Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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HB1	RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Designates a new special design Gold Star Family plate for children, parents, spouses, and siblings of fallen soldiers and to be provided not later than October 1, 2011.	PBM/TRN, FIN
HB2	RELATING TO THE HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG. Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the State's emblem of service and sacrifice by the brave men and women of the United State Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty.	PBM, JUD
HB3	RELATING TO MILITARY RESERVE COMPONENTS. Creates a special fund to reimburse the life insurance premiums of national guard and reserve members deployed to a war zone. Appropriates funds.	PBM, FIN
HB4	RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN. Makes permanent the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. Deletes the definition of "test period". Deletes provisions relating to the furnishing of unofficial education records and principal's determination of available space. Clarifies military representation on state council on educational opportunity for military children within BOE.	PBM/EDN, FIN
HB5	RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS. Prohibits protests within 300 feet of the entrance of any state or county veterans cemetery from 60 minutes before to 60 minutes after the funeral.	PBM, JUD
HB6	RELATING TO THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE. Requires the consumer advocate to advocate for the increased use of renewable energy sources in the provision of public utilities.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB7	RELATING TO ELECTRIC WHEELING. Requires the public utilities commission to establish a wheeling tariff to enable nonutility electric energy producers to use the transmission and distribution facilities of an electric utility to distribute power to the producers' end-use customers.	EEP, CPC
HB8	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Provides for the organization of renewable energy generation cooperatives to generate, transmit, and sell electricity to their memberships. Authorizes issuance of revenue bonds to finance costs related to constructing, upgrading, and acquiring transmission facilities. Exempts cooperatives from public utilities commission regulation, except for interconnection agreements.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB9	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, ENERGY, AND FOOD SECURITY TAX. Increases the per barrel distribution from the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to the energy security special fund from 15 cents to 65 cents and to the agricultural development and food security special fund from 15 cents to 25 cents.	EEP, FIN
HB10	RELATING TO FINANCING THE INSTALLATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS ON SCHOOLS. Establishes temporary financing for installation of photovoltaic solar panels on schools for the next two fiscal years.	EEP, EDN, FIN
HB11	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Amends law to require that children who are at least 5 years of age on or before August 1 of the school year attend a public school kindergarten.	EDN, FIN
HB12	RELATING TO PLANT THEFT. Requires a person who steals agricultural products or commodities to pay the property owner the value of the stolen product and the cost of replanting.	AGR, JUD
HB13	RELATING TO CHAPTER 471, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Proposes mandatory continuing education requirements for veterinarians.	AGR, CPC/JUD
HB14	RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Requires district court to delete from a driver's traffic abstract any violation that the driver is found not to have committed. Prohibits disclosure of dispositions of infractions that precede the date of request by more than years.	TRN, JUD
HB15	RELATING TO PICKUP TRUCKS. Prohibits operation of a pickup truck with a passenger in the bed or load-carrying area. Increases fine. Makes applicable to counties with populations of 500,000 or greater.	TRN, JUD
HB16	RELATING TO HELMETS. Mandates adoption of rules for safety helmets for motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, and bicycles. Prohibits the operation or riding on a motorcycle, motor scooter, moped, or bicycle without a safety helmet. Prohibits the sale, rental, or lease of a motorcycle, motor scooter, or moped without provision of safety helmet.	TRN, JUD
HB17	RELATING TO USE OF SAFETY HELMETS. Prohibits the use of all-terrain vehicles without wearing a safety helmet.	TRN, JUD
HB18	RELATING TO ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES. Prohibits minors from operating, riding, or otherwise being propelled on all-terrain vehicles.	TRN, JUD
HB19	RELATING TO SCHOOL BUSES. Requires all school buses imported into the state after July 1, 2012, to be equipped with lap and shoulder belt assemblies at all designated seating positions. Requires DOE to adopt rules requiring the use of seatbelts. Requires school buses that are currently in Hawaii to be retrofitted and equipped with lap and shoulder belt assemblies by July 1, 2016.	TRN/EDN, JUD, FIN
HB20	RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF ACT 17, SPECIAL SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2009. Repeals Act 68, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010	ERB/LAB, FIN
HB21	RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF ACT 68, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2010. Repeals Act 68, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010	ERB, JUD, FIN
HB22	RELATING TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME. Institutes daylight saving time in Hawaii.	EEP/ERB, JUD
HB23	RELATING TO ATTRACTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TAX CREDIT. Repeals the attractions and educational facilities tax credit for Ko Olina Resort and Marina and Makaha Resort. Effective upon approval.	ERB/TOU, FIN
HB24	RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BUDGET. Requires the University of Hawaii to use zero-based budgeting principles in formatting the budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.	HED, FIN
HB25	RELATING TO EDUCATION BUDGETING. Requires the Department of Education to use zero-based budgeting principles in formulating the budget for the 2012-2014 fiscal biennium.	EDN, FIN
HB26	RELATING TO INFANT AND TODDLER CHILD CARE CENTERS. Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules to implement a standardized set of procedures accommodating complaints and grievances against infant and toddler child care centers. Allows the department to publicize the procedures, including on its website.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB27	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Requires the department of education to establish a priority list of public schools with the greatest need for air conditioning and to install air conditioning, based on the priority list.	EDN, FIN
HB28	RELATING TO DANGEROUS WEAPONS. Prohibits any person from setting off, igniting, discharging, or otherwise causing to explode any homemade explosive device. Establishes a violation as a Class C felony.	PBM, JUD
HB29	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle in which a minor is present.	HLT, TRN, JUD
HB30	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Prohibits the throwing of burning material from a motor vehicle and imposes penalties.	TRN, JUD
HB31	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Increases to $5,000,000 the cap on the amount of expenditures that the UH Board of Regents can authorize from the UH Tuition and Fees Special Fund for the promotion of alumni relations and generation of private donations for deposit into the University of Hawaii Foundation.	HED, FIN
HB32	RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Permits the sale of generic prescription drugs at below cost, provided that it is not done with the intent to destroy competition.	HLT, CPC/JUD
HB33	RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION. Prohibits discrimination in real property transactions based on lawful source of income.	HSG, JUD
HB34	RELATING TO PETROLEUM. Requires department of agriculture to adopt rules to require retail gas and diesel dealers to post the amount of federal, state, and local taxes paid on each gallon of fuel by 1/1/12.	EEP, ERB, CPC
HB35	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Requires a prescription to purchase any product containing pseudoephedrine.	HLT, CPC/JUD
HB36	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION REGARDING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that freedom of speech applies only to natural persons.	JUD, FIN
HB37	RELATING TO BICYCLE SAFETY. Requires the operator of a bicycle on any sidewalk or sidewalk area to make an audible warning when overtaking a pedestrian.	TRN, JUD
HB38	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION REGARDING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that freedom of speech does not include the expenditure of money to influence elections or promote lobbying.	JUD, FIN
