OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
THIRTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 3
5th LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 23, 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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REFERRAL
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires new developments to plan for the impacts of projected sea level rise and restricts development in areas significantly affected by projected sea level rise. Amends policies and objectives related to coastal zone management to reduce residential exposure to coastal hazards and protect state beaches and public shoreline access. Defines "beach" and "coastal hazards." Increases the minimum shoreline setback.
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EEP, WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) extension agent position for the Hawaii Ant Lab West Hawaii Office.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENERGY SECURITY SPECIAL FUND. Allows the chief energy officer to contract with Hawaii not-for-profit entities to administer expenditures from the energy security special fund for the purposes set forth in section 201-12.8, HRS. Increases the allocation from the state environmental response, energy, and food security tax for deposit to the energy security special fund from 5 cents to 15 cents per barrel or fractional part of a barrel of petroleum product.
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EEP, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO GRID-INTERACTIVE WATER HEATER SYSTEMS. Commencing January 1, 2022, prohibits the issuance of building permits for new multi-unit dwellings that do not include grid-interactive water heater systems. Requires the PUC to establish standards for the system.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY FINANCING FOR STATE AGENCIES. Amends and expands the purpose of the $50,000,000 energy financing revolving sub-fund for state agencies and also includes the electrification of fleet vehicles.
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EEP, TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. Establishes the time of transfer individual wastewater system inspection program to oversee the inspection and repair of any individual wastewater system at the time of the property's sale or transfer. Excludes certain sales or transfers.
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EEP/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO LITTLE FIRE ANTS. Requires the use of best practices, as identified by DOA and Hawaii Ant Lab, for the treatment of little fire ants by pest control operators. Authorizes DOA and the pest control board to adopt rules to carry out the requirement. Requires DOA and the pest control board to post any rules and best practices on their respective websites.
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EEP/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires electric utilities to offer smart imports, or excess electricity, to consumers beginning 1/1/2022. Requires PUC to direct the State's electric utilities to study and recommend how to implement a smart imports program in Hawaii by 1/1/2022.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE. Requires the Hawaii climate change mitigation and adaptation commission to conduct certain activities to address the impacts of sea level rise and report to the legislature before the 2022 regular session. Appropriates funds for the commission's activities and extends the lapse date to June 30, 2022.
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EEP/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO UTILITY-SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM TAX CREDITS. Amends the renewable energy technologies income tax credit by adding a new definition for "eligible utility-scale renewable energy project." Clarifies the calculation of the income tax credit available to commercial solar energy systems.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Requires the Sea Grant College Program, with the Department of Health, to develop and conduct a two-year comprehensive statewide outreach program that provides science-based information and understanding of sewage contamination sources in nearshore marine areas; increases understanding of sewage capacity needs; and informs all stakeholders of appropriate solutions for cesspool conversion. Requires the Water Resources Research Center to research wastewater system technologies to determine the most cost-effective way to upgrade cesspools in Hawaii and reduce their impact on drinking water and groundwater. Appropriates funds.
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EEP/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Establishes a 3-year Department of Health pilot project to demonstrate new toilet and sewage treatment technologies and to expedite demonstration projects. Appropriates funds. Repeals on 6/30/2022.
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EEP/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION. Adds the chemicals homosalate, octocrylene, and octisalate to the sale and distribution sunscreen ban beginning on 1/1/2021. Allows the Department of Health to adopt rules to add additional harmful chemicals to the sale and distribution ban.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO COFFEE BERRY BORER. Extends the sunset date for the Coffee Berry Borer Pesticide Subsidy Program until June 30, 2025, for the purchase of pesticides containing Beauveria bassiana to combat the coffee berry borer. Extends the program manager position to June 30, 2026. Appropriates funds.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Prohibits DLNR from establishing or implementing bag limits for game mammals in public hunting areas.
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EEP/WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to conduct a study to provide recommendations for a comprehensive approach to the development of electric vehicle infrastructure. Appropriates moneys.
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EEP, TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Amends the definition of renewable portfolio standard to be a percentage of electrical energy generation, rather than sales. Amends the renewable portfolio standard interim goals for 2030 and 2040 to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA. Requires the department of health to establish an Alzheimer's disease and related dementia training program for care workers whose work involves extensive contact with participants or residents. Specifies training curriculum and continuing education requirements. Authorizes the Department of Human Services to negotiate a reimbursement rate to facilities for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Specifies the percentage by which these reimbursement rates are to be increased.
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HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for the healthy aging partnership program to further the program's role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna.
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HSH/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE KUPUNA CAREGIVERS PROGRAM. Amends the total amount of hours per week an individual must be employed to be a qualified caregiver under the kupuna caregivers program from thirty to twenty. Appropriates funds for the proper implementation of the kupuna caregivers program.
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HSH/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO JURY DUTY. Lowers the age a person can be exempt from jury duty from eighty years of age or older to seventy-five years of age or older.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Amends the definitions of "certificate of disability" and "person with a disability" to allow a person with a disability that does not limit or impair the ability to walk and needs special accommodations to enter and exit their vehicle to be issued a disability parking permit.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. Requires the thirty-day lapse or termination notices for long-term care policies to be sent by certified mail or commercial delivery service, or other method of delivery requiring proof of delivery.
