OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
THIRTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 2
4TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 22, 2019
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Committee Abbreviations:
AGR - Agriculture |
CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
EDB - Economic Development & Business |
EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
FIN - Finance |
HLT - Health |
HSG - Housing |
HSH - Human Services & Homelessness |
IAC - Intrastate Commerce |
JUD - Judiciary |
LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
LHE - Lower & Higher Education |
LMG - Legislative Management |
PVM - Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs |
TIA - Tourism & International Affairs |
TRN - Transportation |
WLH - Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE. Redirects the $1,000,000 of transient accommodations tax revenues currently allocated to operate a Hawaiian center and the museum of Hawaiian music and dance at the Hawaii convention center to have the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History plan, design, and construct such a facility on their property.
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RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Makes completion of a voter registration application affidavit a mandatory part of all driver's license and identification card applications. Automatically registers each applicant for voting unless the applicant affirmatively declines to register. Requires sharing of information among the counties, Department of Transportation, and election personnel.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Increases the minimum wage to $11.50 per hour in 2020, $13.00 per hour in 2021, and $14.60 per hour in 2022.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM EMPLOYEE AND STUDENT ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT. Adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees, unpaid interns, applicants, students, and prospective students from employers and educational institutions.
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LAB, LHE, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety.
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PVM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety.
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PVM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Short form bill relating to public safety.
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PVM |
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Short form bill relating to veterans.
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PVM |
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RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. Short form bill relating to military affairs.
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PVM |
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RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. Defines unmanned aircraft systems. Establishes penalties for unauthorized use of unmanned aircrafts.
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RELATING TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY. Clarifies that under certain circumstances, the use of an unmanned aircraft system may be a violation of privacy. Increases the penalty for violation of privacy in the second degree to a class C felony for offenses involving the use of an unmanned aircraft system.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.
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HSG |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.
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HSG |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.
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HSG |
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RELATING TO EMINENT DOMAIN. Requires the department of land and natural resources to acquire by eminent domain the seawall and the real property underneath the seawall that is located on or near the seaward boundaries of property between 2943 Kalakaua Avenue and 3019 Kalakaua Avenue. Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources for the just compensation of taking, and the repair and maintenance of the entire seawall and the real property under the seawall.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE. Repeals statutory limitations on the time period in which a survivor of childhood sexual abuse may file suit.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Establishes a Malama Makalae Coast Council, which shall: (1) Study, provide analysis, and develop Malama Makalae coast siting criteria and design criteria for certain state-funded construction projects; (2) Establish a plan regarding saltwater intrusion; and (3) Establish a plan to address nuisance flooding in each county with a population of 500,000 or more. Appropriates funds for administrative and operating expenses. Dissolves the council on 6/30/2023.
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EEP/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CANNABIDIOL OIL. Requires health insurers to provide coverage of cannabidiol oil derived from industrial hemp.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PALI LANES BOWLING ALLEY PROPERTY IN KAILUA. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to initiate condemnation proceedings to acquire the Pali Lanes property in Kailua and to operate it as a bowling alley. Appropriates funds.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE CAPITOL TOURS. Requires the Lieutenant Governor to administer and facilitate a Hawaii state capitol tour program. Appropriates funds.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires a disaster preparedness plan to accompany each declaration for a new condominium property regime submitted for recordation after December 31, 2019. Requires each managing agent for each condominium property regime created before January 1, 2020, to prepare a disaster preparedness plan.
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PVM, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMAL SEXUAL ABUSE. Establishes the criminal offense of sexual assault of an animal. Provides for impoundment and forfeiture of a sexually assaulted animal.
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Prohibits any person, including a hotel guest, from storing, keeping, carrying, or possessing any firearm or ammunition in any hotel room assigned to a guest with certain exceptions.
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TIA/PVM, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Makes it a misdemeanor for a hosting platform to collect a fee for booking services regarding transient vacation rentals that are not lawfully certified, registered, or permitted under applicable county ordinance.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRIVATE ROADS. Requires any person who charges any fee for the use of a private street that has been continuously used by the general public for a period of not less than six months to be responsible for the costs to conform and maintain the private street to county standards.