HB39	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUORS. Prohibits open alcoholic beverage containers on any common area of a public housing project.	HSG, JUD
HB40	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Requires an individual who is 76 years of age or older to renew the individual's driver's license every 2 years and to pass a road test prior to receiving a renewed or reactivated driver's license.	TRN, JUD
HB41	RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Authorizes forfeiture of a motor vehicle after a conviction for a prostitution offense if the vehicle was used by the defendant to commit or facilitated commission of the offense or represents proceeds of the offense. Effective 7/1/11.	JUD
HB42	RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER. Makes permanent the prohibition against urinating or defecating in public within the boundaries of downtown Honolulu.	JUD
HB43	RELATING TO SIDEWALKS. Defines the downtown Honolulu business district. Prohibits use of bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, skateboards, rollerskates, and other similar devices on sidewalks in the downtown Honolulu business district.	TRN, JUD
HB44	RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Makes it a misdemeanor to offer or agree to pay a fee to engage in sexual conduct within 750 feet of a school or public park. Effective 7/1/11.	JUD
HB45	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Broadens criminal trespass in the first degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project after a reasonable request or warning to leave by housing authorities or a police officer. Excludes an invited guest, unless the guest is violating a law or rule.	HSG, JUD
HB46	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Prohibits smoking in and around public housing projects or state low-income housing projects under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii public housing authority.	HSG, JUD
HB47	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the chief election officer to establish procedures to select a letter of the alphabet by lot and arrange candidate names on ballots in alphabetical order of the last names, beginning with the randomly selected letter. Applies to elections in the next two year election cycle following effective date.	JUD, FIN
HB48	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires that all applicants for driver's licenses or state identification cards, if determined to be eligible, be automatically registered to vote.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB49	RELATING TO ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEMBERS. Recognizes the federally prescribed DD Form 93, or its successor form, as an acceptable method of determining the person authorized to direct disposition of an armed forces service member's remains.	PBM, JUD
HB50	RELATING TO A MEMORIAL. Directs the Office of Veterans' Affairs, Department of Accounting and General Services, and Department of Defense to establish a memorial to the veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation New Dawn.	PBM, FIN
HB51	RELATING TO TELEMEDICINE. Exempts from licensing requirement to practice medicine in the State any commissioned medical officer or commissioned or civilian behavioral health professional employed by the U.S. Department of Defense, who are credentialed by Tripler Army Medical Center, while providing direct telemedicine support or services to neighbor island beneficiaries within a Hawaii national guard armory on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, or Maui.	HLT/PBM, CPC
HB52	RELATING TO UNIFORM MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE. Repeals the uniform maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel. Effective July 1, 2112.	PBM, FIN
HB53	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION REGARDING THE CONVENING OF REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IN A PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION YEAR. Proposes a constitutional amendment so that the legislature will not convene during the week that the President of the United States is inaugurated.	LMG, JUD, FIN
HB54	RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Creates a tax credit for electric utilities for undergrounding utility lines.	CPC, FIN
HB55	RELATING TO A COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM TAX CREDIT. Establishes a college savings program tax credit.	HED, FIN
HB56	RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION. Permits family court to award reasonable visitation to grandparents if denial of visitation would cause significant harm to the child. Establishes presumption that visitation decisions by parent are in the best interests of the child. Presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence. Identifies factors court may consider in awarding visitation.	HUS, JUD
HB57	RELATING TO NUCLEAR ENERGY. Directs the department of business, economic, development, and tourism to develop a permitting process for nuclear energy generation facilities in Hawaii.	ERB/EEP, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB58	RELATING TO TRAFFIC. Requires DOT to establish and operate a county-wide highway traffic advisory radio system to advise motorists of updated current traffic conditions in any county having a population of greater than 300,000. Appropriation.	TRN, FIN
HB59	RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Establishes a refundable tax credit for tuition and fees of parents who enroll in parenting and child development classes.	HUS, FIN
HB60	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 7/1/2011.	PBM, CPC, FIN
HB61	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Bases University of Hawaii general funding on a student-weighted formula.	HED, FIN
HB62	RELATING TO NUCLEAR ENERGY. Establishes a nuclear energy commission within the department of business, economic development, and tourism to study the feasibility, risks, and benefits of developing nuclear energy generation facilities in Hawaii. Requires report to 2012 regular session of legislature.	EEP/ERB, CPC, FIN
HB63	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ALARM SYSTEMS. Prohibits installation of audible motor vehicle alarm systems beginning 1/1/2012. Requires audible motor vehicle alarm systems to be uninstalled or disabled by 1/1/2012. Exempts authorized emergency vehicles.	TRN, JUD
HB64	RELATING TO BURGLARY. Requires strict liability for burglary of a dwelling if the resident or resident's guest is present during the burglary. Mandates a sentence of 10 years imprisonment upon conviction.	JUD
HB65	RELATING TO SPECIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. Requires public approval from residents within a 1-mile radius for the licensing of a new special treatment facility, or for renewal of such a license.	HLT, FIN
HB66	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a waiver program to exempt gambling winnings legally acquired outside of the State during a consecutive 5-day period.	FIN
HB67	RELATING TO TOBACCO. Prohibits the sale of blunt wraps.	HLT, JUD/CPC
HB68	RELATING TO SEWER SYSTEMS. Temporarily prohibits counties from building any new sewer system until the existing sewer system for the area with that county's largest population density is retrofitted and upgraded to current and future capacity.	EEP, FIN
HB69	RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Prohibits planned community associations from disallowing a member's or a member's bona fide tenant's house-mounted display of the United States and State of Hawaii flags provided the display meets size restrictions. Requires the display to be at the front of the dwelling and in accordance with state and federal law.	HSG, JUD
HB70	RELATING TO THE HOMELESS. Establishes a Return-to-home Program to assist eligible homeless individuals to return to their home state if there is a support network available and able to receive them. Effective July 1, 2011.	HSG/HUS, FIN
HB71	RELATING TO THE ALOHA STADIUM. Requires governor to direct department of land and natural resources to: dispose of Aloha Stadium; acquire suitable lands at an appropriate location on Oahu upon which to build a new stadium; and ensure that proceeds of the disposition of Aloha stadium and surrounding lands are used to acquire the new lands.	WLO/TOU, FIN
HB72	RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THE STADIUM AUTHORITY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Transfers the stadium authority to the University of Hawaii.	WLO/TOU, HED, FIN
HB73	RELATING TO PREPAID CALLING CARDS. Requires companies selling prepaid calling cards to disclose the terms and services of the cards. Makes a violation of disclosure requirement an unfair or deceptive act or practice.	CPC, JUD
HB74	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
HB75	RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS. Removes real property tax information from the list of public records subject to disclosure under information practices law.	WLO, JUD
HB76	RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Prohibits pedestrians from selling or soliciting the sale of services or goods to any occupant of a vehicle on a highway, and from accepting or soliciting donations of money or goods from any occupant of a vehicle on a highway.	TRN, JUD
