OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
THIRTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 2
4TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 21, 2020
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EDB - Economic Development & Business |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HLT - Health |
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HSG - Housing |
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HSH - Human Services & Homelessness |
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IAC - Intrastate Commerce |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LHE - Lower & Higher Education |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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PVM - Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs |
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TIA - Tourism & International Affairs |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WLH - Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS. Amends the definition of "disclosure date" to mean the date on which the electioneering communication is publicly distributed. Expands the definition of "electioneering communication" to apply to advertisements sent by any mail rate and communications regarding expenditures of the organization. Makes a conforming statutory amendment relating to the determination of the date by which a person is deemed to have made a campaign expenditure.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows departments more time to comply with new ERS reporting standards.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONCESSIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. Specifies advertising requirements for offers and allows for online advertising. Effective 7/01/2030.
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LAB, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES. Authorizes the director of finance of each county to require that the owner of an abandoned vehicle repay the county for any towing, removal, or disposal costs incurred by that vehicle as a condition to receiving a certificate of vehicle registration or authorizing the transfer of certain vehicles.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Increases the maximum additional fee that may be charged for certificates of registration for U-drive motor vehicles.
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TRN, 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 INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the management of the axis deer population in the county of Maui.
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AGR, EEP, 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 6/30/2021.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Provides to each county legislative body the ability to review and approve land use district boundary amendments for affordable housing projects on 15 acres or less.
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HSG/WLH/FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Amends the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues based upon the recommendations of the State-County Functions Working Group established by Act 174, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, to consider the distribution of duties and responsibilities for public services between the State and the counties and to recommend a model for the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Repeals the State's preemptory power to regulate tobacco products and electronic smoking devices. Clarifies that the counties may adopt and enforce ordinances and rules that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES. Allows the director of finance of a county to require payment of outstanding charges owed to the county for the towing, removal, or disposal of an abandoned or derelict vehicle within the county before issuing a motor vehicle certificate of registration.
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TRN, 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 REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES. Increases the fee that a county may assess U-drive motor vehicles for each certificate of registration by establishing a single fee for all vehicles, with funds deposited into the revolving fund for highway beautification and disposal of abandoned and derelict vehicles.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE. Lowers the threshold of blood alcohol concentration for the offense of operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Extends tax credits for the upgrade, conversion, or connection of a qualified cesspool to a sewer system, and eliminates the geographical limitations for qualified cesspools.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO GIFT CERTIFICATES. Clarifies that certain county-issued cards and certificates are not subject to the State's unfair and deceptive practices regulations related to gift certificates.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO FELONIES. Includes as a class C felony the offense of interference with the operation of an automated public transit vehicle, system, or service.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Requires U-drive vehicles to pay the same fee for highway beautification and disposal of abandoned and derelict vehicles as non-U-Drive vehicles.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Establishes a motor vehicle registration tax to fund the disposal of abandoned vehicles.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES. Authorizes each county to levy and collect a county per-ride fee against a transportation network company.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES. Allows the director of finance of a county to require payment of outstanding charges owed to the county for the towing, removal, or disposal of an abandoned or derelict vehicle within the county before issuing a motor vehicle certificate of registration.
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TRN, JUD, 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 ELECTRIC FOOT SCOOTERS. Grants electric foot scooters the same rights and subjects them to the same duties as other vehicles, with certain exceptions. Applies blue light prohibition to electric foot scooters. Applies "vulnerable user" definition to include electric foot scooters. Amends "moped" definition to exclude electric foot scooters.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Amends the offense of disorderly conduct to include engaging in conduct with intent to convey false or misleading information.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Makes it a Class C felony to purchase, manufacture, or otherwise obtain firearm parts for the purpose of assembling a firearm having no serial number. Amends certain requirements relating to firearms registration.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires a separate application and permit for the acquisition of each rifle or shotgun and shortens the duration of the permit's validity from 1 year to 10 days.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY RIGHTS. Establishes the offense of unauthorized detention of propelled vehicle, which applies if a propelled vehicle is stolen and a person obtains possession of the vehicle from another without first making a reasonable inquiry as to whether the other party had the legal right to sell or deliver the vehicle.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits the manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of detachable ammunition magazines with a capacity in excess of 10 rounds, regardless of the type of firearm with which the magazine is compatible. Makes an exception for possession and use by law enforcement agencies and officers.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Establishes the Attorney General's authority, and clarifies the respective county police chiefs' existing authority, to grant licenses to carry concealed or unconcealed firearms. Specifies training requirements for license applicants. Amends the fee from a per-license to a per-application basis and increases the fee.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Amends the offense of theft in the second degree to include theft of property commonly used to store items of personal or monetary value, including any purse, handbag, or wallet.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit.
