Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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HB791	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Renders void as against public policy any county ordinance that prohibits a group living facility for the elderly and persons with disabilities from being located within any specified distance from another group living facility.	HUS, WLO
HB792	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows a teacher or driver to exclude from the teacher's classroom or the driver's school bus any pupil who directs abusive or profane language at a school employee. Provides for chronically disruptive and violent pupils.	EDN, JUD
HB793	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.	EDN, HLT, FIN
HB794	RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS. Requires the department of health, in collaboration with the department of agriculture, department of education, and Hawaii school food service, to develop nutritionally-sound public school menu plans that give students the option of a vegetarian school lunch meal.	EDN, HLT, FIN
HB795	RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF MINORS FROM THE USE OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES. Prohibits minors from operating or riding on an all-terrain vehicle.	TRN, JUD
HB796	RELATING TO TOXIC PRODUCTS. Prohibits the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of toys and child care articles containing certain toxic chemicals and requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternatives.	HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB797	RELATING TO SCHOOL LUNCHES. Requires public school cafeterias to serve fresh local produce at lunch at least once each week.	EDN, AGR, FIN
HB798	RELATING TO CHILDREN. Requires that rules adopted by the department of human services regarding the licensing process for foster parents or the certification process for foster family boarding homes provide for the recognition and respect of the Hawaiian culture and the system of hanai.	HUS/HAW, FIN
HB799	RELATING TO TOXIC CHEMICALS. Prohibits the manufacture, processing, or distribution of products containing more than trace amounts of PBDE by 1/1/11.	HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB800	RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES. Requires public and private elementary school children to wear seat belts on school buses. Requires all state contracted school buses to be fitted with seat belts after July 1, 2010.	TRN, EDN, FIN
HB801	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Establishes a mandatory minimum fine of $100 and 5 days in prison for operating a motor vehicle without insurance.	TRN, CPC/JUD
HB802	RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. Lowers the standard of care from negligence to gross negligence in medical tort actions when services are performed pro bono.	HLT, JUD
HB803	RELATING TO FISCAL NOTE. Requires fiscal note for each bill that affects state funds. Informs legislators of all costs associated with a particular bill and requires a reliable estimate of the cost of any proposed legislation. Prohibits any committee of the legislature from holding hearing on any measure until a fiscal note on that measure has been prepared by the legislative officer. The fiscal note shall contain an estimate of the immediate and long-range costs of the measure, as well as a listing of any revenue it will produce or savings it will bring about. Requires costs to be itemized in the fiscal note to reflect the capital expenditures and operating costs needed to implement the measure.	LMG, FIN
HB804	RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. Permits plaintiffs in medical tort actions to recover the full amount of economic loss. Limits noneconomic damages. Provides guidelines for the award of punitive damages. Permits the introduction of evidence of collateral benefits. Limits the amount of the contingent fee payable to the plaintiff's attorney.	HLT, JUD
HB805	RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES. Provides that prevailing party in a medical tort case shall be awarded attorneys' fees.	HLT, JUD
HB806	RELATING TO DEATH WITH DIGNITY. Allows a terminally ill, competent adult to get lethal dose of medication to end life. Prohibits mercy killings, lethal injections, and active euthanasia. Requires informed consent. Allows alternate doctor to replace attending doctor if latter declines to prescribe. Requires monitor at time of taking dose.	HLT, JUD
HB807	RELATING TO THE MEDICAL CLAIM CONCILIATION PANEL. Prohibits the medical claim conciliation panel from filing claims brought after statute of limitations expires. Authorizes the panel to dismiss frivolous or non-meritorious claims. Requires the panel to provide a copy of the certificate of consultation to the health care providers.	HLT, JUD
HB808	RELATING TO HEALTH. Makes amendments to clarify the support and expansion of new technology in the use of telemedicine; clarifies that telehealth is within the scope of a physician's practice.	HLT, CPC/JUD
HB809	RELATING TO THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY INFORMATION REPORTING ACT. Eliminates the requirement that gasoline sold in the State for use in motor vehicles contain 10% ethanol by volume.	EEP, CPC
HB810	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 18th representative district.	FIN
HB811	RELATING TO REGISTERED NURSES. Removes, for an unlicensed foreign nursing school graduate applying for a registered nurse license in Hawaii, the requirement for a school transcript to be evaluated. Requires board of nursing to adopt rules requiring submission of the breakdown of educational program for international nursing programs form.	HLT, CPC
HB812	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Allows a tenant who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual abuse, or harassment by stalking to terminate his or her rental agreement.	HUS/HSG, CPC/JUD
HB813	RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS. Designates the month of September as "language access month" to promote awareness of language access for government services and to emphasize the importance of and the need for language access in Hawaii.	TCI, FIN
HB814	RELATING TO NURSE AIDES. Specifies the renewal period for the recertification of certified nurse aides and the number of continuing education hours for their recertification.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB815	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Authorizes the counties to impose fees for domestic violence prevention programs upon defendants convicted of domestic violence.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB816	RELATING TO ENERGY. Prohibits the permitting after 12/31/12 of any new electrical generation facility that uses fossil fuels to generate electricity. Requires all electrical generation facilities to produce electricity from renewable energy by 1/1/25.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB817	RELATING TO SALARIES. Requests State leaders to lead-by-example during fiscally challenging times by deferring for two years salary increases recommended by the 2006 State Commission on Salaries for legislators, judges, and senior officials of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.	FIN
HB818	RELATING TO THE SUPER BOWL. Establishes the Hawaii Super Bowl Task Force to plan and coordinate efforts to bring the Super Bowl to Hawaii.	TCI, FIN
HB819	RELATING TO CRIME. Mandates minors aged 15-17 be tried as adults in cases of first and second degree murder.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB820	RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Creates a department of planning and sustainability by combining the office of planning, commission on water resource management, energy resources coordinator responsibilities, agribusiness development corporation, land use commission, office of environmental quality control, and Hawaii community development authority.	EEP/WLO, HSG/AGR/EBM, FIN
HB821	RELATING TO TAX EXPENDITURES. Requires an annual review of all state tax expenditures.	FIN
HB822	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to employees' retirement system.	LAB