HB77	RELATING TO FOIE GRAS. Prohibits the possession, sale, or distribution of foie gras. Establishes penalties.	AGR/ERB, JUD
HB78	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Establishes a procurement preference, applicable to construction contracts to be performed in counties with a population of 250,000 or less, for firms that are headquartered in the county where the construction project is to take place.	ERB, FIN
HB79	RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Repeals, terminates, or closes certain revolving and trust funds. Establishes provisions for automatic repeal of certain special and revolving funds beginning on 6/30/12.	FIN
HB80	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
HB81	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires all new motor vehicles sold or offered for sale in the State to be equipped with reverse sensors.	TRN, FIN
HB82	RELATING TO SUPERVISORY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Establishes a training program for all state managerial and supervisory employees. Requires a state employer and the exclusive representative to negotiate whether completion of the training program will be a factor in personnel decisions. Makes appropriations.	LAB, FIN
HB83	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Prohibits motorcycle, motor scooter, and moped mufflers from emitting a noise level above an unspecified decibel level. Provides a graduated schedule of fines for first, second, and subsequent violations.	TRN, JUD
HB84	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriate funds to make necessary repairs to the seawall that runs parallel to the shore from 2957 Kalakaua avenue to Coconut avenue in Waikiki, Oahu.	TOU, FIN
HB85	RELATING TO MOPEDS. Requires riders of mopeds to wear helmets and provides fines for violations.	TRN, JUD
HB86	RELATING TO MOTOR SCOOTERS. Prohibits dealers from selling motor scooters with noise emissions exceeding a specified number of decibels. Adds motor scooters to noisy muffler law currently applicable to motorcycles and mopeds.	TRN, JUD
HB87	RELATING TO MOPEDS. Requires mopes to be inspected annually, to display a certificate of inspection, and to be operated only with an exhaust system that meets original manufacturer specifications.	TRN, JUD
HB88	RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON. Requires that a defendant who commits the offense of manslaughter by operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs of alcohol be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment.	JUD
HB89	RELATING TO SMOKING. Prohibits smoking on lanais, balconies, terraces, and patios of multi-family dwellings and hotels.	HLT, TOU, CPC/JUD
HB90	RELATING TO ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICERS. Mandates that elected public officers serve the entire term of office for which they are elected, subject to certain conditions.	JUD
HB91	RELATING TO ENERGY. Allows owners of a cooperative or condominium dwelling unit to install and use clotheslines.	EEP/HSG, CPC
HB92	RELATING TO RENTAL PROPERTY MANAGERS. Defines the term "rental property manager" and requires rental property managers who manage more than three dwelling units to register with the real estate commission.	HSG, CPC/JUD
HB93	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires proportionate representation of residential and nonresidential units on boards of mixed-use condominiums having more than 75 units and 25 owners. Prohibits cumulative voting when removing and replacing condominium board members.	HSG, CPC
HB94	RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. Requires the auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of the department of human services relating to public assistance programs.	HUS, LMG, FIN
HB95	RELATING TO LEAF BLOWERS. Bans the complete operation of leaf blowers in Hawaii.	EEP, JUD
HB96	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Prohibits use by minors of false identification to purchase liquor. Establishes fines and other penalties. Designates fifty per cent of revenues from fines to county programs for underage drinking awareness and prevention.	ERB, JUD, FIN
HB97	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Makes attendance in kindergarten mandatory and lowers the compulsory education age from six to five years old. Requires children who are home-schooled or enrolled in alternative school programs for kindergarten to pass a standardized test approved by the Board of Education prior to entering first grade in a public school.	EDN, FIN
HB98	RELATING TO TOBACCO. Makes it unlawful for minors, defined as persons under age eighteen, to possess or use tobacco products. Exempts minors when lawfully delivering tobacco products under the direction of an employer or participating in a law enforcement activity. Amends consequences for a minor for subsequent offenses.	ERB, JUD
HB99	RELATING TO GRAY WATER. Requires the Department of Health to establish standards for county gray water recycling programs and requires such programs to conform to the standards.	EEP, FIN
HB100	RELATING TO VOTING. Establishes an election by mail voting system for federal, state, and county primary or special primary elections; creates procedure and process for this method of voting. Makes appropriations.	JUD, FIN
HB101	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Amends the definition of "bicycle" to include a bicycle powered by an electric motor.	TRN, JUD
HB102	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows the principal of each public school to establish and use a debit card system based at the individual school level to enable teachers at that school to purchase school supplies and other related curriculum support supplies. Provides an appropriation for FY 2011-2012 and FY 2012-2013.	EDN, FIN
HB103	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Directs the energy resources coordinator to establish a government-industry consortium for funding, research, and development of renewable energy resources.	ERB/EEP, FIN
HB104	RELATING TO GRAVE DESECRATION. Expands criminal offense of desecration to specifically include the negligent or reckless desecration of graves, imposes a reasonable person standard, requires community service for a violation, and increases maximum allowable fine to $10,000.	JUD
HB105	RELATING TO OUT-OF-STATE OFFICES. Beginning 7/1/11, requires the auditor to conduct at least every two years a management and financial audit of the department of business, economic development, and tourism out-of-state offices. Requires reports to the legislature. Repeals exemption from audit and accounting requirements for out-of-state offices.	ERB/INT, LMG, FIN
HB106	RELATING TO OCEAN SAFETY. Requires the department of land and natural resources to review the safety records of nearshore areas statewide; appropriates funds for swimming buoys at Kaanapali beach.	WLO, FIN
HB107	RELATING TO THE ROADSIDE SALE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. Authorizes the roadside sale of agricultural products in agricultural district if the products are grown in the county and 10% of the products are grown on the premises.	WLO, AGR/ERB
HB108	RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Establishes the offense of cruelty to animals by fighting dogs in the second degree. Increases penalty for cruelty to animals by fighting dogs in the first degree. Clarifies dog fighting and animal cruelty laws.	JUD
HB109	RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW. Allows the participation by 2 or more members of a public policy deliberative body: (1) in a public gathering or community event not tied to matters currently under official deliberation or pending action; and (2) in professional association conferences and professional development activities with a publicly accessible report of their activities.	JUD
HB110	RELATING TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. Clarifies that a license applicant does not have a significant privacy interest in records that show relevant experience, trade examination results, or adequate bonding. Makes such information contained in government records subject to disclosure.	CPC, JUD
HB111	RELATING TO MEDICAL TORTS. Authorizes courts in medical tort litigation to impose sanctions on a nonprevailing party whose rejection of the medical claim conciliation panel's decision resulted in the subsequent litigation.	HLT, JUD
HB112	RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS. Allows the director of commerce and consumer affairs to designate an access organization to oversee public, educational, and governmental channels on cable television.	CPC, FIN
HB113	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW. Establishes a voluntary work sharing program for purposes of unemployment compensation within the department of labor and industrial relations.	ERB/LAB, FIN
HB114	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. Exempts retired law enforcement officers from certain firearm and ammunition regulations provided that the retired officers are qualified under federal law.	PBM, JUD