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JUD, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO EXECUTIVE PARDONS. Establishes a comprehensive application process for executive pardons.
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JUD, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Amends the offenses of sexual assault in the first and third degree, when perpetrated against someone who is mentally defective, to remove the standard of proof regarding knowledge that the other person was mentally defective, as that term is defined in section 707-700, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ABUSE OF A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER. Amends the penal code to add abuse of a family or household member to felonies that qualify for repeat offender sentencing.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF PROPERTY. Updates the definition of "property" to expressly include intellectual property for purposes of prosecuting property crimes.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION. Amends Act 281, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to provide clarification and flexibility in eyewitness identification procedures.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY. Excludes violation of privacy in the first degree, and certain paragraphs of violation of privacy in the second degree, from qualifying for deferred acceptance of guilty plea or nolo contendere plea.
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JUD |
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE LEGISLATION REGARDING THE PROCESS BY WHICH CRIMINAL REPRIEVES, COMMUTATIONS, AND PARDONS ARE SUBMITTED TO AND CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNOR. Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii relating to the authorization of legislation governing the process by which executive reprieves, commutations, and pardons are submitted to and considered by the governor.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING. Includes coercion as a means of committing the offense of sex trafficking.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO WILDLIFE OFFENSES. Provides that all firearms, animal parts, products, or items containing prohibited animal parts or products involved in the commission of wildlife trafficking or certain hunting offenses shall be considered contraband to be forfeited to and disposed of by the State.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO WITNESS FEES AND REIMBURSEMENTS IN CRIMINAL CASES. Clarifies applicable reimbursement to State or defendant for expert witness fees, as it pertains to testimony, preparation, and in-court attendance in state court criminal proceedings.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATIONS. Repeals Act 281, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, which codifies law enforcement investigation procedures for eyewitness identifications.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Authorizes election officials to establish additional voter service centers.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Reinstates the definition of "precinct" and amends the definition of "district" to facilitate the administration of elections.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO VACANCIES. Amends filing deadlines for candidates attempting to fill vacant state senate seats.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Requires the builders of new dwellings to provide buyers with information on the benefits and costs associated with installing and maintaining a residential fire sprinkler system. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Professional and Vocational Licensing Division to develop a standard form for this purpose.
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Authorizes the State Fire Council to administer and expend funds from the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to support statewide fire prevention and safety programs.
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RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE CODE. Amends the process for adoption of the state fire code to conform with other Hawaii state building codes.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Establishes a tax credit of 30% of the actual cost, including installation, materials, water and permitting fees, and any related charges, of an automatic fire sprinkler system in any one- and two-family dwelling in a structure used only for residential purposes. Sunsets 6/30/2030.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for cultural events.
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PVM, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE REDUCED IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTE PROGRAM. Authorizes the state fire council to hire all reduced ignition propensity cigarette program employees as necessary; without regard to chapters 76 and 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and on a part-time or full-time basis.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS. Establishes the surviving firefighter family member program within the University of Hawaii to provide tuition waivers to eligible spouses and children of firefighters killed or severely injured in the line of duty. Appropriates funds.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Repeals section 46-19.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, thereby allowing counties to regulate installation of residential fire protection sprinkler systems.
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CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the sellers of residential real property to provide smoke alarms in the building.
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HSG, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS CODE. Prohibits certain former State employees from representing any person or business in a legislative or administrative action before the State for twelve months after the termination of their employment.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS CODE. Amends the state ethics code to require candidates for state elective offices to disclose the name of clients assisted before state agencies. Gives the State Ethics Commission discretion in determining how financial disclosure statements should be filed. Removes the exemption of Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission members from financial disclosure requirements.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO INTOXICANTS. Adds a definition of "substance abuse" and amends the definitions of "drug" and "substance" for purposes of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant violations.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Agriculture to support agriculture in the State. Authorizes any moneys appropriated to be transferred to the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Extends tax credits for the upgrade, conversion, or connection of a qualified cesspool to a sewer system, and eliminates the geographical limitations for qualified cesspools.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes supplemental funding for remote schools in the State. Appropriates funds.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Extends to ninety days a legislative body's deadline to approve, approve with modification, or disapprove an affordable housing project.