HB823	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Mandates health insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screening and that the insurer provide the insured with information about the risks of undiagnosed colorectal cancer and encourage the insured to consult with their physician about screening options.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB824	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Med‑QUEST and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care limited to 24 visits per calendar year. Appropriates funds.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB825	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Med‑QUEST and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care upon receiving federal approval.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB826	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Establishes requirements for contractors who bid on state construction projects. Establishes penalties for non-compliance with such requirements.	LAB, FIN
HB827	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL FOR OPERATING EXPENSES. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii civil air patrol for emergency services, cadet programs, and aerospace education in Hawaii.	PBS, FIN
HB828	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires public housing provided by county or state financing to remain affordable in perpetuity.	HSG, FIN
HB829	RELATING TO ARMED SERVICES. Provides an exemption from vehicle taxes and registration fees for members of the armed services, including members of the National Guard and Reserves, who were disabled in the line of duty while on active military service.	TRN, EBM, FIN
HB830	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR. Authorizes an investigative unit in the office of the auditor to conduct investigations involving alleged or suspected government waste, fraud, abuse, nonfeasance, or malfeasance.	LMG, FIN
HB831	RELATING TO SERVICE OF COURT ORDERS. Allows a court to order substituted service of protective and temporary restraining orders if the court finds that the respondent has been deliberately avoiding personal service.	HUS, JUD
HB832	RELATING TO THE CLEANSING OF STREAMS AND WATERWAYS. Allows Civil Defense, when no emergency exists, to enter on private property to clean streams and waterways at the landowner's expense after giving the landowner notice.	PBS, JUD, FIN
HB833	RELATING TO THE WITHHOLDING OF TEN PER CENT OF COUNTY SURCHARGE ON STATE TAX. Clarifies the law with respect to the State's withholding of 10% of the county surcharge on state tax.	TRN, FIN
HB834	RELATING TO WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. Amends state water quality standards for marine waters to conform to federal standards.	EEP/WLO, FIN
HB835	RELATING TO UNADJUDICATED TRAFFIC FINES. Transfers all fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions to the counties starting from 7/1/09.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB836	RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A COUNTY TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLVING FUND. Establishes the county infrastructure development revolving loan fund within department of budget and finance to provide no-interest loans to the counties for the development, pre-development, or construction of infrastructure projects to expedite the building of transit-oriented development, particularly those involving affordable housing.	TRN, WLO/HSG, FIN
HB837	RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Allows Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to guarantee loans to developers for the purpose of developing transit-oriented development projects that include affordable housing.	TRN, HSG/WLO, FIN
HB838	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Amends the state constitution to provide that only "yes" or "no" votes be counted in determining whether a constitutional amendment has been ratified.	JUD, FIN
HB839	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION. Amends article I of the state constitution to provide that relevant evidence in criminal cases shall not be excluded except pursuant to the laws or constitution of the United States or a state statute.	JUD, FIN
HB840	RELATING TO CHARGING BY WRITTEN INFORMATION. Amends section 806-83, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add felony offenses which may be charged by written information.	JUD
HB841	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR NORTH KOHALA WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. Appropriates funds for construction of 2 new wells at the North Kona water system.	WLO, FIN
HB842	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SAFE HAVEN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to Hawaii county for the safe haven after school program.	EDN, FIN
HB843	MAKING A APPROPRIATION FOR SOUTH KOHALA WATER RESERVOIR. Appropriated funds as a grant-in-aid to Hawaii county for the design of a 5 million gallon water reservoir in South Kohala.	WLO, FIN
HB844	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BIG ISLAND JUVENILE INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT CENTER. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the county of Hawaii for the juvenile intake and assessment center pilot site in Pahoa, Hawaii.	HUS, FIN
HB845	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER AND DISASTER SHELTER IN HAWAIIAN OCEAN VIEW COMMUNITY ESTATES, HAWAII. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to Hawaii county to plan, design, and construct a community and disaster center in Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, Hawaii.	PBS, FIN
HB846	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY OF HAWAII MASS TRANSIT. Appropriates funds, as a grant-in-aid to the county of Hawaii, to purchase 6 additional 40-foot buses and help with construction of a transit baseyard, including a maintenance and repair facility and fueling station.	TRN, FIN
HB847	RELATING TO THE HAMAKUA WATER SYSTEM. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to county of Hawaii for the improvement of the Hamakua water system.	WLO, FIN
HB848	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT LIABILITY. Makes permanent the tort law exception to liability for county lifeguard services and the conclusive presumptions relating to the duty of public entities to warn of dangers on improved public lands.	WLO, JUD
HB849	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Increases the composition of the board of trustees of the employees' retirement system from 8 to 12 and amends the composition and appointment procedures in order to provide for county representation.	LAB, FIN
HB850	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires 4 of the 5 seats on the board of trustees of the employer-union health benefits trust fund allocated to public employers to be occupied by the respective county directors of finance.	LAB, FIN
HB851	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Segregates teachers from all other employees for determination of employer normal cost, accrued liability contributions, and annual contributions by the State and counties.	LAB, FIN
HB852	RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS. Expands conflicts of interests section of the state ethics code to include situations involving emancipated children.	JUD
HB853	RELATING TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS STATEMENTS. Requires a legislator to file a disclosure of financial interest between 1/1 and 1/31. If unable to file by 1/31, requires a good faith estimate by 1/31 and an amended disclosure form to be filed by 5/31.	LMG, JUD
HB854	RELATING TO NEPOTISM. Prohibits nepotism by legislators and state employees.	JUD
HB855	RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. Allows the state ethics commission a one-year period to dispose of financial interests disclosure statements after the period of retention has expired.	LMG, JUD
HB856	RELATING TO LOBBYING STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES. Establishes a fourth statement of lobbying expenditures reporting covering the period period from May 1 through August 31.	JUD
HB857	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Exempts the chief election officer from the provisions of the procurement code in acquiring voting systems. Encourages the chief election officer to follow the procurement code when possible.	JUD, EBM, FIN
HB858	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Exempts the office of elections from the procurement code. Encourages the office of elections to use procurement provisions when practicable.	JUD, EBM, FIN
