the department to consider custody levels when allocating resources.		PSM
116	RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Creates a streamlined application process for wireless telecommunications facilities and encourages the placement of antennas on existing utility poles.		WLH, CPC
117	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Gives wastewater treatment plants access to the emergency procurement process to repair a major equipment breakdown that if not immediately repaired would result in wastewater spills and environmental permit noncompliance that is subject to a $25,000 fine per occurrence, per day.		EEP, FIN
118	RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article XII, section 13 of state constitution to declare that issuance of authorized bonds will not cause debt limit to be exceeded.		FIN
119	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER SYSTEMS. Allows agribusiness development corporation to acquire agricultural water systems to provide water for irrigation of agricultural lands.		AGR, FIN
120	RELATING TO THE LIQUOR TAX LAW. Revises liquor tax to a gallonage rate based on the alcohol content of the various categories of liquor.		EDB, CPC, FIN
121	RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts the sale of leasehold interests in real property from the general excise tax.		WLH, FIN
122	RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Requires online full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving state funds.		FIN
123	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides for a state earned income tax credit.		FIN
124	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Extends statute of limitation for actions against a county for damage or injury from 6 months to 2 years. Permits the counties to identify, by charter, the person to whom claimant should give notice of claim for injuries or damage sustained on public property or as a result of the negligence of county official or employee.		JUD, FIN
125	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Excludes costs of material in determining whether cost of project is less than $1,000 for purposes of exemption from contractor licensing law.		CPC
126	RELATING TO 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
127	RELATING TO JURIES. Adds a jury service exemption for active practicing dentists.		HLT, JUD
128	RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Allows two or more members of a board, but less than the number of members that would constitute a quorum, to discuss their individual positions relating to official board business at other board meetings, legislative public hearings, and at other events that include matters relating to official board business.		JUD
129	RELATING TO BAIL. Establishes qualifications and requirements for persons who apprehend bail fugitives. Regulates the conduct, prohibits certain practices, and establishes penalty for violations. Establishes conditions for surrender of a defendant by a bail agent.		JUD
130	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital improvement projects for 44th representative district.		FIN
131	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS ALONG THE WAIANAE COAST. Appropriation for beautification projects along the Waianae Coast.		WLH, FIN
132	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Separate Nanakuli High School from Nanakuli Intermediate School.		EDN
133	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Appropriates funds to reconfigure highway over the Kunia interchange in the westbound direction to provide for a third lane of travel.		TRN, FIN
134	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Mandates the formation of advisory committees to assist in formulating recommendations for development of markets for recycled materials and programs to encourage statewide recycling.		EEP, EDB
135	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes the candidate advisory council to screen and propose candidates for appointment to the board of regents of the University of Hawaii. Increases the board of regents membership to fifteen members with a specified number of members representing different geographic areas. Prohibits a board of regents member from serving more than two consecutive five-year terms. Requires the senate to consider the question of an incumbent member's confirmation for a second term at least 120 days prior to the conclusion of the member's first term. Allows a board of regents member to continue to serve until the member's successor has been appointed and confirmed by the senate.		HED
136	RELATING TO AIDS RESEARCH. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii AIDS clinical research program.		HED/HLT, FIN
137	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill.		HED
138	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill.		HED
139	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill.		HED
140	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill.		HED
141	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill. Effectuates the title of the bill.		HED
142	RELATING TO COUNTIES. 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.		TRN
143	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Reduces the consumer fireworks fee from $25 to $10.		JUD, FIN
144	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Requires the State, counties, and contractors performing work on a public highway to post signs warning motorists of steel plates placed in the roadway.		TRN
145	RELATING TO THE STATE VETERANS' HOME. Establishes a veterans' home account and veterans' gift account to be administered by the Hawaii health systems corporation for the state veterans' home in Hilo. Requires accounts to comply with reporting requirements for non-general fund information.		PSM, FIN
146	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funding to hire additional career counselors for each department of education high school, based on school enrollment.		EDN, FIN
147	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SURVEY AND ENGINEERING DESIGN FEES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL PARK AT MANA, HILO, HAWAII . Makes an appropriation for survey and engineering design fees for the development of an industrial park at Mana, Hilo, Hawaii .		EDB/WLH, FIN
148	RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. 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.		HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN
149	RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. Creates a one-time tax credit for victims of the October 15, 2006, earthquakes.		PSM, FIN
150	RELATING TO HOUSING. Increases the share of the conveyance tax dedicated to the rental housing trust fund to 65% and makes various other appropriations to assist the homeless.		HSH, WLH, FIN
151	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to implement a new human resource management model for Waianae High School and its feeder schools to improve teacher recruitment and licensing.		EDN, FIN
152	RELATING TO LOCAL CONTROL. Requires statewide planning as much as possible to empower local communities with increased control over decisions that affect them.		EDB, WLH, JUD
153	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates $1,500,000 for emergency services at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.		HLT, FIN
154	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY. Redefines highly intoxicated driver. Establishes evidence and sentencing parameters for highly intoxicated drivers. Establishes minimum and maximum administrative license revocation periods for highly intoxicated drivers.		TRN, JUD
155	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation, to the extend practicable, to comply with county outdoor lighting ordinances that are more stringent than other laws and regulations at airports, harbors, and highways.		TRN, FIN
