Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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HB1770	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Permits counties to pass ordinances that require written notification of defects or obstructions on certain county properties as a prerequisite to filing a claim against the counties for injuries or damages arising from against the alleged unsafe or dangerous condition of county property.	JUD, FIN
HB1771	RELATING TO FELONIES FOR WHICH CRIMINAL CHARGES MAY BE INSTITUTED BY WRITTEN INFORMATION. Amends section 806-83, HRS, to add felonies for which criminal charges may be instituted by written information (section 708-803 (habitual property crime), section 708- (unauthorized entry in a dwelling in the first degree), section 708-812.6 (unauthorized entry in a dwelling in the second degree), and section 708-835.7 (theft of copper)).	JUD
HB1772	RELATING TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY. Amends the offense of violation of privacy in the second degree under section 711-1111, HRS, to exclude surveillance of another person in a stage of undress or sexual activity because that conduct is prohibited by the offense of privacy in the first degree under section 711-1110.9, HRS.	JUD
HB1773	RELATING TO ACCUSED TO TRANSPORT WITNESS OR WITNESSES. Adds a new section to chapter 571, HRS, to allow family courts to require the accused to transport a witness or witnesses, including a complaining witness or witnesses, to any court proceeding under certain conditions.	HUS, JUD
HB1774	RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Codifies dismissals pursuant to Rule 48, Hawaii rules of penal procedure. Exempts cases for abuse of family or household members charges from the dismissal rule.	JUD, FIN
HB1775	RELATING TO USE OF FORCE BY PERSONS WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CARE, DISCIPLINE, OR SAFETY OF OTHERS. Establishes types of physical force not justifiable when used to discipline minors.	JUD
HB1776	RELATING TO COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS. Allows electronic communication service providers to voluntarily disclose electronic communications to a governmental agency where an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires such disclosure without delay.	JUD
HB1777	RELATING TO PRODUCTION OF RECORDS. Adds a new chapter to HRS, allowing district court and circuit court judges to order the production of records by persons or entities located outside of the State of Hawaii, in all criminal cases. Requires that anyone in Hawaii served with criminal process from another state must comply with the criminal process.	JUD, FIN
HB1778	RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED COMPUTER ACCESS. Amends sections 708-895.5, 708-895.6, and 708-895.7, to increase unauthorized computer access in the first degree to a class A felony, increase unauthorized computer access in the second degree to a class B felony, and increase unauthorized computer access in the third degree to a class C felony; where unauthorized computer access in the first degree is charged based on the monetary value of information obtained, raises the minimum monetary value to $20,000.	JUD
HB1779	RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU. Appropriates funds to the department of the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu for career criminal prosecution unit, prosecution in drug court, prosecution in Hawaii's opportunity probation with enforcement, and victim witness assistance program.	JUD, FIN
HB1780	RELATING TO AQUATIC LIFE. Prohibits the sale of aquatic life for aquarium purposes. Establishes penalties. Requires the division of aquatic resources to submit an annual report on the effectiveness of enforcement.	WLO, JUD, FIN
HB1781	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 to the employees' retirement system. Revises employer contribution rates for fiscal year 2013-2014 and beyond. Effective 7/1/11.	LAB, FIN
HB1782	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Increases the members on the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) board of trustees from 8 to 10. Establishes county representation on the ERS board of directors. Provides that the counties shall be responsible for all necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the county member's duties. Effective on 7/1/12.	LAB, FIN
HB1783	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires one member of the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund board of trustees to be appointed by agreement of the mayors of the 4 counties and approved by the Hawaii State Association of Counties. Authorizes the governor to fill the vacancy should it not be filled within 60 days. Effective 07/01/12.	LAB, FIN
HB1784	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 9th representative district.	FIN
HB1785	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a 4-year amnesty program for certain delinquent tax obligations.	JUD, FIN
HB1786	RELATING TO HAWAII GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. Establishes the Hawaii good agricultural practices program. Makes an appropriation.	AGR, FIN
HB1787	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Exempts producers of agricultural products in areas without access to municipal water supplies or infrastructure from processing the product in a certified food-processing establishment or obtaining a permit from the DOH. Increases the exemption threshold for producers of honey.	AGR, HLT, FIN
HB1788	RELATING TO COMPUTER CRIME. Adds new definitions to computer crime, including cookie, identifying information, phishing, and spyware. Makes it a criminal offense to distribute or transfer spyware that, amongst other things, modifies an authorized user's access to or use of the Internet, or collects the internet addresses visited by an authorized user. Creates a third degree of computer fraud, and incorporates the element of phishing into all three computer fraud offenses.	JUD
HB1789	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI. Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui for the career criminal prosecution program. Effective July 1, 2012.	JUD, FIN
HB1790	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires that the vehicle used by a person cited or arrested for driving without a license, driving while license suspended or revoked, driving under the influence of alcohol, or driving without proof of insurance be towed at the owner's expense.	TRN, JUD
HB1791	RELATING TO HOMICIDE. Requires drivers' license revocations upon convictions for negligent homicide in either the first or second degree. Sets maximum periods of license revocations for convictions of manslaughter and negligent homicide in the first or second degree. Makes imprisonment of up to two years a discretionary condition of probation for manslaughter convictions. Clarifies that probation is an available sentence for manslaughter.	TRN, JUD
HB1792	RELATING TO IRAN. Prohibits public agencies from procuring goods or services from entities that engage in investment activities in Iran. Effective 7/1/12.	INT/ERB, FIN
HB1793	RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES. Establishes penalties for the destruction or harvesting of native sandalwood trees. Requires replanting for trees harvested. Bans the export of raw or unprocessed sandalwood timber. Establishes DLNR policies regarding sandalwood.	WLO, JUD, FIN
HB1794	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Broadens criminal trespass in the 1st degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project after a reasonable request or warning to leave by housing authorities, neighborhood watch, or a police officer. Excludes an invited guest of a resident who is in the presence of the resident. Effective 1/1/13.	HSG, JUD
HB1795	RELATING TO FIRE SPRINKLERS. Prohibits counties from requiring installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers in new or existing one- or two‑family dwelling units used only for residential purposes.	HSG, PBM, JUD
HB1796	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires the HPHA to adopt rules to implement a five-year time limit for any tenant's use and occupation of any dwelling unit or other premises located within a state public housing project.	HSG, JUD, FIN