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WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES. Allows authorized emergency vehicles, including fire department vehicles, discretion to use either authorized audible or visual signals when responding to an emergency. Requires vehicles to yield to an authorized emergency vehicle using either an audible or visual signal.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATED TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Requires members in planned community associations subject to HRS 421J and unit owners in condominiums subject to HRS 514B to register units leased as transient accommodations. Requires associations to submit annual reports to county planning departments and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT). Requires DBEDT to submit annual reports to the Legislature.
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TIA, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES. Requires renewal of driver's licenses every four years, rather than every two years, for licensees who are seventy-two years of age or older.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTION NOMINATION PAPERS. Repeals the date of birth and social security number requirements for election nomination papers and the withdrawal of a nominating voter's signature.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Extends the deadline for the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit the sunrise analysis required by Act 109, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, from 9/1/2019, to 11/13/2019.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MAGNET SCHOOLS. Authorizes the Department of Education to establish magnet schools or convert existing public schools to magnet schools.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO WAGES. Requires that the foreman classification be recognized in Hawaii's Davis-Bacon Act and the requirements in the collective bargaining agreement followed when the basic hourly rate is established by a collective bargaining agreement.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Restores the categories of "gravely disabled" and "obviously ill" to the criteria for involuntary hospitalization that were deleted by Act 221, SLH 2013. Increases the maximum period of emergency hospitalization from 48 hours to 72 hours.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to purchase, staff, and operate two mobile clinics to serve the homeless persons residing in ohana zones. Requires matching funds.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Allows the use of medical cannabis to treat opioid use, substance use, and withdrawal symptoms resulting from the treatment of those conditions or a medical condition that is normally treated with a prescription medication that could lead to physical or psychological dependence, but can be treated more effectively and safely through medical cannabis.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to help persons suffering from multiple chronic conditions, including for programs and other efforts that provide coordinated treatment, centralized referral, case managers, and peer mentors. Requires matching funds from private entities.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a three-year pilot program to create a new category of professional licensure for assistant physicians: recent medical school graduates who have passed certain medical exams but have not been placed into a residency program and who work under the supervision of a licensed physician to provide primary care in medically underserved areas.
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Authorizes health care providers, non-profit organizations, businesses, and faith-based organizations to distribute supplemental nutrition assistance program applications to prospective applicants. Requires any organization distributing supplemental nutrition assistance program applications to maintain records of the distribution that shall be made available to the Department of Human Services upon request.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 28th Representative District.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Beginning January 1, 2020, requires the State's medicaid managed care and fee-for service programs to provide coverage for home and community-based services for individuals diagnosed as having autism. Requires the Department of Human Services to seek a section 1115 waiver to amend the state Medicaid plan to include this coverage.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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AGR |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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AGR |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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AGR |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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AGR |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.
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AGR |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Short form bill relating to taxation.
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TIA |
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RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. Short form bill relating to international affairs.
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TIA |
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RELATING TO THE ARTS. Short form bill relating to the arts.
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TIA |
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form bill relating to tourism.
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TIA |
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form bill relating to tourism.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FOR HAWAII COUNTY. Appropriates funds as a subsidy to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Hawaii County for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit.
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RELATING TO THE ECONOMY. Short form bill relating to the economy.
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EDB |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill relating to economic development.
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EDB |
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RELATING TO BUSINESS. Short form bill relating to business.
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Short form bill relating to technology.
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RELATING TO BROADBAND. Short form bill relating to broadband.
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Short form bill relating to consumer protection.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Short form bill relating to consumer protection.
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Establishes the priority to be applied to a common expense payment by a unit owner that is made in excess of common expense payments owed.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS. Prohibits vehicle insurers from charging insureds an additional fee for repairs made with original equipment manufacturer parts if the vehicle manufacturer recommends original equipment manufacturer parts.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE LICENSES. Requires a high school education or its equivalent as a condition for obtaining a license as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson.