156	RELATING TO THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES WHILE DRIVING. Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while driving unless equipped with a hands-free accessory and being used in the hands-free mode. Exempts mobile radios.		TRN, JUD
157	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires motor vehicle insurers to reduce the rates of drivers over the age of 55 who successfully complete a driver improvement course.		TRN, CPC
158	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Clarifies the period of time for safety inspection of motor carrier vehicles.		TRN, CPC
159	RELATING TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING. Appropriates funds for the establishment of post-high school vocational education programs in Pahoa and Ka'u, in the county of Hawaii.		HED/LAB, FIN
160	RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE REVOCATION. Permits driver whose license has been administratively revoked for life to seek reinstatement of the license after 10 years have passed since the lifetime revocation. Requires driver to have had no arrests or convictions for driving while license revoked and be free from dependency or abuse of alcohol and drugs.		TRN, JUD
161	RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Makes a technical amendment to the state budget law relating to the deposit of state funds into the state treasury		FIN
162	RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Makes technical amendment to transfer of nongeneral funds to general funds law.		FIN
163	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Makes technical amendment to budget allotment modification law.		FIN
164	RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. Makes a technical amendment to the state budget law relating to the deposit of state funds into the state treasury.		FIN
165	RELATING TO TAXATION. Short form bill relating to taxation.		FIN
166	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Short form bill related to the state budget.		FIN
167	RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Short form bill relating to state bonds.		FIN
168	RELATING TO STATE REVENUES. Short form bill relating to state revenues.		FIN
169	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Short form bill relating to non-general funds.		FIN
170	RELATING TO LABOR. Short form bill.		LAB
171	RELATING TO LABOR. Short form bill.		LAB
172	RELATING TO LABOR. Short form bill.		LAB
173	RELATING TO LABOR. Short form bill.		LAB
174	RELATING TO LABOR. Short form bill.		LAB
175	RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts amounts received for medical services, with certain exceptions, from general excise tax assessments.		HLT, FIN
176	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Establishes a tax credit for tuition and fees of parents who enroll in parenting and child development classes.		HLT/HSH, FIN
177	RELATING TO BOARD OF EDUCATION. Provides salaries for the board of education.		EDN/LAB, FIN
178	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Directs the department of education to establish a program to award high school diplomas to armed services veterans drafted during World War II, Korean conflict, and Vietnam War, as well as to those whose schooling was interrupted due to wartime practices.		EDN, PSM
179	RELATING TO BUSINESS ENERGY TAX CREDIT. Establishes a business energy tax credit to encourage energy preservation and efficiency.		EEP, EDB, FIN
180	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for small business development.		HED/EDB, FIN
181	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Makes health insurance primary to personal injury protection benefit component of no-fault insurance.		CPC
182	RELATING TO REGULATION OF HOME INSPECTORS. Requires licensing of professional home inspectors by the department of commerce and consumer affairs. Establishes licensing board. Appropriates funds.		CPC, FIN
183	RELATING TO MORTGAGE BROKERS AND SOLICITORS. Exempts bank holding companies from mortgage broker and solicitor requirements.		CPC
184	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM DEBT-MANAGEMENT SERVICES ACT. Enacts Uniform Debt-Management Services Act that requires registration of providers of debt-management services.		CPC/JUD, FIN
185	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii Housing and Finance Development Corporation to establish an affordable housing demonstration project in Waianae on Oahu and South Kohala on the island of Hawaii.		HSH/WLH, FIN
186	RELATING TO GASOLINE. Changes the ethanol content requirement for gasoline sold in the state for use in motor vehicles from 10% to 2%.		EEP, CPC, FIN
187	RELATING TO FEES IN CRIMINAL CASES. Increases witnesses fees in criminal cases.		JUD, FIN
188	RELATING TO LOCKSMITHS. Requires licensing for locksmiths.		CPC
189	RELATING TO CRUISE SHIP FEES. Requires department of land and natural resources to annually report costs of cruise ships using small boat harbors and propose annual legislation to fix fees to offset those costs. Requires fees to be set by statute and not by rules of the department of land and natural resources.		TAC, TRN/WLH, FIN
190	RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Requires life imprisonment without parole for a second conviction of sexual assault against a minor under age 11.		JUD
191	RELATING TO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. Short form bill.		PSM
192	RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OF NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY INNOVATION CORPORATION. Establishes the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii innovation corporation.		EDB, EEP, FIN
193	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Changes the title of the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority's executive director to "chief executive officer."		EDB, EEP
194	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Authorizes natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority to acquire, hold, and sell qualified securities.		HED, EDB/EEP, FIN
195	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol.		PSM, FIN
196	RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF NEED. Exempts all long-term care facilities at all levels of care from the certificate of need process under the state health planning and development agency.		HLT/HSH, FIN
197	RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. Places a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages recoverable from a physician or surgeon in medical malpractice actions for the provision of emergency care in a hospital emergency department.		HLT, CPC/JUD
198	RELATING TO SMOKING. Allows smoking in designated smoking rooms in private establishments; provided that employees are not unwillingly exposed to smoke and a sign is posted to warn the public. Defines "private establishment."		HLT, CPC/JUD
199	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Specifically excludes hotel construction and development from the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority's authority.		EDB, WLH/EEP
200	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Directs the auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of NELHA's deep sea water pumping system and establish a reasonable rate structure. Freezes rates until the audit is complete.		EDB, EEP, FIN
201	RELATING TO STATE VETERANS' HOME. Establishes a veterans' home account and veterans' gift account to be administered by the Hawaii health systems corporation for the state veterans' home in Hilo. Also requires accounts to comply with reporting requirements for non-general fund information.		PSM/HLT, FIN