HB859	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Exempts the office of elections from the legal and contractual remedies of the procurement code and establishes a procedure for protesting procurement awards by the office of election, requesting reconsideration, and awarding contracts pending resolution of the protest. Makes remedies exclusive.	JUD, EBM, FIN
HB860	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Allows the chief election officer to make an emergency procurement where a procurement is protested and the contract cannot reasonably be expected to be awarded within one year prior to the election to which the procurement is related.	JUD, EBM, FIN
HB861	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Exempts the office of elections from procurement code requirements relating to cost or pricing data.	JUD, EBM, FIN
HB862	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. With regard to elections procurement, requires a final decision to be issued within 30 days of: (1) the receipt of a request for an administrative hearing; or (2) the filing of an application for judicial review.	JUD, EBM, FIN
HB863	RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A COUNTY TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REVOLVING FUND. Creates the county infrastructure development revolving loan fund within department of budget and finance to provide no-interest loans to the counties for the development, pre-development, or construction of infrastructure projects to expedite the building of transit-oriented development, especially those involving affordable housing.	TRN, WLO/HSG, FIN
HB864	RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Authorizes Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to guarantee loans made by commercial lenders to developers for the financing of transit-oriented development projects that include affordable housing.	TRN, HSG/WLO, FIN
HB865	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Statewide Transportation Council to comply with county transportation and general plans, to the extent it does not impact federal funds, in the preparation of the statewide transportation plan for projected transportation needs for a six-year period.	TRN, WLO
HB866	RELATING TO HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES. Allows all motor vehicles, regardless of number of persons on board, to use high occupancy vehicle lanes or zipper lanes when one or more lanes of traffic have been shut down by law enforcement officers or emergency services personnel.	TRN, JUD
HB867	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Gives priority to the establishment of charter schools in underserved or rural areas.	EDN, FIN
HB868	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Prohibits unauthorized third-party rental network contract arrangements and allows health care providers to deny discounts to insurers that they have not contracted with.	HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB869	RELATING TO RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires that the owner of a rental motor vehicle, upon notice that the rental motor vehicle has been involved in a violation, provide the court with the name and address of the lessee within 60 days of the mailing of the notice.	TRN, JUD
HB870	RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF TAXES ON FOOD. Repeals tax on food	FIN
HB871	RELATING TO A GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION. Establishes an annual general excise tax holiday for consumers and businesses that sell clothing and school supplies with a retail price under $100, and personal computers with a retail price under $2,000, on condition that businesses pass savings on to consumers.	FIN
HB872	RELATING TO THE FEDERAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. Requires the department of human services to establish a pilot project to assist undocumented immigrants who are victims of domestic violence or sexual assault.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB873	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Requires law enforcement officers to report to the Department of Human Services (DHS) when a child witnesses an incident of domestic abuse. Requires DHS to collaborate with other agencies and organizations establish procedures and protocols and report to the legislature.	HUS, JUD
HB874	RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY. Prohibits transfer fees required by a deed restriction or covenant. Effective 11/1/09.	CPC, JUD
HB875	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Extends the condominium dispute resolution pilot project until 6/30/11.	CPC
HB876	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Raises to $3,600 the maximum amount of the special assessment for delinquent monthly common assessments that can be charged against a person who purchases a condominium unit. Expands limitations on association liability for elderly unit owners aging in place to include handicapped and disabled persons.	HUS, CPC
HB877	RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS. Permits person convicted of habitual operation of a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant to be released under supervision, after completion of mandatory minimum term of imprisonment on conditions that include use of a transdermal alcohol monitoring device at the defendant's own expense.	TRN, JUD
HB878	RELATING TO MARRIAGE. Repeals language that defines or refers to marriage as being limited to a relationship between a man and a woman and instead specifies that the relationship is one between two persons.	JUD
HB879	RELATING TO CIVIL RELIEF FOR MILITARY RESERVE COMPONENT PERSONNEL. Extends foreclosure for one year after redeployment from active duty for national guard and reservists.	EBM, CPC/JUD
HB880	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals language from Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, that specifies that the act prevails over any conflicting language in the public employment collective bargaining law on resolving conflicts between collective bargaining agreements and administrative rules and between the public employment collective bargaining law and other sources of state or local law.	EDN, LAB, FIN
HB881	RELATING TO DETENTION AND RETENTION PONDS. Regulates detention and retention ponds. Establishes retention and detention pond task force.	WLO, JUD, FIN
HB882	RELATING TO THE EDUCATION REVITALIZATION ACT OF 2009. Appropriates funds for various capital improvement projects for the Department of Education.	EDN, FIN
HB883	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 38th representative district.	FIN
HB884	RELATING TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT. Creates child development account. Requires State to pay $ when account opens at birth. Limits annual contributions to $ . Prohibits withdrawals before age 18. Exempts gains from income tax. Provides penalties. Requires director of taxation to adopt rules.	HUS, FIN
HB885	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO USE A PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE EXCESS TO FUND THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAM. Proposed an amendment to article VII, section 6 of state constitution to use an unspecified percentage of the general fund balance excess to fund the child development account program.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB886	RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF THE SMOKING PROHIBITION. Makes compliance with smoking restriction law by nightclubs and restaurants a condition of renewal for a liquor license. Authorizes the liquor commission to enforce smoking laws, concurrently with the department of health. Increases fines for violation of smoking restriction law. Requires revocation of liquor license for third violation of smoking law.	HLT, CPC/JUD
HB887	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Assesses a surcharge tax on the sale of consumer fireworks. Also requires retailers to report on fireworks sold and requires the DOH to report on the effects of fireworks on young children.	TCI/PBS/HLT, JUD, FIN
HB888	RELATING TO TOURISM. Establishes a working group to investigate the feasibility of creating a niche market in the tourism industry for riflery, archery, and hunting activities.	TCI/WLO, FIN
HB889	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARKS. Makes farmers' markets a permitted use in an agricultural park.	AGR
HB890	RELATING TO ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES. Creates a rebuttable presumption that injuries resulting from the use of an all terrain vehicle were not caused by the negligence of an all terrain vehicle activity sponsor.	WLO, JUD