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IAC, CPC |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires the insurance commissioner to establish a working group to examine the potential impacts of requiring real property owners who use online marketplace and hospitality services to lease or rent residential real property as transient accommodations to complete, sign, and file with their property insurers an affidavit regarding fire safety.
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TIA, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNATTENDED VEHICLES. Amends the maximum charges imposed for tow truck services.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ATHLETE AGENTS. Adopts the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act, which: expands the definition of "athlete agent", who shall register with the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, to include individuals who, for compensation or the anticipation of compensation, serve a student athlete as a financial advisor or business manager; requires reciprocity for athlete agents who are registered in more than 1 state; strengthens requirements for athlete agent contracts; and strengthens requirements under which athlete agents shall notify the educational institution at which a student athlete is enrolled.
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LHE, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ATHLETE AGENTS. Authorizes certified athlete agents to pay for expenses of a student athlete and the athlete's family members, incurred before the signing of an agency contract, under specified conditions.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Prohibits a merchant from adopting a warranty policy that requires a purchaser to pay an additional fee to obtain a repair, replacement, or refund for goods returned pursuant to the warranty.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Raises the threshold under the contractor licensing law's handyman exemption from $1,000 to $1,500 and makes it applicable only to the cost of labor.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO VIRTUAL-CURRENCY BUSINESSES. Adopts the Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currencies Businesses Act and the Uniform Supplemental Commercial Law for the Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currency Businesses Act.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO SURPLUS LINES. Amends the calculation of surplus lines insurance premium tax to tax the entirety of the premium using the rate established by Hawaii statute regardless of location of risk.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MICROGRID CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY. Allows microgrid owners and operators to file for a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING. Prohibits a licensing authority from using rules to supersede requirements set forth in licensing laws and adopting rules that authorize an unlicensed individual to perform duties, activities, or functions that, if performed by another professional, would require licensure of that professional.
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IAC, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Allows qualified individuals to secure transfer of a vehicle's certificate of vehicle registration and certificate of ownership upon the death of the registered owner or legal owner of a registered motor vehicle without going through probate.
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TRN, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Allows the board of pharmacy to approve pilot and demonstration projects for innovative applications in the practice of pharmacy under certain circumstances.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURES. Provides an explicit grant of power of sale to condominium associations and planned community associations for the purposes of enforcing association liens under the power of sale procedures in state foreclosure law.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO NOTARIAL ACTS. Authorizes notaries public to perform remote notarizations under certain circumstances.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER ADVOCACY. Requires the Auditor to conduct a comprehensive management audit of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' Division of Consumer Advocacy.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Transitions from lump sum deferred deposit transactions to installment-based small dollar loan transactions. Specifies various consumer protection requirements for small dollar loans. Beginning 1/1/2020, requires licensure for small dollar lenders that offer small dollar loans to consumers. Specifies licensing requirements for small dollar lenders. Authorizes the division of financial institutions to appoint 2.0 FTE examiner positions, funded via the compliance resolution fund, to carry out the purposes of the small dollar installment loan program.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 35th Representative District.
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Prohibits the performance of incidental and supplemental work outside the scope of licensure by a specialty contractor on any project requiring the seal or stamp of a licensed structural engineer. Specifies that the performance of work in certain crafts or trades shall not be considered incidental and supplemental.
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RELATING TO FRANCHISE INVESTMENT LAW. Requires franchisees to post signage at their establishments to disclose their non-participation in advertising campaigns of the franchisor in which discounts or promotions are offered. Prohibits franchisors from limiting or restricting the disclosures.