202	RELATING TO TELEPSYCHIATRY. Appropriates funds to expand the telepsychiatry project at the University of Hawaii; appropriates funds for that purpose.		HED, HLT, FIN
203	RELATING TO NEUROTRAUMA. 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.		HSH, HLT, FIN
204	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the preschool developmental screening program, the family health services division, and the injury prevention and control section to maintain existing staff and hiring additional staff members.		HLT, FIN
205	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires health insurance plans to cover screening for colorectal cancer by colonoscopy every ten years, beginning at age fifty.		HLT, CPC, FIN
206	RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. Appropriates funds for a coordinator and operating expenses to support a statewide self-advocacy network for individuals with development disabilities.		HLT/HSH, FIN
207	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an exemption, to medical services purchased on Oahu, from the county surcharge on state tax for operating or capital costs of a locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project.		TRN, HLT, FIN
208	RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. Appropriates moneys to fund operations of developmental disabilities domiciliary homes and apartment complexes for persons with developmental disabilities.		HLT/HSH, FIN
209	RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH. 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.		HLT, WLH, FIN
210	RELATING TO HOME CARE. Establishes home care agency licensing requirements. Appropriates moneys to create permanent positions at the department of health to license home care agencies.		HLT/HSH, FIN
211	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Extends the lapse date of the special purpose revenue bonds authorized to assist The Queen's Health Systems in Act 176, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003.		HLT, FIN
212	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes a statewide comprehensive health care workforce map and database to compile and analyze data on the supply and distribution of all health care workers by specialty and practice location. Appropriates funds.		HLT, LAB, FIN
213	RELATING TO EXCISE TAX ON HEALTH CARE. Exempts physician services, hospital charges, nursing services, and rehabilitation services from the county surcharge on state tax.		TRN, HLT, FIN
214	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. Amends the mental health counselor licensure application date to include counselors who have completed or are in the process of completing the requirements for licensure before July 1, 2007. Repeals the sunset date on mental health counselor licensure.		HLT, CPC
215	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax credit for damage caused by the earthquakes of October 15, 2006.		PSM, FIN
216	RELATING TO NATUROPATHY. 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.		HLT, CPC
217	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for additional urgent care services in the Ocean View and Volcano communities of the island of Hawaii.		HLT, FIN
218	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax deduction for the cost of spaying or neutering a dog or cat.		FIN
219	RELATING TO VACCINATIONS. Provides free anti-pneumonia vaccinations to certain individuals statewide to reduce mortality in the event of an outbreak of avian flu. Appropriates $1,000,000 to DOH.		HLT, FIN
220	RELATING TO TORTS. Limits non-economic damages in medical tort actions contingent on compliance with premium rate caps by insurers providing professional liability insurance in Hawaii. Sunsets on the earlier of the date on which an insurer does not comply with the premium rate caps, or July 1, 2015.		HLT, CPC, JUD
221	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Establishes community inpatient drug treatment centers in each state senatorial district by 2010. Requires certain parolees to give lectures on the dangers of methamphetamine at high schools. Adds substances used to produce methamphetamine to the list of controlled substances. Appropriates funds for county detectives investigating methamphetamine cases.		HLT/PSM, JUD, FIN
222	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Appropriates funds to the state health planning and development agency to develop and maintain a statewide health care workforce map and database.		HLT, FIN
223	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Earmarks General Excise Taxes generated from health care service providers to support subsidies for hospital on-call services, emergency transport services, rural hospital health care services, affordable health care for part-time workers who are ineligible for employer provided health insurance under the Prepaid Health Care Act, and support services for people without health insurance.		HLT/HSH, LAB, FIN
224	RELATING TO HEALTH. Allows assisted living facilities with twenty-four hour staff, individualized evacuation plans, and sprinkler and fire door systems to accept individuals with an impairment that prevents the resident from safely evacuating with minimal assistance.		HLT/HSH, CPC
225	RELATING TO CIGARETTE TAX. Clarifies that the cigarette tax money earmarked to fund the cancer research center of Hawaii, emergency medical services, trauma care, and community health centers shall be calculated on a per cigarette basis.		HLT, FIN
226	RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. Adopts July 1997 DBEDT and DOH joint Inventory of Hawaii Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates for 1990. Requires DOH, with the assistance of DBEDT, to develop a comprehensive clean air plan with respect to greenhouse gas emissions exceeding US goals in the Kyoto protocol.		EEP, FIN
227	RELATING TO HELMET USE BY MINORS. Requires persons under the age of eighteen to wear a helmet while operating an all terrain vehicle on public property. Provides fines for violations.		TRN, JUD, FIN
228	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Prohibits health insurance rates that are excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory. Requires health care insurers to submit rate filings for approval by the insurance commissioner. Establishes penalties and appeal procedures.		HLT, CPC, FIN
229	RELATING TO RURAL HEALTH CARE. Establishes the Hawaii health corps program to provide health care to underserved areas of the State.		HLT, HED, FIN
230	RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. Appropriates $2,000,000 to the department of health to assess the structural integrity of all hospitals and nursing homes in Hawaii to determine their ability to withstand different types of natural disasters.		HLT/PSM, FIN
231	RELATING TO EXCISE TAX ON HEALTH CARE. Exempts physician services, hospital charges, nursing services, and rehabilitation services from the county surcharge on state tax.		TRN, HLT, FIN
232	RELATING TO QUALIFYING MEDICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Provides a tax credit for the general excise taxes paid for purchases of qualifying medical information technology by physicians.		HLT, FIN
233	RELATING TO ELDER ABUSE. Amends the definition of "caregiver."		HLT/HSH, JUD
234	RELATING TO AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONWIDE POPULAR VOTE. Provides an agreement between the states to allow for the election of the President of the United States by popular vote.		JUD
235	RELATING TO ALL TERRAIN-VEHICLES. Limits right to operate all terrain-vehicles to adults. Requires all terrain-vehicles to have mufflers and not be operated on public lands. Requires retailers to inform buyers of requirements prior to sale or rental.		TRN, EDB, JUD
236	RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates $1,400,000 to Habitat for Humanity as a grant to build 200 self-help ownership homes in the State.		HSH, FIN
