HREF 01-25-08 1

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		HOUSE BILLS
			Committee
H.B. NO.			REFERRAL

2818	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the Institute for Peace.		HED, FIN
2819	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Prohibits open possession of consumer fireworks other than during the days and times authorized by law.		TAC, JUD
2820	RELATING TO WATER FOR IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Amends the state water code to support making sufficient water available for agricultural activity on important agricultural lands.		WLH/AGR, JUD, FIN
2821	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes tax credit for agricultural businesses on important agricultural lands.		WLH/AGR, FIN
2822	RELATING TO DROUGHT MITIGATION TAX CREDIT. Provides a tax credit equal to 50% of the costs for construction of a new drought mitigation water storage facility, or repair or reconstruction of an existing water storage facility		WLH/AGR, FIN
2823	RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. Establishes limitations on liability for damages for owners of dams and reservoirs.		WLH, JUD, FIN
2824	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Authorizes the court to sentence certain persons convicted of sexual assault in the first degree to wear a global positioning system transmitter for up to 10 years after the person's release from prison.		PSM, JUD, FIN
2825	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SOPOGY INC., IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds in an amount not exceeding $35,000,000 to assist Sopogy, Inc. with planning, designing, construction, equipping, and operating a solar farm power plant on the island of Oahu to produce electricity from solar power.		EEP, FIN
2826	RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Suspends collection of the deposit beverage container fee. Directs the counties to revise their integrated solid waste management plans and appropriates moneys for this purpose. Requires matching funds from counties. Effective 07/01/08.		EEP, EDB, FIN
2827	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Specifies that legislative appropriations to the trust fund do not revert to the general fund.		LAB, FIN
2828	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPER SUCKER. Appropriates moneys to provide one year of funding for the full-time operation of the super sucker project in Kaneohe bay and for the purchase of a portable super sucker unit.		WLH/EEP, FIN
2829	RELATING TO LAND USE. Amends the land use law to expand the permissible land uses within rural districts. Permits individuals under certain conditions to change land classification from agricultural to rural land.		WLH/AGR, JUD
2830	RELATING TO LAND USE. Requires counties to adopt by ordinance permissible uses and infrastructure standards within rural, urban, and agricultural districts. Clarifies permissible uses for agricultural, rural, and conservation lands. Establishes requirements for reclassification of agricultural lands to rural lands.		WLH/AGR, JUD
2831	RELATING TO WIRELESS ENHANCED 911 SERVICE. Eliminates the $0.66 monthly surcharge on wireless telephone accounts and terminates the wireless enhanced 911 fund once all moneys in the fund are expended. Effective 7/1/2008.		PSM, CPC, FIN
2832	RELATING TO ARMED SERVICES. Creates Hawaii military family relief trust program and trust fund to pay cash benefits to certain members of the armed forces who have served in active service.		PSM, FIN
2833	RELATING TO LAND USE. Allows the redesignation of certain residential subdivisions in the agricultural district into the rural district, subject to certain criteria.		WLH/AGR, FIN
2834	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 5th representative district.		FIN
2835	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Transfers the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Lieutenant Governor's Office.		EEP, EDB, FIN
2836	RELATING TO THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS. Conforms the law to a recent Hawaii supreme court decision by amending the Patients' Bill of Rights external review procedure under which patients may appeal a managed care plan's final, internal decision denying coverage of a health intervention.		HLT, CPC/JUD
2837	RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. Amends certain sections of the mortgage foreclosures law to ensure that consumers and others receive important information regarding a foreclosure in a timely manner.		CPC/JUD
2838	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes a renewable energy technology grant program to provide renewable energy matching grants for demonstration, commercialization, research, and development projects relating to renewable energy technologies.		EEP, FIN
2839	RELATING TO TAX EXEMPTIONS. Exempts from the general excise tax and use tax all equipment used directly in the generation of electricity using fuel cells, hydrogen, biomass, wind, the sun, the ocean, geothermal energy, waste heat, hydroelectric power, or landfill gas.		EEP, FIN
2840	RELATING TO HAWAII GREEN SEAL PROGRAM. Directs the department of business, economic development, and tourism to develop the Hawaii green seal program to certify businesses that meet renewable energy standards. Creates a task force to develop standards for certification.		EEP, EDB, FIN
2841	RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Establishes a reward for persons who report offenders who cause graffiti damage and establishes a schedule of fines applicable to minor children who cause graffiti damage.		JUD, FIN
2842	RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS. Requires funds for bills passed into law through veto override to be released within 90 days of passage.		FIN
2843	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Imposes a invasive species fee for all incoming non-containerized freight into the State. Requires the department of agriculture to assess fines for violations of section 150A-5.3, HRS (inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fees), pursuant to rules.		AGR/TRN, FIN
2844	RELATING TO MASS TRANSIT. Requires the names of transit station in any mass transit system in the State to consist of Hawaiian names, words, or phrases. Prohibits transit stations in using the same name as any existing name as any existing commercial entity or establishment.		TRN/TAC, WLH
2845	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Confers specific power on chiefs of police to enter and enforce laws in common areas of public housing.		HSH, JUD
2846	RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY TAX CREDITS. Provides a tax credit equal to an unspecified percentage of medical malpractice premium costs incurred by a physician who relocates to a rural area.		HLT, CPC, FIN
2847	RELATING TO CONDITIONAL LICENSE PERMITS. Allows conditional license permit for a person's medical needs and caregiving. Clarifies when a conditional license permit is permissible for certain commercial drivers.		TRN, JUD
2848	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Permits state and county governments to rehire retired employees as permanent employees without affecting the rehired retirees' retirement benefits.		LAB, FIN
2849	RELATING TO ALLOWANCE ON SERVICE RETIREMENT. Makes police radio dispatchers class A members of the employees' retirement system. Exempts Act from prohibition against benefit enhancements, including reduction in retirement age when there is an unfunded liability established in section 88-122(e), HRS by Act 256, SLH 2007, section 3(2).		PSM, LAB, FIN
2850	RELATING TO THE REHIRING OF RETIREES. Authorizes state and county governments to rehire retired employees during labor shortages and for difficult-to-fill occupational areas without retirement benefit penalty.		LAB, FIN
2851	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 42nd representative district.		FIN
2852	RELATING TO THE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. Requires newly constructed wastewater treatment works to integrate a process for producing energy used to power the treatment works by using the sewage or by-product of the sewage, such as methane gas, for fuel.		EEP, WLH, FIN
2853	RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE. Prohibits counties from reducing the required number of toilet facilities for public use in commercial spaces intended for public use.		HLT, EDB, CPC
2854	RELATING TO PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Makes vehicles owned and operated by nursing facilities eligible for disabled parking license plates, placards, and identification cards.		HLT, TRN, JUD
2855	RELATING TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Imposes a fee for registering motor vehicles in the State that have an engine displacement larger than 200 cubic inches.		TRN, FIN
2856	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the department of transportation to conduct a feasibility study to implement electronic road pricing in the State. Report to legislature. Appropriation.		TRN, FIN
2857	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides a one-time nonrefundable tax credit to assist the victims of the December 2007 flood and wind storm in upcountry Maui and other areas of the 12th representative district.		PSM, FIN
2858	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS TAX CREDITS. Provides an income tax credit for the cost of real property taxes for, or improvements made on agricultural land.		AGR, FIN
2859	RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF NEED. Requires decision regarding issuance of a certificate of need at only 1 public hearing and within 30 days if an applicant is required to and has obtained (1) an environmental impact statement or a finding of no significant impact; and (2) all necessary county land use and zoning change permits.		HLT, FIN
2860	RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts from general excise and use taxes the fuel sold from a foreign-trade zone for intrastate air transportation by common carriers.		EDB, TRN, FIN
2861	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes an inter-island renewable energy facility siting process to expedite the review and action upon state and county permits necessary for the siting, development, construction, and operation of a renewable energy facility.		EEP/WLH, CPC, FIN
2862	RELATING TO WIND ENERGY. Establishes a consolidated process for the approval of permits for an interisland wind energy and undersea cable project.		EEP/WLH, CPC, FIN
2863	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes a renewable energy facility siting process to expedite the review and action upon state and county permits necessary for the siting, development, construction, and operation of a renewable energy facility.		EEP/WLH, CPC, FIN
2864	RELATING TO ADULT ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTS. Amends the definition of "adult entertainment products" in section 489X-1, HRS.		EDB, JUD
2865	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION ON PRIMARY AND SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit a member of a political party to voting in a primary election on a ballot for that person's political party, and no other party.		JUD, FIN
2866	RELATING TO PRIMARY AND SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Effectuates a constitutional amendment, if adopted, to limit a member of a political party to voting in a primary election on a ballot for that person's political party, and no other party.		JUD, FIN
2867	RELATING TO STATE HEALTH PLANNING. Repeals certificate of need process and the law governing acquisition of hospitals in relation to state health planning.		HLT/HSH, FIN
2868	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Requires the remittance of general excise tax revenues from liquid fuel sales to the state highway fund. Repeals provisions authorizing transfers of revenues deemed excess out of the state highway fund.		TRN, FIN
2869	RELATING TO MEDICAID HOSPITAL AND LONG TERM CARE REIMBURSEMENTS. Short form bill relating to Medicaid Hospital and Long Term Care Reimbursements.		HLT
2870	RELATING TO MEDICAID PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY. Short form bill relating to Medicaid presumptive eligibility.		HLT
2871	RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii to study the medical efficacy of marijuana.		HLT/HED, JUD, FIN
2872	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Requires the department of land and natural resources to extend the recreation-residence use leases at the Koke‘e and Waimea canyon state parks for 5 years. Sunsets 01/01/12.		WLH, FIN
2873	RELATING TO STATE PARKS. Clarifies that the conservation of park resources and values is the predominant concern of the state park system.		WLH, FIN
2874	RELATING TO STATE PARKS ON KAUAI. Establishes a sub-account under the state parks special fund into which 100% of the proceeds collected from the various fees collected at the Kokee state park and Waimea canyon state park, less any net amounts due to OHA, will be deposited and used to cover the cost of repair, maintenance, and operation at the Kokee state park and Waimea canyon state park.		WLH, FIN
2875	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A HEALTH CENTER IN PUNA. Appropriates funds for the plans and design for a Puna health center.		HLT/WLH, FIN
2876	RELATING TO GEOLOGISTS. Requires licensure for persons holding themselves out to the public as professional geologists.		CPC, FIN
2877	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Mohala Pua School, doing business as the Honolulu Waldorf School.		EDN, FIN
2878	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Ensures patient safety and quality health care by establishing direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing requirements in health care facilities.		HLT, JUD, FIN
2879	RELATING TO PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. Holds parent or guardian liable for damages, injury, or death caused by child while on school grounds and requires parent or guardian to reimburse department of education for reward offered to identify the perpetrator, up to $10,000.		EDN, JUD
2880	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 38th representative district.		FIN
2881	RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE. Appropriates funds to continue operations and services for the perinatal clinic within the department of human services.		HLT/HSH, HED, FIN
2882	RELATING TO PARENTAL LIABILITY. Imposes joint and several liability on the parent or guardian of a minor under the age of 18 whose discharge of a firearm proximately causes personal injury or damage to property. Limits liability to $30,000 per person and $60,000 per incident in the case of injury or death.		JUD
2883	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Directs the civil defense division to conduct a feasibility study on the use of the United States Navy facilities at Lualualei as a civilian emergency shelter.		PSM, FIN
2884	RELATING TO KULEANA LANDS. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to hold any lands where the owner of an inheritable interest in kuleana lands dies intestate and there is no taker under the Hawaii Probate Code, for 10 years before passing to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.		WLH, JUD
2885	RELATING TO TAXES. Provides an exemption from general excise taxes on certain food and medical products.		HLT, FIN
2886	RELATING TO RECYCLING. Directs one-half of any excess funds in the deposit beverage container deposit special fund to be provided to the counties as grants-in-aid to facilitate recycling programs in the respective county.		EEP, EDB, FIN
2887	RELATING TO TATTOOING. Exempts experts in the practice of Kakau, traditional Hawaiian tattooing, from current tattoo licensure laws and directs the Department of Health to work with Kahuna ka kakau to develop best practices for traditional Hawaiian tattooing.		WLH, CPC
2888	RELATING TO MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds to Kona Hospital for a program to address health care needs in the rural areas of South Kona, Puna, and Ka‘u.		HLT, FIN
2889	RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires the HHFDC to report to the legislature with a list of cost items that impact the high cost of homes in the State.		HSH, FIN
2890	RELATING TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to contract with archaeologists without regard to the procurement code. Exempts contracts between the department of land and natural resources and archaeologists from the procurement code.		WLH, EDB/LAB, FIN
2891	RELATING TO PLANNING. Requires office of planning, in conjunction with county planning departments, to develop a state land use plan that takes economic development into account and to submit the plan in a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2009.		EDB, WLH, FIN
2892	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Exempts lands from environmental impact statement law, state or county lands for specified uses of existing public street, road, highway, trail, or bikeways.		EEP, JUD
2893	RELATING TO INTRA-COUNTY FERRY SERVICE. Requires department of land and natural resources to assign priority mooring space to intra-county ferries serving a county with 500,000 or less people and at least 3 islands inhabited by permanent residents. Exempts distributors from fuel tax for fuel sold for ultimate use by the intra-county ferry service.		TRN/WLH, FIN
2894	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Allows for the restatement of planned community association documents.		CPC
2895	RELATING TO AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders for covered individuals less than twenty-one years of age.		HLT, CPC, FIN
2896	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATEWIDE LANGUAGE ACCESS BANK. Establishes a statewide language access bank in the department of labor and industrial relations to centralize interpretation and translation services for state agencies and covered entities. Makes an appropriation.		LAB, HSH, FIN
2897	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ASSET BUILDING. Establishes three-year pilot project within the department of human services to conduct and expand asset building classes statewide to serve individuals with disabilities and the parents of children with a disability.		HSH, FIN
2898	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the Hawaii Health Commission to develop a health plan to provide healthcare coverage for all individuals in the state.		HLT, CPC, FIN
2899	RELATING TO INTERNET SAFETY. Requires the Department of Education to establish an Internet safety education pilot project for students and community members.		EDN, JUD, FIN
2900	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Establishes a tax credit of 50 per cent of revenues lost by bars that have had a drop in business due to the ban of smoking in public places enacted in 2006.		HLT/EDB, FIN
2901	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Exempts motor vehicle insurers from being required to make available to the insured, at the insured's option, personal injury protection benefits through managed care, if there are fewer than 5 managed care providers or equivalent entities within 25 miles of the claimant.		HLT, CPC
2902	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST THE MAUI REGION OF THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Authorizes issuance of $150,000,000 in revenue bonds for a heart, brain, and spine center at the Maui memorial medical center.		HLT, FIN
2903	RELATING TO VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES. Prohibits any county from prohibiting the installation of vertical axis wind turbines in any area zoned residential, where the vertical axis wind turbines meet certain size, output, and noise restrictions.		EEP, WLH, JUD
2904	RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND. Establishes the infrastructure development revolving fund to expedite the construction of affordable housing.		HSH, FIN
2905	RELATING TO THE COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM. Provides a vehicle with unspecified amounts for an annual state tax deduction for contributions made to Hawaii's section 529 college savings plan.		HED, FIN
2906	RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF NEED. Exempts all long-term care facilities at all levels of care from the certificate of need process under the state health planning and development agency.		HLT/HSH, FIN
2907	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR FERAL PIG ABATEMENT. Appropriating funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the control and abatement of the feral pig population, including the purchase of box traps, baits, and corrals.		WLH, FIN
