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SB2255
SD1
(SSCR2437)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO ACCESS TO JUSTICE.
Establishes the Hawaii justice league program to provide loan repayments on
behalf of eligible lawyers that pursue public interest work in Hawaii.
Provides for loan repayments by the University of Hawaii William S.
Richardson school of law. Creates the Hawaii justice league special fund.
Effective 07/01/50. (SD1)
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JDL/HRE, WAM
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SB2609
(SSCR2059)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.
Increases minimum wage rate to $8.20 per hour beginning on 01/01/15, $9.15
per hour beginning on 01/01/16, and $10.10 per hour beginning on 01/01/17.
Repeals the tip credit. Authorizes the department of labor and industrial
relations to adjust the minimum hourly wage to the nearest 5 cents based on
the Honolulu region consumer price index beginning on 09/30/17 and on
September 30 of
each year thereafter to take effect on the following January 1.
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JDL, WAM
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SB2584
(SSCR2108)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR
EXPLORATION SYSTEMS' PLANETARY SUSTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGIES INITIATIVE.
Appropriates funds to support planetary sustainability technology
demonstrations and university-based competitions.
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PSM, WAM
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SB2585
SD1
(SSCR2110)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR
EXPLORATION SYSTEMS.
Appropriates funds to the Pacific international space center for exploration
systems to support administrative and general tasks, strategic program
initiatives, and the preliminary development of the Pacific international
space center for exploration systems' research and development park. (SD1)
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PSM, WAM
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SB2598
(SSCR2151)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO THE CULTURAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN HAWAII AND AFRICAN
AMERICANS.
Establishes the commission on African American history and culture to
recognize the contributions of the African American people in Hawaii and
educate citizens of the State.
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TEC, WAM
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SB2804
SD1
(SSCR2218)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING FOR PUBLIC
BUILDINGS.
Provides that agencies entering into energy performance contracts receive
budget appropriations and have access to financing options; that an energy
performance contract has a maximum term of 25 years, including the
construction period; and that agencies implementing performance contracts
provide annual reports to the Department of Business, Economic Development,
and Tourism. Includes housekeeping measures. (SD1)
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ENE/EGH, WAM
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SB2842
SD1
(SSCR2075)
Status and Testimony
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES FOR THE MED-QUEST DIVISION.
Makes an emergency appropriation from the general revenues of the State of
Hawaii for fiscal year 2013-2014 to address the budget shortfall for the
general support for health care payments program (HMS 902) in the Department
of Human Services. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM
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SB2845
SD1
(SSCR2076)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO APPOINTMENT OF EXEMPT PERSONNEL IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE STATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
Authorizes the director of human services to appoint and employ professional
staff, not subject to chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, when in the
determination of the director the services to be performed are unique and
essential to the execution of the functions of the state medical assistance
programs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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HMS, WAM
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SB2858
(SSCR2029)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
Establishes an Office of Environmental Information Management within the
Department of Health. Effective July 1, 2014.
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ENE, WAM
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SB3049
SD1
(SSCR2429)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO RADIATION LEVELS.
Requires and appropriates funds for DOH to implement a pilot project to
monitor radiation levels over the next five years and to post periodic
reports on its website. (SD1)
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HTH/ENE, WAM
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