237	RELATING TO LAND USE. Specifies that flexibility in land use density provisions be provided to rental housing projects where at least 50 percent of the rental units are affordable to residents with incomes at or below a percentage of the median family income of the zip code area where the rental housing project is located.		HSH, WLH, FIN
238	RELATING TO THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. Increases the tax on the disposition of real property by a non-resident seller.		FIN
239	MAKING A MATCHING FUNDS APPROPRIATION TO INCREASE STUDENT ON-CAMPUS AND NEARBY HOUSING. Creates public-private partnership to develop student on-campus and nearby housing.		HED, HSH, FIN
240	RELATING TO SMALL BOATING FACILITIES. Requires that at least % of the funds in the Boating Special Fund be used for costs of maintenance and repair of existing small boat harbor improvements, and % of the funds be used for principal and interest for capital improvements.		WLH, FIN
241	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Eliminates the collection of the GET on motor vehicle gasoline.		TRN, EEP, FIN
242	RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Assesses the transient accommodations tax on cruise ships.		TAC/EDB, FIN
243	RELATING TO TATTOOING. Exempts tattoo artists licensed to practice the ancient art of Hawaiian tattooing from Department of Health (DOH) rules and provides for licensing and regulation of Hawaiian tattoo artists by a Board of Hawaiian Tattoo Artists within DOH.		HLT/WLH, CPC
244	RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST MAUI LAND AND PINEAPPLE COMPANY, INC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Maui Land and Pineapple Company in making improvements to agricultural water systems.		AGR, FIN
245	RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF A HAWAII ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Establishes and designates the Hawaii archeological survey as a program of the Hawaii museum of natural and cultural history.		WLH, FIN
246	RELATING TO INFORMATION. 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.		CPC/JUD, FIN
247	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows all employees' retirement system retirants to change their pension payment option if the retirant's beneficiary dies before the retirant.		LAB, FIN
248	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Permits owner of a pistol to use any ammunition magazine authorized for use with the pistol by the manufacturer of the pistol. Repeals the prohibition on magazines with a capacity in excess of ten rounds.		PSM, JUD
249	RELATING TO HUNTING TOURISM. Provides for a fee of $50 for a 3-day hunting license on a private or commercial shooting preserve with a licensed guide.		WLH/TAC, FIN
250	RELATING TO ALOHA TOWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Allows the aloha tower development corporation to undertake projects for commercial harbors under the jurisdiction of department of transportation.		WLH/TRN, FIN
251	RELATING TO WATER CONSERVATION. Prohibits use of potable water to irrigate new golf courses effective 7/1/10, except where there is no reasonably available source of nonpotable water or use of nonpotable water poses a threat to public health and safety or other surface and ground water uses. Defines potable and nonpotable water. Emphasizes role of nonpotable water in programs for the development, conservation, protection, control, and regulation of water resources.		WLH, EDB, FIN
252	RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAXES FOR SPECULATIVE SALES. Increases conveyance tax rates.		WLH, EDB, FIN
253	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EROSION CONTROL MEASURES ALONG KAWA STREAM IN KANEOHE, OAHU. Appropriates funding for erosion control along Kawa Stream in Kaneohe.		WLH, FIN
254	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts food from general excise tax.		FIN
255	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE RATE REGULATION. Prohibits health insurance rates that are excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory. Requires health care insurers to submit rate filings for approval by the insurance commissioner. Establishes penalties and appeal procedures.		HLT, CPC, FIN
256	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Appropriates funds for the department of transportation to plant trees along the center median of Kahekili Highway.		TRN, FIN
257	RELATING TO LAND USE. Imposes conditions on the subdivision of lands in the agricultural district. Limits county zoning power in agricultural district. Requires special permit for land in rural district to require approval of land use commission.		WLH/AGR
258	RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the Ala Wai community development district. Provides development objectives and guidelines. Provides for request for proposals for the private redevelopment and operation of Ala Wai boat harbor. Transfers Ala Wai boat harbor from department of land and natural resources to Hawaii community development authority.		WLH, FIN
259	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Extends authority of county boards to issued revenue bond pursuant to existing charter provisions.		FIN
260	RELATING TO APPRAISALS OF RESOURCE VALUE LANDS. Establishes procedures for the appraisal of resource value lands.		WLH, FIN
261	RELATING TO LAND USE. Establishes permitted uses on lands designated as important agricultural lands.		WLH/AGR/EEP, FIN
262	RELATING TO LAND USE. Short form bill relating to land use.		WLH
263	RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. Short form bill relating to water resources.		WLH
264	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Short form bill relating to Hawaiian affairs.		WLH
265	RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. Provides a short form bill for subject matter relating to ocean resources.		WLH
266	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Short form bill.		WLH
267	RELATING TO LAND USE. Short form bill.		WLH
268	RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. Short form bill.		WLH
269	RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. Short form bill.		WLH
270	RELATING TO THE REGULATORY LICENSING REFORM ACT. Amends regulatory licensing reform act to prohibit redundant or unnecessary professional or vocational regulatory programs. Requires Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to sunset a program that the auditor finds redundant or unnecessary and where there is no contrary action by the legislature.		CPC, LMG, FIN
271	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Establishes fixed dollar amounts for pain and suffering under the motor vehicle insurance law.		CPC/JUD
272	RELATING TO CAPTIVE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Allows captive insurance companies to be formed as limited liability companies. Clarifies minimum capital and surplus requirements. Increases investment flexibility for pure captives.		CPC
273	RELATING TO ANNUITIES. Establishes standards and procedures to be followed by insurers or insurance producers when making recommendations to consumers who are considering the purchase or exchange of any annuity.		CPC, FIN
274	RELATING TO HUNTING. Provides for a fee of $50 for a 3-day hunting license on a private or commercial shooting preserve with a licensed guide.		WLH/TAC, FIN
275	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENTS ACT. Enacts the Uniform Athlete Agents Act to protect student‑athletes and educational institutions from potential harm caused by unscrupulous athlete agents. Requires athlete agents to register with department of commerce and consumer affairs.		HED, CPC, FIN
276	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Authorizes insureds to choose between no-fault and no-fault with a threshold for uncompensated economic loss.		CPC, JUD