2908	RELATING TO AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS. Requires the Auditor to submit an annual report to the Legislature identifying all audit recommendations more than one year old that have not been implemented. Requires all affected agencies notified by the Auditor that an audit recommendation more than one year old has not been implemented to submit a written report to the Auditor, the Senate President, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives explaining why the recommendation was not implemented and the estimated date of implementation. Requires each department, office or agency, or political subdivision subject to an audit to provide updates on the implementation of the Auditor's recommendations at intervals prescribed by the Auditor.		LMG, FIN
2909	RELATING TO THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF STATEHOOD COMMISSION. Appropriates funds for the fiftieth anniversary of statehood commission.		TAC, FIN
2910	RELATING TO TRADE SECRETS. Invalidates trade secret protections unless fair compensation is negotiated collectively with employees involved in developing the trade secret.		LAB, JUD
2911	RELATING TO EMPLOYEES. Invalidates any provision in an employment agreement that requires an employee to assign the employee's rights to an invention to the employer if the employee developed the invention entirely on the employee's own time and with the employee's own materials, with certain exceptions.		LAB, JUD
2912	RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. Allows mutual benefit societies and health maintenance organizations to operate type I expanded adult residential care homes if they employ staff meeting license requirements and hire a nonresident registered nurse to act as primary caregiver. Limits the registered nurse to act as primary caregiver for no more than care homes.		HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN
2913	RELATING TO KIDNEY DISEASE. Awards a grant to St. Francis Healthcare System to support the modified home care and community health demonstration project; requires $1,000,000 in matching funds. Effective 7/1/08.		HLT/HSH, FIN
2914	RELATING TO SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES. On 1/1/2009, treats each new skilled nursing facility or facility expanding its operations outside an enterprise zone as operating within an enterprise zone for purposes of eligibility to receive all benefits provided in enterprise zones. Adds skilled nursing facilities to definition of "medical and health care services."		HLT, EDB, FIN
2915	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM PREPARING CANDIDATES FOR NURSES LICENSING EXAMINATIONS IN HAWAII. Appropriates $100,000 to University of Hawaii to support a program of study to prepare candidates to pass the licensing examination for nurses in Hawaii.		HLT, HED, FIN
2916	RELATING TO SMOKING. Prohibits smoking in state correctional facilities.		HLT, PSM
2917	RELATING TO HARBORS. Requires the department of transportation to allow a vessel with a mooring permit for Kewalo basin to moor in Honolulu harbor under certain conditions.		WLH, TRN, FIN
2918	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE. Establishes the offense of ticket scalping as a misdemeanor.		CPC, JUD
2919	RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION CONTROL. Prohibits cruise ships from burning bunker fuel as an air pollutant within five miles of Nawiliwili harbor; defines bunker fuel oil.		EEP, TAC, TRN
2920	RELATING TO FRAUD PREVENTION. Requires notary public to place seal over a succinct phrase describing document being notarized and to separately record a description of the document. Authorizes attorney general to adopt rules to prevent fraudulent use of notarized documents.		CPC, JUD
2921	RELATING TO KULEANA LANDS. Makes the office of Hawaiian affairs the trustee of any unclaimed kuleana lands. Prohibits quieting title to or claiming by adverse possession of any kuleana lands.		WLH, JUD
2922	RELATING TO FUEL TAX. Clarifies that the license tax on diesel fuel is 1 cent, rather than 2 cents if used in power-generating facilities.		TRN, EEP, FIN
2923	RELATING TO NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE YEAR HOMESTEAD LEASES. Reverts to the original intent that, notwithstanding any rights of the occupier or lessee, conveyance, devise, or bequest to the contrary, in the case of the death of any occupier or lessee under an existing certificate of occupation or homestead lease, the land will vest in the relations specified by law.		WLH, JUD
2924	RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the expansion and renovation of Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.		HLT, FIN
2925	RELATING TO LAND HAVING VALUE AS A RESOURCE TO THE STATE. Permitting the purchase of land through the Land Conservation Fund at the tax assessed value or the appraised value, whichever is higher.		WLH, FIN
2926	RELATING TO SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. Establishes that the interim compensation of substitute teachers shall be tied to the salary or wage increases provided to licensed class II teachers of the department of education. Appropriates funds for retroactive pay and per diem increases for substitute teachers.		EDN, LAB, FIN
2927	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Amends public works law to require 3-year suspension for any government contractor that delays an investigation or falsifies records.		LAB, FIN
2928	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 24th representative district.		FIN
2929	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires independent medical examinations to be performed by mutually agreed upon physicians, and by employer's physician.		LAB, CPC, FIN
2930	RELATING TO THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE. Increases the state minimum wage to $8.00 beginning 7/1/2008; to $8.50 beginning 7/1/2009; and to $9.00 beginning 7/1/2010.		LAB, FIN
2931	RELATING TO A TECHNOLOGY MASTER PLAN. Creates a high technology industry task force, attached to the high technology development corporation, to develop a state master plan for high technology prior to the convening of the 2010 regular session and updated every 2 years thereafter. Changes composition of task force after 2010 regular session.		EDB, FIN
2932	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires at least 90 per cent of revenues from University of Hawaii post-season athletic appearances to be allocated to the UH athletics program.		HED, FIN
2933	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Adds a surcharge of 50% to a fine levied for a violation of any section or provision of the statewide traffic code. Establishes a state highway patrol and state highway patrol special fund. Requires the director of finance to distribute the amount of the surcharge to the highway patrol special fund. Appropriates funds.		PSM/TRN, JUD, FIN
2934	RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Prohibits use of tobacco products by minors. Requires minor to complete a tobacco use cessation program, perform community service, and have his or her driver's license revoked for one year.		EDB, JUD
2935	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Establishes a reward program for reporting of fraudulent claims made to Department of Human Services assistance programs. Increases penalties for committing fraud under assistance programs.		HSH, JUD, FIN
2936	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 3rd representative district.		FIN
2937	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to support the continued operations of Keaau Middle College High School.		HED/EDN, FIN
2938	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES. Expands the renewable energy technologies tax credit to include hydrogen energy systems.		EEP, FIN
2939	RELATING TO AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for the continuing operations of the Pacific international space center for exploration systems.		EDB, FIN
2940	RELATING TO WATER RATES FOR AGRICULTURAL USE. Directs the Public Utilities Commission to require public utilities that furnish agricultural water in an area zoned for agricultural use to establish a water rate structure for agricultural water users.		AGR/WLH, CPC
2941	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 29th Representative District.		FIN
2942	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism, and the department of human services to evaluate certain tax credits and tax exemptions and report to legislature as to whether they should be modified, reenacted, or repealed. Provides automatic repeal of the tax credits and tax exemptions unless extended by the legislature.		FIN
2943	RELATING TO LAND USE. Accelerates the process of designating important agricultural lands by removing the 3-year limitation imposed on the land use commission and authorizing a county land use decision-making authority to reclassify certain lands that are greater than 15 acres 1 year after the county transmits its important agricultural lands designation maps to the land use commission.		WLH/AGR
2944	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY‑NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 49th representative district.		FIN
2945	RELATING TO PRISONS. Directs the department of public safety to increase its use of a programs approach to case management and adopt a policy mandating all inmates to participate in in-facility programs. Appropriates funds to increase inmate worklines at correctional facilities and in the community.		PSM, FIN
2946	RELATING TO LAND USE. Allow counties a one-time opportunity to reclassify areas of land into rural land use districts. Sunsets on 12/31/10.		WLH/AGR, FIN
2947	RELATING TO MARINE INSURANCE. Enacts modified version of the British Marine Insurance Act 1906, with the modifications for disclosures and warranties. Defines "marine insurance", specifies necessity of an insurable interest, requires a policy, addresses issues relating to voyage, loss and abandonment, and indemnity.		CPC/JUD, FIN
2948	RELATING TO LEGAL COUNSEL. Authorizes the department of education to appoint and retain attorneys separate from the department of the attorney general for the purpose of monitoring, managing, and addressing the department's legal affairs. Appropriates funds.		EDN, JUD, FIN
2949	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 26th representative district.		FIN
2950	RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Permits board members, numbering less than quorum, to: (1) discuss their individual positions related to official board business at other board meetings and legislative public hearings; (2) attend and participate in discussions at presentations, such as community meetings; and (3) discuss membership to a board's committees in private. Requires a quorum for discussion prior and related to voting and for voting to validate board actions.		JUD
2951	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires department of transportation to implement traffic congestion reduction plans, a statewide traffic flow improvement plan, a statewide infrastructure maintenance and improvement program, and a traffic safety enhancement plan. Requires partnering with academia. Requires annual reports.		TRN, FIN
2952	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to establish and collect car rental customer facility charges. Creates a car rental customer facility charge special fund.		TRN, EDB, FIN
2953	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides certain vehicle identification exemptions required when shipping a motor vehicle between islands for interisland ferry service providers.		TRN, JUD
2954	RELATED TO TOWING. Allows towing companies to charge overtime fees during certain hours of operations. Requires tow companies operating in a county with a population of 500,000 or more to offer consumer service 24 hours a day.		TRN, CPC, FIN
2955	RELATING TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA. Establishes an archaeological data survey as an online database program under the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Authorizes the museum, in consultation with the office of Hawaiian affairs and the state historic preservation division to withhold information from the database if a disclosure may pose a threat to a site or artifact.		WLH, FIN
2956	RELATING TO HUNTING. Authorizes the board and department of land and natural resources to make decisions and changes relating to hunting issues without adopting rules pursuant to Administrative Procedure Act.		WLH, FIN
2957	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides a refundable small business exporter tax credit based on the percentage of out-of-state business conducted by a small business located in the State.		EDB, FIN
2958	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides a non-refundable small business exporter tax credit based on the percentage of out-of-state business conducted by a small business located in the State.		EDB, FIN
2959	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Address workforce development issues within the State through various initiatives, programs, and appropriations. Extends the educational workforce working group two years.		EDN/HED/LAB, JUD, FIN
2960	RELATING TO LIQUOR. Allows holder of class 1 liquor manufacturer's license to also sell liquor made from cane for private consumption, and to sell liquor from fruits or cane grown in Hawaii for consumption on the premises; requires liquor labeled with "Hawaii" or similar terms to be wholly manufactured in the State.		EDB, CPC/JUD
2961	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides DoTAX with the powers necessary to evaluate and study the economic impact of Hawaii tax incentives; requires DoTAX to collect information from 1/1/2002, evaluate the high technology business tax credits, and report annually to the Legislature, ending in 2012; appropriates funds; sunsets January 1, 2012.		EDB, FIN
2962	RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds for the Safe Haven after school program in the county of Hawaii.		EDN, FIN
2963	RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS. Appropriate funds for structural and non-structural earthquake recovery and mitigation projects, provided that the projects include measures to ensure survivability in future disasters with a multi-hazard approach.		PSM, FIN
2964	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2007-08 in Reed Act funds for services of the unemployment insurance and workforce development divisions.		LAB, FIN
2965	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL WATER SECURITY. Establishes measures for preserving the security of the State's agricultural water supply in the event of an emergency. Creates the agricultural water security revolving fund to be administered by the department of land and natural resources. Makes appropriation. Effective 7/1/08.		AGR/WLH, CPC, FIN
2966	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Permits certain lessees of sites on public lands to sublet the whole or part of the demised premises without approval of the board of land and natural resources; provided that the sublease term shall not exceed one week, the rent charged to the sublessee shall not exceed an amount necessary for the lessee to cover the lessee's operational costs, and the demised premises shall be used substantially for the purposes for which it was originally intended.		WLH, FIN
2967	RELATING TO OPEN MEETINGS. Requires the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office to retain public notices of open meetings for two years from the date of filing and to retain an electronic copy thereafter.		JUD, FIN
2968	RELATING TO PRETRIAL RELEASE. Allows court to order that defendants on pretrial release be subject to electronic and alcohol monitoring at the defendant's own expense.		PSM, JUD, FIN
2969	RELATING TO INMATE REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds to the department of public safety to support the going home reintegration initiative's efforts to provide job readiness training, job placement assistance, and job retention strategies for incarcerated offenders or ex-offenders in the community.		PSM/LAB, FIN
2970	RELATING TO EVIDENCE. Amends the rules of evidence to make expert testimony relating to intimate partner battering and its effects admissible in criminal cases. Authorizes petition for post-conviction relief until 7/1/2010 on the grounds that expert testimony relating to intimate partner battering and its effects was offered but not received in evidence.		JUD
2971	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Directs department of education to implement recommendations of the online learning task force.		EDN, FIN
2972	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Creates the facilities alignment commission to revitalize school facilities by developing and submitting recommendations for areas for new school construction, schools for expansion, and schools for consolidation or closure. Allows the legislature to disapprove these recommendations only in their entirety. If no legislative disapproval occurs, requires the Board of Education to comply with these recommendations.		EDN, FIN
2973	RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Creates the Early Learning Council to govern the state's early learning system. Establishes an early learning system. Establishes the Keiki First Steps Program.		EDN, FIN
2974	RELATING TO LABOR. Certifies entities as exclusive representatives absent an election where no other representatives are certified as the exclusive representatives. Requires immediate collective bargaining between parties once entities are certified as exclusive representatives.		LAB, FIN
2975	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS. Clarifies that a single violation refers to each separate project where the department of labor and industrial relations finds that a contractor has failed to comply with chapter 104.		LAB, FIN
2976	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes a culture resource management graduate level program at the University of Hawaii in Hilo. Appropriation.		HED, TAC, FIN
2977	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Requires the invasive species council to give priority to eradicating coqui frogs that are on state or county land and within 1 mile of residential areas.		AGR, FIN
2978	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the funding formula task force to develop an equitable, consistent, and responsive funding formula for the distribution of fiscal resources throughout the UH system, with the assistance of an independent consultant. Makes a one-time appropriation of funds to supplement the base operational budgets of UH campuses that have demonstrated a significant increase in enrollment.		HED, FIN
2979	RELATING TO TEACHERS. Establishes and appropriates funds for the teacher workforce strategic planning committee to address teacher workforce issues in the State.		HED/EDN, LAB, FIN
2980	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii college of education and University laboratory school.		HED, FIN
2981	RELATING TO LAND USE. Establishes historic agricultural landmarks, designated by law, to be preserved and perpetuated as agricultural land for the benefit of the people of Hawaii.		WLH/AGR, FIN
2982	RELATING TO CONFORMING STATE INCOME TAX STANDARD DEDUCTION TO FEDERAL STANDARD DEDUCTION. Conforms the state income tax standard deduction amounts to the federal amounts.		FIN
2983	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax credit for the mentoring of students involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs in public schools.		EDB, EDN/HED, FIN
2984	RELATING TO LEGACY LANDS. Makes an appropriation for the board of land and natural resources to purchase the Ka ‘Iwi coast using the land conservation fund.		WLH, FIN
2985	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax credit equal to 15% of the costs of hotel renovations between 2014 and 2019.		TAC, FIN
2986	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. Requires community colleges to establish a pilot program in cultural sensitivity training for hospitality industry workers. Appropriates funding from the tourism special fund.		TAC, HED, FIN
2987	RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. Requires lighting in state facilities to consist of 25% energy efficient sources by 2020. Requires state agency vehicle fleets to consist of 25% hybrid or fuel cell vehicles by 2020.		EEP, FIN
2988	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides a $1,000 tax credit to Hawaii national guard members who have served in a combat zone or qualified hazardous duty area.		PSM, FIN
2989	RELATING TO VETERANS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the construction of a veterans hospital in the County of Maui, provided that matching federal funds can be obtained.		PSM, HLT, FIN