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HSG, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes the invasive species rapid response special fund. Establishes procedures for emergency declarations and expenditures. Appropriates money.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE. Directs the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to address areas already impacted by sea level rise, identify vulnerable critical public infrastructure, create a plan for mitigating and adapting to sea level rise, and provide policy direction to the legislature on funding and strategies to address the impacts of climate change on the State. Appropriates funds.
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EEP/WLH, 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 TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS HOSTING PLATFORMS. Authorizes the counties to enact and enforce ordinances regulating the operation of hosting platforms that provide booking services for transient accommodation operators located within that county. Defines "booking service" and "hosting platform."
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TIA, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Amends the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues, based upon the recommendations of the State-County Functions Working Group established by Act 174, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, to consider the distribution of duties and responsibilities for public services between the State and the counties and to recommend a model for the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenues.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Requires vehicles on certain areas of Hana highway, behind which a certain number of vehicles are formed in a line, to use turnouts on the highway to let those other vehicles proceed when passing is unsafe.
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TRN, JUD |
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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 6/30/2021.
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RELATING TO OPERATING A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICANT. Lowers the threshold blood alcohol concentration from 0.08 to 0.05 for the offenses of Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant and Habitually Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Authorizes the counties to employ qualified archaeologists to perform necessary reviews under Chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Provides for automatic approval of a project if the necessary archaeological review was not completed within 30 days.
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS. Provides that the limit on the number of attendees for meetings described in section 92-2.5(e), Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall not apply to members of a county council.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO A WATER STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL LAND IN WAHIAWA, OAHU. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of funding construction costs of a water storage and distribution system on agricultural lands owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in Wahiawa, Oahu surrounding the Kukaniloko Birthing Stones site.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN EXPERTISE IN LAND USE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Prohibits council, board, and commission members from serving if the member has not completed, within the requisite time, the required training course related to native Hawaiian and Hawaiian traditional and customary rights, native Hawaiian and Hawaiian natural resource protection and access rights, and the public trust, including the State's trust responsibility. Requires that at least 4 members of each the board of land and natural resources and the state land use commission be appointed from a list submitted by the office of Hawaiian affairs.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION. Limits the convictions that may be used in employment decisions from all convictions in the most recent ten years to felony convictions that occurred in the most recent five years and misdemeanor convictions that occurred in the most recent three years.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish a citizen complaint intake process and prepare related informational material for dissemination and posting. Clarifies that failure to comply with certain advisement or approval processes shall constitute a violation of chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Authorizes the State Historic Preservation Division to issue an order to stop work immediately in the event of a failure to comply with certain advisement or approval processes. Makes any violator responsible for the costs of any site inspection and any recommended mitigation or restoration measures. Increases the maximum civil and administrative fines for violations of historic preservation review requirements. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to maintain and publish a list of certain violators. Authorizes the expenditure of moneys in the historic preservation special fund for certain costs relating to the enforcement of chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY. Provides liability protections for public and private landowners who expressly allow access and use of their land to practitioners of Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates supplemental funds for the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2019, and ending 6/30/2021.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISTRICT COURT JUDGES. Establishes 1 additional district court judgeship in the District Court of the Second Circuit.
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RELATING TO DISCRETIONARY TRANSFERS TO THE SUPREME COURT. Allows child custody appeals to be transferred from the Intermediate Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court, except in cases brought under the Child Protective Act.
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RELATING TO THE ROOM CONFINEMENT OF CHILDREN AT DETENTION AND SHELTER FACILITIES. Limits the circumstances under which children and minors at shelters may be subject to room confinement, and specifies the conditions and time limits for which room confinement may be imposed.
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HSH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ASSOCIATIONS. Authorizes the creation of after-the-fact homeowners associations to collect contributions or association dues for the maintenance of common areas.
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RELATING TO THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE. Amends the law relating to the use of deadly force to clarify that in certain circumstances, a person using deadly force has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand the person's ground.
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RELATING TO COASTAL HIGHWAYS. Requires DOT to develop a strategic plan to devise and implement long term solutions for coastal erosion on Kamehameha highway along the Ko‘olauloa coast and submit the plan to the legislature by September 1, 2021. Includes certain benchmarks and deadlines.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE COUNTY OF KAUAI DEPARTMENT OF WATER. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the Kauai County Department of Water.
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RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON SALARIES. Requires the commission on salaries that convenes in 2024 to make salary recommendations for the following eight fiscal years. Provides for the executive, judicial, and legislative branch salary recommendations to become effective on the same date beginning on July 1, 2033.
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RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. Extends the lapse date of the appropriation for Kauai flooding disaster relief made by Act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, to June 30, 2021.