277	RELATING TO FEES FOR WINDSHIELD PLACARDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Requires the counties to deposit all fees for temporary and replacement disabled parking placards into the general fund.		TRN, FIN
278	RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Bans the use of snares in the capture of animals except for use by state, federal, or county officials in protecting public health and safety.		WLH, JUD
279	RELATING TO TOWING. Requires all towing companies operating in the State to display in the cab of each of their tow trucks, in plain view and in large bold legible print, the license number of the truck and the towing company's name and telephone number.		TRN, CPC
280	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Bases University of Hawaii general funding on a student-weighted formula.		HED, FIN
281	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the board of education to be composed of 17 voting members elected in a nonpartisan manner by the qualified voters of the respective school board districts, as provided by law. Requires each school board district to be composed of 3 representative districts.		EDN, JUD, FIN
282	RELATING TO THE ALOHA STADIUM. Authorizes: (1) disposition of Aloha stadium and surrounding lands that are part of the stadium; (2) acquisition of land in Ewa plains or central Oahu upon which a new stadium may be built.		TAC, WLH, FIN
283	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Requires the department of education to establish a priority list of public schools with the greatest need for air conditioning and to install air conditioning, based on the priority list.		EDN, FIN
284	ELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Limits the purchase and rebuilding of salvaged vehicles to licensed individuals. Includes airbags as a resale component that requires department of transportation approval.		TRN, JUD
285	RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS. Authorizes Hawaii hurricane relief fund moneys to be used for (1) other natural disasters such as flood, tsunami, and lava flow; and (2) grants to individuals who install wind resistive devices in their residences.		CPC, PSM, FIN
286	RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF ALOHA STADIUM TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Transfers the Aloha Stadium to the University of Hawaii.		TAC, WLH, HED, FIN
287	RELATING TO ATTRACTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TAX CREDIT. Repeals the Attractions and Educational Facilities Tax Credit for Ko Olina Resort and Marina and Makaha Resort.		TAC, EDB, FIN
288	RELATING TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS. Appropriates moneys to the department of defense to create additional emergency shelter spaces for residents and pets.		PSM, FIN
289	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Appropriates funds to the department of defense for non-declared disaster activation and response.		PSM, FIN
290	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Appropriates moneys to the state civil defense for continuous alert staffing requirements at the state emergency operating center.		PSM, FIN
291	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY SUPPLY CACHES. Appropriates funds for emergency supply caches to support disaster victims and communities that may become isolated due to natural disasters.		PSM, FIN
292	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Appropriates moneys to the department of defense to equip emergency shelters in order to support special needs populations.		PSM, FIN
293	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund the installation of additional sirens to the state civil defense warning system.		PSM, FIN
294	RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDIT. Provides tax credit to homeowners for construction of safe rooms.		PSM, FIN
295	RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. Appropriates moneys for full time equivalent positions.		PSM, FIN
296	RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. Appropriates moneys for the state civil defense major disaster fund.		PSM, FIN
297	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ON NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Appropriates funds for a public education campaign on natural disaster preparedness.		PSM, FIN
298	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the planning and construction of a new state emergency operating center.		PSM, FIN
299	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Repeals mandatory sentence of 30 years to life for habitual violent felons.		JUD
300	RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA. Transfers medical marijuana program from department of public safety to department of health and requires it to consider new debilitating conditions for marijuana use. Clarifies amount of marijuana that may be possessed. Reduces role of physicians to ensure that they will not be subject to federal charges.		PSM/HLT, JUD
301	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PERTAINING TO THE CIVIL AIR PATROL. Capital improvements pertaining to the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol Wing Headquarters.		PSM, FIN
302	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Appropriates funds to include, as part of the duties of the mainland branch of the department of public safety, the monitoring of conditions at prisons where Hawaii inmates are serving their sentences through interstate compact agreements.		PSM, FIN
303	RELATING TO THEFT. Provides that an individual caught with stolen mail belonging to three or more persons in the same or separate incident as part of a common scheme or plan commits second degree theft.		JUD
304	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE VACANCIES. Requires the Governor, in filling vacancies in the Senate, House of Representatives, and U.S. Senate, to select from a list of three prospective appointees nominated by the political party of the prior incumbent. Requires prospective appointees to be registered members of nominating political parties for at least six months prior to the appointment. Effective on approval.		JUD
305	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Authorizes recovery of attorney's fees and costs under workers' compensation law by any person who successfully defends any charge of workers' compensation insurance fraud, except criminal cases, against the person who initiates and prosecutes the action. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to investigate complaints and prosecute cases of workers' compensation fraud, provided that the complaint is against an insurance carrier, a self-insured employer, or a full-insured employer.		LAB, CPC/JUD
306	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill. Relating to economic development.		EDB
307	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill. Relating to economic development.		EDB
308	RELATING TO TAXATION. Short form bill. Relating to taxation.		EDB
309	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Short form bill relating to technology.		EDB
310	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Short form bill relating to technology.		EDB
311	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Lowers the compulsory education age from 6 to 5 years old, making attendance in kindergarten mandatory. Requires children who are home-schooled or enrolled in alternative school programs to pass a test prior to entering first grade.		EDN, FIN
312	RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates $500,000 for each year in the 2007-2009 fiscal biennium to provide grants under the Hawaii Community-based Economic Development Technical and Financial Assistance Program.		EDB, FIN