2990	RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes the Affordable Housing Loan Revolving Fund to receive funds from developers to provide low-interest home loans to qualified households.		HSH, FIN
2991	RELATING TO BEACHES. Makes an appropriation to be expended by the department of land and natural resources to protect and preserve state beaches.		WLH, FIN
2992	RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes a county to adopt an ordinance to levy a county surcharge on state tax to fund public transportation systems through 12/31/2010.		TRN, FIN
2993	RELATING TO SCHOOL NUTRITION. Establishes nutrition standards for food and beverages sold in public schools. Requires DOE to develop nutrition education training requirements for food service managers in the public schools. Requires DOE to encourage schools to provide culturally-appropriate and standards-based nutrition education and farm-to-table nutrition education.		EDN, HLT, FIN
2994	RELATING TO REAPPORTIONMENT. Requires the commission to apportion multi-member house districts of not more than three members that conform to the boundaries of the senate districts, where practicable.		JUD
2995	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-THIRD, THIRTY-FOURTH, AND THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 33rd, 34th, and 36th representative districts.		FIN
2996	RELATING TO SECTION 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN. Provides an annual deduction of $5,000 per individual or $10,000 for a married couple filing jointly against their taxable income for contributions made to a section 529 college savings plan.		HED, FIN
2997	RELATING TO TORTS. Abolishes joint and several liability for design professionals except when design professional's degree of negligence is twenty-five per cent or more.		CPC, JUD
2998	RELATING TO SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Establishes a working group to determine what changes to Hawaii law are necessary to comply with the federal Adam Walsh Act. Requires working group also to determine whether cost of compliance outweighs loss of 10% of Department of Justice grant funds that will result from noncompliance by 07/27/09.		JUD, FIN
2999	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires all guns to be sold with safety devices to prevent unintentional discharges by children and unauthorized users. Prohibits sales of ammunition unless the purchaser shows proof of registration for the firearm for which the ammunition is to be purchased and photo identification proving that purchaser is the person to whom the firearm is registered. Requires the attorney general to adopt rules setting minimum standards for firearms dealers to secure firearms in the ordinary course of business and in the event of a natural disaster. Requires firearms dealers to report theft of a firearm within 24 hours. Prohibits importation, manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of any .50 BMG rifle or .50 BMG cartridge. Prohibits disclosure to an applicant for a permit to acquire a firearm of the source of the information used to deny the application, when the application is denied because the applicant was diagnosed with a mental disorder. Excepts government entities from the definition of owner in the statute that imposes strict liability on firearms owner for injury or damage proximately caused by the firearm		JUD
3000	RELATING TO PROPERTY. Requires a landlord who rents 2 or more dwelling units in an apartment building to designate the common area in each tenant's rental agreement; provided that in the absence of a designation in the rental agreement, the statutory definition shall apply. Effective 01/01/09.		HSH, CPC
3001	RELATING TO NOISE. Authorizes injunctive relief and damages for private nuisance due to excessive noise.		EEP, JUD
3002	RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Makes a third and subsequent conviction for prostitution a class C felony when the offense is committed by a person who pays, or offers or agrees to pay, a fee for sex with another person.		JUD
3003	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A HIGH OCCUPANCY AND TOLL REVERSIBLE EXPRESSWAY ON OAHU. Requires department of transportation to perform preparatory work to construct a reversible high occupancy and toll expressway in the leeward corridor in conjunction with an integrated bus rapid transit system. Appropriates funds.		TRN, FIN
3004	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the department of transportation to identify all existing and any possible rights-of-way within each county that would facilitate the building of more lane miles and increase the carrying capacity of the highways within its jurisdiction.		TRN, FIN
3005	RELATING TO TRAFFIC. Prohibits the use of a cellular phone for text messaging while operating a motor vehicle upon any public street, road, or highway. Provides limited exceptions. Effective 01/01/09.		TRN, JUD
3006	RELATING TO INTOXICANTS. Permits the court to order that a vehicle, owned and operated by a person committing the offense of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant, be impounded at the owner's sole expense and liability for not less than forty‑eight hours and not more than 30 days. Effective 01/01/09.		TRN, JUD
3007	RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. Requires that the child protective review panel proceedings taken prior to the issuance of a court order upon the request of the child's family who believe that the child was wrongfully removed from the family home.		HSH, JUD
3008	RELATING TO QUALIFIED IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT. Provides a tax credit for improvements made to federally qualified health centers.		HSH/HLT, FIN
3009	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Establishes mandatory minimum and maximum fines for abuse of a family or household member. Requires fines to be deposited into domestic violence and sexual assault special fund. Allows funds to be expended on programs for batterers.		HSH, JUD, FIN
3010	RELATING TO VACCINES. Ensures an informed consent prior to the administration of a vaccine containing any amount of mercury through the provision of written material containing information about the possible effects of the use of such vaccines.		HLT, JUD
3011	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Allows for the greater flexibility in granting special motor vehicle registration.		TRN, JUD
3012	RELATING TO ETHICS. Conforms county ethics procedures for civil fines with state ethics commission procedures by allowing appeals of civil fines directly to a court and authorizing counties to adopt an ordinance to allow a county ethics commission to issue civil fines without first requesting correction or ceasing of violation.		JUD
3013	RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE. Adds a new chapter to Hawaii Revised Statutes to allow member states to determine the winner of a presidential election by "national popular vote".		JUD
3014	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Changes the appointment process for members of the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR). Limits the powers and duties that may be delegated to the chairperson of the BLNR. Makes other conforming amendments.		WLH, CPC, FIN
3015	RELATING TO SHORELINES. Prohibits the modification of shorelines through the planting of vegetation.		WLH, JUD
3016	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Establishes a two-year pilot project authorizing Department of Land and Natural Resources' Conservation and Resources Enforcement Officers to use tasers while performing their duties within the Counties of Hawaii and Maui.		WLH, JUD, FIN
3017	RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Prohibits the use of polystyrene foam as a disposable food service-ware product. Effective 7/1/08.		EEP, EDB, FIN
3018	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Requires the narcotics enforcement division of the department of public safety to maintain an electronic purchase logbook for sales of pseudoephedrine and related substances.		HLT, PSM, JUD
3019	RELATING TO VETERANS. Establishes a veterans bonus for qualifying veterans.		PSM, FIN
3020	RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AMENDMENTS. Amends the tax increment financing enabling law to encourage counties to use that method of financing of project costs for affordable housing.		WLH, FIN
3021	RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING. Authorizes a county that has established a tax increment financing district to use county general funds to pay the debt service on tax increment bonds if the tax increment is insufficient and provides for the deposit of excess tax increment revenues into a county general fund.		WLH, FIN
3022	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT BONDS. Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to expressly provide that the legislature may authorize the counties to issue tax increment bonds.		WLH, JUD, FIN
3023	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE. Allows an active service member of the U.S. armed forces to apply for renewal of driver's license twenty-four months prior to the date of expiration.		PSM/TRN, JUD
3024	RELATING TO CONSUMER CREDIT. Requires financial institutions and creditors that extend consumer credit to the members of the armed forces or reserves on active duty and their dependents, to conform their lending practices to the federal John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, as amended, relating to the terms of consumer credit extended to the military and their dependents, including maximum annual percentage rates and required disclosures.		PSM, CPC
3025	RELATING TO INCOME TAX CHECK-OFF. Provides an income tax check-off for an unspecified amount to be divided as follows: 50% equally to the 10 UH campuses; 25% to UH Manoa; and 25% to the UH Hilo athletics program.		HED, FIN
3026	RELATING TO INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN. Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.		EDB/PSM, JUD, FIN
3027	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Allows for the forfeiture of vehicles or property used in the sale or setting off of illegal fireworks.		TAC, JUD
3028	RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Requires chief procurement officer to hold a pre-job conference at least 30 days before contract work begins. Allows unselected offerors of professional services and in competitive sealed proposals to ask for a debriefing. Requires any subsequent protest to be submitted before the pre-job conference.		EDB, FIN
3029	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Includes as public works, construction contracts using public lands for commercial, for-profit activity.		LAB, EDB, FIN
3030	RELATING TO LABOR. Clarifies the circumstances under which the governor may suspend statutes relating to wages and hours on public works projects.		LAB/PSM, FIN
3031	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for care home operators who make modifications to their home to increase accessibility for their clients.		HSH/HLT, FIN
3032	RELATING TO LAND USE Protects and promotes the proper use of Hawaii's best agricultural lands by requiring conditions of approval for subdivisions of agricultural land into smaller lots and farm dwellings, thereby ensuring meaningful agricultural use.		WLH/AGR
3033	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL INSPECTIONS Grants the Department of Agriculture authority to require advance written notification of arrival of articles transported to the State or from one island within the State to another as freight, air freight, baggage, or otherwise, for the purpose of debarkation. Broadens the range of articles subject to advance notification and possible inspection to include non-agricultural articles capable of harboring pests. Corrects an error that occurred in Act 64, SLH 2005, regarding import of restricted articles so as to be consistent with other parts of the statute.		AGR/EEP, TRN, FIN
3034	RELATING TO MILK Ensures that the remaining Hawaii dairy producers are paid a price commensurate with the quality of the milk they produce.		AGR, CPC, FIN
3035	RELATING TO THE OBLIGATION OF FUNDS. Allows the Department of Hawaiian Homelands and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to start housing projects when they have the initial portion of construction funds for affordable housing projects rather than waiting until they have the entire financing appropriated.		HSH, WLH, FIN
3036	RELATING TO ENHANCED 911 SERVICES FOR MOBILE PHONES. Decreases from $0.66 to $0.43 cents per month the surcharge customers pay on each mobile phone for E911 emergency mobile phone services.		PSM, CPC, FIN
3037	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTRICTY, SEWER, REFUSE, AND INSURANCE PREMIUM PAYMENTS. Appropriates $271,852 from the Stadium Special Fund to pay fiscal year 2007-2008 increases in electricity, sewer, refuse, and insurance premium payments for Aloha Stadium.		FIN
3038	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTRICITY PAYMENTS STATEWIDE. Appropriates $1.0 million in general funds to pay statewide increases in electricity payments for fiscal year 2007-2008.		FIN
3039	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.		JUD, FIN
3040	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Revamps Hawaii's sex offender registry laws so as to provide more up-to-date and more useful information about registered sex offenders to the public; strengthens some criminal laws, including relating to electronic enticement of a child; and makes other criminal law changes.		JUD
3041	RELATING TO CRIME. Strengthens laws relating to obstruction of justice; revises Hawaii's murder statute to better protect the public; and makes other criminal law changes.		JUD
3042	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Amend Hawaii Constitution so a criminal case witness who asserts self-incrimination privilege may be compelled to testify/provide evidence as long as the testimony/evidence cannot later be used against the witness in a criminal case except for perjury, false statement, or failure to comply with the order to testify.		JUD, FIN
3043	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Amends Hawaii's Constitution so that only Yes and No votes will be counted in determining whether or not constitutional amendments are adopted; blank votes will no longer count as No votes.		JUD, FIN
3044	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL CASES. Amends Hawaii's Constitution so that in criminal cases, juries and fact finders can learn of prior convictions involving dishonesty of testifying defendants, to the same extent as with any other testifying witness in a criminal case.		JUD, FIN
3045	RELATING TO HABEAS CORPUS. Places time limits on claims challenging criminal convictions, prison conditions, and related matters.		PSM, JUD
3046	RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF CHARITABLE GIVING. Requires registration with the Attorney General of most charitable organizations before they can solicit funds; adds other requirements for charitable organizations and related matters.		CPC, JUD, FIN
3047	RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. Clarifies certain limitations regarding the State's liability in tort cases and brings State liability in line with similar federal liability in many cases.		TRN/JUD, FIN
3048	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT TORT LIABILITY. Clarifies that government entities are only liable in certain cases for the percentage share of the damages they actually caused; changes definition of "similar circumstances" concerning joint liability in certain motor vehicle accidents.		TRN/JUD, FIN
3049	RELATING TO APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Authorizes immediate appeals from certain court orders regarding injunctions and denials of sovereign, absolute, or qualified immunity.		JUD
3050	RELATING TO ACTIONS BY AND AGAINST THE STATE. Clarifies that certain waivers of the State's sovereign immunity can only take place if the Legislature has in a statute unequivocally waived that sovereign immunity.		JUD
3051	RELATING TO TORT ACTIONS. Allows juries in civil cases, like those involving accidents, to hear evidence that operators or passengers in motor vehicles, motorcycles, or motor scooters were not wearing seat belts or helmets; currently juries are usually not allowed to hear such evidence.		TRN, JUD
3052	RELATING TO TOBACCO. Repeals the July 1, 2009 sunset clause of the law requiring those who sell tobacco at a retail level to get a retail tobacco permit from the Department of Taxation; without this law, no permits will be necessary starting July 1, 2009.		EDB, JUD, FIN
3053	RELATING TO NOTARIES PUBLIC. Clarifies the powers and duties of the Attorney General with respect to notaries public; identifies conduct that would subject a notary to fines; and identifies criminal conduct with regard to notarization, notarized documents, and related matters.		JUD, FIN
3054	RELATING TO CHAPTER 480, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Clarifies antitrust and unfair competition law with regard to who can sue in certain instances, including when having made indirect purchases.		CPC, JUD, FIN
3055	RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. Changes the law relating to Child Support Enforcement Agency notification in some circumstances to custodial parents; establishes a CSEA Assistant Administrator; clarifies rules relating to some CSEA hearings and related matters.		HSH, JUD, FIN
3056	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Amends Hawaii's Constitution to establish an independent Judicial Conduct Commission.		JUD, FIN
3057	RELATING TO HOUSING. Makes permanent the 50 per cent allocation of conveyance tax proceeds into the Rental Housing Trust Fund set to expire on June 30, 2008.		HSH, WLH, FIN
3058	RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAM. Provides an increase in Hula Mae multifamily revenue bond authority from $400 million to $500 million to provide financing assistance for the development and preservation/rehabilitation of affordable housing.		HSH, FIN
3059	RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS. Reduces the period over which state low-income housing tax credits are taken from 10 years to 5 years.		HSH, FIN
3060	AUTHORIZING THE RESALE OF RESERVED HOUSING UNITS BY THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Allows the Hawaii Community Development Authority to resell reserved housing units as defined in section 206E-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes.		WLH, HSH, FIN
3061	RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Updates sections of Chapter 210D, Hawaii Revised Statues, which created the Hawaii Community-Based Economic Development (CBED) Program, the Hawaii Community-Based Economic Development Revolving Fund, and the CBED Advisory Council; allows for smaller CBED loans, and reduces the maximum interest rate on these loans.		EDB, FIN
3062	RELATING TO DISASTER LOANS. Provides for variable interest rates below the applicable Small Business Administration rates; increases loan amounts; allows for remediation/mitigation; adjusts loan application deadlines; and makes other housekeeping changes to the State Disaster Commercial and Personal Loan Program.		EDB, PSM, FIN
3063	RELATING TO PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS FOR PAY AS YOU SAVE. Expands the successful "Pay As You Save" solar water heater program to photovoltaic systems that convert sunshine into electricity, allowing users to pay each month through their electricity bill.		EEP, CPC, FIN
3064	RELATING TO REFUNDABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY TAX CREDIT. Allows a taxpayer with an adjusted gross income of $20,000 or less to take a refundable tax credit for the purchase and installation of a renewable energy technology, which includes solar water heating, photovoltaic, and wind systems.		EEP, FIN
3065	RELATING TO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT LEARNING EXPERIENCE PROGRAM. Makes an appropriation of $4,800,000 for the music entertainment learning experience program at Honolulu Community College, and issues general obligation bonds for site development, renovation, facilities remodeling, and studio construction.		HED, EDB/TAC, FIN
3066	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH CREATIVITY ACADEMIES. Makes an appropriation of $1,629,474 to establish a digital media pilot program that builds upon the success of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics/Hawaii excellence through science and technology academies.		HED/EDN, EDB, FIN