HB115	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. Authorizes the counties to enact ordinances to safeguard and protect abandoned properties, including properties held in foreclosure.	WLO, JUD
HB116	RELATING TO MEDICAL ENTERPRISE ZONES. Establishes medical enterprise zones in the State to encourage the development of medical and research services. Creates a 7‑year pilot medical enterprise zone in West Maui.	HLT, ERB, FIN
HB117	RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. Increases the valuation threshold for the review of minor projects within the special management areas.	WLO/EEP, JUD
HB118	RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Provides a grace period for general excise tax payments and broadens certain requirements for consolidated, year-end general excise tax payments.	ERB, FIN
HB119	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a one-time amnesty program for delinquent income tax obligations, provides equitable relief in certain tax situations, and places the burden of proof on the department of taxation in certain circumstances.	JUD, FIN
HB120	RELATING TO TELECOMMUTING. Provides an income tax credit to employers who allow their employees to telecommute. Prevents counties from limiting the practice of telecommuting unless the business activity generates excessive noise, dust, debris, or traffic in the area where the employee is engaged in telecommuting.	ERB, FIN
HB121	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII CIVIL AIR PATROL. Makes appropriations for the operational expenses of the Hawaii civil air patrol.	PBM, FIN
HB122	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Extends the repeal date of Act 173 (2009), which exempts renewable energy projects from subdivision requirements on State agricultural or conservation lands.	EEP/WLO, AGR
HB123	RELATING TO INTRA-STATE AVIATION. Exempts the general excise and use taxes on fuel sold from a foreign-trade zone to common carriers for use in interisland air transportation. Effective 07/01/2011.	TRN/ERB, FIN
HB124	RELATING TO LUPUS. Requires the director of the health to establish a working group to develop a plan to increase education and awareness of lupus.	HLT, FIN
HB125	RELATING TO CRIME. Removes statute of limitations for prosecution of rape cases.	JUD
HB126	RELATING TO SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Amends the sex offender registration law to (1) include violation of privacy offenses, including voyeurism; (2) require registration for offenders who are subject to sex offender registration or notification in their jurisdiction of conviction; (3) repeal obsolete or unnecessary provisions; and (4) create a tier classification for covered offenses that are not expressly classified.	JUD, FIN
HB127	RELATING TO HEALTHCARE. Requires hospitals to provide survivors of sexual assault with medically and factually accurate and unbiased information regarding emergency contraception.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB128	RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Provides that the county may impound vehicles used in the commission of street prostitution in specified zones as established by the counties.	JUD
HB129	RELATING TO PERINATAL CARE. Appropriates moneys for the continued operation of the Perinatal Addiction Treatment of Hawaii program and clinic.	HLT, FIN
HB130	RELATING TO COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION. Requires the Department of Public Safety to determine the number of women who are eligible for reintegration into the community and contract with providers of gender-responsive community services to assist women in successfully transitioning back into the community.	PBM, FIN
HB131	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Prohibits physically restraining pregnant inmates, unless extraordinary circumstances exist.	PBM/HLT, FIN
HB132	RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF DNA SAMPLES FROM ARRESTEES OF SEXUAL OFFENSES AGAINST MINORS. Mandates the collection of DNA samples from arrestee for sex offenses against minors. Effective July, 1, 2012.	JUD, FIN
HB133	RELATING TO LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. Eliminates the statute of limitations for civil actions brought by persons subjected to sexual offenses as a minor. Revives for one year certain actions for which the statute of limitations had previously lapsed.	HLT, JUD
HB134	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS. Prohibits employers from discriminating against an employee or applicant for employment based upon the employee's or the applicant's domestic abuse victim status; provided that the domestic abuse victim notifies the employer of such status.	LAB/HUS, JUD
HB135	RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE ORDERS. Allows a temporary restraining order to remain in effect for 90 days or until service of a protective order, whichever occurs first. Also amends law to provide that protective orders orally stated by the court on the record shall be effective upon service on the respondent.	HUS, JUD
HB136	RELATING TO CRIME. Creates the misdemeanor offense of inadequate supervision of a minor for a parent or legal guardian who fails to exercise reasonable care, supervision, protection, or control over their minor child.	JUD
HB137	RELATING TO DNA COLLECTION FOR VIOLENT CRIMES. Requires DNA collection from those arrested on violent felony charges.	JUD, FIN
HB138	RELATING TO AN AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. Requires department of public safety to establish a statewide automated victim notification system to provide crime victims with current information regarding the offender's custodial status.	PBM, FIN
HB139	RELATING TO REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS. Expands the scope of the current law to include the regulation of real estate appraisal management companies in order to comply with the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 ("FIRREA") and the federal rules adopted thereunder.	CPC, JUD
HB140	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Prohibits the counting of blank votes and overvotes in determining whether a proposed constitutional amendment has been ratified.	JUD, FIN
HB141	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE. Authorizes retroactive application of the requirement that multiple terms of imprisonment run concurrently unless directed to run consecutively by law or court order.	JUD
HB142	RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Directs the attorney general to coordinate a review of the impact of diverting marijuana and certain felony drug offenders out of the criminal justice system into treatment.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB143	RELATING TO RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED. Specifies procedures for eyewitness identification via photographic and live lineups. Mandates that state and county law enforcement adopt these procedures. Establishes training program.	JUD, FIN
HB144	RELATING TO SHERIFFS. Establishes the office of the sheriff within the department of the attorney general. Transfers the department of public safety's responsibility for service of process and execution of court orders to the office of the sheriff.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB145	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Requires the department of public safety to establish a pilot program on Oahu that electronically monitors committed persons who are permitted to live and work in the community, in lieu of continued incarceration. Appropriates funds.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB146	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Requires the department of public safety to report to the legislature any inmate or correctional facility employee death within 24 hours.	PBM, LMG
HB147	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Repeals the civil service exemptions for the first and second	PBM/LAB, FIN
HB148	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Specifies criteria that must be considered in deciding whether to transfer inmates between correctional facilities located in Hawaii and correctional facilities located outside of Hawaii.	PBM, FIN
HB149	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the department of public safety to establish performance indicators for inmate reentry system. Requires reports, using key performance indicators, to be provided to the legislature.	PBM, FIN
HB150	RELATING TO SHIPPING CONTAINER INSPECTIONS. Authorizes the department of transportation and department of defense to inspect shipping containers for dangerous materials, including explosives.	PBM/TRN, JUD, FIN
HB151	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires privately owned prisons or out-of-state detention facilities holding prisoners under a contract with the State to follow state freedom of information laws pursuant to chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB152	RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENDERS. Allows the Department of Public Safety to release a qualifying committed person serving a misdemeanor sentence if the person has served at least two-thirds of the sentence imposed by the court.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB153	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes the safe routes to school fund; increases the fines for speeding in a school zone; deposits a portion of fines collected for speeding in a school zone and federal safe routes to school program moneys into the safe routes to school fund.	TRN, FIN