313	RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Moves the Small Business Regulatory Review Board from DBEDT to the Office of the Ombudsman. Changes the appointment process so that members are appointed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives. Appropriates funds.		EDB, LMG, FIN
314	RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Re-establishes the office of the small business defender within the legislature. Allows the small business defender to hire attorneys. Appropriates funds.		EDB, LMG, FIN
315	RELATING TO FUNDING FOR AGRICULTURAL WATER DISTRIBUTION FOR KULA IN UPCOUNTRY MAUI. Authorizes and appropriates general obligation bonds to provide state matching funds for the construction of a new agricultural water distribution system for Kula in upcountry Maui.		AGR, FIN
316	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Excludes services performed by an individual who is a member of a limited liability company or a partner of a limited liability partnership who has a distributional interest in the company or partnership of at least fifty percent, a partner of a partnership, and a sole proprietor from the definition of "employment" under the workers' compensation law.		LAB, EDB
317	RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT ORGANIZATIONS. Exempts from the General Excise Tax amounts paid to a professional employment organization on behalf of employees hired by a client company. Ensures rights of employees.		EDB, FIN
318	RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. Establishes a three-year administrative rules review pilot program that requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to examine its rules, and to identify and repeal obsolete, cumbersome, unnecessary, or overly restrictive rules.		EDB, CPC
319	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
320	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Appropriates funds for improved security measures at the Mayor Wright homes public housing complex, including the contract hiring of three full-time security officers.		HSH, FIN
321	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Directs the executive branch to prepare preliminary design and request for proposals for the design, construction, and operation of a correctional facility.		PSM, FIN
322	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAX. Restricts county property tax increases to 10 percent per year.		HSH, FIN
323	RELATING TO AUTOMOBILE THEFT. Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to city and county of Honolulu to establish car baiting pilot program designed to reduce automobile theft on Oahu.		JUD, FIN
324	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A SALARY INCREASE FOR TEACHERS. Appropriates funds to increase teacher salaries by 2% for 2 years.		EDN/LAB, FIN
325	RELATING TO DENTAL CARE. 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.		HSH, FIN
326	RELATING TO CHILDREN. Establishes a two-year statewide task force to evaluate and make recommendations on the State's system responses to cases of child sexual assault and exploitation. Makes appropriations for the task force.		HSH, JUD, FIN
327	RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE. 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.		HSH, FIN
328	RELATING TO SIDEWALKS. Defines the downtown Honolulu business district and clarifies that bicycle riding on sidewalks is not permitted in it.		TRN, JUD
329	RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates moneys to allow Kukui Gardens to remain an affordable development.		HSH, FIN
330	RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Makes a third and subsequent conviction for prostitution and loitering to engage in or advance prostitution a class C felony.		JUD
331	RELATING TO NOISE ABATEMENT. Appropriates funds to the counties to develop noise abatement programs to increase enforcement of noise abatement laws.		HLT, EEP, FIN
332	RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. 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		TRN, JUD
333	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Direct city and county of Honolulu to submit report to legislature setting forth a detailed description of the task and cost of determining the ownership of all private highways, roads, and lanes in the urban core of Honolulu.		TRN, FIN
334	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SOPOGY INC., IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. 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 to produce electricity from solar power.		EDB/EEP, FIN
335	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. 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.		EEP, FIN
336	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STATE-OWNED AIRCRAFT. Appropriates $1,900,000 for the department of transportation to purchase a state-owned aircraft to be used in the conduct of state business. Requires the department to adopt rules concerning the use and maintenance of the aircraft.		TRN, FIN
337	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes the agribusiness development corporation to issue revenue bonds to purchase agricultural land in Kunia from the Campbell Estate. Appropriates funds to purchase the lands. Enables the agribusiness development corporation to contract with banks to provide lease management services. Allows corporation to lease agricultural lands in Kunia for up to 55 years.		AGR, FIN
338	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 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.		EDB, FIN
339	RELATING TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the department of education to develop and implement a sexual violence prevention curriculum that will feature multiple, age appropriate lesson plans targeted at kindergarten through 12th grade students, a teacher-friendly lesson plan format, and flexible, interactive learning activities for students.		EDN, JUD, FIN
340	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Authorizes the court at sentencing to require a person convicted of sexual assault in the first degree to wear a global positioning system transmitter for up to 10 years after the person's release from prison.		JUD
341	RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES. Defines long-term care facilities and includes care in such facilities as part of a "service business" that may qualify for beneficial treatment within an enterprise zone.		EDB/HLT, FIN
342	RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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.		JUD
343	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. 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.		EDB/LAB, FIN
344	RELATING TO CONTRACTS. 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.		EDB, FIN
345	RELATING TO HOLIDAYS. 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		TAC
346	RELATING TO HOLIDAYS. 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.		TAC, FIN
347	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY TRAINING. Appropriates funds into the Hawaii 3Ts school technology laboratories fund for the economic development alliance of Hawaii to expand project EAST programs to public schools.		EDN, EDB, FIN
348	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. 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.		HED, FIN
349	RELATING TO COUNTY REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL BICYCLE TOURS. Authorizes the counties to regulate both guided and unguided bicycle tour businesses on state and county highways.		TRN, TAC
350	RELATING TO GAMING. Establishes Hawaii gaming control commission and framework for casino gaming on Oahu only. Levies 10% tax of which 5% is to be remitted to the city and county of Honolulu to fund the fixed guideway transportation system on Oahu. Repeals general excise tax surcharge to fund transit on Oahu.		EDB/TRN, JUD, FIN