3067	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A CREATIVE CENTER INCUBATOR. Making an appropriation of $500,000 to equip, train and hire faculty for a Creative Center Incubator.		TAC, EDB, FIN
3068	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Requires that the renewable portfolio standards of 20 per cent by 2020 be met by classic electricity generation from renewable sources.		EEP, CPC, FIN
3069	RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. To comprehensively address deficiencies in Hawaii's energy resources coordination statutes. Provide policy guidance needed to provide adequate detail on the nature and relationship of the energy data analyses functions required of the State Energy Resources Coordinator and Energy Program.		EEP/PSM, CPC, FIN
3070	RELATING TO ENERGY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. To comprehensively address deficiencies in Hawaii's energy emergency preparedness statutes. Provide up to date policy guidance needed for consistency with current federal and state energy emergency and overall emergency management policies and plans, and to provide definitive guidance on critical energy data analyses functions.		EEP/PSM, CPC, FIN
3071	RELATING TO ENDOWED CHAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establish an eminent scholars program to create endowed chairs in science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines in the University of Hawaii by appropriating State general funds to be matched by private donations. Appropriate $2,000,000 to be matched by private donations, for an endowed chair in power generation and distribution in the University of Hawaii college of engineering as the first STEM endowed chair. The endowed chair would serve as the foundation of a new power program to support workforce needs at the Pearl Harbor naval shipyard and the growing renewable energy sector.		HED, FIN
3072	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION. Rename the state post-secondary education commission to the Hawaii higher education commission, broaden the membership, and expand the powers and authority.		HED, LAB, FIN
3073	RELATING TO INNOVATION CAPITAL. Authorizes the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii to invest up to $100 million in Hawaii venture capital opportunities.		EDB, LAB, FIN
3074	RELATING TO A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PARTNERSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriate $100,000 to the department of business, economic development, and tourism to enter into a partnership with a qualified private entity to assist the office of technology transfer and economic development to accelerate commercialization of University of Hawaii discoveries.		HED, EDB, FIN
3075	RELATING TO LAND USE. Sets up a process for determining when land use classifications should be rescinded because they have not been used for a period of time, particularly for lands classified as urban or rural.		WLH, JUD
3076	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a rapid response, custom training program and revolving fund in DBEDT to facilitate rapid, custom training for emerging growth industry and high priority business investments.		LAB/EDB, FIN
3077	RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM PROCUREMENT CODE. To add the exemption from the State's procurement code for special purpose revenue bonds issued for not-for-profit private organizations, for-profit private organizations, and public instrumentalities and their qualified affiliates in the development of low- and moderate-income housing and for agricultural enterprises serving important agricultural lands.		EDB/AGR, HSH, FIN
3078	RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII SECTION 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM. To provide taxpayers a state tax deduction for contributions to Hawaii’s college savings program.		HED, FIN
3079	RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Clarifies provisions of chapter 269, Part VII, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the administration and use of moneys supporting energy-efficiency and demand-side management programs and services.		EEP, CPC, FIN
3080	RELATING TO PROPERTY OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. Grants public utilities the authority to transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of property, without prior approval from the Public Utilities Commission, under circumstances calling for timely, decisive action in order to aid a customer whose operations have been disrupted due to unforeseeable events.		CPC, FIN
3081	RELATING TO PUBLICATION OF HEARING NOTICES. Clarifies the type of public notice required for public hearings held by the Public Utilities Commission in its regulation of utility rates and ratemaking procedures.		CPC, JUD
3082	RELATING TO EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Requires government employers to provide information to the ERS electronically. Provides for direct deposit of refunds and other lump sum payments. Clarifies that contributions for unpaid leaves are required for service credit. Conforms provision re compensation of ERS member on military leave to USERRA.		LAB, FIN
3083	RELATING TO FEDERAL TAX QUALIFICATION OF THE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Repeals the provisions that (1) make ERS membership by elective officers optional and (2) allow elective officer and judges to withdraw from ERS membership by nominally retiring even though they remain in office. Provides for service by retirants as elective officers without suspension of retirement benefits.		LAB, FIN
3084	RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. (1) To make the laws governing corporate dissolution and director's rights consistent; (2) to more accurately reflect the administrative procedures of administratively cancelling a limited partnership; (3) to make provisions regarding the expiration of corporations consistent with other entities; and (4) to streamline and conform limited liability company law filing requests.		CPC/JUD, FIN
3085	RELATING TO BUSINESS REGISTRATION. Clarifies the law relating to registration and protection of trademarks and names and clarifies how similar trade names are resolved.		EDB, CPC/JUD, FIN
3086	RELATING TO THE CODE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Updates Hawaii’s Code of Financial Institutions by requiring licenses to be conspicuously displayed, addresses temporary closures during emergencies, clarifies how prepayment penalties are calculated, and allows greater access to records by State inspectors.		CPC/JUD, FIN
3087	RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS. Amends the Money Transmitters Act, Chapter 489D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to amend the fee structure, enhance consumer protection, make necessary clarifications, and correct errors and omissions, to effectively regulate the industry.		CPC/JUD, FIN
3088	RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE PRACTICES. Repeals the law on Mortgage Brokers and Solicitors, chapter 454, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and replaces it with a statute that provides for more specialized regulation of residential mortgage brokers, residential mortgage lenders and residential loan originators by the Division of Financial Institutions.		CPC/JUD, FIN
3089	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Allows the Insurance Division to include a 3-month reserve in the calculation of Compliance Resolution Fund (CRF) assessments in order to ensure continued operations of the Division at the end of the fiscal year.		CPC, FIN
3090	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. In determining motor vehicle insurance policy personal injury protection benefits, imposes the same limitations on the number of visits, charge per visit, and combined total visits for therapeutic massage treatments as are imposed on naturopathic, chiropractic, and acupuncture treatments.		HLT, CPC
3091	RELATING TO LOSS MITIGATION. Repeals and replaces the loss mitigation grant program with a wind resistive devices tax credit.		PSM, CPC, FIN
3092	RELATING TO THE HAWAII HURRICANE RELIEF FUND. Increases insurance coverages available under the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to reflect increases in property values.		PSM, CPC, FIN
3093	RELATING TO THE PATIENTS’ BILL OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. Amends the Patients’ Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act by prohibiting certain unfair or deceptive business practices by managed care plans, such as disenrolling a person because of a medical condition.		HLT, CPC/JUD
3094	RELATING TO MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES. Maintains competition and consumer choice by deleting requirements that pose obstacles to smaller health plans. Deletes requirement that health plans must maintain a fund equal to “one half of twenty times the maximum benefits paid in 30 days” and caps the deposit requirement at $20 million.		HLT, CPC, FIN
3095	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Improves the Insurance Commissioner’s ability to protect consumers from improper transactions between health insurance companies and their affiliates by authorizing the Commissioner to monitor the relationships and transactions between these companies and their affiliates.		HLT, CPC, FIN
3096	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Adopts National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Model provisions relating to the insurers' disclosure of material financial transactions and actuarial reports. The uniform reporting requirements for all insurers is necessary to meet NAIC requirements for accreditation.		CPC/JUD, FIN
3097	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Provides insurers with greater investment flexibility by updating the Insurance Code to reflect the investment strategies, such as stocks, bonds, and notes developed since the Code was last updated in 1987.		CPC/JUD, FIN
3098	RELATING TO ACTIVITIES REGULATED BY THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER. Creates uniformity between other states' laws and Hawaii law in regard to licensing requirements. Increases educational requirements to keep a license, automatically inactivates a license if fees are not paid on time, allows reactivation if the fee is paid in 30 days, and broadens the types of reinsurance that can be used to meet the financial obligations of insurance agents.		CPC/JUD, FIN
3099	RELATING TO VIATICAL SETTLEMENTS. Protects those with terminal or chronic illnesses from unscrupulous brokers who trade in life insurance policies of the sick, by requiring disclosure of the consequences to the consumer, providing the right to rescind the contract, and prohibiting the transfer of the life insurance benefits to the new owner for five years.		HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
3100	RELATING TO ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR INSURANCE VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST ELDERS. Adds enhanced civil and administrative penalties for insurance violations committed against elders.		HSH, CPC/JUD
3101	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Authorizes the creation and regulation of special purpose financial captive insurance companies (SPFCIC). Establishes confidentiality provisions applicable to captives, including SPFCs.		EDB, CPC/JUD, FIN
3102	RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY. Addresses medical malpractice insurance costs by capping non-economic damages at $250,000, establishing limits for attorney contingent fees, and requiring that economic damages be allocated based upon proportionate percentage of negligence.		HLT, CPC, JUD
3103	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Clarifies suspension pending a hearing requirements for actions to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license. Establishes a cap on the bond amount that managing general agents are required to furnish. Requires insurers to require managing general agents's compliance with bond and errors and omissions policy requirements. Conforms financial statement filing requirements for title insurers with existing law.		CPC/JUD, FIN
3104	RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF MORTGAGE RESCUE FRAUD. Requires mortgage foreclosure rescuers to provide specific information and disclosures to distressed property owners as well as impose specific prohibitions on mortgage foreclosure rescuers.		CPC/JUD, FIN
3105	RELATING TO OSTEOPATHY. Includes doctors of osteopathy in the medical doctors chapter (chapter 453) so that the Board of Medical Examiners may treat medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy in the same manner; repeals osteopathy chapter (chapter 460).		HLT, CPC, FIN
3106	RELATING TO GRADUATES OF FOREIGN ACUPUNCTURE PROGRAMS. Requires applicants for acupuncture licensure who graduated from foreign institutes to have their educational information evaluated by a professional crediting evaluator as a prerequisite for taking an exam and getting a license in Hawaii.		HLT, CPC, FIN
3107	RELATING TO OWNER-BUILDER PERMITS. Requires sellers to disclose whether a building or structure was built or improved under an owner-builder permit, clarifies that owner-builders must use licensed subcontractors, and establishes penalties for owner-builders who fail to comply with the owner-builder permit requirements.		HSH, CPC, JUD
3108	RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. Establishes a fee structure to fund mixed martial arts regulation.		TAC, CPC, FIN
3109	RELATING TO DISPENSING OPTICIANS. Specifies that a dispensing optician's license is required for the dispensing and fitting, upon written prescription, of non-corrective contact lenses and for the sale of or offer to sell non-corrective contact lenses.		HLT, CPC
3110	RELATING TO CONTRACTOR PENALTIES. Increases fines five-fold that may be imposed on contractors for performing work outside of their licensed specialty, unlicensed activity, and other violations relating to contractors.		CPC/JUD, FIN
3111	RELATING TO PRICE GOUGING DURING EMERGENCIES. Prohibits price gouging and unfair business practices during a declared State disaster by clarifying that price increases on services, rentals, and construction or repair contracts during disasters are illegal.		PSM, CPC/JUD, FIN
3112	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Supports State Civil Defense’s Shelter-in-Place initiative by exempting civil liability for care homes and schools, in addition to hotels, during an officially designated emergency.		PSM, JUD
3113	RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE. Expedites the purchase of equipment and services by allowing state and county agencies to participate in government cooperative purchasing programs outside of Hawaii when using federal Homeland Security grants.		EDB, PSM, FIN
3114	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides an exemption from motor vehicle tax and registration fees for private vehicles of Hawaii residents who are members of the military, including the National Guard and Coast Guard.		PSM/TRN, FIN
3115	RELATING TO UNIFORM MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE FOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL. Repeals the Uniform Maintenance Allowance of $1.50 per day since uniforms no longer need to be dry-cleaned.		PSM, FIN
3116	RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. Improves the composition of the Charter School Review Panel; makes the Panel subject to the sunshine law; removes the cap on the number of charter schools; and ensures funding for new charter schools.		EDN, JUD, FIN
3117	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EDUCATOR LOAN PROGRAM. Allows recipients of awards from the Hawaii Educator Loan Program to attend any university or college with a State-approved teacher education program and allows them to teach at traditional public or charter schools as a way to repay the loan.		EDN/HED, FIN
3118	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. Allows voters in each county to decide whether or not to establish a district (local) school board; requires the legislature to establish a fair allocation of public school resources if a new district is established.		EDN, JUD, FIN
3119	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Amends the requirements for the candidate advisory council which screens and proposes candidates for appointment to the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to allow background checks and geographic representation and extends from 30 to 60 days the period to submit candidate names.		HED, JUD
3120	RELATING TO ANIMAL QUARANTINE FACILITIES. Allows the Department of Agriculture to negotiate the lease rent for use of the Animal Quarantine Station located in Halawa Valley on Oahu.		AGR/EDB, FIN
3121	RELATING TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION. Requires physical education as a mandatory component of the public school education curriculum.		EDN/HLT, FIN
3122	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires precinct chairperson to post preliminary election results at the poll site; provides for an automatic recount when there is only a ½ of one per cent difference between winning and losing candidates; moves primary date to the 2nd Saturday in August in every even numbered year to allow time for run-off elections.		JUD, FIN
3123	RELATING TO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. Amends the current certificate of need requirement under chapter 323D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to promote increased access to quality health care.		HLT, FIN
3124	RELATING TO INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN. Adopts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.		EDN/PSM, JUD, FIN
3125	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Expands the current $7.5 million annual Ko Olina tax credit to allow the credits to be used for commercial activities and affordable housing built on the Leeward Coast. Clarifies recapture provisions to require recapture of credits certified where results of certain expenditures are not placed in service by December 31, 2013.		EDB/TAC, HSH, FIN
3126	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT Increases the loan ceiling for farm and ranch operations on Hawaiian home lands from $50,000 to $200,000.		WLH/AGR, FIN
3127	RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES. Expands authority to investigate allegations of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.		HSH, JUD, FIN
3128	RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES. Expands the list of persons mandated to report known or suspected abuse of vulnerable adults to include caregivers and the entity or agency designated by the governor to provide advocacy services to persons with developmental disabilities and mental illne		HSH, JUD, FIN
3129	RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS. Authorizes the Department of Human Services or its designee to conduct criminal history record checks for those providing services to vulnerable adults and children.		HSH, JUD, FIN
3130	RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES. Establishes a grant program to assist operators of community care foster family homes and increases the capacity for cost effective home and community based services for elderly and disabled medicaid clients.		HSH/HLT, FIN
3131	RELATING TO SIBLING VISITATION. Specifies that the Family Court may grant reasonable visitation with their siblings before and after adoption or award of legal guardianship.		HSH, JUD
3132	RELATING TO AGE OF CONSENT FOR ADOPTION. Changes the age of consent by a child for adoption from 10 to 14.		HSH, JUD
3133	RELATING TO MANDATORY REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. Broadens the group of persons required to report child abuse and neglect to include family members.		HSH, JUD
3134	RELATING TO WELL CHILD FOLLOW-UP VISITS. Establishes a pilot project allowing the Department to conduct well-child follow-up visits for children who have been reported but not confirmed as abused or neglected.		HSH, FIN
3135	RELATING TO FEDERAL REVENUE MAXIMIZATION IN THE JUDICIARY. Requires the District and Family Courts to report to the Governor and the Legislature on the reasons for not establishing and implementing a federal revenue maximization program for all services they provide to children in their care that may be eligible for federal financial participation and the Family Court’s plan to do so in the future.		HSH, JUD, FIN
3136	RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Clarifies the law to ensure that local customs of caring for children outside the home by friends and relatives are an available alternative when considering the custody of children.		HSH, JUD