HB154	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires the department of land and natural resources to review all proposed projects to determine effects on historic properties, aviation artifacts, or burial sites.	WLO, JUD, FIN
HB155	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Clarifies provisions relating to inadvertently discovered native Hawaiian burial sites by amending sections 6E-43, 6E-43.5, 6E‑43.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Conforms the treatment of inadvertently discovered native Hawaiian discovered burial sites with the treatment of previously discovered burial sites by the burial councils under the department of land and natural resources.	WLO/HAW, FIN
HB156	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Protects agriculturally suitable lands within the State of Hawaii (lands with productivity ratings of "A" or "B").	AGR, WLO
HB157	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to post on their respective websites reports of all inspections of care facilities by January 1, 2011.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB158	RELATING TO UNINSURED MOTOR VEHICLES. Prohibits the driver of an uninsured motor vehicle that is involved in an accident from suing any other person. Allows a passenger in an uninsured motor vehicle involved in an accident to sue only the driver of that vehicle.	TRN, JUD/CPC
HB159	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Establishes a funding formula for charter school facilities.	EDN, FIN
HB160	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES AND HEALTH. Appropriates additional funding for the Kupuna Care program. Effective 7/1/11.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB161	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS. Requires department of human services to report to legislature prior to 2012 regular session information relating to domestic violence victim services contract award process; awardees, dollar amounts, number of victims served, and types of services provided by nonprofit organizations for the period from 1/1/2007 to 6/30/2011.	HUS, FIN
HB162	RELATING TO FOOD LABELING. Provides penalties for the misbranding of fish or fish products that result in consumer illness. Creates the food misbranding special fund to support Department of Health inspectors investigating incidents of fish or fish products misbranding.	HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB163	RELATING TO PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. Extends benefits under the Hawaii employer-union benefit trust fund to reciprocal beneficiaries and allows reciprocal beneficiaries to jointly file state income tax returns. Allows reciprocal beneficiaries to live in the same community care foster family home. Amends definition of marriage.	LAB, JUD, FIN
HB164	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW MARRIAGE BETWEEN SAME SEX COUPLES. Constitutionally allows same sex marriage by defining a marriage as a legal relationship between two people.	JUD, FIN
HB165	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO DEFINE MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. Constitutionally prohibits same sex marriage by defining marriage as a relationship only between a man and a woman.	JUD, FIN
HB166	RELATING TO THE HAWAII OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH LAW. Raises the civil penalty amounts and additional criminal fines for violations of the Hawaii occupational safety and health Law.	LAB, JUD
HB167	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Establishes bargaining unit health benefits trust funds. Requires public employers and unions to negotiate employers' contributions. Amends the impasse procedures for certain bargaining units. Provides right to strike on the issue of a public employers' contribution for health and other benefits.	LAB, FIN
HB168	RELATING TO MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE. Increases the minimum hourly wage to $8.50 per hour beginning July 1, 2011 and ending December 31, 2012. Adjusts the minimum hourly wage thereafter in accordance with consumer price index.	LAB/ERB, FIN
HB169	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY. Enacts the optional total unemployment rate trigger.	LAB/ERB, FIN
HB170	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Provides that the use of a replica firearm in a robbery or terroristic threatening raises the offense to robbery in the first degree or terroristic threatening in the first degree, respectively. Defines the term simulated firearm.	JUD
HB171	RELATING TO HOUSING. Extends the window for the legislative body of a county to approve, approve with modification, or disapprove an affordable housing project from 45 days to 60 days, when the legislative body determines circumstances require additional time.	HSG, JUD
HB172	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Expands the offenses of assault against a law enforcement officer in the first and second degree to include assaults against firefighters and water safety officers.	PBM, JUD
HB173	RELATING TO NOMINATION PAPERS. Requires candidates for elective county office to include in their nomination papers a sworn certification of compliance with any relevant provisions of the county charter or ordinances.	JUD
HB174	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Increases the members on the ERS board of trustees from eight to ten. Establishes county representation on the ERS board of directors.	LAB, FIN
HB175	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires one of the members of the EUTF board of trustees to be appointed by agreement of the mayors of the four counties and approved by the Hawaii State Association of Counties.	LAB, FIN
HB176	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO EXAMINE HOW THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE SOLVED ITS HOUSING CRISIS. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to examine how Singapore solved its housing crisis.	HSG/INT, FIN
HB177	RELATING TO AN OFFICE OF APPLIED COMMUNITY RESEARCH. Establishes an office of applied community research at the University of Hawaii.	HED, FIN
HB178	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Removes limitations on the general excise tax exemption provided for hospitals, infirmaries, and sanitaria.	HLT, FIN
HB179	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides income tax credit (50% of qualified wages for first 6 months) for taxpayer who hires a person 65 years of age or older.	ERB, HUS, FIN
HB180	RELATING TO SENIOR CITIZENS. Clarifies that the existing graduated food excise tax credit applies to taxpayers under age 65. Adds food excise tax credit of 4% of qualified food expenses for elders age 65 and older. Creates medical services excise tax credit of 4% of qualified medical expenses for elders age 65 and older.	HLT, FIN
HB181	RELATING TO SAFETY EQUIPMENT. Makes moped riders subject to safety equipment requirements. Requires use of helmets in addition to any other protective devices required by rules adopted by the director. Repeals specific requirements relating to use of safety glasses, goggles, or face shields. Makes conforming amendments related to requirements of sellers of protective equipment. Repeals provisions requiring sellers of safety equipment to meet safety specifications adopted by the director of transportation.	TRN, JUD
HB182	RELATING TO ELDERLY CARE TAX CREDIT. Provides a tax credit to taxpayers who care for elderly relatives.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB183	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAXATION. Exempts for maximum of 5 years from the general excise tax the gross proceeds of any qualified small business manufacturer.	ERB, FIN
HB184	RELATING TO LEASEHOLD PROPERTY. Prohibits the establishment of new residential leasehold condominium property regimes or limited-equity housing cooperatives unless the land lease includes an option to purchase the leased fee interest in the land. Excludes the Kakaako community development district.	HSG, CPC/JUD
HB185	RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON THE YEAR 2050. Creates a commission on the year 2050 within the department of business, economic development, and tourism to study the impact of technology and social change on Hawaii in the future.	ERB, HED, FIN
HB186	RELATING TO AN OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE. Establishes the office of legislative exchange to develop a program that offers internships with Hawaii's legislature to lawmakers from other nations.	INT, LMG, FIN
HB187	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO THE RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. Amends the Hawaii Constitution to allow for recall of elected public officials.	JUD, FIN