HB891	RELATING TO UNIFORM MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE FOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL. Eliminates the uniform maintenance allowance of $1.50 per day for the performance of annual military training.	EBM, FIN
HB892	RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS. Requires periodic court review of protective order where duration of initial or extended order exceeds 3 years.	HUS, JUD
HB893	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the department of health to provide for continued respite services for family caregivers.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB894	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a pilot program to direct payment of certain state funds to federally qualified health centers to support federally qualified health centers as patient-centered health care homes. Makes an appropriation.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB895	RELATING TO TAX ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS OTHER THAN CIGARETTES. Increases the tobacco tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes from 40% to 60% of the wholesale price and deposits 33.3% of the proceeds collected into the community health centers special fund.	HLT, FIN
HB896	RELATING TO TOBACCO. Makes permanent the retail tobacco permit law.	HLT, FIN
HB897	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST. Short form bill relating to the Hawaii Employer Union Health Benefits Trust.	HLT
HB898	RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDITS. Provides an income tax credit for employers when their employees telecommute for work.	EBM, FIN
HB899	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Clarifies and strengthens the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' bond authority.	HAW, FIN
HB900	RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.	HAW, FIN
HB901	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Amends the law to provide for the office of Hawaiian affairs to receive a portion of the income and proceeds from land in the public land trust.	HAW/WLO, JUD, FIN
HB902	RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. Prohibits the disposition in fee simple of ceded lands.	HAW/WLO, JUD, FIN
HB903	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes a task force on homelessness among Native Hawaiians.	HAW, HSG, FIN
HB904	RELATING TO TARO. Appropriates funds for the taro security and purity task force.	AGR, FIN
HB905	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Places the aha kiole advisory committee with the office of Hawaiian affairs for administrative purposes. Appropriates funds.	HAW, WLO, FIN
HB906	RELATING TO MAKUA. Establishes the Makua valley reserve commission to be responsible for the general administration of the Makua valley reserve.	HAW/WLO, EBM, JUD, FIN
HB907	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to consider making public school facilities available to charter schools, when public schools are closed.	EDN, FIN
HB908	RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM. Requires the board of regents to grant tuition waivers for native Hawaiian students in the University of Hawaii system.	HAW, HED, FIN
HB909	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN ARCHITECTURE. Directs each county to adopt a Native Hawaiian building code.	HAW, WLO, FIN
HB910	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires the department of land and natural resources to review all proposed projects to determine effects on historic properties, aviation artifacts, or burial sites.	WLO, FIN
HB911	RELATING TO PUBLICITY RIGHTS. Establishes property rights in the commercial use of a person's name voice, signature, photograph, or likeness.	EBM/TCI, JUD
HB912	RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Adds definitions of "caregiver" and "safe home" to the Child Protective Act. Clarifies that local customs of caring for children outside the family home by relatives and friends are, where appropriate, available alternatives to the department of human services and the court assuming custody of children.	HUS, JUD
HB913	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Requires employees retirement system to divest itself of investments in companies that invest in or do business with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Allows reinvestment. Provides exemptions. Requires reporting. Authorizes enforcement by Attorney General. Sets conditions for repeal.	LAB, EBM, FIN
HB914	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Creates the cover Hawaii health care access program to provide affordable health care coverage options for uninsured residents that provides coverage for basic and preventive health care services; inpatient hospital, urgent, and emergency care services; and is offered statewide by approved health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and mutual benefit societies.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB915	RELATING TO LAND USE COMMISSION. Directs office of planning to file land use commission petition to reclassify any urban designated lands in the city and county of Honolulu zoned P-2 into the conservation district.	WLO, JUD
HB916	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Creates a hard deadline for the final decision on interim rate decision.	CPC, FIN
HB917	RELATING TO AN EXEMPTION TO THE RENTAL VEHICLE AND TOUR VEHICLE SURCHARGE TAX. Exempts residents from the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax.	TRN, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB918	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LAND USE. Allows construction of certain nonsignificant farming structures without a building permit.	AGR, WLO
HB919	RELATING TO WATER. Authorizes the water agencies of the counties to assess a separate water quality fee to be used by the counties to ensure water quality and to fund irrigation system repair and maintenance.	WLO/AGR, FIN
HB920	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes that it is a policy of the State to appropriately accommodate all users of the transportation system.	TRN, EBM, FIN
HB921	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Allows 999-year homestead leases to be assigned to land trusts that are created for purposes of managing and holding the homestead leasehold estate for the benefit of the lessee and lessee's family members.	WLO, FIN
HB922	RELATING TO JOB-SHARING FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Authorizes the agencies of the executive, judiciary, and legislative branches to establish a voluntary job-sharing program.	LAB, FIN
HB923	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows for the operation of larger articulated buses used for public transit purposes on public roadways.	TRN, JUD
HB924	RELATING TO BINGO GAMES. Establishes requirements for the conduct of bingo games for lawful purposes.	EBM, JUD/CPC, FIN
HB925	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Repeals the law requiring habitual violent offenders to be sentenced to prison for 30 years to life.	JUD, FIN
HB926	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds for capital improvement projects for the 2nd representative district.	FIN
HB927	RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Prohibits the retail sale or distribution of novelty lighters.	PBS, JUD
HB928	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DOUBLE HULLED CANOE. Appropriates money for Hui Wa'a O Kaulua to the develop and construct a double-hulled canoe.	HAW, FIN
HB929	RELATING TO STATE HEALTH PLANNING. Repeals certificate of need process. Repeals law governing hospital acquisition.	HLT, FIN
HB930	RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. Increases maximum valuation amount for a development to qualify for a special management area minor permit.	WLO, JUD
HB931	RELATING TO COFFEE PRODUCTS. Changes the percentage and classification for Hawaii-grown coffee products.	AGR/EBM, CPC
HB932	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Clarifies ownership of old government roads by providing that county highways include old government roads. Defines old government roads.	TRN/WLO, FIN
HB933	RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE. Provides tax credit to resident taxpayers for long-term care insurance premiums at lesser of $2,500 or 50% of the amount of the insurance premium paid. Prohibits a medical expense deduction for long-term care insurance cost if long-term care tax credit is claimed.	HLT/HUS, CPC, FIN
