SB 1476

SD1

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Clarifies fireworks terminology to be consistent with federal law; repeals and amends definitions. (SD1)

SB 1548

RELATING TO COUNTY ETHICS COMMISSIONS.

Provides standards for the selection of county ethics commission members to ensure their impartiality and independence.

SB 1345

SD1

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Repeals limitation on issues that may be considered in administrative hearing of condominium dispute and allows any issue considered in preceding mediation to be adjudicated. (SD1)

SB 1135

RELATING TO INTEREST AND USURY.

Clarifies permissible credit card interest rates. Defines "interest" to include credit card fees and charges.

SB 702

SD1

RELATING TO ANTITRUST.

Makes antitrust laws governing mergers and acquisitions applicable to all business entities. Authorizes court to order divestiture of assets to avoid lessening of competition. Allows private plaintiffs to seek injunctive relief to prevent threatened or incipient injury. (SD1)

SB 743

SD1

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM SECURITIES ACT.

Adopts the 2002 Uniform Securities Act and makes conforming amendments. (SD1)

SB 744

SD1

RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION.

Clarifies ambiguities and corrects errors in business registration laws. (SD1)

SB 121

RELATING TO BREWPUB LICENSES.

Amends brewpub licensing law to authorize brewpubs to sell malt beverages in recyclable containers, rather than just glass containers. Authorizes brewpubs to directly sell malt beverages in brewery-sealed containers to class 2 restaurant licensees.

SB 781

RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT OF QUARANTINE.

Clarifies that police officers and sheriffs have the authority and duty to enforce quarantine orders when required by the Department of Health.

SB 427

SD1

RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY.

Requires child safety seat or booster seat usage for children over four years by less than eight years old; defines "restrained". (SD1)

SB 130

SD1

RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT.

Establishes a streamlined judicial process by which the DOH can seek a court order to permit involuntary medication of mental health patients to ensure safety in DOH operated or funded psychiatric inpatient facilities. (SD1)

SB 1540

SD1

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Allows parents or guardians to admit individuals under the age of eighteen to nonemergency psychiatric treatment facilities without the consent or countersignature of the individual. (SD1)

SB 757

SD1

RELATING TO TORTS.

Imposes limitations on awards of noneconomic damages in medical tort actions. Imposes premium rate caps on insurers providing professional liability insurance. Repeals the limitation on noneconomic damages if an insurer does not comply with the premium rate caps. (SD1)

RELATING TO APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

Authorizes immediate appeals from orders regarding preliminary injunctions and from denials of sovereign, absolute, or qualified immunity.

RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS.

Reiterates the underlying intent of the discretionary function and the intentional tort exception to the State's waiver of sovereign immunity for the torts of its employees. Provides the State with immunity when it exercises its discretion in planning and design activities. Clarifies section 663-10.5, which limits the liability of government entities to that percentage share of damages attributable to the entities.

SB 1484

RELATING TO PRIVATE ROAD MAINTENANCE.

Requires owners of private roads to maintain their roads pursuant to agreement or in equal shares in absence of agreement.

SB 694

SD1

RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF VEHICLES, VESSELS, AND AIRCRAFT.

Expressly provides an owner, lien holder, or other person with interest in a derelict or abandoned vehicle, vessel, or aircraft with notice and the opportunity to request a post-custodial administrative hearing before disposition of the vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. (SD1)

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Senator Colleen Hanabusa