HB188	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax credit for corporate mentoring of students involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs in public schools and colleges.	ERB, HED/EDN, FIN
HB189	RELATING TO KAMILO NUI VALLEY. Changes the land use classification of Kamilo Nui valley from urban to agricultural.	AGR/WLO, JUD
HB190	RELATING TO LEGACY LANDS. Appropriates funds for the board of land and natural resources to purchase land along the Ka ‘Iwi coast on Oahu that is in imminent danger of being developed.	WLO, FIN
HB191	RELATING TO FERRIES. Establishes the Hawaii state ferry system and the Hawaii state ferry system special fund for the operation of a system to ferry people and cargo between the islands. Makes appropriation. Effective 7/1/2011.	TRN, FIN
HB192	RELATING TO THE CREATION OF A PILOT PROJECT FOR AN OCEAN MASTER PLAN. Creates an ocean board to develop and implement, in consultation with relevant county, state, and federal agencies, a pilot project as a precursor to a comprehensive ocean zoning master plan that incorporates ideas from the traditional ahupua`a system and the Hawai`i ocean resources management plan, and addresses user conflicts in Hawaiian ocean waters through the designation of discrete ocean zones for Maunalua Bay.	WLO, FIN
HB193	RELATING TO LAND PRESERVATION. Appropriates funds to acquire and preserve remaining open space in Hawaii Kai.	WLO, FIN
HB194	RELATING TO EVIDENCE. Makes permanent the limited news media privilege against the compelled disclosure of sources and unpublished information.	JUD
HB195	PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES II, III, AND XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR THE INITIATIVE. Proposes constitutional amendment to provide for initiative. Establishes provisions governing the initiative process.	LMG, JUD, FIN
HB196	RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE. Allows the governor to order and direct government agencies, officers, and employees, state or local, to take actions and employ measures necessary to mitigate hazardous situations. Allows the governor to authorize state or local agencies, officers, and employees to enter private property at reasonable times to investigate, determine, or mitigate situations deemed by the governor to be hazardous to the health and safety of the public, even in the absence of a civil defense activity or other emergency.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB197	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Authorizes state employers to establish a voluntary unpaid leave program for state employees from 7/1/2011 to 6/30/2013.	LAB, FIN
HB198	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Authorizes schools to purchase fresh local produce under the school meals program and to grow food in school gardens for consumption in the school lunch program.	EDN, FIN
HB199	RELATING TO QUALIFIED TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS. Authorizes the State to establish a pre-tax transportation benefit program for the benefit of state employees. Places the program in the department of human resources development.	LAB/TRN, FIN
HB200	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.	FIN
HB201	RELATING TO STATE PARKS. Requires the department of land and natural resources to hold a public meeting prior to the award of a contract to manage or operate a state park or a program within a state park. Requires notice of public meeting to state changes anticipated in programs or activities in affected parks.	WLO, FIN
HB202	RELATING TO HOURS OF WORK. Allows state and county employees to request modified office hours. Mandates that the chief executive bargain in good faith.	LAB/TRN, FIN
HB203	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds, matched dollar-for-dollar by federal funds, in cash, or by in-kind donations by the private sector, for the planning, repair, and modification of agricultural facilities at the former Del Monte operation on Oahu and at Maui Community College. Effective 1/1/2011.	AGR, FIN
HB204	RELATING TO CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. Limits the tort liability of land owners and the State when a land owner transfers a conservation easement to the State.	WLO, JUD, FIN
HB205	RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES. Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" and repeals certain tax incentives received by businesses for the research, development, sale, or production of genetically-engineered products within state enterprise zones.	ERB/AGR, FIN
HB206	MAKING GRANT-IN-AID APPROPRIATIONS TO THE COUNTIES TO FINANCE DROUGHT MITIGATION PROJECTS AND MEASURES. Appropriates funds to the counties for drought mitigation purposes.	AGR, FIN
HB207	RELATING TO BEACH ACCESS. Requires counties with a population that exceeds 500,000 to clearly mark all public beach access points to ensure public knowledge of legitimate points of entry and to assist emergency response workers in quickly locating beach access points in times of crisis.	WLO/PBM, JUD, FIN
HB208	RELATING TO TOXIC PRODUCTS. Beginning 1/1/12, prohibits the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of toys and child care articles containing certain toxic chemicals and requires manufacturers to use the least toxic alternatives.	HLT, CPC/JUD
HB209	RELATING TO JOB-SHARING FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Authorizes the agencies of the executive, judiciary, and legislative branches to establish a voluntary job-sharing program.	LAB, FIN
HB210	RELATING TO LAND USE. Assesses a surcharge on any land reclassified equal to any increase in the assessed value of the land resulting from the reclassification.	WLO, FIN
HB211	RELATING TO TARO LANDS. Requires the department of land and natural resources and the department of agriculture to work with the taro security and purity task force to identify taro lands, adjust lease rents, and modify lease qualification criteria.	WLO/AGR, FIN
HB212	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires the state historic preservation officer to explore the use of archaeological technology, including a ground penetrating x-ray and geographic information system, and determine whether acquiring, maintaining, and using the technology is feasible.	WLO, HAW, FIN
HB213	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Provides that any approval or acceptance of any historic inventory survey, mitigation plan, preservation plan, or interpretive plan shall lapse following the passage of ten years.	WLO, JUD
HB214	RELATING TO THE WORKPLACE. Makes bullying in the workplace a misdemeanor offense and requires counseling for anyone convicted of the offense.	ERB/LAB, JUD
HB215	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Makes bullying in schools a misdemeanor offense and requires counseling for anyone convicted of the offense.	EDN, JUD
HB216	RELATING TO FOOD LABELING. Beginning 1/1/12, requires foods sold in the State that contain genetically engineered material to be labeled with a disclosure notice.	HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB217	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Adds membership for the Board of Agriculture to include individuals from the islands of Molokai and Lanai.	AGR, FIN
HB218	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Allows an inmate to receive "earned time" credit to reduce the length of a prison sentence.	PBM, JUD
HB219	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires any candidate for state or county office to have resided within the district of the office sought for at least 6 months prior to the availability of nomination papers. Effective upon approval and applies to candidates for elections held after 7/1/12.	JUD
HB220	RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. Requires the mortgagee in an alternate power of sale foreclosure procedure to attach a copy of the original, signed mortgage agreement and any amendments thereto to the notice of default.	CPC, JUD
HB221	RELATING TO MARICULTURE. Suspends the development of new commercial finfish mariculture operations and the expansion or transfer of any existing operations. Redefines "mariculture".	AGR/WLO, ERB
HB222	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Provides that 5% of funds derived from the public land trust shall be expended by the department of Hawaiian home lands for development of farm and home ownership.	HAW, WLO, FIN
HB223	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to have an agricultural technician on long term contract.	HAW, AGR, FIN
HB224	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Establishes a special account in the historic preservation special fund and requires that archaeological permit fees collected be deposited into the account to cover the costs of managing the permits. Directs the department of land and natural resources to increase permit fees from $50 to no less than $1,000.	HAW, WLO, FIN
HB225	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires an archaeological inventory survey prior to the sale or long-term lease of any undeveloped property in the State.	HAW, WLO, JUD