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RELATING TO FAIR SCHEDULING. Requires employers to provide employees with written notice of the employee's shift schedule at least ten calendar days before the employee is scheduled to work, under certain conditions.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Prohibits the parking of vehicles in front of a mailbox facing a state highway to which the United States Postal Service delivers mail from Monday through Saturday between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. in any county with a population of 500,000 or more.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. Repeals safety inspection requirements for motorcycles, mopeds, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers having a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less, and antique motor vehicles.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE RESIGNATION OF STATE SENATORS. Constitutional amendment to allow any sitting state senator seeking another public office that begins before the senator's term ends to remain in office as a senator until the next occurring general election, or upon the senator being duly elected and certified to the other public office, whichever occurs first.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP. Clarifies that financial institutions are authorized to conduct business with persons and entities that lawfully deal with industrial hemp.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Amends requirements for medical examinations in workers' compensation claims by requiring that the examining physician be mutually selected by the employer and employee or appointed by the Director of Labor. Provides for document distribution, cost allocation, and physician qualifications.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Establishes property owner liability for illegal aerial devices possessed or set off on their property by others. Clarifies that probable cause for arrest for fireworks offenses may be based on statements from witnesses and photographs, video, and other recordings authenticated by witnesses.
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PVM, JUD |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Short form bill relating to insurance.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Short form bill relating to insurance.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS. Gives various types of fiduciaries access to the digital assets of the principal.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO DIGITAL MEDIA. Defines digital media account. Prohibits contracts that prohibit, limit, or restrict the transfer of a digital media account upon the account holder's death, and provides for the transfer of a decedent's digital media account to a devisee or heir.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO PRIVATE ROADS. Requires the Attorney General to condemn certain private roads on the island of Oahu.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO WAGES. Makes general contractors entering into or under contracts in Hawaii for work on buildings or structures liable for debt incurred by subcontractors for wages due to claimants for performance of labor in the contract between the general contractor and owner.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Authorizes the counties to establish a minimum wage that is a higher wage than the state minimum wage under Chapter 387, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Short form bill relating to workers' compensation.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO LABOR. Short form bill relating to labor.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Short form bill relating to collective bargaining.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO WAGES. Short form bill relating to wages.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO HARBORS. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to sell long-term leasehold interests for berths at the Keehi Boat Harbor and Ala Wai Boat Harbor.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the legislature to a maximum of 6 consecutive full terms in the house of representatives or 3 consecutive full terms in the senate, for members elected in 2024 and thereafter.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. Authorizes charitable organizations to conduct auctions and raffles subject to certain conditions. Requires advance notice to the Attorney General.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. Authorizes recreational athletic venues and cultural activities on existing golf courses within agricultural districts.
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AGR, WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Increases the minimum wage to an unspecified amount. Authorizes employers to pay minors an amount not less than 85% of the minimum wage for the first 90 days of employment.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTROCONVULSIVE TREATMENT. Prohibits or restricts the use of electroconvulsive treatment on persons depending upon their age.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY. Clarifies the factors under which the family court awards custody and visitation of a minor child to ensure parental parity.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Short form bill relating to the state budget.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Short form bill relating to state finances.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Short form bill relating to taxation.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE PROGRAMS. Short form bill relating to state programs.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires a tax clearance before a professional or vocational license may be issued or renewed. Applies to taxable years after 12/31/2020.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MARKETPLACE FACILITATORS. Establishes marketplace facilitators as the sellers of tangible personal property. Requires other persons who provide a forum for listing of tangible personal property and the taking or processing of orders to report information about purchasers to the Department of Taxation.
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RELATING TO AMENDING OR REPEALING HAWAII INCOME TAX LAWS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Repeals unnecessary or redundant provisions of the income tax law.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION TO CORRECT ERRORS ON TAX RETURNS. Authorizes the Department of Taxation to correct mathematical and clerical errors on tax returns and assess taxes based on these corrections prior to notifying the taxpayer.
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Makes technical amendments to the budget allotment modification law.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Makes technical amendments to the state law regarding the deposit of state funds into the state treasury.
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Requires that the Senate President and House Speaker be notified in writing upon the receipt of any federal aid money for expenditure by the State within ten days of its receipt.