HB934	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 9th representative district.	FIN
HB935	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 43rd representative district.	FIN
HB936	RELATING TO COUNTY SURCHARGE ON STATE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Reduces annual reimbursement by city and county of Honolulu to the State from gross proceeds of the county's surcharge on the general excise tax from 10% to % or $ whichever is less. Effective July 1, 2009.	TRN, FIN
HB937	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Makes the Condominium Dispute Resolution program under Act 277, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, permanent.	CPC/JUD, FIN
HB938	RELATING TO CAFETERIA WORKERS. Changes the employment period for cafeteria workers employed on or after July 1, 2009, from twelve to ten months.	EDN/LAB, FIN
HB939	RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Increases the threshold amount between special management area minor permits and special management area permits.	WLO, JUD
HB940	RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to consult with the high technology development corporation to plan for the establishment of the high technology park on the site of the animal quarantine station in Halawa on Oahu. Identifies site. Makes appropriation.	EBM/AGR, FIN
HB941	RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS. Permits county departments of liquor control investigators to possess electric guns. Defines "county liquor authorities" and "law enforcement officers".	PBS/LAB, JUD
HB942	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to establish a grant writer position within the department of agriculture.	AGR, FIN
HB943	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. Excludes public accountants as distressed property consultants.	CPC, JUD
HB944	RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS. Requires licensing of athletic trainers.	HED/EDN, CPC, FIN
HB945	RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. Removes the restriction on the state income tax credit for single-family residential property solar thermal energy systems installed after 1/1/2010.	EEP/HSG, CPC, FIN
HB946	RELATING TO STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Establishes a state income-tax check-off for the state foundation on culture and the arts.	TCI, FIN
HB947	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Prohibits diver's education programs from training drivers using the same route used for the practical driver license exam.	TRN, JUD
HB948	RELATING TO KAKAAKO. Increases the reserved housing requirement for a planned development to twenty-five per cent of floor space in the Kakaako community development district, mauka area for lots three acres or more in size.	WLO/HSG
HB949	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Authorizes the department of Hawaiian home lands to issue long term commercial leases.	HAW/WLO, FIN
HB950	RELATING TO ETHANOL. Repeals the requirement for gasoline sold in the State to contain 10% ethanol.	EEP, CPC
HB951	RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY. Relieves landowner of liability for any damage, injury, or harm to persons or property outside the boundaries of the landowner's land caused by naturally occurring land failure originating on unimproved land.	WLO, JUD
HB952	RELATING TO LABOR. Certifies entities as exclusive representatives absent an election where no other representatives are certified as the exclusive bargaining representatives. Requires immediate collective bargaining between parties once entities are certified as exclusive representatives.	LAB, EBM, FIN
HB953	RELATING TO REAL ESTATE LICENSES. Adds additional notice requirements for license revocation or suspension hearings for real estate brokers and salespersons.	CPC, JUD
HB954	RELATING TO A MAJOR DISASTER RESERVE TRUST FUND. Establishes the major disaster reserve trust fund.	PBS, FIN
HB955	RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES. Expands the counties' authority to conduct criminal history record checks on current and prospective employees.	LAB, JUD
HB956	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Merges the condominium management education fund under old condominium law into the condominium education trust fund established under new condominium law.	CPC, FIN
HB957	RELATING TO JUVENILE COURT RECORDS. Allows limited disclosure of information from family court records on minors under family court jurisdiction pursuant to section 571(1); requires family court to notify public or private school officials registered with court of adjudication of minors for offenses for which court records become public; requires family court to notify public or private school officials of petitions filed with the court for minors accused of offenses that would be serious crimes under penal code; requires that disclosed information remain confidential.	HUS/EDN, JUD, FIN
HB958	RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases homeowner exemptions and multipliers for property tax purposes.	HSG, JUD, FIN
HB959	RELATING TO PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SYSTEMS. Raises the maximum allowable tax credit on photovoltaic energy systems installed on single-family residential properties to $40,000.	EEP, FIN
HB960	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Broadens definition of "tourism emergency" and provides for plans and programs to address them.	TCI, PBS, FIN
HB961	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires the state procurement office to conduct audits and follow-up audits to ensure compliance with the procurement code and report results to the legislature; makes comptroller ex-officio nonvoting member of procurement policy board.	EBM, FIN
HB962	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Increases the post retirement allowance to three per cent for retirants who have been retired for at least ten years. Appropriates funds for the post retirement allowance increase.	LAB, FIN
HB963	RELATING TO WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND. Allows expenditures from works of art special fund for acquisition of works of art for the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum and Iolani Palace.	TCI, HAW, FIN
HB964	RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES. Authorizes the office of information practices to fine any agency that does not comply with a decision; requires the office to adopt rules that set uniform standards for issuing fines.	JUD, FIN
HB965	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 4th representative district.	FIN
HB966	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Allows counties to enact ordinances or adopt rules regulating fireworks that are more restrictive than state law regulating fireworks under chapter 132D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	HLT/TCI/PBS, JUD
HB967	RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Amends the term "medical marijuana" to "medical cannabis"; transfers the administration of the program from the department of public safety to the department of health; authorizes a registration fee of $50; establishes the medical cannabis advisory board; provides for the department of health to license producers to dispense medical cannabis.	PBS/HLT, JUD, FIN
HB968	RELATING TO RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED. Specifies procedures for eyewitness identification in photographic and live lineups. Mandates that state and county law enforcement agencies adopt these procedures. Makes appropriation.	JUD, FIN
HB969	RELATING TO PRIVATE PRISON PERFORMANCE AUDIT. Authorizes the state auditor to conduct performance audits of private prisons housing Hawaii inmates, namely Red Rock Correctional Center and Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona and Otter Creek Correctional Center in Wheelwright, Kentucky in the following areas: (1) treatment and services that Corrections Corporation of America is providing to Hawaii inmates including medical, mental health, substance abuse treatment, education, vocational training, and food services; (2) visitation, videoconferencing, and telephone communication; and (3) the department of public safety's monitoring of private prisons, enforcement of contract provisions, and public access to contracts and monitoring reports.	PBS, LMG, FIN
HB970	RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. Prohibits former legislators and appointees whose appointments were subject to senate confirmation from engaging in lobbying for 24 months after termination of employment.	LMG, JUD