HB226	RELATING TO LANDOWNER LIABILITY. Establishes that an owner or possessor of private land that is closed to the public owes no duty of care to a person who commits the offense of criminal trespass on the owner's or occupier's land, except where death or injury to the trespasser may result from the owner's or occupier's gross negligence or wilful conduct; clarifies that provisions related to criminal trespass in the second degree apply to agricultural lands that are fallow.	WLO/AGR, JUD
HB227	RELATING TO TRESPASS. Strengthens trespass provisions regarding a person who enters or remains unlawfully on unimproved or unused land; adds entering and remaining on unimproved or unused land that is fenced or enclosed, or with a "private property" sign, to the offense of criminal trespass in the second degree.	WLO, JUD
HB228	RELATING TO LANDFILLS. Requires public approval from residents within a 1-mile radius for the permitting of a new landfill or the expansion of an existing landfill.	HLT/EEP, FIN
HB229	RELATING TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Includes within the crime of disorderly conduct impeding or obstructing the use of or access to a bus stop by laying across any bench or more than one seat provided at the bus stop or sleeping on the ground within or abutting any bus stop shelter or other bus stop structure. Effective 1/1/2012.	PBM, JUD
HB230	RELATING TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. Directs the ombudsman to develop and implement a pilot program using informed customers to investigate customer service at state agencies.	LMG, FIN
HB231	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires all visitors to public housing projects to receive a visitor pass from authorities of the public housing project. Establishes the non-possession of a visitor pass as prima facie evidence of criminal trespass in the first degree.	HSG, JUD, FIN
HB232	RELATING TO THE ARTS. Supports student art programs by requiring 2/3 of the moneys from the works of art special fund be used to acquire art from public high schools and the University of Hawaii art department.	CUA, EDN/HED, FIN
HB233	RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES. Establishes a temporary emergency vehicle noise task force to determine the impact of the use of emergency vehicle sirens in terms of excessive noise and their effect on public safety and the relative effectiveness of the use of emergency lights rather than sirens at night.	PBM/TRN, HLT, FIN
HB234	RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC. Updates the scope of practice for chiropractic to reflect standards, practices, and terminology accepted by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.	HLT, CPC
HB235	RELATING TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES. Allows a limited liability company to be designated as an "ingenuity company" by the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Requires an ingenuity company to use the right to exclude, conferred by a patent in which the company has an interest, to create job opportunities, strengthen labor, and enhance environmental protections.	ERB, FIN
HB236	RELATING TO NUISANCES. Makes the maintenance of a property nuisance a misdemeanor.	WLO, JUD
HB237	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY BLIGHT. Creates a cause of action against any person who maintains a property nuisance that causes injury or damage to the person or property of another person.	WLO, JUD
HB238	RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. Adds a mandatory prison term of 15 days and a fine of not less than $150 nor more than $600 for a person with certain prior convictions who is convicted for the first time for violation of a temporary restraining order.	HUS, JUD
HB239	RELATING TO ORDERS FOR PROTECTION. Enhances penalties for a person who has a prior conviction for certain crimes and is subsequently convicted of violating an order of protection.	HUS, JUD
HB240	RELATING TO PROMOTING PROSTITUTION. Amends section 28-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to give the "greatest priority" to cases involving promoting prostitution, when the attorney general is determining whether to fund or provide for witness security and protection.	JUD
HB241	RELATING TO PROMOTING PROSTITUTION. Increases the grade of offense for promoting prostitution in the first, second, and third degree to a class A, B, and C felony, respectively.	JUD
HB242	RELATING TO PROMOTING PROSTITUTION. Amends Act 192, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, to make the offense of habitual solicitation of prostitution a class C felony.	JUD
HB243	RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Provides that killing, or attempting to kill, the animal of another person without that persons consent constitutes animal cruelty in the first degree. Adds exemptions for animal cruelty in the first degree.	JUD
HB244	RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS. Amends crime victims’ bill of rights to include notice of offender’s unfitness to stand trial, transfer to the state hospital or other psychiatric facility, or regaining fitness to proceed. Requires DOH to provide notice of an offender’s unauthorized absences to the prosecuting attorney in the county where the crime was committed.	JUD, FIN
HB245	RELATING TO WITNESSES. Increases the per diem payments for out-of-state witnesses in criminal cases from $110 to $145. Provides an additional $90 per diem payment for witnesses from any island other than the island on which the court is located, when that witness is required to stay overnight.	JUD, FIN
HB246	RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU. Appropriates funds to the department of the prosecuting attorney of the city and county of Honolulu for career criminal prosecution unit, prosecution in drug court, prosecution in Hawaii's opportunity probation with enforcement, and victim witness assistance program.	JUD, FIN
HB247	RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION. Permits involuntary hospitalization in a psychiatric facility of a sexually violent predator. Defines sexually violent predator.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB248	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Establishes mandatory minimum terms for certain offenses committed against persons 60 years of age or older.	HUS, JUD
HB249	RELATING TO THEFT. Establishes that a person convicted of property theft over $100,000 may not be sentenced to probation.	JUD
HB250	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF ATTORNEYS. Allows the state ethics commission to employ or retain its own attorneys.	LMG, FIN
HB251	RELATING TO MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING. Adds certain administrative directors, department heads, and other high-level state positions to the enumerated list of people required to complete mandatory ethics training.	JUD, FIN
HB252	RELATING TO NEPOTISM. Prohibits legislators or their employees from appointing or employing a close relative.	LAB, LMG, JUD
HB253	RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF THE LOBBYISTS LAW. Amends section 97-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to omit the requirement of wilful conduct.	JUD
HB254	RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER. Prohibits urinating and defecating in public places.	JUD
HB255	RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS. Allows a temporary restraining order to remain in effect for 90 days or until service of a protective order, whichever occurs first. Provides that protective orders orally stated by the court on the record shall be effective upon service on the respondent.	HUS, JUD
HB256	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Expands the scope of the offenses of terroristic threatening in the first degree and robbery in the first degree to include the use of replica firearms.	JUD
HB257	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Provides regulation of automated phone calls, changes report filing deadlines, provides a cap of $100 on the price of fundraiser tickets that may be purchased with campaign funds, and applies notice and disclaimer requirements to an advertisement that is not paid for by an independent party.	JUD, FIN
HB258	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Changes report filing deadlines and requires filing of a supplemental report by candidate and noncandidate committees.	JUD
HB259	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Prohibits a candidate from using contributions to pursue nomination and election to another state or county office without the contributor's consent.	JUD
HB260	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Provides procurement authority to semi-autonomous county public transit agencies, thus allowing them to function as semi-autonomous agencies in their respective counties.	ERB/TRN, FIN
HB261	RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. Provides rulemaking authority to semi-autonomous county public transit agencies, thus allowing them to function as semi-autonomous agencies in their respective counties.	TRN, JUD
HB262	RELATING TO TORT LIABILITY. Deletes the sunset provision for the liability exception for county lifeguards and damages caused by dangerous natural conditions when certain warning signs are posted.	WLO, JUD