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HSH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE. Requires the executive office on Aging to report the assessment of progress toward the reported goals and state recommendations going forward; appropriate funds for one fiscal year to the executive office on aging.
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HSH, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. Appropriates funds to the office of the long-term care ombudsman for six full-time (6.0 FTE) ombudsman specialist positions; two each on Oahu and Hawaii and one each on Kauai and Maui.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. Establishes an outreach program in the department of health to inform physicians and appropriate non-physician practitioners participating in medicare that comprehensive care planning services for those with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias is a covered benefit under medicare.
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST SENIORS. Lowers the age of crimes against seniors to sixty years of age, and makes certain criminal offenses against seniors applicable regardless of the perpetrator's knowledge of the victim's age.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Requires the governor to appoint the governor's coordinator on Native Hawaiian affairs to coordinate responses to issues that impact Native Hawaiians and Native Hawaiian culture across state departments and agencies.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO AQUATIC BIOSECURITY. Requires DLNR to take specified actions to combat invasive and alien aquatic organisms. Appropriates funds for staffing and operating expenditures for aquatic biosecurity.
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WLH/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND RECORDATION. Clarifies the data requirements for land recordation on land deregistered by the land court other than fee simple time share interests.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Requires that mandatory seller disclosures in real estate transactions include identification of residential real properties lying within the sea level rise exposure area as designated by the relevant county. Effective 12/31/2050.
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WLH/EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO USE AND EQUIPMENT OF LESS THAN LETHAL FORCE. Requires the department of public safety to review its policies and procedures governing the use of force, weapons, and equipment. Requires the law enforcement standards board to review the department's use of force training. Appropriates funds for training, equipment, and related records management for the department.
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RELATING TO THE KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the operations of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission and for 2 full-time equivalent positions on the Commission.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL SERVICE BILLING. Establishes billing requirements for unanticipated medical billing and unanticipated coverage gaps of patients for out-of-network emergency services received from non-participating providers. Specifies the circumstances in which health care providers and facilities can bill health carriers and enrollees for health intervention services that are medical necessities. Effective 1/1/2021.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO NONDEPOSITORY TRUSTS. Establishes provisions concerning nondepository trust companies.
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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 1/1/2022, 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. Requires check cashers to be registered with DCCA and to offer a voluntary payment plan to customers under certain circumstances. Establishes the terms of voluntary payment plans. Clarifies that a customer may only have one outstanding deferred deposit transaction from any source. Amends notices to customers required of check cashers. Removes the exemption for persons engaged in the bona fide retail sale of goods or services. Requires the division of financial institutions of the department of commerce and consumer affairs to conduct an analysis of the regulation of payday lenders and deferred deposit agreements in the State. Effective July 1, 2021.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MODEL STATE RIGHT-TO-REPAIR LAW. Requires original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make documentation, parts, and tools available to independent repair providers and owners for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, and repair on fair and reasonable terms.
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CPC, JUD |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 8 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Proposes an amendment to article III, section 8, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to provide that constitutional section shall not be construed to prohibit a member of the legislature from being employed in a faculty member position at the University of Hawaii solely because of the membership in the legislature; provided that the legislature may enact legislation to ensure that work schedules and time demands do not unreasonably conflict.
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LHE, JUD, FIN |
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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. Effective 7/1/2021.
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AGR, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF UNROASTED COFFEE INTO HAWAII. Prohibits the importation of unroasted coffee into the State, makes it a class C felony, and imposes a fine for violation of the prohibition. Authorizes DOA to adopt rules to allow for the importation of partially roasted coffee into the State.
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE PESTICIDE SUBSIDY PROGRAM. Appropriates moneys to DOA for the pesticide subsidy program.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Reduces the applicable acreage requirements for building code and permit exemptions for agricultural buildings in large counties.
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AGR/WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Expands the permitted activities and uses within the state land use agricultural district to include livestock production.
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AGR, JUD |
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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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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO A FOOD HUB PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a five-year food hub pilot program to increase access to local food. Provides for the award of grant funding by qualified applicants wishing to establish or expand a food hub. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Enlarges the restricted use pesticide buffer zone around schools. Amends the times during which the buffer zone is in effect. Effective 1/1/21.
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RELATING TO BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING. Establishes a 5-year beginning farmer training program to be administered by the Department of Agriculture. Appropriates moneys.
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LAB, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes agricultural entities to incorporate as general cooperatives.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSES. Extends the period for which driver's licenses are valid for persons seventy-two years old or older from two years to four years.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING. Expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages and inner wrapping or packaging labels. Effective 7/1/2021.
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RELATING TO LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules to protect the welfare of livestock transported to, from, or between any island of Hawaii. Requires the department to adopt interim rules.