HB1797	RELATING TO CONDITIONAL RELEASE. Requires tolling of one‑year conditional release period upon filing of motion for revocation of conditional release or motion to modify conditions.	JUD, FIN
HB1798	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Requires probation officer, prior to early discharge of defendant, to report to court concerning defendant’s compliance or non‑compliance with terms of probation.	JUD, FIN
HB1799	RELATING TO SALARIES. Clarifies Act 57, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, with regard to salary rates for executive, judicial, and legislative officials, to give effect to the recommendations of the commission on salaries.	LAB, FIN
HB1800	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for FY 2012-2013.	JUD, FIN
HB1801	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Provides for the automatic deposit of general excise tax revenues into the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund to amortize the trust fund's unfunded actuarial accrued liability.	LAB, FIN
HB1802	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires investment and other earnings and reserves of the Hawaii EUTF to be maintained in the fund or used to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the fund. Allows fund moneys to be used for administrative expenses. Effective 1/1/13.	LAB, FIN
HB1803	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Revises the employer's monthly contribution for the health benefits plan of a retired employee who was hired after 6/30/12.	LAB, FIN
HB1804	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER‑UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Eliminates medicare part B reimbursements for employee-beneficiaries or spouses of employee-beneficiaries who are hired after 6/30/12. Clarifies the amount to be paid to the EUTF by public employers for the medicare part B premiums of certain beneficiaries. Effective 7/1/12.	LAB, FIN
HB1805	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Limits the health insurance benefits for an employee who is first hired after 06/30/12 and who retires with at least 10 years of credited service. Provides that, if the employee retires before reaching the medicare-eligible age, the retired employee shall be allowed to enroll only in a non-medicare self plan. Requires the State or county to make a contribution towards the non-medicare self plan cost. Requires the retired employee to enroll in the medicare part B medical insurance plan if the employee retires upon or after reaching the medicare-eligible age. Requires contributions to or reimbursements for the medicare part B premium. Prohibits the retired employee from enrolling in any health benefits plan of the fund. Provides also that the spouse of a retired employee who is first hired after 06/30/12 shall not be eligible for medicare part B premium reimbursements.	LAB, FIN
HB1806	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Sets statutorily the state or county monthly contributions for the health benefits plans of an employee who is first hired after 06/30/13 during the employee's active service. Provides for biennial adjustment of the contributions. Makes the state or county monthly contributions for the new employee nonnegotiable under collective bargaining. Makes a new employee ineligible for group life insurance benefits.	LAB, FIN
HB1807	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Limits state or county monthly contribution for the health benefits plan of an employee who is first hired after 6/30/13. Provides, during active service of the employee, state or county monthly contributions for the employee that are similar to the employer contribution under the prepaid health care act. Makes the state or county monthly contribution for such an employee nonnegotiable under collective bargaining. Prohibits the board from providing a group life insurance benefits program or group life insurance program to an employee hired after 6/30/13. Provides that the spouse of a retired employee who is first hired after 6/30/13 shall not be eligible for medicare part B premium reimbursements.	LAB, FIN
HB1808	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Beginning 07/01/14, prohibits the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund from offering medical benefits plans that pay or reimburse providers under a fee-for-service model. Requires the board of trustees to evaluate alternative payment models to replace the fee-for-service model and submit a report to the governor and legislature before the regular session of 2014. Appropriates funds for the evaluation.	LAB, FIN
HB1809	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Prohibits any health benefits plan of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund issued after 06/30/13 from offering coverage of in vitro fertilization procedure and alcohol dependence, drug dependence, and mental illness treatment benefits.	LAB, FIN
HB1810	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires, no later than 1/1/14, the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund to require every health benefits plan established or contracted to include higher deductibles and co-payments for tobacco smokers and other persons of high risk.	LAB, FIN
HB1811	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Requires employers to pay greater contribution rates on their employees' non-base compensation than on base compensation beginning in fiscal year 2013-2014.	LAB, FIN
HB1812	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Provides that, for a public employee hired after 06/30/2012, the "average final compensation" shall be the average annual compensation received during all years of credited service.	LAB, FIN
HB1813	RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. Exempts any state or county CIP from special management area guidelines and requirements.	WLO/EEP, FIN
HB1814	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Makes appropriations from general obligation bonds and certain special funds for the planning and design of future construction projects. Reduces the transfer to the works of art special fund to 2/10 of 1% until 06/30/2015. Effective 07/01/2012.	ERB/WLO, FIN
HB1815	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Requires an arbitration panel to weigh the value of the defined benefit pension plan for public employees when making a decision on an impasse under the public employment collective bargaining law. Effective 7/1/15.	LAB, FIN
HB1816	RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Requires the HCDA to engage in efforts to re-acquire the makai gateway park and the Honolulu Ford parcel in Kakaako. Requires, after re-acquisition, the development of those parcels into medical or scientific uses that contribute to the synergy created by the school of medicine and UH cancer center.	WLO, JUD, FIN
HB1817	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Amends composition and certain powers and duties of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund board of trustees. Makes appropriation.	LAB, FIN
HB1818	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Adds an eleventh member to the EUTF board of trustees to represent the general public. Changes board voting to one-vote per member. Changes quorum to a simple majority of the board. Requires board action to be made by a majority of the board, except when a greater number is required by law.	LAB, FIN
HB1819	RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Increases from 5% to 30% the percentage of moneys from the excess general fund balance to be deposited into the emergency and budget reserve fund as a temporary source of funding during economic downturn. Requires 30% of the excess general fund balance to be used to reduce the unfunded liability of the EUTF.	LAB, FIN
HB1820	RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH. Allows privately funded industrial hemp research to be conducted in Hawaii under certain conditions; requires monitoring by department of public safety; requires reporting to county law enforcement; exempts agronomic data derived from research from public records disclosure; confers immunity from criminal prosecution for the research. Effective 7/1/2050.	HLT/PBM, JUD, FIN