HB971	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. Amends definition of obstruction for access to public property. Creates a private right of action for a person to enforce the prohibition of obstruction.	WLO, JUD
HB972	RELATING TO FUEL. Prohibits fractional-cent pricing in the retail sale of gasoline and diesel.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB973	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS. Limits the terms of members of the Legislature to a maximum of 40 years, with a maximum of 20 years in each the house of representatives and the senate, beginning on the day of the General Election of 2010.	LMG, JUD
HB974	RELATING TO LAND CONSERVATION. Increases the percentage of conveyance taxes to be deposited into the Land Conservation Fund from 10 to 20 percent.	WLO, FIN
HB975	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER SYSTEMS. Authorizes the Agribusiness Development Corporation to acquire agricultural water systems to provide water for irrigation of agricultural lands. Exempts agricultural water systems from the subdivision requirements of county ordinances. Provides that, if a description of the system sufficient to identify the property being acquired, including a map, description of metes and bounds, and other information required by the conveyance law is provided by the owner, the system may be conveyed without subdivision.	AGR/WLO, FIN
HB976	RELATING TO FORECLOSURE. Requires the circuit court to provide written notification to parties to a foreclosure action for a specified period prior to the issuance of a judgment. Takes effect on July 1, 2009, and sunsets June 30, 2010.	CPC, JUD
HB977	RELATING TO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. Protects the identity and privacy of voters by requiring only the last four digits of a voter's Social Security Number on voter-registration forms and requests for absentee ballots.	JUD
HB978	RELATING TO STATE MONEYS. Enhances the State's authority to invest in state bonds.	FIN
HB979	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Untilizes certain special funds to support invasive species control and mitigation and to promote reforestation and sediment run-off mitigation.	WLO/EEP, FIN
HB980	RELATING TO RECREATIONAL RENAISSANCE. Fortifies the recreational renaissance program of the department of land and natural resources through various amendments to state law.	WLO, FIN
HB981	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Makes amendments to Act 171, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, reflecting recommendations of Ignition Interlock Implementation Task Force.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB982	RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Establishes a new data collection system for family leave. Extends applicability of the family leave law to employers with 50 or more employees and to certain emergency and casual hires of the State and counties. Makes appropriation.	LAB, HED/LMG, FIN
HB983	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the director of transportation to conduct a statewide pupil travel evaluation to study how students get to school and to use that information to award federal grants for school-based workshops and community planning that will reduce traffic congestion, encourage walking and bicycling, and increase health and safety. Requires the director of transportation to streamline the grant application process. Requires annual reports	TRN, EDN, FIN
HB984	RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Implements key recommendations of the Hawaii broadband task force by establishing the Hawaii communications commissioner (HCC) in the department of commerce and consumer affairs (DCCA). Transfers functions relating to telecommunications from the public utilities commission to the HCC and functions relating to cable services from DCCA to the HCC. Establishes a work group to develop procedures to streamline state and county broadband regulation, franchising, and permitting and report to the legislature.	EBM, CPC, FIN
HB985	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Returns the Department of Education to a system divided by districts in lieu of the current complex area structure. Requires the Board of Education to appoint the district superintendents. Establishes duties of the district superintendent.	EDN, FIN
HB986	RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. Requires construction and renovation of public school facilities to meet the Collaborative for High Performance Schools standards. Requires replacement of old portable buildings with high performance classrooms. Also requires prioritization of public school facilities projects in accordance with certain criteria.	EEP, EDN, FIN
HB987	RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT. Creates the state comprehensive employment training program providing subsidized employment for work with a public purpose. Appropriates funds.	LAB, FIN
HB988	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Allows for persons desiring a Hawaii product preference when submitting bids to self-certify as an alternative to registration on the Hawaii products list. Amends the definition of a Hawaii product by revising the product classes. Revises administrative rules relating to exemptions from procurement.	EBM/AGR, JUD, FIN
HB989	RELATING TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE. Amends the Act 236, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, which established the Hawaii children's health care program, to extend the program for three more years and require that participants receive primary health care services at federally qualified health centers.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB990	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Establishes the Office of the Director of Disaster Preparedness and a Disaster Preparedness Commission to develop a disaster preparedness plan for Hawaii that includes the identification of hazards and hazard impact zones, disaster mitigation policies, requirements, and incentives, and best responses. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/09.	PBS, FIN
HB991	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes loan repayment program for University of Hawaii medical school graduates working in rural areas of the State.	HLT, HED, FIN
HB992	RELATING TO NUTRITION. Establishes a farm-to-work nutrition program in the public schools.	EDN, AGR, FIN
HB993	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF PROJECTED EXCESS REVENUES. Routes a portion of projected increases in general fund revenues to emergency and budget reserve fund established by law. Sets 7% as the percentage that triggers the disposition.	JUD, FIN
HB994	RELATING TO TOURISM. Appropriates funds for the application of a spaceport license from the Federal Aviation Administration to establish space tourism in Hawaii.	EBM, FIN
HB995	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Authorizes the out-of-state practice of public accountancy in this State provided that the practice is conducted through an individual with a permit or privilege to practice in this State. Establishes a privilege to practice in this State for out-of-state practitioners.	CPC/JUD, FIN
HB996	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Requires an approved peer review for renewals of permits to practice public accountancy.	EBM, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB997	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Modifies the composition of the contractors license board to require that at least 3 members of the board to be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the speaker of the house of representatives and at least 3 from a list submitted by the president of the senate.	CPC, LMG
HB998	RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Allocates for agricultural marketing $250,000 of the annual amount distributed from the transient accommodations tax to the tourism special fund.	TCI/AGR, FIN
HB999	RELATING TO MEETINGS OF PUBLIC AGENCIES. Requires notice of state-board meetings to be posted on the central State of Hawaii Internet website. Eliminates the requirement that notice of state-board meetings be filed in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.	JUD
HB1000	RELATING TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME. Institutes daylight saving time in Hawaii.	EEP, EBM, FIN