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES. Clarifies the Office of the Legislative Analyst.
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LMG, FIN |
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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.
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RELATED TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Abolishes the Captain Cook memorial fund, custodial services special fund, donations for voter registration drive trust account, and information technology trust fund of the Department of Accounting and General Services and transfers unencumbered balances to the general fund.
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RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Abolishes the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Trust Fund of the Department of Defense and transfers the unencumbered balance to the general fund.
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PVM, FIN |
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RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Abolishes the Hawaii Department of Agriculture Biocontrol Foreign Exploration special fund and transfers the unencumbered balances to the general fund.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Repeals the Public Utilities Commission special fund of the Department of Budget and Finance and transfers unencumbered balances to the general fund.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Abolishes various non-general funds and accounts of the Department of Land and Natural Resources and transfers the unencumbered balances to the general fund.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Mandates the citation, seizure, and towing of vehicles parked in violation of certain signs or curb markings.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL. Classifies allowing an animal under a person's care or control to drop fecal matter on public or private property as littering. Subjects any violator to a civil penalty of $500 for each occurrence.
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL. Prohibits the use of audible reverse warning systems on vehicles operating in residential zones, except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on any day. Requires operators of vehicles equipped with an audible reverse warning system to reverse the vehicle only when another person is available to direct the vehicle's reversing. Prohibits the use of motor vehicle with a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more from operating in residential zones, except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on any day. Subjects violators to a fine of up to $1,000.
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Extends the general prohibition against the operation of a pickup truck with any passenger 12 years of age or under in the bed or load-carrying area of the vehicle to one that prohibits the operation of the truck while any passenger of any age is in the bed or load-carrying area of the vehicle.
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Prohibits the sale of tickets to an exhibition, game, concert, and other events at prices greater than the sum of the price printed on the ticket, any lawful taxes collected, and, if permitted pursuant to a written contract between the seller of the ticket and the primary ticket seller, any reasonable charge for services. Specifies that no ticket sales for events in Hawaii shall commence before 8:00 a.m. Hawaiian standard time or before the primary ticket seller commences ticket sales, whichever is later. Specifies requirements for tickets sold or offered for sale by or through an internet website. Establishes requirements for disclosures relating to fees and taxes and number of available tickets. Establishes remedies. Makes the circumvention of online ticket purchases through the use of illicit computer software a misdemeanor.
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RELATING TO HEMP. Legalizes hemp to the extent legalized under federal law. Requires the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture to prepare and submit a proposed state plan to monitor and regulate hemp production, including commercial production and research, to the federal Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to section 297B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended. Requires reports to the Governor and Legislature.
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RELATING TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. Establishes the class B felony offense of prohibited acts related to female genital mutilation. Requires prosecuting attorneys of the respective counties to keep annual statistics on cases involving prohibited acts related to female genital mutilation. Requires the Judiciary's administrative director of the courts to annually compile and report these county statistics to the legislature. Requires the Department of Health to design and implement a plan for raising awareness about, preventing, and treating female genital mutilation and to report regularly to the Legislature on plan implementation.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO COUNTY PROSECUTORS. Short form bill relating to county prosecutors.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Short form bill relating to elections.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO GAMBLING. Short form bill relating to gambling.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Short form bill relating to the judiciary.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Short form bill relating to the judiciary.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.
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HLT |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.
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HLT |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.
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HLT |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.
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HLT |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form bill relating to health.
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HLT |
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RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING. Expands the coffee labeling requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages.
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RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING. Requires coffee blend labels to disclose regional origins and percent by weight of the blended coffees. Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than 51 percent coffee by weight from that geographic origin.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. Requires a two-year motor vehicle inspection safety check for vehicles six years of age or newer. Doubles the inspection fee for the two-year motor vehicle inspection safety check.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent veterinary medical officer position within the Department of Health.
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RELATING TO DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS. Requires each district health officer for the Department of Health to be a licensed physician.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMERCE. Short form bill relating to commerce.