3137	RELATING TO INVESTIGATORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Allows the Department of Human Services to appoint and commission an administrative investigator for the Office of Youth Services, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.		HSH, JUD, FIN
3138	RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY EVICTION BOARDS. Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to hold eviction hearings without the tenant member of the Authority’s eviction boards present, provided that quorum is met.		HSH, JUD
3139	RELATING TO THE FIRST-TO-WORK PROGRAM. Conforms state law to current federal law by deleting references to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Act and replaces it with the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families law.		HSH, LAB, FIN
3140	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Emergency appropriation in general funds for fiscal year 2007-2008 to repay the department of budget and finance for a loan made to cover payroll and risk management costs for liability insurance for fiscal year 2006-2007, and to address a critical funding shortfall for operational costs of its public housing programs for fiscal year 2007-2008.		HSH, FIN
3141	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES. Provides flexibility and reliability to the hiring and contracting processes by exempting from civil service law positions or contracts lasting up to one year with non-government entities for personal services.		LAB, EDB, FIN
3142	RELATING TO SALARIES. Increases the salaries of the Stadium Manager, the Public Utilities Commissioners, Executive Director of Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, and Civil Defense Director to be commensurate with their duties and responsibilities by linking them to 92% of the Director of Health's salary.		LAB, FIN
3143	RELATING TO PARENTAL PREFERENCES IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. Repeals an obsolete requirement that all State and County Executive Branch agencies and the Judiciary report to the Legislature annually identifying programs, contracts, and services that provide preference to a parent.		HSH, JUD
3144	RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN. Encourages employees to save for retirement by automatically enrolling newly hired employees into the Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) unless the new employee elects not to enroll.		LAB, FIN
3145	RELATING TO STATE AND COUNTY CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES. Authorizes the procurement of contracts for services by the State and counties and exempts the contracts from chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes.		LAB, EDB, FIN
3146	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE ADULT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION To authorize an emergency appropriation for fiscal year 2007-2008 of $10,000,000 from general funds to the Department of Health (DOH), for the Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD).		HLT, FIN
3147	RELATING TO RECORDS OF DEFENDANTS COMMITTED TO A HOSPITAL CONTROLLED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH OR TO CUSTODY OF DIRECTOR OF HEALTH Requires the courts to provide the Director of the Department of Health (DOH) records of defendants court-ordered to the State Hospital or related facility under the cognizance of the Department.		HLT, JUD, FIN
3148	RELATING TO CONDITIONAL RELEASE Provide statutory guidance and clarification on the seventy-two (72) hour hold and extended hold process, especially as it relates to patients under Conditional Release (CR) from the State Hospital or related facility.		HLT, JUD, FIN
3149	RELATING TO CONDITIONAL RELEASE Grants the Director of the Department of Health (DOH) the authority to apply for discharge from conditional release (CR) or modification of the CR order for any patient in a mental health facility served by the DOH directly or through a contracted provider.		HLT, JUD, FIN
3150	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT Clarifies the different reporting requirements for hazardous substances and extremely hazardous substances.		HLT, EEP, FIN
3151	RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PERMITTING FEES Allows certain Department of Health environmental programs to conduct business electronically and withhold sufficient moneys to cover the cost of electronic and credit card provider services.		EEP, FIN
3152	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND INJURY PREVENTION SYSTEM BRANCH Makes an emergency appropriation for FY 2008 to pay for the City and County of Honolulu’s collective bargaining costs relating to emergency medical services.		HLT, FIN
3153	RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS Grants the Department of Health authority to take samples necessary for epidemiologic investigations.		HLT, JUD
3154	RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS Authorizes the Department of Health (DOH) to create permanent or temporary exempt epidemiologist positions.		HLT, LAB, FIN
3155	RELATING TO VOLUNTEER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES Provides immunity from liability and workers' compensation for licensed medical personnel providing volunteer medical services on behalf of the State or a county.		HLT/LAB, JUD, FIN
3156	RELATING TO WORKSITE WELLNESS PROGRAMS Gives State and counties immunity from liability for injury and damage that occur as a result of voluntary participation in state and county worksite wellness programs.		HLT/LAB, JUD, FIN
3157	RELATING TO DIRECT PAYMENT TO PROVIDERS Allows medical services providers to receive payment directly from health insurers, health maintenance organizations, and mutual benefit societies, rather than attempting to collect from the patient when the provider does not have a contract with the insurer.		HLT, CPC
3158	RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION BACKGROUND CHECKS Authorize the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to conduct FBI criminal history record checks through the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center on employees, applicants, current or prospective contractors, providers, or volunteers.		HLT, JUD, FIN
3159	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM Requires hospital participation with the department of health in an electronic health surveillance system to benefit the public health and safety of the people of Hawaii.		HLT, JUD, FIN
3160	RELATING TO CRUISE SHIPS Transfers the cruise ship air emission provisions from HRS, chapter 342D, Water Pollution, to HRS, chapter 342B, Air Pollution Control.		EEP, TAC/TRN, FIN
3161	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION Appropriation of general funds for fiscal year 2007-2008 to pay current, essential vendors, reduce accounts payable, and allow operation and provision of current levels of service in Hawaii Health Systems Corporation’s facilities.		HLT, FIN
3162	RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. Transfer the Workforce Development Council from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to assist in aligning Hawaii's workforce development policy with the State's economic development initiatives.		LAB, EDB, FIN
3163	RELATING TO THE SPECIAL FUND FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. Amends the purpose of the special fund for disability benefits to allow for the use of currently available funds for automation purposes. Appropriates $5,000,000 from the special fund for disability benefits for automation of the department of labor and industrial relations' disability compensation division.		LAB, EDB, FIN
3164	RELATING TO WORKERS’ COMPENSATION NEGOTIATION FOR BENEFIT COVERAGE. Provides public unions and employers the same ability as private unions and their signatory employers to collectively design and enter into an alternative workers' compensation systems.		LAB, CPC, FIN
3165	RELATING TO CONTRACTOR SUSPENSION ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. Suspends contractors found to be in violation of Chapter 104 for falsification of records or delaying an investigation under the wage and hour statute, section 104-22(b).		LAB, FIN
3166	RELATING TO THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPEALS BOARD. Authorizes the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (Board) to employ a hearings officer, as well as to allow that hearings officer to hold a hearing, in order for the Board to expedite hearings on certain workers' compensation matters.		LAB, FIN
3167	RELATING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN FUNDS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Clarifies the classification of the unemployment compensation fund, the workers' compensation special compensation fund, the temporary disability insurance special fund for disability benefits, and the prepaid health care special premium supplementation fund as trust funds.		LAB, FIN
3168	RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT CONTRIBUTION RATES. Intended to conform Hawaii’s unemployment insurance law to federal law to ensure uniform application to all state unemployment insurance experience rating transfers for employers.		LAB, FIN
3169	RELATING TO LIFELONG LEARNING ACCOUNTS. Establishes a Lifelong Learning Accounts program and tax credit in the department of labor and industrial relations to support upgraded training for the incumbent workforce, and encourages participation by employers and employees through tax credit incent		LAB, EDB, FIN
3170	RELATING TO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. Stipulates that only the last four digits of an individual's social security number shall be listed on judgments, orders, or decrees endorsed and recorded in the Bureau of Conveyances or Land Court.		CPC, JUD
3171	RELATING TO THE LAND COURT SYSTEM. Removes fee-simple time share transactions from the Land Court System and to provide the option for all landowners to transfer their property from the Land Court System to the Regular System of the Bureau of Conveyances.		WLH, CPC/JUD, FIN
3172	RELATING TO ELECTRONIC FILINGS IN THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES AND THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR. Authorizes the Registrar and Assistant Registrar of the Bureau of Conveyance to accept electronic signatures and electronically filed documents in lieu of an original document with original signatures.		WLH, CPC/JUD, FIN
3173	RELATING TO GROUNDED VESSELS. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to remove a grounded vessel under its control, by any means necessary, in order to minimize damages to the natural resources and not become a hazard to navigation.		WLH, FIN
3174	RELATING TO FEDERAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS. Clarify that the Department of Land and Natural Resources may adopt, amend, or repeal administrative rules to be consistent with federal fishery regulations to improve management and enforcement in a state and federal marine water fishery that has been determined to be in decline.		WLH, JUD, FIN
3175	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MARINE FISHING REPORTS. Amend the title of section 189-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from "monthly catch" to "commercial marine fishing reports" to more accurately reflect that reports will be filed on a "per catch" basis.		WLH, FIN
3176	RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR DAMAGE TO STONY CORAL AND LIVE ROCK. Imposes administrative fines for damage to stony coral and live rock based on the amount of area damaged.		WLH, JUD, FIN
3177	RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT. Increases the maximum penalty for violations within the Conservation District and authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to assess fines based on damages to natural resources within the Conservation District.		WLH, JUD, FIN
3178	RELATING TO CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS ON PUBLIC LANDS. Increases civil penalty fine amounts for violations on public lands and clarifies penalties for encroachment on public lands.		WLH, JUD, FIN
3179	RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCER. Amends the definition of "renewable energy producer" to include growers and producers of organic materials used primarily for the production of biofuels or other fuels, so that they will be eligible for direct leases of public land.		WLH/EEP, FIN
3180	RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND. Allows public and private moneys to be deposited into the Land Conservation Fund (Fund) and distributed as grants for acquisition of land having value as a resource to the State, and allows moneys from the Fund to be used for the operation, maintenance, and management of the acquired lands.		WLH, FIN
3181	RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES. Authorizes the development and use of programmatic safe harbor agreements and programmatic habitat conservation plans that cover multiple landowners or a class of landowners and over a wide area or region.		WLH/EEP, FIN
3182	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES. Authorizes the Office of Information Practices to conduct inquiries and provide advisory opinions on alleged Sunshine Law violations the same way the office is authorized to conduct inquires and provide opinions for violations of the Uniform Information Practices Act.		JUD
3183	RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Allows boards and commissions to conduct on-site inspections without public participation if public attendance is impracticable, such as on working farms.		JUD
3184	RELATING TO INTEREST ARBITRATION Modifies the factors that an arbitration panel must consider when reaching collective bargaining wage decisions including considering the impact of pay increases on other bargaining units, compliance with budget provisions, and ensuring that wage comparisons are kept within Hawaii's labor market.		LAB, FIN
3185	RELATING TO PRISON LITIGATION. Requires inmates to exhaust their administrative remedies before filing a lawsuit in State court, to avoid frivolous lawsuits.		PSM, JUD
3186	RELATING TO PRISON LITIGATION. Requires inmates to pay for the civil lawsuit they file in State court and requires inmates who have three lawsuits deemed “frivolous” to pay the filing fees prior to filing another lawsuit.		PSM, JUD, FIN
3187	RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM REVOLVING FUND. Deletes the correctional program revolving fund which has never been used by the Department of Public Safety and has no funds in it.		PSM, FIN
3188	RELATING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE OFFENDER REENTRY SYSTEM. Amends the parameters of the comprehensive offender reentry system program (Act 8 of 2007) to ensure its provisions are in compliance with good governance of correctional facilities. Eliminates provisions allowing contact between former inmates and those still in prison, requires return of out-of-state prisoners only when safety of staff and inmates is not endangered, and involves relevant State agencies in helping with family, education, and housing needs of inmates.		PSM/LAB, JUD, FIN
3189	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an additional exemption for those with a dependent aged 18 and under with adjusted gross incomes of $200,000 or less. Modifies and increases the child and dependent care credit.		HSH, FIN
3190	RELATING TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Provides a constitutionally-mandated refund to Hawaii taxpayers based upon federal adjusted gross income.		FIN
3191	RELATING TO CONFORMITY OF THE HAWAII INCOME TAX LAW TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Provides a short form measure for conforming amendments to the Hawaii income tax law based upon amendments to the Internal Revenue Code for calendar year 2007.		FIN
3192	RELATING TO REVENUE AUTHORITIES ADMINISTERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. Establishes a twenty per cent penalty for erroneous refund or credit claims.		FIN
3193	RELATING TO ELECTRONIC TAX ADMINISTRATION. Provides the Department of Taxation with the authority to require electronic filing and electronic payment by rule.		FIN
3194	RELATING TO INCOME TAXATION EXCLUSION FOR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS AGED 65 AND OVER. Excludes the first $25,000 of income from income taxation for Hawaii taxpayers age 65 and over. Phases out the exemption amount for income received over $25,000 and for currently exempt retirement income received on a graduated basis.		HSH, FIN
3195	RELATING TO INCOME TAX CREDIT. Provides a refundable income tax credit for up to 50% of costs incurred in retrofitting a primary residence for purposes of accommodating aging and disability access.		HSH/HLT, FIN
3196	RELATING TO RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLE SURCHARGE TAX. Extends the $1 per day surcharge on rental motor vehicles beyond September 1, 2008 and deposits the money into the State Highway Fund.		TRN, TAC/EDB, FIN
3197	MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. Appropriates $21,253,032 out to the State Highway Fund for fiscal year 2007-2008.		TRN, FIN
3198	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Prohibits the use of cell phones, including hands-free, or other electronic communications devices by persons aged fifteen years and six months but less than eighteen years while operating a motor vehicle under either a temporary instruction permit or a provisional license.		TRN, JUD
3199	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Strengthens the current reckless driving penalties for individuals guilty of two or more traffic violations under the State’s Traffic Code.		TRN, JUD
3200	RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS FROM THE COUNTY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL PROCESS. Exempts State Highways from county subdivision approval requirements to expedite highway projects and reduce project costs.		TRN, WLH
3201	RELATING TO VEHICLE IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEMS. Establishes an ignition interlock program, which directs the courts and the administrative driver's license revocation office to require use of the system as part of the sentence for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, as a condition for conditional license permits, and as a condition for being relicensed.		TRN, JUD, FIN
3202	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL HARBORS MODERNIZATION. Expands the authority of the Aloha Tower Development Corporation to assist in the development of the statewide harbors modernization plan. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue revenue bonds to finance the harbor improvements.		TRN/WLH, FIN
3203	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. Conforms Hawaii to federal law by closing a loophole that allows individuals convicted of driving under the influence to operate a commercial vehicle on a restructured commercial driver's license.		TRN, JUD
3204	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII Reinstates the ability of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to develop internal policies and procedures for the procurement of goods and services rather than use the State procurement code.		HED/EDB, FIN
3205	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII To increase the sources of revenue available to support the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii.		HED, FIN
3206	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII Authorizes the transfer of all University funds with the exception of general funds, into the University of Hawaii Commercial Enterprise Revolving Fund.		HED, FIN
3207	RELATING TO COMPTROLLER SUPERVISION OF ACCOUNTS Allow the University of Hawaii to preaudit all proposed payments of $10,000 or more.		HED, FIN
3208	RELATING TO NURSING To provide an additional means to qualify for licensure as a registered nurse by allowing a graduate with a completed portion of a master’s entry program in nursing to apply as a registered nurse by examination.		HLT, CPC
3209	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Exempts an existing public street, road, highway, trail, or bikeway from applicability of the environmental impact statements law.		EEP, JUD
3210	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ACQUISITION OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF ACCESS TO HAENA BEACH PARK. Appropriates matching funds from the department of land and natural resources for Kauai county's acquisition of a public right of way to Haena beach park.		WLH, FIN
3211	RELATING TO CLOTHESLINES. Allows for the use of clotheslines on any privately owned single-family residential dwelling, with limited restrictions.		EEP, HSH, FIN