HB1001	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Adds a definition of "maintain" to clarify government's affirmative obligation to maintain records for public access and disclosure.	JUD, FIN
HB1002	RELATING TO ZONING. Requires each county to enact zoning ordinances to protect against land slides and rock slides.	WLO, JUD
HB1003	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Prohibits pedestrians from walking in or on a highway or its right-of-way for the purpose of soliciting for sale or selling anything or for soliciting or accepting donations of any kind.	TRN, JUD
HB1004	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 25th representative district.	FIN
HB1005	RELATING TO THE TAX REVIEW COMMISSION. Calls for an emergency reconvening of the tax review commission in light of current economic conditions facing the state.	FIN
HB1006	RELATING TO ETHICS. Increases post employment restriction from twelve months to twenty-four months for former legislator.	LMG, JUD
HB1007	RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. Requires lobbyists to disclose contributions, expenditures, business associations, and specific measures lobbied during the reporting period. Establishes an annual registration fee for lobbyists. Requires the ethics commission to randomly audit lobbyist statements of contributions, expenditures, and other disclosures.	JUD, FIN
HB1008	RELATING TO LAND USE. Protects and promotes the proper use of Hawaii's best agricultural lands by requiring conditions of approval for subdivisions of agricultural land into smaller lots and farm dwellings, thereby ensuring meaningful agricultural use.	WLO/AGR
HB1009	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS WHICH ARE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Describes public land designated as important agricultural lands as equivalent to but distinct from important agricultural lands. Authorizes department of agriculture to select, identify and map potential important agricultural lands from all public lands transferred from department of land and natural resources as provided for and in compliance with chapters 166 and 166E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, using criteria and standards in chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Authorizes board of agriculture to accept and transmit maps of public lands with potential as important agricultural lands for final designation by land use commission and to make final determination of what provisions of chapter 205, including important agricultural lands incentives, will apply or be made available for qualified public lands under jurisdiction of chapter 166 and chapter 166E.	WLO/AGR, FIN
HB1010	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. To expand and modify the Molokai Irrigation System Water Users Advisory Board to include seats for a kupuna homestead farmer user and the District Supervisor of the Molokai District Office of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands voting as an ex officio member.	WLO/AGR, HAW
HB1011	RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. To expand and modify the Hawaii products preferences to create a class IV preference for agricultural products raised, grown, or harvested in the State.	EBM, AGR, FIN
HB1012	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SHARED SERVICES TECHNOLOGY. Establishes the Shared Services Technology Special Fund to allow departments and agencies to pool resources for common technology systems, hardware, and software.	EBM, FIN
HB1013	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES. Establishes two permanent exempt positions within the Department of Accounting and General Services for the purpose of acquiring and applying highly specialized technology skills and knowledge.	LAB, FIN
HB1014	RELATING TO ENHANCED 911 SERVICES. Lowers costs for cell phone subscribers by reducing the Wireless Enhanced 911 surcharge from 66 to 46 cents. Expands the membership and responsibilities of the Wireless Enhanced 911 Board.	PBS, CPC, FIN
HB1015	RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TRUST FUND. Enables the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to begin construction on affordable housing projects without having the full and final amount of the capital costs on hand at the beginning of the project.	HAW, FIN
HB1016	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.	JUD, FIN
HB1017	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL CASES. Amends Hawaii's Constitution so that in criminal cases, juries and fact finders can learn of prior convictions involving dishonesty of testifying defendants, to the same extent as with any other testifying witness in a criminal case.	JUD, FIN
HB1018	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Amends Hawaii's Constitution so a criminal case witness who asserts self-incrimination privilege may be compelled to testify or provide evidence as long as the testimony or evidence cannot later be used against the witness in a criminal case except for perjury, false statement, or failure to comply with the order to testify.	JUD, FIN
HB1019	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Includes in the offense of murder in the second degree acts committed with the intent to cause serious bodily injury to another person or create the strong probability of causing death or serious bodily injury to another person, which result in the death of another person.	JUD
HB1020	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. To provide greater protections to victims of domestic violence who the court is already attempting to keep safe through protective orders.	HUS, JUD
HB1021	RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. To provide greater protection to our children, this bill amends the offense of promoting child abuse in the second degree to include the possession of particularly violent or egregious child pornography, and it adds mandatory sentencing provisions for serious child abuse offenses.	HUS, JUD
HB1022	RELATING TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. To strengthen our laws related to public administration by creating a new offense that prohibits the obstruction of criminal investigations, and by upgrading certain public administration offenses to reflect the seriousness of the offenses.	JUD
HB1023	RELATING TO FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION. Clarifies the state of mind requirements and grading for offenses of refusing to provide a DNA buccal swab sample by making a knowing violation a C felony and a negligent violation a misdemeanor.	JUD
HB1024	RELATING TO APPEALS. Clarifies the limited instances where a court may reverse a conviction for any alleged error in the giving or the refusal to give, or the modification of, an instruction to the jury in a criminal matter.	JUD
HB1025	RELATING TO SENTENCING. To restore a statutory provision allowing for presentence mental health or medical examination of defendants for purposes of sentencing.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1026	RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. Authorizes the Department of Health to provide certain public health records to law enforcement officers to facilitate criminal investigations.	HLT, JUD
HB1027	RELATING TO COURT ADVISEMENT OF ALIENS. Clarifies the requirement that courts advise pleading defendants of the possible consequences of the plea upon alien status.	JUD
HB1028	RELATING TO POST CONVICTION PROCEEDINGS. Establishes a time limitation for filing habeas corpus complaints and post-conviction judicial proceedings. Limits successive complaints.	JUD
HB1029	RELATING TO TOBACCO. Removes sunset clause in Act 131, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, which contains a repeal date of July 1, 2009, and keeps in place the requirement that an entity engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products obtain a retail tobacco permit.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB1030	RELATING TO METAL. Removes sunset clause in Act 197, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, which contains a repeal date of July 1, 2009.	CPC, JUD
HB1031	RELATING TO CHAPTER 480, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Clarifies antitrust and unfair competition law with regard to who can sue in certain instances, including when having made indirect purchases.	CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1032	RELATING TO NOTARY PUBLIC SEALS. Requires a notary public to include on the notary public's stamp or seal the notary public's commission number.	CPC