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IAC |
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RELATING TO COMMERCE. Short form bill relating to commerce.
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IAC |
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RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. Short form bill relating to property insurance.
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IAC |
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RELATING TO LICENSING. Short form bill relating to licensing.
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IAC |
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RELATING TO BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS. Short form bill relating to broadband communications.
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IAC |
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RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY. Establishes the public health and pharmacy formulary advisory committee to advise the Board of Pharmacy in developing a formulary of drugs and devices that a pharmacist may prescribe and dispense. Authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to allow pharmacists to prescribe vaccines as well as drugs and devices from the formulary developed with the assistance of the advisory committee.
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RELATING TO SERVICE CONTRACTS. Clarifies the allowable scope of service contracts regulated by the Insurance Commissioner to include contracts for certain motor vehicle repair and replacement services.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO AIR QUALITY. Requires the Department of Health to promptly send personnel to a source, or immediate vicinity of a source, that is reported to have air pollution and conduct an investigation and tests to determine the validity of the report.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS LICENSE BOARD. Clarifies the qualifications for membership for the Contractors License Board. Specifies that the Contractors License Board must prioritize the protection of the public above all other considerations when exercising its functions.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Expands the types of employee information government agencies are required to disclose, upon written request, to employees' exclusive representatives. Requires that information regarding new hire employees under the collective bargaining disclosure requirements of section 89-16.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, be provided to the appropriate exclusive representatives within one payroll period.
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RELATING TO LABOR LAW COMPLIANCE FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. Requires that contractors for public works projects submit certified payrolls to demonstrate compliance with wage and hour requirements.
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RELATING TO CRIME. Increases criminal penalties for anyone who knowingly keeps or maintains any structure or place for the purpose of using controlled substances or which is used for keeping or selling them in violation of controlled substance laws. Increases criminal penalties for those who knowingly profit from or advance gambling.
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RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL. Enhances community noise control as regulated by county liquor commissions in counties with a population of seven hundred thousand or more.
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RELATING TO CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for the judiciary to purchase civil legal services for low and moderate income persons.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW. Increases the fine that may be assessed, for campaign spending law violations, against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures and that has received at least 1 contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than $10,000 in an election period. Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to order that payment of a fine assessed against a noncandidate committee, or any portion thereof, be paid from the personal funds of an officer of the noncandidate committee.
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RELATING TO REPORTS OF CANDIDATE COMMITTEES. Adds a campaign spending report filing deadline of 10/1 during a general election year for candidates and candidate committees.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS. Amends the definition of "disclosure date" in section 11-341(d), HRS, to mean the date when the electioneering communication is publicly distributed. Expands the definition of "electioneering communication" in section 11-341(d), HRS, to apply to advertisements sent by any mail rate and those that are expenditures of an organization. Repeals section 11-341(e), HRS.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN REPORTS. Requires candidates who do not intend to receive or spend more than $1,000 in an election period to notify the Campaign Spending Commission of this intention by 6/30 of an election year, and noncandidate committees that do not intend to receive or spend more than $1,000 in an election period to notify the Commission of this intention by the 5th day before the due date of the preliminary primary report.
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RELATING TO AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION. Establishes automatic voter registration upon application for a driver's license or civil identification card, except when an applicant affirmatively declines on an application to register to vote. Requires the examiner of drivers to electronically transmit to the Office of Elections certain information associated with currently registered and newly registered voters. Requires accessibility of certain databases maintained or operated by the Department of Transportation or the counties.
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RELATING TO NOMINATION PAPERS. Removes the requirement to include a registered voter's social security number in a notice to withdraw the voter's signature from a petition. Removes the requirement to include a space for the social security number of each registered voter signing a candidate nomination form.