HB1821	RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING. Requires state election officials to provide for timely voting by military and other voters who are overseas in all elections for federal, state, and county offices. Authorizes transmitting ballot and ballot materials to overseas voters by electronic transmission, including electronic mail or internet.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB1822	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the Hawaii health care authority for administrative purposes within the DOH to regulate private hospital rates and ensure the containment of health care costs.	HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1823	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires a replacement vehicle to have approximately the same mileage as the total loss vehicle. Requires cash settlements to be based on the market value of the total loss vehicle within the State.	TRN, CPC
HB1824	RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING. Authorizes imposition of fees on probationers and parolees to offset the costs of periodic substance abuse testing.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB1825	RELATING TO BINGO. Allows non-profit organizations to conduct bingo games. Creates Hawaii bingo commission within department of commerce and consumer affairs to regulate bingo. Allocates 1% of general excise tax revenues on gross receipts for a compulsive gambler program; up to 4% for administrative expenses; and the balance for deposit into the state general fund.	JUD, FIN
HB1826	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Expands the use of electronic transmission for absentee registration and voting by military personnel who are deployed outside the State. Expands use of the federal write-in absentee ballot and late registration procedures for military members.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB1827	RELATING TO COFFEE. Imposes a 1 cent fee on each pound of green coffee beans grown in or imported into the State to be deposited into a special fund to control and eradicate the coffee borer beetle. Establishes provisions to eradicate and control pests and infections on coffee trees. Appropriation. Sunset.	AGR, FIN
HB1828	RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTIC CHECKOUT BAGS. Imposes a tax on each single-use plastic checkout bag distributed to a customer by a business, to be paid by the customer. Creates the single-use plastic bag special fund. Exempts certain counties from the tax.	EEP, ERB, FIN
HB1829	RELATING TO LEASES. Requires lessors of commercial and industrial property to afford lessees the option of renewing their leases. Requires, in leasehold renegotiations, that a rent based on fair market value shall apply even if that value is lower than existing rent and the lease contract bars the lowering of rent upon renegotiation.	ERB, JUD
HB1830	RELATING TO ARBITRATION. Establishes a process by which licensed or certified, unbiased real estate appraisers are used for arbitration proceedings to determine the fair market value, fair market rental, or fair and reasonable rent of real property. Requires the DCCA to provide a list of appraisers meeting certain criteria.	ERB, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1831	RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONVERSION. Provides for the mandatory lease-to-fee conversion of leasehold business property.	ERB, JUD, FIN
HB1832	RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Creates the food safety and security program within the Department of Agriculture. Effective 7/1/12.	AGR/HLT, FIN
HB1833	RELATING TO LIABILITY. Requires the State or county to indemnify public agency property owners from liability arising from the sale of food or food products by vendors at a farmers market on agency property.	AGR, JUD, FIN
HB1834	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the Department of Taxation to publish certain reports on an annual or biennial basis and to submit them to the Legislature.	FIN
HB1835	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Short form bill relating to the state budget.	FIN
HB1836	RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Short form bill relating to state finances.	FIN
HB1837	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Short form bill relating to government.	FIN
HB1838	RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by article VII, section 13 of the State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded.	FIN
HB1839	RELATING TO WATER SERVICE CONSUMPTION DATA. Clarifies that a water service holder’s mailing address, amounts paid by or owed to the service holder for water or sewer services, and an individual’s service location shall not be made available for public inspection or duplication.	WLO, JUD
HB1840	RELATING TO STATE-OWNED BANK. Establishes a task force to review, investigate, and study the feasibility and cost of establishing a state-owned bank. Requires a report to the Legislature.	ERB, CPC, FIN
HB1841	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Short form bill.	ERB
HB1842	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill.	ERB
HB1843	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill.	ERB
HB1844	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill.	ERB
HB1845	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill.	ERB
HB1846	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST WAHIAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds of up to $3,000,000, for Wahiawa General Hospital to construct health care facilities. Effective July 1, 2012.	HLT, FIN
HB1847	RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE. Clarifies that when an appointing authority, prior to release or discharge of an employee, is considering the feasibility of transferring or demoting the employee to another position for which the employee qualifies, the transfer or demotion considered shall be to another position within the appointing authority's jurisdiction.	LAB, FIN
HB1848	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Repeals the prohibition of using arbitration to resolve impasses or disputes relating to state and county EUTF contributions. Makes an arbitration panel decision on EUTF contributions final and binding without exception. Specifies EUTF and group life insurance payments to be negotiated. Repeals an obsolete provision.	LAB, FIN
HB1849	RELATING TO LABELING. Requires advertisements for fresh fruits and vegetables to indicate the origin of the fruits and vegetables. Requires baked goods prepared in the State to bear a label indicating the date on which they were prepared.	AGR/ERB, CPC, FIN
HB1850	RELATING TO PERSONAL INFORMATION. Prohibits the scanning and retention of personally identifiable information stored in the machine-readable zone of the Hawaii driver's license and identification card without the express consent of the holder of the driver's license or identification card unless the use is by law-enforcement officers for solely official purposes.	TRN, JUD
HB1851	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. Short form bill.	LMG
HB1852	RELATING TO THE OMBUDSMAN. Short form bill.	LMG
HB1853	RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Short form bill.	LMG
HB1854	RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU. Short form bill.	LMG
HB1855	RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. Short form bill.	LMG
HB1856	RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. Exempts veterinarians from the requirements of the electronic prescription accountability system.	PBM, JUD/CPC, FIN
HB1857	RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. Exempts veterinarians from the requirements of the electronic prescription accountability system. Requires the DPS to notify veterinarians in writing by 9/1/12 if it determines that the system or certain requirements of the system apply to veterinarians.	PBM, JUD/CPC, FIN
HB1858	RELATING TO WORKFORCE INFORMATION. Requires the Director of Human Resources Development to annually report workforce demographic information to the Legislature. Effective July 1, 2012.	LAB, FIN
HB1859	RELATING TO BUILDING CODES. Clarifies the individual shower control valve requirement of the building code by making a technical amendment.	WLO, CPC