HB1033	RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. Clarifies that all income withholding payments be sent through the Child Support Enforcement Agency; allows the agency to disburse support by electronic deposit or debit card; allows for electronic copy or facsimile of a signature as proof of service for certified mail; clarifies lien payment and enforcement.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1034	RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS. Clarifies that certain waivers of the State's sovereign immunity can only take place if the Legislature has in a statute unequivocally waived that sovereign immunity.	JUD
HB1035	RELATING TO APPEALS. Authorizes immediate appeals from certain court orders regarding injunctions and denials of sovereign, absolute, or qualified immunity.	JUD
HB1036	RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS. Clarifies certain limitations regarding the State's liability in tort cases and brings the State's liability in line with similar federal liability in many cases.	JUD, FIN
HB1037	RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS. Clarifies that government entities are only liable in certain cases for the percentage share of the damages they actually caused.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB1038	RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION. Extends expiration period on the Hawaii State Identification card from six years to eight years; deletes the provisions for transitioning from expiration dates calculated by issue dates to expiration on the cardholder’s birthday.	JUD
HB1039	RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY. Makes permanent the limitation of liability for public entities based on the duty to warn of dangers on public lands.	WLO, JUD
HB1040	RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Repeals the sunset date and makes permanent the law shielding county lifeguards from liability.	WLO, JUD
HB1041	RELATING TO PERSONS COMMITTED TO THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES OR TO THE CUSTODY OR CARE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES. Allows the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility to obtain necessary information on youth committed to the facility quickly when the youth are admitted, and to use the information for treatment and care within the facility.	HUS, JUD
HB1042	RELATING TO THE TAX LIEN AND ENCUMBRANCE RECORD. Enables encumbrance of motor vehicle titles for outstanding judgments payable to the State or a county by allowing recordation in a county director of finance's "tax lien and encumbrance record" with an exemption for state or county agencies from paying the statutory fee of $5.	JUD, FIN
HB1043	RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS. Makes state low-income housing tax credits more valuable by shortening the period over which the credits can be taken from ten years to five years.	HSG, FIN
HB1044	RELATING TO HOUSING. Enables the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to more easily collect the value of shared appreciation equity and other restrictions when an affordable housing property is publicly sold through a foreclosure. Requires written notification of intent to foreclose on properties encumbered by such priority liens.	HSG, FIN
HB1045	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Makes necessary housekeeping amendments to chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes; authorizes the imposition of service fees to recoup program administrative expenses.	HSG, FIN
HB1046	RELATING TO THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY BY THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Allows the Hawaii Community Development Authority to sell, exchange, transfer, assign, or convey any real property located in the Kakaako community development district except for the area makai of Ala Moana boulevard, but excluding from such area the land identified by tax map key 2-1-14:16.	WLO, FIN
HB1047	RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Amends section 205-45, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to ensure that all lands to be designated or reclassified under subsection (b) shall be on the same island; and amends subsection (e) to add that the commission shall evaluate the suitability of the land for reclassification in accordance with sections 205-2 and 205-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and that conditions imposed by the commission in the declaratory order shall run with the land.	WLO/AGR
HB1048	RELATING TO LAND USE. Amends chapters 46 and 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to give the counties greater authority and flexibility to define uses and regulate land use in the State Rural District consistent with broad State policies and standards.	WLO/AGR
HB1049	RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Amend chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to improve coastal zone management by (1) clarifying "development" and "not development" in the special management area (SMA); (2) improving the SMA permit system; and (3) considering shoreline erosion rates for the shoreline setback to reduce the threat from coastal hazards.	WLO, FIN
HB1050	RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. To comprehensively address deficiencies in Hawaii's energy resources coordination statutes. Provide policy guidance needed to provide adequate detail on the nature and relationship of the energy data analyses functions required of the state energy resources coordinator and energy program.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB1051	RELATING TO ENERGY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. Comprehensively addresses deficiencies in Hawaii's energy emergency preparedness statutes; Provides up-to-date policy guidance needed for consistency with current federal and state energy emergency and overall emergency management policies and plans, and to provide definitive guidance on critical energy data analyses functions.	PBS/EEP, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1052	RELATING TO HAWAII'S CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE IN ELECTRIC GENERATION AND DELIVERY. Establishes electric generation and delivery initiatives necessary for and contributing to the transition of Hawaii’s energy sector to 70 percent non-petroleum energy sources by 2030.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB1053	RELATING TO HAWAII’S CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Establishes energy efficiency initiatives necessary for and contributing to the transition of Hawaii’s energy sector to 70 percent non-petroleum energy sources by 2030.	EEP/HSG, CPC, FIN
HB1054	RELATING TO HAWAII’S CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE IN TRANSPORTATION ENERGY. Establishes transportation energy initiatives necessary for the transition of Hawaii's transportation energy sector from almost completely dependent on petroleum towards the use of efficient, stable, secure, renewable, non-petroleum energy sources by 2030.	EEP, TRN, FIN
HB1055	RELATING TO LAND USE. Provides for a use-it-or-lose-it automatic reversion of urban or rural district land use reclassifications if development has not commenced within ten years.	WLO, JUD
HB1056	RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Facilitates the preservation of important agricultural lands and development of low- and moderate-income housing by exempting Special Purpose Revenue Bonds issued for these projects from the procurement code.	EBM/AGR, HSG, FIN
HB1057	RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM. Supports investment in a child's future by allowing family members and friends to contribute to State established HI529 college savings accounts that currently only account owners can contribute to.	HED, FIN
HB1058	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Clarifies retirement date for ordinary disability retirement, payment of attorney's fees and costs in disability retirement and accidental death cases, forfeiture date for noncontributory service credit, and benefits for reemployed retirants.	LAB, JUD, FIN
HB1059	RELATING TO THE ONE CALL CENTER. Protects Hawaii's underground infrastructure by making the One Call Center pilot program permanent. Since 2004, the Center has become the central database for utility operators, contractors, and excavators attempting to locate underground gas, electric, telecommunication, cable, water, and sewer lines.	CPC, FIN