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RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF BALLOTS. Authorizes a voter with special needs to request that a ballot be forwarded by electronic transmission at any time.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS CODE. Clarifies the State Ethics Code by clarifying provisions regarding gift disclosure statements, retention of financial disclosure statements, and ethics training.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO ETHICS. Restores statutory protection for legislators when carrying out a legislative function. Clarifies public disclosure requirements for task force members.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. Removes statutory remnants from when violations of the lobbyist law resulted in criminal penalties. Allows the state ethics commission to assess an administrative fine pursuant to a settlement agreement.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2019-2021 for operations of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs divisions. Includes operating budgets for Office of Trustees – OHA150; Administration – OHA160; and Beneficiary Advocacy – OHA175.
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RELATING TO STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATION FOR ENSURING A FAIR AND JUST PAYMENT AMOUNT FOR THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS' PRO RATA SHARE OF THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use certain reporting and accountability procedures in implementing the public land trust reporting requirements of Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to consult with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to ensure that the accounting and reporting is accurate and inclusive.
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RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH. Requires the State Council on Mental Health to comprise at least 3 members with demonstrated knowledge of or work experience involving Native Hawaiian concepts of well-being, culturally grounded mental health methodologies, or traditional healing or health practices.
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RELATING TO BAIL. Authorizes a defendant in custody to petition a court for unsecured bail.
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE AND CIVIL IDENTIFICATION CARD FORMS. Consolidates the application forms for motor vehicle driver's licenses and civil identification cards.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Repeals the State's preemptory powers over the regulation of tobacco products. Clarifies the county powers to adopt and enforce ordinances and rules.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Makes an exemption from tort liability for the State and counties arising from lifeguard services, except for gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides to a taxpayer who hires an individual with a disability a nonrefundable tax credit for the 6-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides to a taxpayer who hires an elderly individual a nonrefundable tax credit for the 6-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ZONING. Allows counties with populations less than 100,000 to enact a zoning ordinance to amortize or phase out nonconforming single-family transient vacation rental units over a reasonable period of time.
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TIA/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNADJUDICATED TRAFFIC FINES. Transfers certain fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions to the counties.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Broadens the purposes for which a county with a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopts a surcharge on the state general excise tax, may use surcharge revenues.
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Appropriates funds to the Office of the Governor, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Health for disaster relief and recovery for the County of Hawaii.
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC CONTROL. Prohibits drivers of vehicles in a county with a population greater than 500,000 from making any turns while a traffic control device facing oncoming traffic displays a red signal.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Allows counties to set their own minimum wage at a rate that is higher than the state minimum wage rate. Increases the minimum wage in the State to $15 per hour beginning 1/1/2020. Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to annually adjust the minimum hourly wage rate in accordance with the Honolulu Region Consumer Price Index beginning on 1/1/2021.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes the photo red light imaging detector systems program. Authorizes counties to administer the program. Requires fines collected for violations on a county highway to be transmitted to the appropriate county after expenses are deducted.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes a task force to provide for the orderly transfer of jurisdiction over state highways to the county in which the highway is located, provided that the county has a population greater than five hundred thousand.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates a county education task force to establish a process for the transfer of jurisdiction over all public schools, including all state public education functions and funding, from the state to the county in which the public school is located, provided that the county has a population greater than five hundred thousand.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Makes an exemption from tort liability for the State and counties arising from lifeguard services, except for gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides to a taxpayer who hires an individual with a disability a nonrefundable tax credit for the 6-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides to a taxpayer who hires an elderly individual a nonrefundable tax credit for the six-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ZONING. Allows counties with populations less than 100,000 to enact a zoning ordinance to amortize or phase out nonconforming single-family transient vacation rental units over a reasonable period of time.