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RELATING TO PHYSICIANS. Outlines when a physician may hold oneself out as being certified by a specialty board or association.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Places a cap on the total amount that an insured is required to pay for a prescription insulin drug at $100 per thirty-day supply of that drug.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes naturopathic physicians to provide written certification to qualifying patients for medical cannabis use.
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RELATING TO SAFE AND EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINE. Clarifies the use of reasonable corporal punishment. Repeals the justification of use of force by parents, guardians, teachers, and persons otherwise entrusted with the care or supervision of a minor.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Requires a specialty contractor to obtain a C-48 specialty license (structural steel contractor) or sublicense if the performance of work on a contract requires a C-48 specialty license or sublicense and the specialty contractor does not have that specialty license or sublicense.
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Increases the amount of the standard deduction and the personal exemption. Requires the standard deduction and personal exemption to be adjusted for inflation on an annual basis.
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RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN INCOME FROM THE STATE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Clarifies the application of the GET law to the unrelated business taxable income of nonprofit organizations.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-fifth representative district.
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RELATING TO NOTARIAL ACTS. Codifies into Hawaii's existing notary public law relevant portions of the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Act, including provisions to allow notarial acts utilizing electronic documents with electronic signatures and seal, without requiring the signatory to be physically present before the notary public.
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RELATING TO PHARMACEUTICAL REPRESENTATIVES. Requires pharmaceutical representatives to register with DCCA. Creates a program within DCCA for the administration and enforcement of pharmaceutical representative registrations. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Requires drug manufacturers to notify prescription drug benefit plans and pharmacy benefit managers if a proposed increase in the wholesale price of certain drugs would result in a sixteen per cent or more price increase over a two‑year period. Requires the drug manufacturer to identify and report to the insurance commissioner information on certain drugs whose wholesale acquisition cost increases by a certain amount during a specified time frame.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO DENTISTRY. Establishes the licensure and regulation of dental therapists.
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RELATING TO THE PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE ACT. Clarifies the scope of practice for licensed physical therapists to include the practice of dry needling. Expands other competence related activities to include certain dry needling specific knowledge.
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HLT/IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Addresses the disposition of salvaged motor vehicles by authorizing the county directors of finance to issue certificates of ownership and salvage certificate to expedite the disposal of the vehicles under specified circumstances.
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Prohibits residential contractors from offering to pay, in any monetary form, a homeowners insurance deductible as an incentive to encourage the homeowner to hire the contractor. Allows an insured to rescind a contract to repair or replace roof systems or other exterior work within five business days of receiving notice from a homeowners insurer that all or part of the claim or contract is not a covered loss under an homeowners insurance policy.
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Authorizes the PSD sheriff division to inspect shipping containers at commercial harbors or work sites. Establishes the shipping container inspection program and shipping container inspection program special fund. Increases the maximum fine for each violation of the fireworks law. Requires PSD to submit reports to the legislature on implementation of the shipping container inspection program. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-eighth representative district.
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Specifies that the driver's license of a civilian employee or civilian contractor of the United States Department of Defense that expires while the employee or contractor is stationed outside the United States remains valid for ninety days after the employee or contractor returns to the United States.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Authorizes the examiner of drivers to accept driver's license renewal applications from civilian employees and contractors of the federal Department of Defense more than six months prior to the date of expiration under certain conditions.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE IGNITION INTERLOCK PROGRAM. Requires that an ignition interlock device not have recorded a negative report for ninety consecutive days before it can be removed.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTORCYCLES. Permanently authorizes the Department of Transportation under certain conditions to designate shoulders upon which the Department may authorize the driving of motorcycles.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Includes in HHFDC's homebuyers' club program a requirement to provide financial aid to participants. Requires DHS to offer long-term case management for low-income individuals and families and individuals and families that are formerly homeless or currently at-risk for homelessness and accept financial aid for rent. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Authorizes issuance of $200,000,000 in general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects consistent with the purposes of the rental housing revolving fund.
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RELATING TO BICYCLES. Requires all individuals operating a bicycle to ride within a bicycle lane whenever a bicycle lane is available for use, except in certain situations. Provides for the assessment of fines for each violation.