351	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes the photo red light imaging detector system program. Authorizes counties to administer the program.		TRN, JUD, FIN
352	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes the photo speed imaging detector system program. Authorizes counties to administer the program.		TRN, JUD, FIN
353	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Repeals the prohibition against the payment and receipt of commissions related to the sale of collision damage waivers for rental vehicles.		TRN, CPC
354	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Repeals the law requiring habitual violent offenders to be sentenced to prison for 30 years to life.		JUD
355	RELATING TO CAREGIVERS. Provides a tax credit to taxpayer caregivers who care for qualified care recipients.		HLT/HSH, FIN
356	RELATING TO CHILD ENDANGERMENT. Establishes a motor vehicle violation that prohibits leaving a child unsupervised in a motor vehicle. Requires the examiner of drivers to test driver's license applicants for knowledge of this offense.		TRN, JUD
357	RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Establishes a pilot project to test crosswalk safety enhancements and programs in the city and county of Honolulu.		TRN, FIN
358	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Prohibits homeowner's insurers from raising rates or refusing coverage to homeowners who own or harbor a dog, unless the dog has been found to have unjustifiably bitten a human being on at least two separate occasions.		CPC
359	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Establishes a statewide comprehensive health care workforce map and database on supply, demand, and distribution, by specialty and practice location.		HLT/LAB, FIN
360	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Increases the rates or reimbursement of individual practitioners providing Medicaid services. Appropriates funds.		HSH/HLT, FIN
361	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR MILILANI MIDDLE SCHOOL. Provides funding for trash receptacles at Mililani Middle School.		EDN, FIN
362	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. Allows for the immediate removal of a motor vehicle from the scene of an accident where no serious, substantial, or bodily injury has occurred.		TRN, JUD
363	RELATING TO RELOCATION SERVICES. Improves the seller disclosure law for residential property by broadening the application of the law to include both the seller and previous seller of property resold within one year; requires greater accountability by real estate agents and brokers with respect to a seller's disclosure; and broadens the application of the law to include quitclaim deed transfers.		CPC, JUD
364	RELATING TO MEDICAL RESEARCH. Sets state policy for stem cell research in the State. Requires UH to develop plan to establish an institute for regenerative medicine at school of medicine no later than 12/31/2008.		HLT/HED, FIN
365	RELATING TO SCRAP DEALERS. 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.		CPC/JUD, FIN
366	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY. Requires persons convicted of offenses relating to manufacturing and trafficking methamphetamines or distributing dangerous drugs in the first degree to register with the attorney general. Makes registration information available to the public.		JUD
367	RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Ensures appropriate alcohol and drug abuse screening and counseling is offered to a patient when an examining physician in a primary care or emergency room setting has good reason to suspect substance abuse by the patient, and appropriates funds to establish a screening, brief intervention, and referral to substance abuse treatment pilot program in the State of Hawaii.		HLT/HED, FIN
368	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Regulates controlled substances		HLT, JUD
369	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Adds ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine to the list of Schedule V controlled substances. Repeals certain exemptions from business permits for regulated chemicals for the manufacture of controlled substances.		HLT, JUD
370	RELATING TO REMOTE DISPENSING. Provides for the establishment of remote dispensing pharmacies.		HLT, CPC
371	RELATING TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. Authorizes and directs the governor to enter into an interstate compact requiring the State to certify electors of the same political party as that of the winner of the national popular vote in a presidential election.		JUD
372	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. Promotes the civil engineering profession and enhances the recruitment and retention of civil engineers in the department of transportation by providing financial assistance, on-the-job training, and educational opportunities to qualified students of Hawaii.		TRN, HED, FIN
373	RELATING TO SCRAP DEALERS. Requires scrap seller or scrap seller's agent to disclose the location from which and party from whom scrap was obtained prior to sale to a scrap dealer; increases penalties for violation.		CPC, JUD
374	RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. Appropriates funds for the department of public safety to provide substance abuse treatment for inmates at Hawaii correctional facilities and community correctional centers.		PSM, JUD, FIN
375	RELATING TO PEDESTRIANS' RIGHT OF WAY. Clarifies a driver's duty to stop or yield the right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk when traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation.		TRN, JUD
376	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Establishes mandatory minimum terms for certain offenses committed against persons 60 years of age or older.		JUD
377	RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Extends from 48 to 72 hours the time within which a person arrested on suspicion of having committed a crime must either be released or charged and taken before a judge. Excludes weekends and holidays from computation of time.		JUD
378	RELATING TO NURSING EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for nursing education at the University of Hawaii.		HLT, HED, FIN
379	RELATING TO WITNESSES. Increases witness fees for criminal cases.		JUD
380	RELATING TO CIVIL PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT. Immunizes from liability any act by a person in furtherance of the constitutional right to petition to procure governmental or electoral action. Amends SLAPP definition to add immunized act language. Allows court to decide on a motion to dispose a claim, based on the pleadings and affidavits filed.		JUD
381	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE VACANCIES. Requires the governor, in filling vacancies in the senate, house of representatives, and U.S. Senate, to select from a list of three prospective appointees nominated by the political party of the prior incumbent. Requires prospective appointees to be registered members of nominating political parties for at least six months prior to the appointment. Effective on approval.		LMG, JUD
382	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Allows requirement of environmental impact statement, and requires supplemental environmental assessment after the passage of 10 years from the date of the acceptance of the statement or the filing of a finding of no significant impact, if the proposed action is not completed.		EEP, WLH, JUD
383	RELATING TO ABUSE OF A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER. Makes the first offense of abuse of a family or household member punishable by a fine of not less than $500.		JUD