HB1860	RELATING TO BUSINESS REGULATIONS. Clarifies the law on antitrust by making a technical amendment.	CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1861	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Clarifies the regulating license reform law by making a technical amendment.	CPC/JUD
HB1862	RELATING TO FORECLOSURES. Clarifies the contents of a notice of intention of foreclosure by making a technical amendment.	CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1863	RELATING TO FORECLOSURES. Clarifies the public sale requirement for conducting a foreclosure sale by making a technical amendment.	CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1864	RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS CODE. Clarifies that members of legislatively created task forces and working groups are not considered employees of the State for the purposes of the state ethics code.	LMG, JUD
HB1865	RELATING TO VOG. Clarifies Act 229, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, by making a technical amendment.	PBM, FIN
HB1866	RELATING TO THE VOG TASK FORCE. Clarifies the interagency task force on vog by making a technical amendment.	PBM, FIN
HB1867	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Prohibits any person convicted of an intoxicating liquor crime from purchasing intoxicating liquor for six months after conviction. Also, requires that a warning of death from liquor consumption label be put on every liquor container. Increases liquor tax and creates mandatory liquor education. Requires the department of public safety to consider adding ethanol as a controlled substance.	TRN/ERB, JUD/CPC, FIN
HB1868	RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Limits to retail basic exchange services the services for which a telecommunications carrier must obtain approval from the PUC to charge a rate higher than the filed tariff rate.	CPC, FIN
HB1869	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Makes agricultural theft a class B felony.	AGR, JUD
HB1870	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ON PUBLIC LANDS. Exempts all state agencies, except Department of Transportation, from all building codes and permitting requirements. Requires exempted agencies to provide notice to the relevant county of water, sewer, and traffic effects. Effective January 1, 2013.	WLO/EEP/HSG, FIN
HB1871	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED. Exempts Department of Hawaiian Home Lands lessees from building codes and building-permitting requirements. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to establish its own building code and building-permitting requirements. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to provide notice of water, sewer, and traffic effects.	WLO/EEP/HSG, HAW, FIN
HB1872	RELATING TO HURRICANE PROPERTY INSURANCE. Decreases hurricane property insurance rates to 1992 levels until the hurricane property insurers draft a map based upon actual hurricane damage.	PBM, CPC, FIN
HB1873	RELATING TO PAHALA PUBLIC LIBRARY. Transfers the administration of Pahala Public Library from the Public Library System to the Department of Education. Effective July 1, 2012.	EDN, FIN
HB1874	RELATING TO VOG. Expands membership on the Task Force on Vog to include any representative or senator representing a district on the Island of Hawaii that is impacted by vog.	PBM, FIN
HB1875	RELATING TO FORECLOSURES. Implements the 2011 recommendations of the mortgage foreclosure task force to address various issues relating to the mortgage foreclosures law and related issues affecting homeowner association liens and the collection of unpaid assessments.	CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1876	RELATING TO DENTAL HYGIENISTS. Requires a dental hygienist license to be prominently displayed at all times in the office where the dental hygienist is employed or practices.	HLT, CPC
HB1877	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires health benefits plans offered to retired EUTF members to include certain benefits and excludes any benefits relating to fertility treatments.	LAB, FIN
HB1878	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Creates a driver exclusion endorsement to enable a named insured to exclude specified persons from being covered under a motor vehicle insurance policy.	TRN, CPC/JUD
HB1879	RELATING TO THE ONE CALL CENTER. Repeals the June 30, 2012, sunset provision in section 5 of Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, which makes permanent the exclusion of pest control operators' activities from the definition of "excavation".	CPC, FIN
HB1880	RELATING TO PRIVATE TRANSFER FEES. Makes permanent the prohibition of private fees for a future transfer of real property.	WLO, CPC/JUD
HB1881	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Requires that an economic impact analysis be submitted with any application to the PUC that has a fiscal impact. Allows for submission of analyses in contravention and rebuttal of the original. Requires the PUC to provide a final analysis with any decision and order. Establishes requirements for the analysis.	CPC, FIN
HB1882	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Increases the membership of the public utilities commission from three to five; temporarily creates two subject matter panels within the public utilities commission; authorizes the employment of an executive officer; provides for transition to five-member composition; requires report to the legislature on panel structure; makes appropriation from the public utilities commission special fund.	CPC, FIN
HB1883	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Prevents community associations from charging more than ten per cent of the dues in arrears for community association late fees under certain circumstances.	HSG, CPC
HB1884	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Authorizes the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to set the executive director's compensation based on a comparability analysis and other factors.	HSG, LAB, FIN
HB1885	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires Hawaii Public Housing Authority to establish a drug testing program to be administered to any tenant or any applicant of federal or state low-income housing under chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS). Makes submission to a drug test a condition of the tenant or applicant renting or leasing a federal or state low-income housing dwelling under chapter 356D, HRS.	HSG, JUD, FIN
HB1886	RELATING TO CHILD SAFETY. Makes it a class C felony for parents, guardians, and custodians of a child to fail to report the disappearance or death of the child to the Department of Human Services or the police department within hours. Makes it a class C felony for family members to fail to report known child abuse or neglect to the Department of Human Services or police department within hours.	HUS/HLT, JUD
HB1887	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Requires a study on affordable housing for essential workers.	HSG, FIN
HB1888	RELATING TO AIR CARRIER FEES. Mandates that any passenger who has purchased a ticket for transportation on any Hawaii air carrier covered by chapter 261E shall be permitted to check on one bag that does not exceed fifty pounds in weight without charge. Effective September 1, 2012.	TRN, CPC
HB1889	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Revises both the retirement allowance of persons who become members of the ERS after June 30, 2012, and who have credited service as judges as well as the average final compensation of persons who become members of the ERS after June 30, 2012, and who have credited service as elective officers or as legislative officers.	LAB, FIN
HB1890	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE LAPSING OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES. Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to the lapsing of appropriations for the construction or acquisition of public school facilities to (1) repeal the reference to the state educational facilities improvement special fund and (2) allow appropriations for construction or acquisition of public school facilities to exceed 3 years as provided by law	EDN, JUD, FIN