3212	RELATING TO THE HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Academy of Science to assist the organization in the administration and operation of its current and future interscholastic academic programs, including outreach and training programs.		EDN, FIN
3213	RELATING TO AIR POLLUTION. Removes the maximum limitation on fees for air pollution emissions from covered sources.		EEP, FIN
3214	RELATING TO MILITARY SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Requires counties to set aside a portion of the fee charged for special number plates to be transferred to the office of veterans' services to support veterans' rights and benefits under chapter 363.		PSM/TRN, FIN
3215	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a pilot program to allow a principal at each designated public school to establish and use a debit card system based at the individual school level for the purpose of purchasing school supplies and other related curriculum support supplies.		EDN, FIN
3216	RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Provides general excise tax exemptions for certain food items and medicine and medical services.		HSH/HLT, FIN
3217	RELATING TO SENIOR CENTERS. Makes appropriation for certain senior centers on Oahu.		HSH, FIN
3218	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes and appropriates funds for the department of education real property and facilities use revolving fund.		EDN, FIN
3219	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Increases the compensation rate per day from $100 to $200 for board of education members. Establishes a protocol allowance. Allows board members to receive personal expenses at rates specified by the board while attending board meetings or while on official business as authorized by the board.		EDN, FIN
3220	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows board of education to remove members of charter school review panel. Makes panel subject to "Sunshine" (open meetings) law.		EDN, JUD
3221	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Authorizes the Hawaii teacher standards board to coordinate an effort that creates a data interface network to promote the free interchange of information among public and private Hawaii teacher education institutions and the department of education. Appropriates funds.		EDN, FIN
3222	RELATING TO NOISE. Establishes a noise abatement zone for motor vehicles and mopeds. Authorizes impoundment of vehicles for transgressors; criminalizes the modification of motorcycles and moped mufflers.		TRN, JUD, FIN
3223	RELATING TO NOISE. Prohibits selling of leaf blowers and other motorized landscaping tools not tested under standards. Appropriates funds for establishment of buyback program for noncompliant models of leaf blowers. Expands scope of unreasonable noise category of disorderly conduct crime.		EEP, JUD, FIN
3224	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital Improvements for the 32nd District		FIN
3225	RELATING TO NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Amends the definition of neighborhood electric vehicle to include vehicles with gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds.		TRN, JUD
3226	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the submission of candidates' names for the regents candidate advisory council within sixty days following the notification of a vacancy. Clarifies the requirement of the submission of the names of the candidates to the governor. Makes confidential all information received or maintained by the regents candidate advisory council. Requires candidates to reside in the geographic area which the candidate represents. Appropriates funds for an administrative position to support regents candidate advisory council operations. Requires the governor to notify the regents candidate advisory council of vacancies on the board of regents in a timely manner.		HED, JUD
3227	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes and funds sixteen additional positions at the University of Hawaii, West Oahu campus for teacher education.		HED, FIN
3228	RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES. Allows counties to remove abandoned motor vehicles from private roads.		TRN, JUD
3229	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Med‑QUEST and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care. Requires the Department of Human Services to adjust rates of payment per participating recipient amounts to allow for chiropractic coverage to QUEST participants. Appropriates funds.		HSH/HLT, FIN
3230	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 21st representative district.		FIN
3231	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Med‑QUEST and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care limited to 24 visits per calendar year. Requires department of human services to pass funding on to QUEST plans to implement the services. Appropriates funds.		HSH/HLT, FIN
3232	RELATING TO NOISE. Prohibits the sale of leaf blowers and other motorized landscape tools with untested sound levels. Appropriates funds for the director of health to establish a buyback program for noncompliant tools. Expands disorderly conduct to include noise from motorized apparatuses.		EEP, JUD, FIN
3233	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Includes the inspection of the exhaust system in the safety inspection of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Imposes penalties for violations.		TRN, EEP, JUD
3234	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 22nd representative district.		FIN
3235	RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE. Eliminates absolute immunity for those who report child abuse. Provides qualified immunity for those who act in good faith. Defines good faith.		HSH, JUD
3236	RELATING TO COUNTY ZONING. Requires a prior public informational hearing be held in the affected community before a county agency may issue any permit for group living in facilities with five or more unrelated persons.		HSH, WLH, JUD
3237	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Provides a comprehensive approach towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving Hawaii's energy self‑sufficiency.		EEP/WLH/TRN, CPC, FIN
3238	RELATING TO APPLIED ARCHAEOLOGY. Establishes an applied archaeology graduate program at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; makes appropriation.		HED, WLH, FIN
3239	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds for capital improvement projects for the 2nd representative district. Reauthorizes issuance of general obligation bonds for Hawaii community college.		FIN
3240	RELATING TO ANIMALS. Requires pet dealers and dog breeders to provide purchasers of dogs with written statements of the dog's medical history. Allows consumers to return dogs to the pet dealer or breeder for a refund or exchange where the dog has a pre-existing condition. Requires pet dealers to provide purchasers of cats with written statements of the cat's medical history.		CPC, JUD
3241	RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Protects consumers and encourages market competition by prohibiting wireless telecommunication service providers from charging unfair service agreement cancellation penalties.		CPC/JUD
3242	RELATING TO HEALTH. Clarifies the prescribing of opiates for pain treatment. Extends the time limit in which scheduled II controlled substances prescriptions must be filled.		HLT, JUD
3243	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HONOLULU SYMPHONY AND ITS PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds to support the Honolulu Symphony and its programs.		TAC, FIN
3244	RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES. Authorizes criminal injuries compensation for mental health services of survivors and witnesses in cases involving death or violent crimes and of young or elderly witnesses of violent crimes.		HLT, JUD, FIN
3245	RELATING TO MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Establishes a data depository containing individual profiles on persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery and provides for the public release of information relating to criminal charges, administrative disciplinary actions, and hospital privilege revocations.		HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
3246	RELATING TO NOISE. Establishes a noise abatement zone for motor vehicles and mopeds and assesses an escalating fine starting at $100 and impoundment of vehicles for violators. Effective 07/01/09.		TRN, JUD, FIN
3247	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows police officers a retirement allowance of five percent of the retirees average final compensation for each year of service as a police officer.		LAB, FIN
3248	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 51st representative district.		FIN
3249	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Prohibits parking of motor vehicles on bikeways. Assesses up to $500 fine per violation.		TRN, JUD
3250	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 28th Representative District.		FIN
3251	RELATING TO TAXATION. Specifies that a county shall not grant an exemption from GET or receipt taxes for a mixed use transit oriented joint development project; exempts from GET a project developed to provide affordable rental housing or a community health care facility within a mixed use transit oriented joint development project; exempts from GET amounts received by the operator of a county fixed guideway transportation system operated under an operating contract with a county or political subdivision.		TRN, HSH/HLT, FIN
3252	RELATING TO MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT LEARNING EXPERIENCE PROGRAM. Makes an appropriation of $4,800,000 for the music entertainment learning experience program at Honolulu community college, and issues general obligation bonds for site development, renovation, facilities remodeling, and studio construction.		HED, EDB/TAC, FIN
3253	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 37th representative district.		FIN
3254	RELATING TO LIFE SCIENCES. Provides for an income tax credit amounting to fifteen per cent of qualified clinical trials incurred, in any county of Hawaii with a population over 700,000, and twenty per cent in any county with a population under 700,000. Establishes criteria to qualify for the tax credit. Caps credit at $8,000,000 per clinical trial.		HLT, EDB, FIN
3255	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an exemption for common carriers from general excise and use taxes on fuel used for intrastate air travel.		EDB, TRN, FIN
3256	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ASSIST GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED SCHOOLS UNDER THE WEIGHTED STUDENT FORMULA. Appropriates funds to assist geographically isolated schools under the weighted student formula.		EDN, FIN
3257	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to support science and technology resource needs within the department of education.		EDN, FIN
3258	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH TWO BOARD OF EDUCATION ANALYST POSITIONS. Appropriates funds for 2 permanent analyst positions in the board of education to staff and support the budgetary and school-community-related responsibilities of the board.		EDN, FIN
3259	RELATING TO THE ALA WAI WATERSHED. Makes an appropriation to the department of land and natural resources to study the use of land trusts and easements to reduce flooding and pollution in the Ala Wai watershed.		WLH, FIN
3260	RELATING TO FISHING. Establishes a fishing bag limit for uhu and goatfish to no more than two kumu, two moano ukali, two munu and two uhu per person, per day, for recreational, subsistence, or commercial purposes.		WLH, JUD
3261	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Exempts proposed actions that only use state or county highways and meet certain other limiting conditions from preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement. Effective upon approval and repealed 6/30/09.		EEP, JUD
3262	RELATING TO HONOLUA BAY. Creates a temporary Honolua Bay advisory committee to develop an acquisition and management plan for Lipoa Point on the island of Maui. Report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.		WLH, FIN
3263	RELATING TO TRAFFIC FINE SURCHARGE. Adds a 10% traffic fine surcharge to each fine and forfeiture imposed for a violation of the traffic code; allocates the amount of the surcharge to the county in which the violation occurred.		TRN, JUD, FIN
3264	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 14th, 15th, and 16th representative districts.		FIN
3265	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO COASTAL AREAS. Requires the State to acquire land for public rights-of-way.		WLH, FIN
3266	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD. Requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to adopt rules necessary to ensure that a license is not issued or renewed or is suspended or revoked if the person is convicted of a crime if the board finds by reason of the nature and circumstances of the crime that the person poses a risk to the health, safety, or well-being of children.		EDN, JUD
3267	RELATING TO LEGACY LANDS. Makes an appropriation for the board of land and natural resources to purchase the Ka ‘Iwi coast using the land conservation fund.		WLH, FIN
3268	RELATING TO WATER SAFETY. Establishes requirements for rainwater and storm water retention, detention, and catchment area pond inspection and safety. Allows fines.		WLH, HLT, FIN
3269	RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES. Requires mayors of each county to report to the legislature by 2009 regular session, on the county's storage space needs for storing abandoned vehicles.		TRN, FIN
3270	RELATING TO GRAY WATER. Allows the use of gray water for the sole purpose of irrigating lawns and gardens.		EEP/WLH
3271	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides a tax credit to employers who allow employees to telecommute.		LAB, FIN
3272	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Permits a current lessee of public land to be disposed by public auction to match the winning bid under certain circumstances.		WLH, FIN
3273	RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Decriminalizes violations of statutes and rules governing traffic and parking in state harbors.		TRN, JUD
3274	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR URGENT AND EXTENDED EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE IN WEST MAUI. Appropriates $450,000 to DOH to provide outpatient urgent and extended medical care after normal physician hours in West Maui.		HLT, FIN
3275	RELATING TO OWNER-BUILDER PERMITS. Increases period prohibiting sale or lease by owner-builder from 1 to 2 years, and requires that an exemption from licensing requirements is given no more than once in 3 years.		CPC, JUD
3276	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Requires liquor licensees to have supervisory personnel and servers who have completed an alcohol management training program.		EDB, CPC/JUD
3277	RELATING TO ORGANIC AGRICULTURE. Establishes an organic agriculture task force under the direction of the department of business, economic development, and tourism to focus on the promotion of organic agriculture as a key industry for the State. Makes an appropriation to the task force to carry out its purposes.		AGR/EDB, FIN
3278	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR GEOGRAPHICAL MAPPING. Appropriates funds for the department of accounting and general services to contract with a service provider to provide interferometric synthetic aperture radar base maps of the State for state and county agencies.		WLH, FIN
3279	RELATING TO THE HAWAII UNITED OKINAWA ASSOCIATION. Amends an appropriation for fiscal year 2006‑2007 to the Hawaii United Okinawa Association.		TAC, FIN
3280	MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Appropriates funds to Kapiolani Community College for increased security and distance learning.		HED, FIN
3281	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NINETEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital Improvements for the 19th District		FIN
3282	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Alters Department of Education's energy-savings program to account for state department offices located at individual schools.		EDN, EEP, FIN
3283	RELATING TO PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. Requires the DOT to expend an unspecified percentage of moneys in the state highway fund annually for maintenance and repair of the state highway system and county roads; to annually determine and repair the ten most critical public highways and the ten most critical public highways in resort destination areas; to determine and adhere to minimum quality standards for materials and construction methods, a formula for pothole repair and maintenance of previous pothole repairs, and a reasonable time period for the use of temporary plates when maintenance and repair require extensive road patching; establishes unspecified penalty for failure to meet requirements.		TRN, FIN
3284	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO PROTECT THE TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PRACTICE OF FIGHTING GAMECOCKS. Amends the constitution to guarantee a right to engage in the traditional cultural practice of fighting gamecocks.		TAC, JUD, FIN
3285	RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. Creates a sustainable yield advisory committee to make recommendations to revise estimates of groundwater sustainable yield. Makes appropriation. Effective 7/1/08.		WLH, FIN
3286	RELATING TO MINING. Permits mining for sand, rock, gravel, and other materials suitable for use and used in construction and activities ancillary to mining, including processing and storage, within the agricultural districts; provided that the person is engaged in mining.		WLH/AGR, EDB
3287	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Allows members without vested benefit status in the employees' retirement system who return to service to continue accumulating service credit as if no break in service had occurred. Requires the State to pay the entire base monthly contribution into the employer-union health benefits trust fund for retirees hired prior to 7/1/96 who cumulatively accrue, either prior to or after a break in service of any duration, a total of at least 10 years of credited service.		LAB, FIN
3288	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Conditions appropriation to assist with transitional funding for weighted student formula on matching funds from department budget to assist small schools in maintaining financial sustainability. Imposes additional financial accountability measures upon the department.		EDN, FIN
3289	RELATING TO THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION. Requests the compact of free association task force, established pursuant to H.R. 94, H.D.1, 2007, to include in its final report to the 2009 legislature a recommendation for a pilot program for delivery of medical, educational, housing and social services for the migrants from the freely associated state		INT/HSH/HLT, EDN, FIN
3290	RELATING TO ASSISTING PERSONS UNDER A COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION. Creates one state coordinator position within the department of labor and industrial relations to assist individuals present in Hawaii under the various Compacts of Free Association; makes appropriation.		LAB, INT, FIN
3291	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 31st representative district.		FIN
3292	RELATING TO LOSS MITIGATION. Includes earthquake resistive devices in the loss mitigation grant program. Directs the insurance commissioner, in consultation with department of defense, to develop criteria for earthquake resistive devices. Appropriates moneys to the loss mitigation grant fund. Effective 07/01/08.		PSM, CPC, FIN
3293	RELATING TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Appropriates funding for the Office of Elections to provide in print, radio, television, and other media education on the pros and cons of holding a constitutional convention.		JUD, FIN
3294	RELATING TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Provides that if voters in the 2008 general election approve a constitutional convention, there shall be a special election for 102 delegates to be held in August 2009; voters will elect two nonpartisan delegates for each district of the house of representatives by mail-ballots; the constitutional convention will convene on September 1, 2009; constitutional amendments proposed by the convention will be submitted for ratification by the voters in the 2010 general election. Appropriates funds for the special election, convention expenses and compensation of delegates, a citizen education program, and updating of the constitutional convention studies.		JUD, FIN
