HB 1955

HD1, SD1

RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL.

Increases the mandatory minimum fines for littering violations, including littering from a motor vehicle, littering in public, and criminal littering. (SD1)

HB 1947

RELATING TO LIABILITY.

Clarifies that any decision of the State, the department of transportation, the counties, or any officer, employee, or agent thereof, to select or apply flexible highway design shall not give rise to a cause of action or claim against them.

HB 2422

HD1, SD1

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Increases the penalties for motorists who violate Hawaii's crosswalk law. (HB2422 HD1)

HB 2639

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE.

Increases sanctions for driving with a high blood alcohol level. Eff. 7/1/07 (SD1)

HB 2691

SD1

RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGES.

Allows a joint labor-management committee established pursuant to the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 to institute an action for injunctive and other relief against an employer that fails to pay its employees the prevailing wage. (SD1)

HB 3254

HD1

RELATING TO OATHS OF OFFICE.

Repeals various provisions that require public employees to take a loyalty oath. (HB3254 HD1)

HB 1706

HD3, SD1

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS ACT.

Provides for environmental covenants for contaminated property to ensure long-term compliance with requirements needed to protect the public and environment when complete removal of contaminants is not feasible, practical, or necessary. (SD1)

HB 2058

RELATING TO THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS PROTECTION COMMITTEE.

Repeals the reproductive rights protection committee for not having served its intended purpose by being inactive for the last 8 years.

HB 2708

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO ADVERTISING.

Prohibits commercial advertising for compensation on vehicles. Provides penalties. (SD1)

HB 2133

SD1

RELATING TO THE NATURAL AREA RESERVE SYSTEM.

Prohibits public vehicular access in Kaena Point natural area reserve. (SD1)

HB 2772

HD1, SD1

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURAL AND AQUACULTURAL PROPERTY.

Establishes intentionally and knowingly damaging the agricultural or aquacultural equipment, supplies, or products of another as the crime of criminal property damage. (SD1)

HB 2208

HD1

RELATING TO COUNTIES.

Extends statute of limitation for actions against a county for damage or injury from 6 months to 2 years. Permits the counties to identify, by charter, the person to whom claimant should give notice of claim for injuries or damage sustained on public property or as a result of the negligence of county official or employee. (HB2208 HD1)

HB 1819

HD1

RELATING TO CHAPTER 281, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Corrects various inconsistencies and erroneous references in sections 281-35, 281-41, and 281–94, HRS, relating to intoxicating liquor. (HB1819 HD1)

HB 2857

HD1

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Makes a knowing violation of the conditions of an approved mitigation plan that includes monitoring and preservation plans a civil and administrative violation. (HB2857 HD1)

HB 2535

SD1

RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY RIGHTS.

Amends offense of use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime by including use of a computer to obtain control over the property of the victim or to facilitate commission of the offense of theft in the first or second degrees. (SD1)

HB 1871

HD1, SD1

RELATING TO CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES.

Allows consumers who are victims of identity theft to place a security freeze on their credit reports which will prohibit a consumer reporting agency from releasing any information to unauthorized parties without the consumer's express authorization and will provide consumers more control over who has access to their credit report. (SD1)

HB 2050

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL MATCHMAKING.

Adds abuse orders of protection issued against a Hawaii resident as information that must be disclosed by a Hawaii resident as part of the resident's marital history information in dealings with international matchmaking organizations. (SD1)

HB 2885

HD2

RELATING TO ADULT ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTS.

Requires that a business selling adult entertainment products obscure them from view from off the premises. Requires that adult entertainment products be segregated and obscured from view from portions of the premises where other products are sold. (HB2885 HD2)

HB 3126

RELATING TO RAPID IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS.

Amends the rapid identification documents law by deleting the requirement that the document be in the form of a bracelet. Allows a lawfully appointed guardian, agent, or surrogate to act on a patient's behalf when directing medical staff to provide comfort care only.

HB 2192

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

Clarifies requirements for emergency call-in Schedule II prescriptions, the use of facsimile and telephonic prescriptions, and the use of narcotics to treat addiction. Allows the use of central fill pharmacies and limited information sharing. Adds new definitions. (SD1)

HB 2410

HD1, SD1

RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

Amends statutory provisions to conform with changes to the Uniform Controlled Substances Act enacted in 2005. (SD1)

HB 1242

HD1

RELATING TO SECTION 453-16, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Prohibits the State from denying or interfering with a female's right to choose or obtain an abortion of a nonviable fetus or an abortion necessary to protect the female's life or health. Repeals residency requirement for abortions. Permits abortions to be performed in clinics and physician's offices. (HB1242 HD1)