HB1891	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Repeals the state educational facilities improvement special fund; transfers the lease payments for schools special account of the special fund into a new special account of the general fund; and lapses all other unencumbered and unexpended funds into the state bond fund. Repeals the sunset date of the state educational facilities repair and maintenance account of the general fund and provides up to $45,000,000 in general excise tax revenues to be deposited into the account each year. Takes effect on 7/1/13, subject to ratification of a corresponding amendment to the Hawaii Constitution.	EDN, FIN
HB1892	RELATING TO THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION. Places the reapportionment commission within the office of elections for administrative purposes. Directs the chief election officer to request an appropriation from the general fund to support the commission, to be effective in the year in which the commission is constituted.	JUD, FIN
HB1893	RELATING TO ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION. Temporarily allows exemptions from the environmental review process under chapter 343, HRS, for certain narrowly defined state or county construction projects.	ERB/EEP, FIN
HB1894	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Temporarily authorizes the governor or a county mayor to exempt a construction or design-build procurement from protest concerning the procurement and administrative review of a nonresponsible offeror determination. Requires, as a condition of the exemption, that all bids and proposals, including amendments or revisions, evaluations, and ratings be released for public inspection. Requires the posting of the information on the state or county website.	ERB, FIN
HB1895	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Suspends the mandatory coverage for in vitro fertilization and mental health benefits in health insurance policies issued or renewed between the effective date of this Act and 06/30/15. Requires instead those benefits to be offered as options in such policies. Requires the insurance commissioner to mandate each managed care plan affected by the Act to submit a rate filing reflecting the suspension of benefits affected by the Act. Repeals this Act on 06/30/15.	ERB/HLT, CPC
HB1896	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Temporarily establishes a higher medical loss ratio for a tax-exempt mutual benefit society's or health maintenance organization's health insurance plan than the ratio set under the federal Public Health Service Act. Requires, when reviewing rate filings, the insurance commissioner to consider the medical loss ratio of the filer. Requires the insurance commissioner to submit a report to the governor and legislature before the convening of the regular session of 2014 with information on the impacts of the Act and a recommendation on whether any provision should be made permanent. Repealed on 12/31/14.	ERB/HLT, CPC
HB1897	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Clarifies that a contractor with a specialty contractor license may execute a contract that includes a craft outside the scope of the specialty contractor's license if the craft constitutes no more than one-half per cent of the contract's total value. Effective July 1, 2012.	ERB, CPC
HB1898	RELATING TO THE CONTRACTORS LICENSE BOARD. Reconfigures the composition of the contractors licensing board to include exclusive representatives of collective bargaining units, reduce representatives of both general and specialty contractors, and increase representatives of noncontractors.	ERB/LAB, CPC
HB1899	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Authorizes a condominium association to prohibit smoking within common elements or limited common elements and assess fines for violations.	HLT, CPC
HB1900	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the Department of Taxation to develop a plan and proposed legislation to implement a flat income tax no later than the 2015 taxable year. Dedicates a percentage of the flat income tax to medicaid.	HUS, FIN
HB1901	RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Requires that an unspecified amount of general excise tax remittances be deposited into the general fund and used to fund Medicaid programs. Effective July 1, 2012.	HUS, FIN
HB1902	RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Imposes an excise tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes, little cigars, and large cigars. Imposes an excise tax on bulk and small quantity purchases of tobacco products and cigars. Requires a portion of the tax to be expended for tobacco prevention programs and services and to the department of health to offset medicaid administrative costs. Effective 7/1/12.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB1903	RELATING TO FOOD LABELING. Establishes a violation and penalties for the misbranding of fish or fish products that results in consumer illness. Creates the fish misbranding special fund.	HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB1904	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the UH registrar to collect and maintain updated emergency contact information on enrolled students and provide the information to UH security personnel and emergency responders. Requires UH security to attempt to contact the student's emergency contact within 12 hours of the incident that results in the student's hospitalization and makes the appropriate UH registrar responsible for such contact after the first 12 hours.	HED, FIN
HB1905	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to human services.	HUS
HB1906	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to human services.	HUS
HB1907	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to domestic violence.	HUS
HB1908	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to domestic violence.	HUS
HB1909	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to human services.	HUS
HB1910	RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Appropriates moneys from the emergency and budget reserve fund to maintain levels of programs for education, human services, and health. Effective 07/01/2012.	HUS/HLT/HSG, EDN, FIN
HB1911	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Consolidates the authority, duties, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the department of human services and the department of health, as they relate to various health care services, to the office of health care assurance in the department of health on 7/1/13.	HUS/HLT, LMG, FIN
HB1912	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Establishes a pilot project for a communal home dialysis center in the Federated States of Micronesia that will use medicaid funds with matching private funds to finance, construct, and operate the facility. Effective July 1, 2012.	HUS/HLT, INT, FIN
HB1913	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Directs the Auditor to conduct a management and financial audit of the services provided by Evercare and Ohana Health Plan to medicaid clients under QUEST Expanded Access. Requires the Auditor to submit its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2013. Effective July 1, 2012.	HUS, LMG, FIN
HB1914	RELATING TO HEALTHCARE. Makes an appropriation to the executive office on aging to conduct a program evaluation of QUEST Expanded Access program.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB1915	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires DHS to notify the legislature of any proposed changes and state plan amendments. Authorizes legislature to require DHS to make changes to medicaid or submit a state plan amendment.	HUS, LMG, FIN
HB1916	RELATING TO HEALTH. Beginning July 1, 2013, requires rates for medicaid reimbursements to hospitals for acute-care patients waitlisted for long-term care to be equal to rates for subacute care services. Prohibits modifications of medicaid reimbursement policies without prior written notice to affected health care providers and prohibits reductions of reimbursements previously made. Requires DHS and collaborating organizations and providers to report to the Legislature their recommendations and implementation plans regarding revised methodologies of determining the level of acuity of medicaid nursing facility residents and improvements to the nursing facility level of care determination process.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB1917	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt and implement a written policy on domestic violence committed or allegedly committed by law enforcement officers of the agency by January 1, 2013. Specifies minimum policy standards that must be met by the agency. Establishes policy training deadlines.	HUS/PBM, JUD, FIN
