HB 2323

HD1

RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD.

Replaces the Insurance Fraud Investigations Unit with the Insurance Fraud Investigations Branch and broadens its authority to the investigation and prosecution of insurance fraud relating to all lines of insurance, including workers' compensation. (HB2323 HD1)

HB 1872

HD1

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Allows consumers, the State, and other affected parties to obtain an injunction, damages, and other relief when a drug manufacturer or their licensee sells prescription drugs for an excessive price (HB1872 HD1).

HB 1873

HD1

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS.

Prohibits the sale or transfer of patient prescription information by certain businesses as an unfair and deceptive act in the conduct of trade or commerce (HB1873 HD1).

RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.

Authorizes the liquor commission to reduce the time from 30 days to 15 days for giving a decision to grant or refuse an application. Allows commission to remove names from registered voter list for lack of residency. Deems an application denied if the commission does not make a decision granting or refusing an application.

RELATING TO OATHS OF OFFICE.

Repeals various provisions that require public employees to take a loyalty oath.

HB 2737

HD1

RELATING TO THE HONOPOU DISTRICT OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI.

Requires the attorney general to assist in resolving ownership issues relating to Honopou road, including Honopou bridge, of the Honopou district in Maui County; requires the department of transportation to determine the costs of strengthening Honopou bridge to allow firetrucks to safely cross and reach area residents. (HB2737 HD1)

HB 2772

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURAL AND AQUACULTURAL PROPERTY.

Increase criminal penalties for damage to agricultural and aquacultural property.

HB 2857

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.

HB 2397

RELATING TO GROUNDED VESSELS.

Allows the State to take more immediate action in the case of a vessel grounded on a living reef or other critical areas where prompt action may minimize the damage to State property and ocean resources.

HB 2343

RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE.

Increases the criminal penalties for the commission of certain crimes during a time of civil defense emergency proclaimed by the Governor.

HB 1955

RELATING TO LITTER CONTROL.

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

HB 2372

HD1

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Removes the requirement that applicants must be a resident of Hawaii at the time of application. Allows the director of a jurisdiction to waive the "residency during employment" requirements for positions within that jurisdiction. (HB2372 HD1)

RELATING TO THEFT.

Provides that an individual caught with stolen property belonging to three or more persons in the same or separate incident as part of a common scheme or plan commits second degree theft.

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 2885

HD1

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 HD1)

RELATING TO CHAPTER 846E.

Defines "violent offenders" and "violent offenses" and subjects violent offenders to the offender registration requirements of chapter 846E, HRS, the sex offender registration law.

RELATING TO CHAPTER 846E.

Amends the definition of "repeat covered offender," to expressly except conviction of multiple counts within a single charging document. Adds conviction for a covered offense, unless incarcerated, and released on probation as events requiring a covered offender to register with the attorney general. Clarifies that the prosecuting agency that prosecuted the covered offender for the most recent covered offense within the State must represent the State in any civil proceeding to terminate public access.

HB 2364

RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT REPORTING.

Requires staff members of public or private schools, agency, or institutions who, in their professional capacity, have reason to believe that child abuse or neglect has occurred, or that there exists a substantial risk that a child may be abused or neglected in the foreseeable future, to immediately report the abuse or neglect directly to the DHS or the police.

RELATING TO CONVICTION DATA.

Prohibits the attorney general from posting non-felony convictions on any website accessed via the Internet.

HB 2199

HD1

RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT.

Provides state protocol for international trade agreements (HB2199 HD1).

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.

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Rep. Sylvia Luke