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RELATING TO MEDICARE PART B. Requires the board to send actual, individual notice via a board approved method of delivery to EUTF members that they may be eligible for reimbursement of income-related monthly adjustment amount (IRMAA) medicare part B premium payments. Allows beneficiaries to be reimbursed for IRMAA part B premiums owed on or after January 1, 2015, without any time limitation for claiming the reimbursement.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires a defendant's incarceration history certificate be provided to a court prior to sentencing or resentencing. Requires a court to determine a defendant's credit time, compute the expiration date for a defendant's specified sentence, and include the expiration date in the court's judgment order.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Clarifies that the comprehensive offender reentry system provides programs and services that result in the timely release of inmates on parole when the minimum term, rather than the maximum term, has been served by the inmate.
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Extends the prohibition for large capacity magazines to all firearms, rather than just pistols. Provides an exception to the prohibition for law enforcement agencies and duly authorized officers.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes within the Department of Public Safety the Adult Corrections Officer Professional Conduct Incentive Pilot Project to provide bonuses for professional conduct and exemplary attendance. Requires report. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM EMPLOYEE AND STUDENT ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT. Establishes The Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act that adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees, prospective employees, unpaid interns, applicants, students, and prospective students from employers and educational institutions.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-fourth representative district.
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RELATING TO WIND POWER. Establishes a two-year moratorium on the issuance of new permits or approvals for wind turbines capable of producing one megawatt or more of energy. Creates a task force to make recommendations on wind energy policies and permitting. Makes an appropriation. Repeals 6/30/2022.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Prohibits the operation of a helicopter for commercial purposes without a valid instrument rating from the Federal Aviation Administration. Subject both a violating individual and an individual's employer to penalties.
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RELATING TO WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes a state water and sewer surcharge for all water utility customers. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to establish the surcharge rate. Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to expend the revenues of the surcharge to award grants to the counties to assist in funding repair, maintenance, and construction of water and sewer infrastructure.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 1st Representative District.
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL. Establishes the sustainable aviation fuel program to provide grants to any business in Hawaii that is developing products related to sustainable aviation fuel or aviation greenhouse gas reduction. Appropriates funds.
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EDB/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for the conversion of gasoline-powered buses to hydrogen-powered buses or the purchase of new hydrogen-powered buses.
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS. Establishes the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for administrative purposes. Amends the composition of the board of directors of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems. Creates six exempt positions (6.0 FTE) within the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems. Transfers the rights, powers, functions, and duties of the employees of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS. Provides a general excise tax exemption for medical services after December 31, 2019.
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RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Requires the Civil Defense Agency of the County of Hawaii, Department of Emergency Management of the City and County of Honolulu, Emergency Management Agency of the County of Kauai, Emergency Management Agency of the County of Maui, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, and University of Hawaii to each hire one full-time equivalent outreach, education, or volunteerism specialist to conduct disaster preparedness outreach and education initiatives. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes within the Department of Education a Workforce Readiness Program to provide opportunities for students to earn associate degrees, workforce development diplomas, pre-apprenticeship certificates, and other industry-recognized certificates. Requires the department to designate schools, including adult community schools, to participate in the program. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Increases the amount of tax credit allowable for household and dependent care services from $2,400 to $4,800 for a qualifying individual and from $4,800 to $9,600 for two or more qualifying individuals.
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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Establishes a refundable income tax credit equal to twenty per cent of the federal child tax credit allowed and properly claimed on a taxpayer's federal tax return.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER. Creates a task force to study and recommend to the legislature a site for a new jail to replace the Hawaii Community Correctional Center's primary facility on three acres in downtown Hilo, Hawaii, and to consider alternative governmental uses for the existing site. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO PIGS. Allows any person with a valid hunting license to take wild or feral pigs on Mauna Kea with no bag limitation and with dogs. Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to install one-way pig gates on the fencing surrounding the watershed on Mauna Kea.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the second representative district.
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RELATING TO HUNTING. Requires any hunting guide or hunter to obtain and submit to the Department of Land and Natural Resources written permission from any private landowner upon which the hunting guide or hunter is engaged in guide or hunting activities. Requires the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to create and make available to the public a written permission form to be completed and filed by any hunting guide or hunter engaged in guide activities or hunting on private lands.
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for efforts to substantially reduce and eradicate certain invasive species in the county of Maui.
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RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS. Prohibits certain food labeling practices with regard to foods with non-genetically-modified-organisms, organic foods, and gluten-free foods.
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RELATING TO SEARCH AND RESCUE. Requires government entities to seek reimbursement for search and rescue expenses for persons who require rescue after leaving a hiking trail to enter a prohibited area or hiking on a trail closed to the public.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Requires the Auditor to conduct a financial and performance audit of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
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RELATING TO STATE FORMS. Requires any state agency that requires a person to submit information, data, or other materials to create a form, including instructions, that is written in plain language, to facilitate the collection of that information, data, or material.
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RELATING TO EMOLUMENTS. Prohibits the governor and each county mayor, while holding those offices, to maintain any other employment or receive any emolument, beginning on the sixty-first calendar day after their election or appointment to office. Specifies that the county ethics boards and commissions have enforcement authority over each respective county mayor. Specifies that the Hawaii state ethics commission has enforcement authority over the governor.
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