HB1918	RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE. Prohibits the appointment of police officers or public safety officers within three years of a domestic abuse conviction or plea. Authorizes the suspension or dismissal of police officers and public safety officers who commit domestic abuse.	HUS, PBM/LAB, JUD
HB1919	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Establishes a domestic violence court pilot program and a domestic violence task force. authorizes the department of human services to create a family justice task force. Broadens the group of persons required to report child abuse and neglect. Authorizes electronic monitoring of persons convicted of violating a domestic abuse temporary restraining order or protective order.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1920	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Provides domestic violence agencies payment for services such as preparing temporary restraining orders and obtaining protective orders when the court is unable to provide such services on non-working days.	HLT/HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1921	RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. Allows temporary restraining orders against harassment and domestic abuse to be issued upon the submission of oral sworn testimony or complaint to a judge by electronic means.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1922	RELATING TO THE FEDERAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. Allows the department of human services to establish a pilot project to assist undocumented immigrants who are victims of domestic violence or sexual assault.	HUS, FIN
HB1923	RELATING TO THE STATE WATER CODE. Prohibits any person from making any withdrawal, diversion, impoundment, or consumptive use of water for purposes of bottling for export out of the watershed without first obtaining a permit from the commission on water resource management.	WLO, FIN
HB1924	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO BOTH REQUIRE THE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LAWS TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTIES TO ISSUE TAX INCREMENT BONDS AND TO EXCLUDE THE BONDS FROM DETERMINATIONS OF THE FUNDED DEBT OF THE COUNTIES. Proposes a constitutional amendment to both require the legislature to enact laws to authorize the counties to issue tax increment bonds and to also exclude the bonds from determinations of the funded debt of the counties.	WLO, JUD, FIN
HB1925	RELATING TO LIQUOR. Allows holders of Class 1 manufacturer liquor licenses to sell specified liquor manufactured from fruits or other products grown in the State to any person for private use and consumption.	ERB, CPC
HB1926	RELATING TO ASSAULTS AGAINST MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS. Expands the offense of assault in the second degree to include harm to any medical service providers engaged in the performance of duty.	HLT, JUD
HB1927	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION LAW. Changes certain deadlines for campaign spending preliminary and supplemental reports.	JUD
HB1928	RELATING TO TESTING FOR INTOXICANTS. Repeals section 291E-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding refusing to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test for those arrested for the use of intoxicants while operating a vehicle. Makes conforming amendments to section 291E-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	TRN, JUD
HB1929	RELATING TO PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. Amends the definition of summons under Chapter 836, Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of a Witness From Without a State in Criminal Proceedings, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include a subpoena duces tecum.	JUD, FIN
HB1930	RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL ENERGY. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to geothermal energy.	EEP
HB1931	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates the Hawaii grow your own teacher program. Appropriates funds.	EDN/LAB, FIN
HB1932	RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. Establishes that every judgment for child support is enforceable until paid in full.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1933	RELATING TO LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. Extends the statute of limitations for civil actions brought by persons subjected to sexual offenses as a minor against the person who committed the act. Revives for a two-year period certain actions for which the statute of limitations had previously lapsed. Authorizes a court to award attorney's fees to a defendant when a accusation of sexual abuse was made with no basis in fact and with malicious intent.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1934	RELATING TO TOXIC PRODUCTS. Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of products for young children that contain bisphenol-A or phthalates. Requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternatives to bisphenol-A and phthalates.	HLT, CPC/JUD
HB1935	RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Requires applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families assistance to undergo drug testing prior to receiving benefits. Effective January 1, 2013.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1936	RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE. Broadens the scope of the tuition assistance to Hawaii National Guard members attending the University of Hawaii and appropriates funds for that purpose. Effective July 1, 2012.	PBM, HED, FIN
HB1937	RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. Requires DLIR to update the administrative rules relating to unemployment benefits for national guard members by 01/01/2013. Exempts rules from public notice and hearing requirements. Requires DLIR to report to the legislature.	PBM/LAB, FIN
HB1938	RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD. Prohibits a person from being eligible to serve as an adjutant general unless the person has had at least five years of service as an active commissioned officer in the Hawaii National Guard, whether army, air, or both. Grandfathers sitting adjutant generals.	PBM, FIN
HB1939	RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Creates an agricultural development and food security program from the agricultural development and food security special fund. Repeals the sunset date of the energy security special fund. Increases barrel tax allotment to energy security special fund, energy systems development special fund, and agricultural development and food security special fund. Makes an appropriation for the agricultural development and food security program.	AGR, EEP, FIN
HB1940	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURE INSPECTORS. Appropriates funds from the agriculture development and food security special fund to fund plant quarantine inspectors and support staff.	AGR, FIN
HB1941	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION FACILITIES AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE. Makes an appropriation to establish agricultural inspection biosecurity facilities and related infrastructure at the Honolulu International Airport, Kona International Airport, Kawaihae Harbor, Kamuela Vacuum Cooling Plant, and Honolulu Harbor. Effective July 1, 2012.	AGR, TRN, FIN
HB1942	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Allows moneys in the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund to be expended for the electronic importer manifest program. Makes an appropriation for the implementation of the electronic importer manifest program. Effective July 1, 2012.	AGR, FIN
HB1943	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes the Hawaii invasive species detection and prevention program within the DOA. Makes an appropriation to the DOA for the funding for the program	AGR, FIN
HB1944	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts to assist with its staffing and operating costs. Effective July 1, 2012.	WLO, FIN