3295	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 25th representative district.		FIN
3296	RELATING TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Provides for full public funding for delegate candidates for the constitutional convention. Appropriates funds.		JUD, FIN
3297	RELATING TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Amends campaign spending laws to include public funding for special elections for the election of delegates to a constitutional convention. Appropriates funds.		JUD, FIN
3298	RELATING TO ATTORNEY'S FEES. Limits the recovery of attorney's fees in matters relating to condominium delinquent assessments, foreclosure of liens, or enforcement of any provision in the association's governing documents, to no more than twenty-five percent of the principal amount due.		CPC, JUD
3299	RELATING TO TEACHERS. Establishes the classroom teacher program to guarantee home loans for qualified public school teachers.		EDN, HSH, FIN
3300	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Amends section 444-10.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to prohibit the resumption of work for any person who is issued a citation for operating without a license until a hearing is conducted, and provide a $10,000-per-day fine for operating without a license.		CPC, JUD
3301	RELATING TO FISHING. Designates the Honaunau and Hookena Community-based Subsistence Fishing Areas in the South Kona District of the island of Hawaii . Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to consult with the inhabitants of the respective fishing areas.		WLH, FIN
3302	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Requires state and county agencies to use competitive bidding for small purchase construction contracts of less than $50,000 for drilling and soil testing.		EDB, FIN
3303	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII COUNTY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL. Makes an appropriation to the office of community services for the Hawaii county economic opportunity council to implement new programs and expend existing programs to aid the Marshallese in the county of Hawaii .		HSH, FIN
3304	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds for a study by the legislative reference bureau on the effect of regulations of Kona coffee blends.		AGR/CPC, LMG, FIN
3305	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Makes amendments to the recodified condominium law in chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify and improve implementation of its provisions.		CPC
3306	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.		AGR
3307	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.		AGR
3308	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.		AGR
3309	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Makes an appropriation to the college of tropical agriculture and human resources for the acquisition of land for its agricultural business incubator, its Poamoho field station, and other needs.		AGR, HED, FIN
3310	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds for a grant to the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation.		AGR, FIN
3311	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii college of education to do a feasibility study regarding the establishment of a center for peace education.		HED, FIN
3312	RELATING TO HEALTH PRODUCTS. Requires certification of non-prescription health products sold in the State.		HLT, CPC, FIN
3313	RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING. Appropriates $80,000 to upgrade and enhance the wiring in the public rooms of the capitol, including the conference rooms used for public hearings, the capitol auditorium, and both chambers, to increase digital access and to improve safety and ease of use by the public.		LMG, FIN
3314	RELATING TO CREATIVE MEDIA. Establishes the academy for creative media program in statute under the University of Hawaii at west Oahu; amends Act 11, special session 2007, to delete all references to a lease agreement with PBS Hawaii.		EDB/TAC, HED, FIN
3315	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 41st representative district.		FIN
3316	RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Repeals the deposit beverage container program and requires that all moneys collected under the program and deposited into the deposit beverage container deposit special fund lapse into the general fund.		EEP, EDB, FIN
3317	RELATING TO FUEL. Requires a refiner of gasoline to make available gasoline that does not contain ethanol. Enacts certain conditions.		EEP, CPC, FIN
3318	RELATING TO SMOKING. Requires the Department of Health to promulgate rules governing smoking in outdoor areas of restaurants. Requires posting of appropriate signs.		HLT, EDB, JUD
3319	RELATING TO SMOKING. Allows smoking in properly licensed establishments. Requires collection of smoking establishment licensing fee with proceeds to go towards organ donation education and tobacco education.		HLT/EDB, JUD, FIN
3320	RELATING TO HEALTH. Allows smoking at airports up to the passenger terminal gates.		HLT, TRN/EDB, JUD
3321	RELATING TO CHAPTER 580, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Allows annulment, divorce, and separation proceedings under chapter 580 to be held at Circuit Court at 777 Punchbowl Street unless the parties agree to have proceedings held at different court.		HSH, JUD, FIN
3322	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows charter schools to receive special education services, staff, and funds.		EDN, JUD, FIN
3323	RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Prohibits cell phone use while driving except with a hands-free device.		TRN, JUD
3324	RELATING TO INTERIOR DESIGNERS. Requires interior designers to be licensed.		CPC, FIN
3325	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM LAND SALES PRACTICES ACT. Exempts offers or dispositions of interests in time share plans from the Uniform Land Sales Practices Act.		TAC, CPC, JUD
3326	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes regional councils in place of subarea councils, the statewide council, and the certificate of need review panel to increase the decision-making power of regions in the certificate-of-need process.		HLT, FIN
3327	RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires the installation of solar energy devices in all new residential construction, beginning January 1, 2009. Increases limits for renewable energy income tax credit to systems installed and placed in service, in single family and multi-family residential properties before January 1, 2009.		EEP, HSH, FIN
3328	RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression as a public policy matter and specifically with regard to employment.		LAB, JUD
3329	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 11th representative district.		FIN
3330	RELATING TO FISHING. Imposes bag limits on certain ornamental fish; prohibits catching of certain ornamental fish; appropriation		WLH, JUD, FIN
3331	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Specifies matters that are subject to mediation. Permits unsatisfied parties to mediation to pursue arbitration after 30 days.		CPC, JUD
3332	RELATING TO PRE-PACKAGED MEAT. Amends the definition of "adulterated" to include pre-packaged meat that has been treated with gas or other technology to enhance color only.		HLT, CPC
3333	RELATING TO KAKAAKO. Provides an unspecified tax credit for real property in the Kakaako community development district zoned I-1 and I-2 for a portion of the industrial real property tax assessment imposed by the city and county of Honolulu; provided that the property was in use for light industrial, wholesaling, or service and commercial operations in the year in which the tax credit is taken and retains I-1 or I-2 zoning; clarifies that the HCDA may, not shall, affix assessments against real property for district-wide improvements.		WLH, EDB, FIN
3334	RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Amends chapter 206E, HRS, to designate that at least two members of the HCDA shall be designated as the small business representatives of the HCDA and to provide that these members shall not be prohibited from voting on matters concerning small business in the initial designated district that they represent. Also directs the governor to initially designate the foregoing small business representatives from the existing members of the HCDA.		WLH, EDB
3335	RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES. Requires public and private elementary school children to wear seat belts on school buses. Requires all state contracted school buses to be fitted with seat belts after July 1, 2010.		TRN/EDB, EDN, FIN
3336	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 1st Representative District.		FIN
3337	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Allows motor vehicles registered to individuals with serious skin conditions to obtain darker window sun-screening devices than currently allowed by law.		HLT, TRN, FIN
3338	RELATING TO EDUCATION REFORM. Establishes a task force to review the development and implementation of the weighted student formula used to allocate funds among the public schools, including an evaluation of whether the current funding formula provides an equitable allocation of school funds.		EDN, FIN
3339	RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Adopts the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan. Establishes a Sustainability Council to coordinate, implement, measure, and evaluate the progress of the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan and activities. Appropriates funds to the Sustainability Council.		EEP/WLH, EDB, FIN
3340	RELATING TO KAWAI NUI MARSH. Establishes the Kawai Nui marsh advisory council; appropriates moneys to DLNR for the work of the council.		WLH, FIN
3341	RELATING TO WATER. Appropriates funds for various measures to address water quality and other issues facing Kailua waterways.		WLH/TRN, FIN
3342	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Provides a tax credit for qualified agricultural costs incurred to improve farms on land classified as agricultural districts.		AGR, FIN
3343	RELATING TO FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. Designates the month of October as Filipino-American History Month to annually commemorate the contributions of Filipino-Americans to Hawaii and the United States.		INT, TAC
3344	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to ensure that children whose first language is not English have the resources they need to succeed in Hawaii's school system.		EDN, FIN
3345	RELATING TO BOATING FACILITIES AT KEEHI LAGOON. Appropriates funds for boat repair facilities at Keehi Lagoon.		WLH/TRN, FIN
3346	RELATING TO PRIVATE PATROL OPERATORS AND TRAINING FACILITIES. Repeals authority of the board of private detectives and guards to license guards. Requires private patrol operators to be licensed and security guards to be registered by the director of commerce and consumer affairs. Requires security guards and patrolpersons to take training courses in arrests and firearms. Requires firearms and baton training facilities to be certified by the director. Makes appropriation.		PSM, CPC/JUD, FIN
3347	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER TO PROVIDE FOR EMERGENCY ENERGY CAPACITY. Appropriates $10,000,000 to the Queen's Medical Center as a grant to increase its emergency power generator system to ensure a required maximum capacity of 6,000 kilowatts to continue operating its hospital and trauma center in the event of a disaster.		HLT, FIN
3348	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Directs a portion of transient accommodations tax moneys to initially capitalize the Hawaii preservation fund.		TAC, WLH, FIN
3349	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 7th representative district.		FIN
3350	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 30th Representative District.		TRN/EDB, JUD, FIN
3351	RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. Requires the judiciary to establish a three-year statewide electronic temporary restraining order pilot project to allow the filing and issuance of temporary restraining orders on weekends and nights. Makes an appropriation.		JUD, FIN
3352	RELATING TO AN AUDIT OF THE HAWAII DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER. Requires the auditor to perform a financial and management audit of the Hawaii Disability Rights Center.		HLT/HSH, LMG, FIN
3353	RELATING TO INFECTIOUS AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. Requires health care providers to administer HIV tests for any woman being provided prenatal care unless the woman specifically refuses.		HLT, JUD, FIN
3354	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes a cultural activities education program under the department of education to provide greater opportunities for public school students to participate in cultural activities. Appropriates funds to the department of education to establish a cultural activities education program.		EDN, TAC, FIN
3355	RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS. Permits the investigators of the county liquor authorities to possess electric guns.		JUD
3356	RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. Specifically excludes "large capacity ferry vessel company" from the high technology businesses that are eligible for the High Technology Business Investment Tax Credit.		TRN, EDB, FIN
3357	RELATING TO BUSINESS. Reduces from 30 days, to 15 working days, the time within which the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, after reviewing county zone designation applications, must convey to the Governor its recommendations for approval of selected applications.		EDB, FIN
3358	RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Establishes a high technology park.		EDB, FIN
3359	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates fund to establish a grant-writer position within the department of agriculture.		AGR, FIN
3360	RELATING TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Establishes a task force to develop the Hawaii State Science and Technology Plan.		EDB, FIN
3361	RELATING TO TORTS. Reforms the healthcare liability system for resolving healthcare liability claims and for compensating injured patients.		HLT, CPC, JUD
3362	RELATING TO CRIME. Mandates minors be tried as adults in cases of first degree murder, second degree murder, first degree sexual assault and second degree sexual assault.		HSH, JUD
3363	RELATING TO JUVENILE COURT RECORDS. Allows limited disclosure of information from family court records on minors under family court jurisdiction pursuant to section 571(1); requires family court to notify public or private school officials registered with court of adjudication of minors for offenses for which court records become public; requires family court to notify public or private school officials of petitions filed with the court for minors accused of offenses that would be serious crimes under penal code; requires that disclosed information remain confidential.		HSH, EDN, JUD
3364	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO FACILITATE THE SHARING OF INFORMATION OF FAMILY COURT RECORDS WITH SCHOOLS IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN MINOR OFFENDERS. Appropriates funds for positions within the Department of Education and the Judiciary to allow for the limited disclosure of family court records to school personnel in the case of violent offenders.		HSH/EDN, JUD, FIN
3365	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE. Increases the penalty for the offense of abuse of a corpse from a misdemeanor to a class C felony. Effective 01/01/09.		JUD
3366	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Amends provisions of the of the fireworks control law to provide the counties more authority for enforcement.		TAC, JUD
3367	RELATING TO WIRELESS ENHANCED 911. Suspends $0.66 per month surcharge on wireless telephone accounts for deployment of system to locate wireless 911 callers. Requires wireless enhanced 911 board to present a 2‑year plan to the 2009 legislature including expenditures for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the level of surcharge necessary to support those expenditures, and return of surcharge funds in excess of those needed for fiscal years 2010 and 2011.		PSM, CPC, FIN
3368	RELATING TO LABOR. Requires that contracts subject to certain wage requirements contain provisions allowing employees to organize.		LAB, JUD, FIN
3369	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR LEGAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds to certain legal service providers to help them continue to offer a wide range of essential legal services on civil matters to low-income residents at their current levels of operation, and further develop their capacity to meet the expanding need for legal services amongst this population.		JUD, FIN
3370	RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Creates a department of planning and sustainability by combining the office of planning, commission on water resource management, energy resources coordinator responsibilities, agribusiness development corporation, land use commission, office of environmental quality control, and Hawaii community development authority.		EEP/WLH, EDB/AGR, FIN
3371	RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Establishes sustainable communities in Hawaii with the combined effort of state departments and agencies.		EEP/WLH, EDB, HSH, FIN
3372	RELATING TO SERIOUS OFFENSES COMMITTED BY MINORS. Permits family court to commit a minor, who commits an act that constitutes sexual assault or murder, to be incarcerated at a youth correctional facility until age 18 then transferred to the custody of the director of public safety until age 26.		HSH, JUD
3373	RELATING TO THE TRAUMA SYSTEM SPECIAL FUND. Provides additional sources of funding for the trauma system special fund by imposing surcharges for driving while intoxicated violations.		HLT/TRN, JUD, FIN
3374	RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Establishes expedited procedures before the Land Use Commission for counties to reclassify lands to conform to county land uses in county plans.		WLH/AGR, JUD
3375	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the University of Hawaii at Manoa to open its offices for classes and the transaction of public business no earlier than 9:00 a.m.		HED
3376	RELATING TO COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY CONSTRUCTION FINANCING. Creates the county infrastructure capacity construction loan revolving fund. Appropriates funds.		WLH, FIN
3377	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Requires installation of ignition interlock device on the vehicle of a person arrested for driving under the influence that prevents the person from starting or operating a motor vehicle with more than a minimal alcohol concentration while their case is pending and while their license is revoked pursuant to chapter 291E, HRS. Provides for certification of devices and vendors and funds installation of devices for the indigent with surcharges on offenders and fees on vendors. Effective 7/1/10. Establishes a task force to prepare for implementation. Appropriates funds for the task force. Effective 7/1/08.		TRN, JUD, FIN
3378	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 40th representative district.		FIN
3379	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Repeals the existing offense of abuse of family or household members and separately recodifies its procedural and substantive provisions. Establishes three degrees of the offense of abuse of a family or household member. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/2008.		HSH, JUD
3380	RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. Requires persons or entities that hire lobbyists to register. Requires lobbyists to retain records for four years. Adds additional requirements for lobbyists with regard to registration and reporting. Increases the fine for violations of the lobbying law. Adds additional powers and duties to the State Ethics Commission. Requires the State Ethics Commission to conduct random audits. Appropriates funds.		JUD, FIN
3381	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT TO THE USS MISSOURI MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, INC., FOR REPAIRS AND RESTORATION OF THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI. Appropriates funds for a grant for the Battleship Missouri memorial for repairs and restoration work.		TAC, FIN
3382	RELATING TO BANKRUPTCY. Provides procedures to allow assignments for the benefit of creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.		CPC, JUD