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RELATING TO HEMP. Requires the State to seek approval from the federal Department of Agriculture of a state plan to monitor and regulate hemp. Establishes a statutory framework to monitor and regulate hemp. Establishes and appropriates funds for the hemp regulatory special fund. Excludes hemp from the State's prohibitions against marijuana. Appropriates funds to the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii for hemp research.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Amends the nominating authority of the representatives of the Heeia community development district, Kalaeloa community development district, and Kakaako community development district on the Hawaii community development authority.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS. Prohibits declaratory judgments when there is a cause of action and in other certain instances. Requires a plaintiff to show a personal stake in the actual controversy beyond a general disagreement or complaint by requiring a showing of an injury-in-fact.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Delays the execution of a writ of possession in a summary possession action until either two weeks after the issuance of the later of either the writ or the tenant's security deposit has been refunded.
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RELATING TO UNOCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. Mandates a foreclosing party to submit a plan to prevent long-term vacancy at the start of the foreclosure action. Imposes fines on a homeowner, foreclosing party, or prevailing purchaser in foreclosure actions when a vacant residential property subject to foreclosure remains unoccupied during the foreclosure process. Establishes conditions under which a foreclosed property may be rented.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires certain landlords, lessors, or plaintiffs in a summary possession action to provide proof of payment of taxes due to the State before the issuance of a writ of possession.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires certain landlords, lessors, or plaintiffs in a summary possession action to deposit such sums necessary to reimburse the lessee for relocation back to the lessee's original home state.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 45th Representative District.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the allowable amount and amends the income brackets of the refundable food/excise tax credit.
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS. Exempts certain foods, medical services, and feminine hygiene products from the general excise tax.
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RELATING TO BALLOT HARVESTING. Prohibits ballot harvesting. Clarifies that only a designated agent can deliver a ballot on behalf of another. Prohibits ballot harvesting. Violators will be punishable under felony voter fraud statutes.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts the sale of precious metal bullion from the general excise tax.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the rate of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax imposed on petroleum products. Amends the portion of environmental response, energy, and food security tax revenues deposited into the energy security special fund.
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Requires the department of education, in consultation with the office of enterprise technology services, to develop and procure a uniform financial database, with parameters, benefits, and features that are compatible to the software system being implemented by the office of enterprise technology services for use by all state agencies. Appropriates funds. Takes effect on 7/1/2112.
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RELATING TO PEER-TO-PEER CAR-SHARING. Authorizes peer-to-peer car-sharing.
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RELATING TO PEER-TO-PEER MOTOR VEHICLE SHARING. Authorizes peer-to-peer motor vehicle sharing programs to connect owners and drivers for financial consideration.
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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 in planning, designing, constructing, equipping, and operating facilities for aviation and aviation-related services at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes registration requirements and driver's licensing requirements for operation of electric rickshaws. Defines electric rickshaw.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Increases the maximum gross vehicle weight rating for trucks and vans that a person who is granted a provisional license may drive from fifteen thousand pounds to eighteen thousand pounds.
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Clarifies that the term "accident" includes a collision for purposes of certain provision of the statewide traffic code.
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Allows association members to make written demand to planned community associations to make repairs to common property. Allows association members to make repairs under certain conditions and deduct costs for the repairs from the association assessments under certain conditions. Outlines limitations for repairing private roads.
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RELATING TO FORECLOSURE. Requires a mortgagee to record a writ of possession as soon as practicable in land court or the bureau of conveyances.
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RELATING TO FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits noncompete agreements for low wage workers whose earnings do not exceed the greater of the minimum wage required by applicable federal or state law or $15 per hour.
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RELATING TO FITNESS TO PROCEED. Diverts non-violent petty misdemeanants living with mental illness from the criminal justice system to the appropriate community treatment.
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS PRODUCTS. Authorizes the manufacture and distribution of cannabis seeds and cannabis clones by medical cannabis dispensary licensees.
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RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING. Creates the clean energy and energy efficiency revolving loan fund under the administration of the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority. Repeals the building energy efficiency revolving loan fund. Allocates a portion of the barrel tax to the clean energy and energy efficiency revolving loan fund. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION REBATE PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for the electric vehicles charging systems rebate program.
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RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Requires an energy audit for all state facilities by July 1, 2021, and begin to address the audit results by January 1, 2022. Requires a report of the results of the audit to the legislature. Beginning July 1, 2020, requires the design of new state building construction to allow for the building to be a net zero capable structure, use post-industrial carbon dioxide mineralized concrete where cost-effective, have 25% of its accompanying parking lot be electric vehicle charger ready, and account for projected costs of utility bills when making decisions about the most cost-effective building design. Requires public buildings to be benchmarked beginning on July 1, 2021, and requires benchmarking data to be maintained by the Hawaii state energy office in a publicly available format. Requires equipment and systems to be assessed for energy efficiency every five years.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules to protect herbivorous fish in all state waters.
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