AGR - Agriculture

HSH - Human Services and Housing

CPC - Consumer Protection and Commerce

INT - International Affairs

EDB - Economic Development and

JUD - Judiciary

Business Concerns

LAB - Labor and Public Employment

EDN - Education

LMG - Legislative Management

EEP - Energy and Environmental Protection

PSM - Public Safety and Military Affairs

FIN - Finance

TAC - Tourism and Culture

HED - Higher Education

TRN - Transportation

HLT - Health

WLH - Water, Land Use & Hawaiian Affairs

HOUSE BILLS

Committee

H.B. NO.

1768

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX CREDIT.

Provides tax credit to resident taxpayers, regardless of adjusted gross income, for long-term care insurance premiums at lesser of $2,000 or 20% of the amount of the insurance premium paid. Prohibits medical expense deduction for long-term care insurance cost if tax credit is claimed.

HLT/HSH, FIN

1769

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR BROADCAST INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES.

Makes it unlawful for a broadcast employer to include in any employment contract with a current or prospective broadcast employee a provision that is a prospective employment access restriction.

LAB, JUD

1770

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.

Increases fines for repeatedly allowing car alarm to sound for longer than 5 minutes.

TRN, JUD

1771

RELATING TO TRAFFIC FINES.

Adds a surcharge of twenty per cent to each fine levied for a violation of any section or provision of the Statewide traffic code. Requires the director of finance to distribute the amount of the surcharge to the county in which the violation occurred.

JUD, FIN

1772

RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

Directs the executive branch to consider the undeveloped portion on the existing Halawa correctional facility as one of the possible sites for replacing the Oahu community correctional center.

PSM, FIN

1773

RELATING TO GARNISHMENT.

Authorizes an employer to retain an administrative fee of $2 from each payment delivered to plaintiff to satisfy the judgment.

JUD

1774

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

Encourages eligible claimants of unemployment insurance to seek gainful employment by permitting claimants to receive their weekly benefit amount without regard to earnings received from employment.

LAB, FIN

1775

RELATED TO WORKERS'S COMPNSATION.

Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2004-2005 for the purchase and installation of computers and software to process workers’ compensation claims in the State of Hawaii.

LAB, FIN

1776

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2004-2005 for the purchase and installation of computers and software to process workers’ compensation claims in the State of Hawaii.

LAB, FIN

1777

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Clarifies the terms by which the exclusive representative of a collective bargaining unit must reimburse a nonmember for regular dues collected.

LAB, FIN

1778

RELATING TO WAGES.

Authorizes an employer to furnish to an employee an electronic record of an employee's total gross compensation, the amount and purpose of each deduction, total net compensation, date of payment, and pay period covered, in lieu of a printed, typewritten, or handwritten record, upon receipt of authorization from the employee.

LAB, FIN

1779

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.

Authorizes a permanent full-time public employee who is exempt from chapters 76 and 89 but not an "excluded employee" as defined in section 89C-1.5, HRS to use more than 10 days per calendar year of sick leave for family leave purposes if so authorized by a valid employment policy.

LAB, FIN

1780

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT.

Limits paid leave for government employees who attend parent-teacher conferences to two (2) hours, and clarifies that government employees are eligible to receive paid leave to attend the parent-teacher conferences of adult children who are attending a public or private school in grades kindergarten through twelve.

LAB, FIN

1781

RELATING TO ATTORNEY'S LIENS.

Prevents the double taxation of income by providing an attorney a superior lien on judgments, decrees, orders, and awards entered in the client's favor.

JUD, FIN

1782

RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES.

Establishes a graduated schedule of reasonable attorneys' fees for cases pertaining to an association's collection of delinquent assessments, foreclosure of liens, and enforcement of the Condominium Property Act and related rules and regulations.

JUD

1783

RELATING TO RULEMAKING.

Requires LRB to review all proposed rules and determine whether the rules are within the authority authorized.

JUD, FIN

1784

RELATING TO INCOME TAX.

Raises the income tax standard deduction and personal exemption amounts to 80% of the federal amount for 2004, 90% for 2005 and 100% for 2006 and thereafter.

FIN

1785

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE.

Provides tax credit to resident taxpayers, regardless of adjusted gross income, for long-term care insurance premiums at lesser of $2,500 or 50% of the amount of the insurance premium paid. If the tax credit is claimed, a medical expense deduction for long-term care insurance cost is prohibited.

HLT/HSH, FIN

1786

RELATING TO EXEMPT EMPLOYEES.

Allows employees in exempt positions who have performed work satisfactorily for five or more consecutive years to apply for intra-departmental and inter-departmental transfers and intra-departmental and inter-departmental promotional exams for which they meet the minimum qualifications. Limits the number of exempt positions.

LAB, FIN

1787

RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS.

Prohibits state contractors and other recipients of state funds, and employers conducting business on state property from using those funds or state property for the purpose of assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing among its employees. Prohibits state contractors from assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing among employees on a state-funded service contract.

LAB, JUD, FIN

1788

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Short form bill relating to workers' compensation.

LAB

1789

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Short form bill relating to workers' compensation.

LAB

1790

RELATING TO EMPLOYEES.

Short form bill relating to employees.

LAB

1791

RELATING TO LABOR.

Implements short form bill relating to labor.

LAB

1792

RELATING TO LABOR.

Implements short form bill relating to labor.

LAB

1793

RELATING TO LAND EXCHANGE.

Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enter into negotiations with the George Galbraith Estate for a land exchange of private agricultural lands situated north of Wahiawa, Oahu.

WLH, FIN

1794

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

Requires the department of human services to ensure that foster care providers respect and maintain the religious beliefs of the foster child's family.

HSH, JUD

1795

RELATING TO FOSTER CUSTODY.

Requires department of human services to establish a protocol to implement a good faith and diligent effort to identify and locate extended family members for possible foster custody placement for a child.

HSH, JUD, FIN