HB1945	RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Directs public utilities to establish preferential rates for public utility services provided to ratepayers engaged in agricultural activities in agricultural districts. Effective January 1, 2013.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB1946	RELATING TO WATER. Makes the public trust doctrine the guide for the actions of the commission. Defines "augmenting" and "augment". Allows the commission to consider an objection filed by anyone directly and immediately affected by an application for a water use permit.	WLO, JUD, FIN
HB1947	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Creates agricultural safety and security program. Designates sections 141-1 through 141-10 as part I, General Provisions. Allows certification services revolving fund moneys to fund the agricultural safety and security program.	AGR, FIN
HB1948	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Strengthens existing law to require proof of identification from sellers of agricultural commodities. Makes the failure to maintain required certificates while in possession of agricultural commodities prima facie evidence of the offense of theft in the second degree. Effective July 1, 2012.	AGR, JUD
HB1949	RELATING TO BUILDING PERMITS. Exempts specified nonresidential agricultural and aquacultural buildings and structures, and their appurtenances, located on commercial farms from building permit requirements other than applicable electric and wastewater regulations. Effective	AGR, WLO
HB1950	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Restricts hunting to areas on public land where hunting is permitted or to areas on private land where the landowner has granted written permission. Allows transport and possession of firearms and ammunition in areas where hunting is permitted. Effective July 1, 2012.	WLO, JUD
HB1951	RELATING TO PURCHASES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Authorizes a state agency to require a provider to participate in health and human services delivery planning as a condition of the provider's contract.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB1952	RELATING TO BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS. Appropriates matching funds for Hawaii Pacific Health to establish a bone marrow transplant center.	HLT, FIN
HB1953	RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE. Makes an appropriation to expand emergency medical services and ambulance services on the Leeward Coast of Oahu. Makes a grant pursuant to Chapter 42F to Wahiawa General Hospital to provide additional emergency room services.	HLT, FIN
HB1954	RELATING TO HEALTH. Provides reimbursements by medicaid and its contracted health plans to hospitals for patients occupying acute-licensed beds who are waitlisted for long-term care and to facilities with long-term care beds for patients with medically-complex conditions who prior to admission to the facility were receiving acute care services in an acute care hospital. Effective July 1, 2012.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB1955	RELATING TO HOME CARE. Appropriates funds to cover staffing and other initial costs associated with the licensing of home care agencies. Effective July 1, 2012.	HLT, FIN
HB1956	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates $9,282,684 for fiscal year 2012-2013 to match the federal disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State. Effective July 1, 2012.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB1957	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INFORMATION. Clarifies that persons and entities governed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, who use or disclose individually identifiable health information that is consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations, shall be deemed to be in compliance with Hawaii's privacy laws and rules.	HLT, CPC/JUD
HB1958	RELATING TO DENTAL SERVICES. Prohibits mutual benefit societies, health maintenance organizations, and dental service organizations from requiring dentists who provide services to their subscribers to accept fees set by a plan for any services, except for covered services.	HLT, CPC
HB1959	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for the fiscal year 2012-2013 to respond to the United States Department of Agriculture mandate of July 1, 2010. Effective July 1,2012.	HUS, FIN
HB1960	RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Prohibits retailers from displaying or storing tobacco products through self-service display or engaging in tobacco product retailing through self-service display.	HLT, JUD
HB1961	RELATING TO TOBACCO. Requires cigarettes and tobacco products to be stored for sale behind a counter. Requires advertisements that promote or encourage the purchase or use of cigarettes or tobacco products to be placed twenty-five feet away from children's products, toys, cookies, candy, ice cream, gum, or snacks. Requires advertisements that promote or encourage the purchase or use of cigarettes or tobacco products to be placed four feet off the floor. Permits exceptions for retail tobacco stores, bars, or establishments where the minimum age for admission is eighteen.	HLT, JUD
HB1962	RELATING TO PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. Establishes a tracking system for the sale of products containing pseudoephedrine base.	PBM/HLT, JUD, FIN
HB1963	RELATING TO MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA. Updates the law relating to the medical use of marijuana by: (1) requiring physicians who recommend medical marijuana to register a place of business or professional practice with the department of public safety; (2) clarifying definitions with respect to medical use of marijuana; (3) establishing a revocation period for those violating the medical marijuana program conditions; (4) limiting the amount of marijuana that can be grown or possessed at a location; (5) requiring patients and caregivers to have their registration identification certificates with them when they are in possession or control of marijuana; and (6) increasing the penalties for fraudulent misrepresentations about the medical use of marijuana.	PBM/HLT, JUD, FIN
HB1964	RELATING TO HEALTH. Limits out-of-pocket costs for cancer medications, including nongeneric oral chemotherapy, under health insurance plans.	HLT, CPC
HB1965	RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PHARMACISTS. Clarifies the continuing education requirement for pharmacists.	HLT, CPC
HB1966	RELATING TO VACCINATIONS. Allows pharmacists, per a physician's prescription, to administer the influenza vaccine to persons aged fourteen to seventeen provided that the pharmacist has fulfilled certain requirements.	HLT, CPC
HB1967	RELATING TO MEDICAL CLAIM CONCILIATION. Makes numerous amendments to part II of chapter 671, HRS, to make the medical claims conciliation process less adversarial and to emphasize inquiry, conciliation, and settlement. Renames the panels as medical inquiry and conciliation panels.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB1968	RELATING TO CIGARETTES. Appropriates funds for reduced ignition propensity cigarette program for two full-time positions and costs to fulfill requirements of section 132C-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	PBM, FIN
HB1969	RELATING TO CONTRACTS. Shortens the time by which subcontractors are to receive progress and final payments from contractors on government and private construction projects. Provides interest penalties for late payments.	ERB, CPC/JUD
HB1970	RELATING TO CHILDREN. Requires a parent, guardian, or other person having the care, custody, or control of a child to report the death of a child or location of the corpse of a child to law enforcement as soon as is reasonably possible after learning of the death or location of the corpse; requires a parent, guardian, or other person to report a missing child to law enforcement as soon as is reasonably possible after the parent, guardian, or other person obtains knowledge that the child is missing; establishes a class C felony offense for reporting violations and for giving false information to law enforcement authorities conducting a missing person investigation or a felony criminal investigation involving a child.	HUS, JUD