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TIA/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNADJUDICATED TRAFFIC FINES. Transfers certain fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions to the counties.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO COUNTY AUTHORITY ON THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Allows counties to adopt and enforce additional ordinances that regulate the sale or use of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices. Requires county ordinances to be no less protective of public health than state law. Repeals statute that preempts local smoking ordinances and regulations and voids any local law or regulation that conflicts with state smoking laws.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Allocates additional transient accommodations tax revenues to the counties of Kauai, Hawaii, and Maui. Sunsets 12/31/2030.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Provides counties with operator names and addresses of transient accommodations contained in registration forms filed with Department of Taxation.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Extends the period in which a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions, from 3/31/2019 to 3/31/2020. Authorizes the use of surcharge revenues to address affordable housing and homelessness. Exempts gross income and gross proceeds for medical services or food from the surcharge.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO POST-EMPLOYMENT. Allows former employees of charter schools to represent the nonprofit organization that supports the charter school that employed the former employee through business or financial transactions.
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RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Prohibits certain restraints and tethers that endanger, or deny sustenance, to a dog. Specifies penalties and provides that fines for these crimes be paid to the respective county where the crime occurred.
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Clarifies that state, county, and authorized agents' authority to enter private property to control and eradicate invasive species also applies when there is a reasonable suspicion that invasive species are present on that property.
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Replaces the current renewable energy technology systems tax credit with tax credits for solar or wind energy systems and energy storage systems. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2018.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST KEAHOLE FBO I LLC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Keahole FBO I LLC with planning, designing, constructing, equipping, and operating facilities for aviation services and aviation-related services at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST AN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kona Coast Water, LLC, with the financing of the planning, design, and construction of solar thermal facilities to desalinate water using renewable energy.
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EEP/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Short form bill relating to energy.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Short form bill relating to energy.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Short form bill relating to the environment.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Short form bill relating to the environment.
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EEP |
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RELATING TO THE STATE BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. Requires the state board on geographic names to consult community members with direct traditional, cultural, and familial ties to the district of Puna to establish appropriate names for the fissure 8 vent and other features of the 2018 eruption of Kilauea volcano.
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WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides ranked choice method of voting for all partisan primary elections, special elections, and nonpartisan general elections held in this State on or after 1/1/2020.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PUNA DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER. Appropriates funds for a post-secondary distance learning center in the Puna district within Hawaii Community College. Requires UH to submit a report on the Puna distance learning center to the legislature.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO VIDEOCONFERENCING. Requires LRB to conduct a feasibility study associated with the implementation of audiovisual technology in both chambers of the legislature and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature. Makes an appropriation.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRIVATE PROPERTY. Authorizes a property owner or agent to enter adjacent property under certain conditions to eradicate albizia trees before they become hazardous. Provides defense to criminal prosecution.
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RELATING TO DISINTERMENT OF HUMAN BODIES. Allows private cemeteries in good standing with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to disinter and reinter human bodies within the same cemetery without filing an application for a permit with the Department of Health.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO FOWL. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health (DOH) to purchase and rent traps for feral chickens and roosters to residents for a nominal fee. Authorizes DOH to contract with eligible entities to administer the program. Imposes a 1:1 match requirement on counties whose residents participate in the program.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE. Prohibits a health care insurer from requiring an insured diagnosed with stage two cancer to undergo step therapy prior to covering the insured for the drug prescribed by the insured's health care provider, under certain conditions.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILDREN. Requires that when an officer has custody of a child for an alleged violation of law, the child shall consult with legal counsel before the child waives any constitutional rights and before any custodial interrogation.
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RELATING TO MINORS. Grants a circuit court, when sentencing a minor for a criminal offense, the discretion to: (1) impose a sentence that includes a period of incarceration that is as much as fifty per cent shorter than any mandatory minimum; and (2) in certain cases, decline to impose a mandatory enhanced sentence.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Requires the department of human services to implement an earned income disregard program as an intermediate step to implementing a medicaid buy-in program. Requires reports to the legislature. Takes effect upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public, subject to certain conditions.
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RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS. Establishes minimum qualification and certification requirements for all dental assistants. Provides criteria for dental assistants hired on or after 7/1/2019, those with 4 or more years of experience, and those with 10 or more years of experience.
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HLT/IAC, CPC |
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RELATING TO NURSE AIDES. Establishes a task force within the Department of Human Services to study and develop solutions for the issue of nurse aide recertification inequity.
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