384	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Provides a general excise tax exemption for amounts received for the installation or purchase of renewable energy or solar or wind energy systems from taxpayers 55 and over, whose primary source of income is from a pension, who do not qualify for the renewable energy technologies tax credit.		EEP, FIN
385	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Increases the reimbursement rate for medicaid and QUEST psychiatric services according to county population; appropriates funds for the reimbursement rate increase.		HSH/HLT, FIN
386	RELATING TO COMMUNITY PLACEMENT. 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.		HLT/HSH
387	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, AND THE OMBUDSMAN. Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, the Auditor, the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the Ombudsman.		FIN
388	RELATING TO EMPLOYEES. Requires successor employers to retain incumbent employees upon the divestiture, sale, or acquisition of a business. Enables certain successor companies that acquire a business to also acquire its predecessor's unemployment insurance contribution assessment rate through 12/31/07.		LAB, EDB
389	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Prohibits candidates for public office from appearing in public service announcements from the time of filing nomination papers until the time the person is no longer a candidate.		JUD
390	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Specifies a five-year plan for education. Establishes an income tax credit, capped at $15,000,000 per year in the aggregate, for computer purchases by households with school children that earn no more than 50% of the median family income.		EDN, FIN
391	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE INQUIRIES. Assists the legislature with fact-finding and promotes complete and truthful disclosure by prohibiting the payment of salaries of state employees who coerce, intimidate, or otherwise prevent subordinates from sharing information at legislative hearings or in response to other legislative inquiries.		LAB/LMG, FIN
392	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Changes the age from which persons may pre-register to vote from seventeen to sixteen years of age.		JUD
393	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires the State and counties to provide health insurance to its emergency and temporary hires and part-time employees who work fewer than twenty hours a week who would otherwise not have health insurance coverage.		LAB, FIN
394	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires motor vehicle insurers to reduce the rates of senior citizens who successfully complete a driver improvement course.		TRN, CPC
395	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Includes in the definition of "agriculture" for purposes of the Agribusiness Development Corporation law, growing of crops for fuel and production of energy.		AGR, EEP
396	RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Amends the procurement code to establish a preference for the purchase of agricultural products raised or grown in Hawaii.		AGR, EDB
397	RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Amends the procurement code to establish a preference for the purchase of flower lei made only with flowers grown in Hawaii.		AGR, EDB
398	RELATING TO MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. Appropriates funds for the repair and maintenance of the Lower Hamakua Irrigation Ditch System and Waimea Irrigation Ditch System on the island of Hawaii. Appropriates funds to the irrigation system revolving fund to reimburse the fund for expenses incurred due to damage done to irrigation systems on the island of Hawaii in the aftermath of the 2006 earthquake.		AGR, FIN
399	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE Makes an appropriation to the Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts for the operation of the soil and water conservations districts.		AGR/WLH, FIN
400	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates $4,000,000 for drought mitigation projects in each county.		AGR, FIN
401	RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS LOAN GUARANTY. Allows the Director of Finance to guarantee loans made to agricultural producers for agricultural projects on important agricultural lands.		AGR, FIN
402	RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND. Allows the Land Conservation Fund to acquire interests or rights in land having value as a resource to the State through agricultural easements. Specifies that the Land Conservation Fund can be used for the payment of debt service relating to the acquisition of interests or rights in land having value as a resource to the State.		WLH/AGR, FIN
403	RELATING TO THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. Appropriates funds for the operation and maintenance of the East Kauai Irrigation System.		AGR, FIN
404	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriating funds for the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation to conduct agricultural research and development.		AGR, FIN
405	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds for repair and maintenance of irrigation systems. Authorizes general obligation bonds for capital improvement projects for irrigation systems.		AGR, FIN
406	RELATING TO IRRIGATION. Requires persons applying for funding assistance from the Irrigation Repair and Maintenance Special Fund to dedicate the land to be irrigated to agricultural use for no fewer than ten years.		AGR, FIN
407	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER. Incorporates into the Water Code, consideration of the water needs of Important Agricultural Lands.		WLH/AGR, JUD
408	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Prohibits any industrial, commercial, or residential development or infrastructure serving the development within one thousand feet from the property line of any farming operation.		WLH/AGR, JUD
409	RELATING TO THE ISLAND OF KAHO'OLAWE. Directs the auditor to conduct an audit to determine the feasibility of deploying alternative energy resources to meet the energy needs of the island of Kaho'olawe and submit a report of findings and recommendations to the legislature and governor before the convening of the 2007 regular session.		WLH/EEP, LMG, FIN
410	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE HAIKU REGION OF MAUI. Appropriates $1 in FY 2007-2008 and FY 2008-2009 for ambulance service in the Haiku region of Maui.		HLT, FIN
411	RELATING TO THE ISLAND OF KAHO`OLAWE. Appropriates funds to install renewable energy systems for a model kahua kauhale or encampment on Kaho`olawe and to enable ongoing evaluation of renewable resources for the island.		WLH/EEP, FIN
412	RELATING TO THE HAIKU DISTRICT OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI. Requires the attorney general to assist in resolving ownership issues relating to Ulalena Loop road of the Haiku district in Maui county. Requires the department of transportation to determine the costs of repaving Ulalena Loop road. Effective on approval.		TRN/WLH, JUD
413	RELATING TO THE HANA DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY OF MAUI. Requires the attorney general to assist in resolving ownership issues relating to Nahiku bridge of the Hana district in Maui county. Requires the department of transportation to determine the costs of repairing and upgrading Nahiku bridge. Effective on approval.		TRN/WLH, JUD
414	PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the student member of the board of education to vote on all matters.		EDN, JUD, FIN
415	RELATING TO TAXATION. Suspends for two years, the assessment and collection of the state general excise tax and state fuel tax on gasoline and diesel fuel used for motor vehicles.		EEP, FIN