HB1971	RELATING TO HOUSING. Lowers the income threshold relating to affordable housing from 140% to 100% of the median family income.	HSG, FIN
HB1972	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Limits DLNR fees for its comprehensive historic preservation program to amounts sufficient to cover the annual operating costs of the program, taking into account all other sources of program income.	WLO, FIN
HB1973	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS. Requires that the DOE allocate an amount equal to 10% of revenues derived from the public land trust out of its annual budget to be used to fund Hawaiian language immersion programs. Establishes a commission within OHA to oversee the allocation of moneys.	HAW, EDN, FIN
HB1974	RELATING TO VETERANS. Removes the residency requirements for the burial of members of the armed services and their dependants in veterans cemeteries.	PBM, FIN
HB1975	RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Provides that certain applicants for temporary assistance for needy families benefits may be subject to drug testing.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB1976	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XI OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE DEDICATED FUNDING FOR THE HAWAII STATEWIDE TRAIL AND ACCESS PROGRAM AND THE STATE PARKS SPECIAL FUND. Proposes a constitutional amendment that requires .001% of GET revenues to be allocated to the special land and development fund for the Hawaii statewide trail and access program and the state parks special fund.	WLO, JUD, FIN
HB1977	RELATING TO STATE PARKS AND TRAILS. Requires that one-half of .001% of GET revenues be allocated each to the special land and development fund for the Hawaii statewide trail and access program and the state parks special fund. Effective upon constitutional amendment.	WLO, FIN
HB1978	RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. Prohibits the bottling of fresh water taken from any Hawaii water source for sale outside the State.	WLO, FIN
HB1979	RELATING TO ELEVATORS. Authorizes private third parties subject to certain conditions to conduct elevator inspections. Changes the duties of deputy elevator inspectors from safety inspections to audits of third party inspectors. Establishes elevator inspection audit special fund to cover costs of audits. Makes an appropriation.	LAB/ERB, FIN
HB1980	RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals the changes that were made to taxation filing dates in Act 196, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, and Act 22, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010.	FIN
HB1981	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Adds 2 new members of the board of directors of the PLDC. Requires that the Hawaii public land optimization plan provide for the protection of cultural practices. Requires the PLDC to comply with certain provisions of law relating to the alienation of land and the OHA's pro rata portion of the public land trust.	WLO, HAW, FIN
HB1982	RELATING TO CEMETERIES. Requires the director of commerce and consumer affairs to adopt rules by 7/31/13, for any disinterment of human burials that is done for the purpose of removing the dedication of a cemetery.	CPC, FIN
HB1983	RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA BY STATE AGENCIES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS. Requires state agencies to disaggregate data consistent with federal standards and requires publication of the data.	CUA, FIN
HB1984	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Designates the month of February as "Olelo Hawaii Month" to celebrate and encourage the use of Hawaiian language.	HAW, FIN
HB1985	RELATING TO INNOCENCE REDRESS. Provides compensation and services to persons who can demonstrate they were wrongfully convicted of a crime and imprisoned.	JUD, FIN
HB1986	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. Requires the DOE to develop reading, math, and science assessment tests in the Hawaiian language for grades 3 and 4 students in the Hawaiian language immersion program.	HAW, EDN, FIN
HB1987	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Increases the asset limit for TANF program eligibility from $5,000 to $15,000.	HUS, FIN
HB1988	RELATING TO THE FEDERAL EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. Requires the department of taxation to coordinate an outreach initiative to increase awareness and use of the federal earned income tax credit. Makes an appropriation.	HUS, FIN
HB1989	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Short form bill.	HAW
HB1990	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN RECOGNITION. Short form bill.	HAW
HB1991	RELATING TO HEALTH. Allows the Department of Health to share records with other state departments and agencies upon authorization of a person with a tangible interest in the record.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB1992	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Requires the Department of Health to issue certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, or death that contain Hawaiian names to have proper diacritical marks and to be provided as quickly as certificates that contain English names. Effective July 1, 2012.	HLT/HAW, FIN
HB1993	RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF CLEAN AND SOBER HOMES AND HALFWAY HOUSES. Requires the licensing of all clean and sober homes and halfway houses. Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules that regulate these dwellings.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB1994	RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. Requires and appropriates funds for the office of community services, in coordination with other relevant state agencies, to provide social services for survivors of human trafficking.	HUS/LAB, JUD, FIN
HB1995	RELATING TO LABOR. Requires establishments to post in a conspicuous place a poster that provides specified information relating to human trafficking and the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline. Defines "establishment". Establishes penalties for violations of the poster requirement.	HUS/LAB, JUD, FIN
HB1996	RELATING TO VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES. Establishes the goal that at least three per cent of the State's annual purchasing expenditures be awarded to veteran-owned businesses. Creates government contract preferences for veteran owned businesses. Requires the comptroller to prepare a report to the legislature concerning the progress of the Act.	PBM, ERB, FIN
HB1997	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill.	HED
HB1998	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill.	HED
HB1999	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill.	HED
HB2000	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill.	HED
HB2001	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill.	HED
HB2002	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION. Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Ombudsman, Ethics Commission and the Legislative Broadcasting Program.	FIN
HB2003	RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES. Removes records of complaints from the exceptions to the types of information that are not subject to disclosure as public documents.	ERB, JUD/CPC
HB2004	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to extend the term of an airport concession, and to modify and amend the terms of any concession lease or contract in exchange for revenue-enhancing improvements that are made or paid for by the concession. Effective July 1, 2012.	TRN, FIN
HB2005	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Makes an appropriation from the Harbor Special Fund and Airports Revenue Fund for the Department of Transportation to hire a consultant to conduct a study on enhancing security technology at Hawaii's harbors and airports. Effective July 1, 2012.	TRN, FIN
HB2006	RELATING TO ETHANOL. Authorizes the director of business, economic development, and tourism to allow the sale of motor vehicle gasoline that does not contain ethanol unless sufficient quantities of locally produced ethanol or biofuel crops have been produced and are available to meet the requirements under existing law.	EEP, CPC