3383	RELATING TO HAWAII PENAL CODE. Requires that multiple terms of imprisonment run concurrently unless the court orders or the law mandates that the terms run consecutively. Effective upon approval and applies to all terms of imprisonment imposed before or after the effective date.		JUD
3384	RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS. Permits a patient's attorney with proper authorization for the patient's records to copy, scan, and print the patient's medical records at the health care provider's premises.		HLT, CPC/JUD
3385	RELATING TO HOUSING. Provides an expedited process for county review and decision on planning, zoning, and construction exemptions sought by a developer of an affordable rental project. Provides, if the county fails or refuses to take action on the proposed project, the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation may review and make a decision on the proposed project. Makes the provisions applicable only to a county with at least 750,000 residents. Appropriates funds sunsets on December 31, 2013.		HSH, WLH, FIN
3386	RELATING TO ATTORNEYS. Changes the procedure for determining representation of state departments by the attorney general and allows the attorney general to represent the legislature and judiciary under certain conditions.		JUD, FIN
3387	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Appropriates funds for the Department of Defense in cooperation with the Department of Health to begin necessary preparations to establish a mobile emergency hospital unit in Hawaii as a shared resource between the Department of Defense and the Department of Health, based on the known need for a comprehensive natural and man-made disaster response plan.		HLT, PSM, FIN
3388	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes capital improvement projects for the 48th representative district.		FIN
3389	RELATING TO MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Prohibits all commercial activities in marine life conservation districts designated after 01/01/68.		WLH, JUD
3390	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Appropriates funds to be matched by the city and county of Honolulu for the creation of a GPS/GIS based property ownership data base for Oahu.		WLH, FIN
3391	RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Requires the department of land and natural resources to assess and report the status of Hawaii's aquatic resources.		WLH, FIN
3392	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION. Proposes a constitutional amendment that would allow a county to decide whether the county wants local governance over education within their borders.		EDN, JUD, FIN
3393	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital Improvements for the 27th District		FIN
3394	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRADUATE MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for a full time faculty position and clerical support for the graduate maritime archaeology and history certificate program.		TAC, HED, FIN
3395	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax credit to small businesses for renovations.		EDB, FIN
3396	RELATING TO CHILDREN. Requires identification of child being left at safe haven as well as person leaving child to be presented at time the child is being left at the safe haven.		HLT, JUD
3397	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO CREATE A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE PROGRAM IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Appropriates funds to create a four-year degree program in historic preservation at the University of Hawaii.		WLH, HED, FIN
3398	RELATING TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii system to provide Filipino language and ethnic studies courses systemwide.		INT, HED, FIN
3399	RELATING TO CHAPTER 346, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Clarifies exemptions to part VII of chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes.		HSH, FIN
3400	RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Makes the guardian or caretaker of an eligible ward or minor, respectively, eligible for assistance as follows: a caretaker may receive assistance from the temporary assistance for needy families and temporary assistance for other needy families programs; and a guardian may receive assistance only from the temporary assistance for other needy families program.		HSH, FIN
3401	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the Incentive and Streamlining Grants Program to assist counties in streamlining the permit and approval process for construction and development of workforce housing.		HSH, FIN
3402	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Provides an exemption from county permitting requirements for civil defense sirens installation.		PSM, WLH
3403	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Establishes a self-help housing technical assistance trust fund under the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to provide funding for technical assistance costs generated by self-help housing projects. Makes an appropriation into the fund and authorizes the moneys to be expended to carry out the purposes of the fund.		HSH, FIN
3404	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Requires the Narcotics Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety to maintain an electronic purchase logbook for sales of pseudoephedrine and related substances.		HLT, PSM, JUD
3405	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the eighth representative district.		FIN
3406	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL HARBORS MODERNIZATION. Expands the authority of the Aloha Tower Development Corporation to assist in the development of the statewide harbors modernization plan by establishing the Harbors Modernization Group. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to issue revenue bonds to finance the harbor improvements.		TRN/WLH, FIN
3407	RELATING TO GASOLINE DEALERS. Repeals the service station anti-encroachment laws.		EEP, CPC, JUD
3408	RELATING TO FOOD DISTRIBUTION. Requires charitable organizations to follow certain guidelines to ensure the safety of food recipients and the surrounding community.		HLT/HSH, CPC
3409	RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes a Rural Area Public Employee Loan Special Fund to provide interest-free loans to public employees who purchase homes in rural areas. Establishes a Rural Area Public Employee Housing Allowance Program to provide housing allowances to public employees who live and work in rural areas. Establishes a Rural Area Emergency Worker Loan Special Fund to provide interest-free loans to emergency workers who purchase homes in rural areas. Establishes a Rural Area Emergency Worker Housing Allowance Program to provide housing allowances to emergency workers who live and work in rural areas.		HSH, FIN
3410	RELATING TO BIODIESEL. Provides various market stimulation incentives for the development of biodiesel, including making state agricultural lands available for biodiesel fuel crops; establishing a state biodiesel feedstock crop and biodiesel fuel purchasing program; and creating tax exemptions for biomass crushing facilities and lands used for biodiesel feedstock crops.		EEP/WLH/AGR, FIN
3411	RELATING TO BLUE ANGEL FALLS. Requires the attorney general to assist in resolving ownership and jurisdictional issues relating to Blue Angel Falls in Maui county.		WLH, JUD, FIN
3412	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects to benefit the 13th representative district.		FIN
3413	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HANA HEALTH. Appropriates $5,000,000 for Hana Health.		HLT, FIN
3414	RELATING TO ULAINO ROAD ON MAUI. Requires the attorney general to provide an opinion as to ownership issues related to Ulaino road on the island of Maui.		TRN/WLH, JUD, FIN
3415	RELATING TO PUBLIC ROADS. Allows any person to file for a contested case hearing to determine jurisdiction over a public road and establishes the determination process.		TRN/WLH, JUD, FIN
3416	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 10th representative district.		FIN
3417	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Exempts contracts to provide public, educational, or governmental cable access services from the Hawaii public procurement code.		EDB/CPC, FIN
3418	RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF INVASIVE SPECIES REGULATION. Expands the duties of the Invasive Species Council to cover all quarantine, inspection, and control and eradication functions relating to invasive species; transfers departmental authority from the Department of Agriculture to the Council; appropriates funds.		AGR, FIN
3419	RELATING TO MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES. Links the payments by mutual benefit societies to private health providers to cost-of-living adjustments based on the national average.		HLT, CPC, FIN
3420	RELATING TO LAND USE. Establishes culturally valuable districts, designated by concurrent resolution of the legislature, and provides additional decision-making criteria for any land use decision involving a culturally valuable district. Designates certain areas as culturally valuable districts.		WLH, TAC, FIN
3421	RELATING TO LAND USE. Clarifies that land use laws apply to available Hawaiian home lands that are disposed of to the public and are not leased to native Hawaiians for homesteading purposes.		WLH, EDB, JUD
3422	RELATING TO SURCHARGE FOR INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES. Increases indigent legal services funding by increasing the surcharge on initial filing fees for civil actions.		JUD, FIN
3423	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TARO RESEARCH, DOCUMENTATION, AND OUTREACH FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE APPLE SNAIL. Provides grants for taro research for the control of the invasive apple snail.		AGR, FIN
3424	RELATING TO TARO. Requires the chairperson of the board of agriculture to report on the status of agricultural opportunities in the State to expand taro farming.		AGR, FIN
3425	RELATING TO TARO Provides a grant for taro research, laboratory costs, and outreach for the control of the invasive apple snail.		AGR, FIN
3426	RELATING TO COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING. Appropriates funds for the Department of Public Safety to provide reintegration programs that combine cognitive behavioral theory with Native Hawaiian holistic interventions that address domestic violence, addictions, self mastery through identity, and community connections for successful transitions back into the community.		PSM, FIN
3427	RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes a self-help housing trust fund. Amends section 247‑7, HRS, to provide for a certain per cent of taxes collected under the chapter to be deposited into the self-help housing trust fund.		HSH, FIN
3428	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to prepare and submit a plan to the 2009 Legislature to have all signs at the State Capitol in both English and Hawaiian.		TAC, LMG, FIN
3429	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Clarifies that a burial site may include a cave or lava tube. Defines burial cave.		WLH, JUD
3430	RELATING TO TARO. Recognizes kalo (taro) as a unique and cherished resource in need of protection.		AGR/WLH, FIN
3431	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Adds to the State's public trust native Hawaiian traditional prehistoric burials, buildings, structures, objects, and sites.		WLH, JUD, FIN
3432	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides educational stability for foster children by requiring decisions made on where a child will be enrolled for school be based on the best interests of the child. Requires that foster children, including those living outside the geographic area of the school district, receive services comparable to those for children living within the school district. Appropriates funds for school transportation services for foster children.		EDN, FIN
3433	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires students in public high schools to satisfactorily complete one year of instruction in Hawaiian studies as part of the department of education's core curriculum requirements.		EDN, WLH, FIN
3434	RELATING TO CEDED LANDS. Prohibiting the disposition of ceded lands without proper notice and public input. Also requires the Auditor to provide the Legislature with a progress report every 5 years on the status of the public land trust inventory and information system.		WLH, LMG, FIN
3435	RELATING TO THE EAST MAUI COMMUNITY-BASED SUBSISTENCE FISHING AREA. Creating the east Maui community-based subsistence fishing area to consist of the waters along the moku of Ko‘olau, Hana, Kipahulu, Kaupo, and Kahikinui. Authorizes DLNR to regulate uses and activities in the east Maui community-based subsistence fishing area.		WLH, JUD, FIN
3436	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the University of Hawaii for capital renewal, deferred maintenance, repair, renovation, improvement, and replacement projects at the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds.		HED, FIN
3437	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Gives retroactive application to the exclusions from employment-related laws clarified in Act 259, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, for service providers who provide Medicaid home and community-based services for persons with developmental disabilities and mental retardation.		LAB/HSH, FIN
3438	RELATING TO HEALTH. Provides an exemption from civil damages for physicians, dentists, and non-profit health care organizations that provide free services.		HLT, CPC, JUD
3439	RELATING TO HEALTH. Expands the responsibilities of the Office of Health Care Assurance to include providing support to the health care facilities they regulate through educational and training initiatives, including support to ensure expansion of the industry they regulate. Changes the name of the office to "Office of Health Care Assurance and Development".		HLT, FIN
3440	RELATING TO THE ISLAND OF NI‘IHAU Establishes the island of Ni‘ihau as a community based subsistence fishing area.		WLH, FIN
3441	RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Requires public utilities with overhead lines on the island of Oahu to convert at least 10 miles of overhead lines to underground utilities per year, beginning in the Nanakuli-Waianae area.		CPC, FIN
3442	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii county economic opportunity council to establish a renewable energy project to build components for rechargeable, battery-powered automobiles.		EEP, FIN
3443	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an enhanced tax credit for owners who donate their hazard-prone property to a public entity, or private non-profit land trust, for a permanent non-developmental purpose that is related to a public use.		WLH, FIN
3444	RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes the energy security special fund and the energy security tax and appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/08.		EEP, FIN
3445	RELATING TO WATER. Imposes a 5 cent surcharge for bottled water produced or distributed in the State to protect watershed areas and to fight invasive species.		EEP/WLH, AGR/EDB, FIN
3446	RELATING TO CRIME. Increases penalties for graffiti. Establishes graffiti database special fund and graffiti abatement crews. Provides immunity for graffiti abatement crews when entering private property to eliminate graffiti.		JUD, FIN
3447	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Eliminates cap on charter schools. Authorizes the establishment of virtual charter schools.		EDN, FIN
3448	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Capital improvement projects for 17th representative district.		FIN
3449	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Confers specific power on chiefs of police to enter and enforce laws in common areas of public housing.		HSH, JUD
3450	RELATING TO VEHICLE IGNITION INTERLOCK SYSTEMS. Establishes an ignition interlock program. Appropriates funds for subsidization of first breathalyzer purchased by bars. Extends time period for ignition interlock working group.		TRN/EDB, JUD, FIN
3451	RELATING TO CHAPTER 343, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Clarifies application of chapter 343.		EEP, JUD

		HOUSE BILLS
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H.B. NO.			RE-REFERRAL

4	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires a feasibility review regarding the sale of the Oahu community correctional center in order to build a new facility in a different location to accommodate and manage the continued growth of the inmate population.		PSM, FIN
2001	RELATING TO TELEPHARMACY. Requires board of pharmacy to allow telepharmacy by certain federally qualified health centers participating in the federal 340B Pharmaceutical Purchasing Program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Defines "telepharmacy" to limit dispensing to only acute medications.		HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN
2011	RELATING TO BREAST CANCER. Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for hospital stays of at least forty-eight hours in connection with mastectomies.		HLT, CPC, FIN
2013	RELATING TO CANCER. Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for oral chemotherapy.		HLT, CPC, FIN
2015	RELATING TO HEALTH. Prohibits health plans from requiring prior authorization for persons before receiving general Obstetric/Gynecological services or treatment for Hepatitis C.		HLT, CPC, FIN
2016	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Includes methods of oral chemotherapy treatment in health insurances coverage.		HLT, CPC, FIN
2065	RELATING TO OSTEOPOROSIS. Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for bone mass measurements for the diagnosis of osteoporosis.		HLT, CPC, FIN
2260	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii association of conservation districts to assist with its staffing and operating costs.		FIN
2309	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION RELATING TO OVERSIGHT OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. Appropriates funds for the attorney general to provide more rigorous monitoring of expenditures and fundraising activities of charities.		CPC/JUD, FIN
2317	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes the agribusiness development corporation to use revenue bonds to purchase agricultural land, including in Kunia on Oahu. Appropriates funds to purchase these lands. Enables the agribusiness development corporation to contract with banks to provide lease management services. Allows the agribusiness development corporation to lease agricultural lands in these areas for up to 55 years.		FIN
2345	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Requires pharmacies and retailers of controlled substances to record and forward information about psuedoephedrine sales to the narcotics enforcement division. Requires the division to maintain an electronic purchase logbook.		HLT, JUD, FIN
2364	RELATING TO THE SAFETY OF MINORS ON ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES. Mandates use of safety helmets by minors when riding all terrain vehicles. Prohibits the lease, rent, loan, or sale of all terrain vehicles to minors unless safety helmet is provided to operator.		TRN, CPC, JUD
2389	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Prohibits claimant attorneys from entering into agreements with claimants to obtain fees that are higher than those approved by the director of labor and industrial relations.		LAB, JUD, FIN
2436	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Amends the definition of "display fireworks"; clarifies that fireworks may not be used within 500 feet of a hotel unless permitted; and clarifies that minors are prohibited from selling fireworks.		TAC, JUD
2445	RELATING TO ADVERTISING BY MANUFACTURERS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND DISCLOSURE OF CLINICAL TRIALS. Requires prescription drug ads to meet federal standards, public disclosure of clinical trial information, and drug manufacturers to pay fees to department of health to fund a public education initiative on clinical trials and drug safety. Establishes special fund.		HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
2450	RELATING TO LAND USE.		AGR/WLH, JUD
2737	RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the planning and design of a reservoir in Upcountry Maui to serve both agricultural and residential water needs.		FIN
2748	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EAST KAUAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. Appropriates funds for the operation and maintenance of the East Kauai irrigation system.		FIN