HB263	RELATING TO TORTS. Permits the finder of fact to consider the civil liability of settling entities when determining the non-settling parties' liability.	JUD
HB264	RELATING TO CIVIL ACTIONS. Clarifies that government entities are only liable in certain cases for the percentage share of the damages that they actually caused.	JUD, FIN
HB265	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION ENERGY INITIATIVES. Directs parking facilities that have 1,000 or more parking spaces to designate 1% of spaces for electric or green hybrid vehicles. Makes it a traffic infraction for any non-electric or non-green hybrid vehicle to park in a parking space designated for an electric or green hybrid vehicle.	EEP/TRN, JUD
HB266	RELATING TO WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. Repeals the sunset date of 06/30/11 for Act 126, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, relating to revisions of certain state water quality standards.	EEP/WLO
HB267	RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS. Eliminates all election days as state holidays.	JUD, FIN
HB268	RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES. Allows counties to conduct criminal history record checks on certain: 1) liquor commission employees and prospective employees; 2) prospective employees working with vulnerable adults or seniors; and 3) prospective fire, emergency medical services, and emergency management employees.	LAB, JUD, FIN
HB269	RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF ANIMALS. Increases the number of live, nonvenomous male snakes that a government agency may import into the State from 2 to 6. Allows a government agency to import up to 10 male specimens of the genus Pteropus flying fox.	AGR, EEP
HB270	RELATING TO THE COUNTIES. Eliminates the public auction requirement for the disposition of easements on county property for a specific purpose.	WLO, FIN
HB271	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADEQUATE NEONATAL RESUSCITATION TRAINING PROGRAMS. Makes an appropriation for the development of neonatal resuscitation training programs.	HLT, FIN
HB272	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a nine-member Hawaii health authority within the office of the governor; establishes responsibilities and duties of the authority; requires annual reports; appropriates funds for the expenses of the authority.	HLT, FIN
HB273	RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Imposes an excise tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes, little cigars, and large cigars that is equivalent to the tax imposed on a standard package of twenty cigarettes or little cigars.	HLT, FIN
HB274	RELATING TO CHANGING REFERENCES IN THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES FROM "MENTAL RETARDATION" TO "INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY". Changes references in the Hawaii Revised Statutes by substituting "intellectual disabilities", or like term, wherever the term "mental retardation", or like term, appears.	HLT/HUS, JUD
HB275	RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. Requires registration of and regulates practices of pharmacy benefit management companies. Requires periodic audits of pharmacies that submit claims to pharmacy benefit management companies.	HLT, CPC
HB276	RELATING TO STATE DEPARTMENTS. Requires all departments to have a written license and permit operations manual for the evaluation, approval, and disapproval of licenses and permits. Requires the governor to report to the 2012 legislature.	FIN
HB277	RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. Establishes the military affairs liaison trust fund as a separate fund of a nonprofit corporation, to support the nonprofit corporation in its duties as the state liaison in matters relating to the military. Appropriates funds for the trust fund.	PBM, FIN
HB278	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires all dialysis centers in the State to have backup generators with the capacity to sustain treatment and maintain each center's water treatment system by 01/01/11. DOH to establish procedures.	HLT, FIN
HB279	RELATING TO NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE. Removes the authority of the board of naturopathic medicine to establish examination standards for minor office procedures, parenteral therapy, and a naturopathic formulary.	HLT, CPC
HB280	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.	AGR
HB281	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.	AGR
HB282	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture.	AGR
HB283	RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Temporarily suspends the authority of the department of agriculture to make, insure, guarantee, or participate in new agricultural or aquaculture loans. Temporarily requires moneys in the agricultural loan revolving fund and aquaculture loan revolving fund to be transferred to the general fund. Appropriates funds for operation of the department of agriculture and the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation. Takes effect on 7/1/10, and is repealed on 6/30/13.	AGR, FIN
HB284	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an exclusion from the gross income, adjusted gross income, and taxable income of a small farmer. Specifies that the exclusion is the lesser of (1) the amount earned from the sale of agricultural products produced on land of the small farmer or tours of the agricultural operation on the land or (2) $50,000.	AGR, FIN
HB285	RELATING TO MEASUREMENT STANDARDS. Establishes the weights and measurements special fund. Requires the board of agriculture to adopt or amend rules to impose or increase fees authorized to be charged under chapter 486, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Makes appropriations.	AGR, FIN
HB286	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Exempts the gross income or gross proceeds from the retail or wholesale sale of a local agricultural product from the general excise tax.	AGR, FIN
HB287	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes maximum floor area for a farm dwelling in the agricultural district and increases the minimum lot size in the agricultural district to 5 acres.	AGR/WLO, JUD
HB288	RELATING TO PLANTS. Requires the board of agriculture to perform a risk assessment on plants that pose a danger to, and are imported into the State.	AGR, FIN
HB289	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires an agricultural subdivision or agricultural condominium in an agricultural district to be approved by the relevant county council by ordinance.	AGR/WLO, JUD
HB290	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes the Agriculture Inspection and Certification Special Fund under the Department of Agriculture for the inspection, certification, weighing, or grading of agricultural commodities that are to be imported into, exported from, or shipped within the state. Deposits all fees, civil penalties, and other moneys collected by DOA into the Special Fund. Allows DOA to enter into agreements with government and private agencies to hire and pay inspectors to perform certification and audit services, maintain food safety, and establish and maintain an Internet food safety promotional and reporting system. Repeals the Certification Services Revolving Fund. Requires the establishment or increase of certain fees to cover the operation and maintenance costs of agriculture inspection and certification programs, and central services and departmental administrative expense assessments. Appropriates funds for DOA's agriculture inspection and certification program.	AGR, JUD, FIN
HB291	RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article VII, section 13 of the Hawaii Constitution to declare that issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded.	FIN
HB292	RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Short form bill relating to state bonds.	FIN
HB293	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Short form bill relating to the state budget.	FIN
HB294	RELATING TO TAXATION. Short form bill relating to taxation.	FIN
HB295	RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS. Short form bill relating to non-general funds.	FIN
HB296	RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Short form bill relating to state finances.	FIN
HB297	RELATING TO THE PROBATION SERVICES FEE. Imposes a probation services fee on any defendant granted a deferred acceptance of guilty or no contest plea.	JUD, FIN
HB298	RELATING TO COURT INTERPRETERS. Exempts court interpreters from parking violations for expired meters.	JUD
HB299	RELATING TO COURTS OF APPEAL. Shortens the time period for filing an application for writ of certiorari with the supreme court from 90 to 30 days, but permits an extension upon written request of up to 30 additional days.	JUD
HB300	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates funds for the judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 07/01/11 and ending on 06/30/13.	JUD, FIN
HB301	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY COMPUTER SYSTEM SPECIAL FUND. Directs into the JCSSF fees collected for electronic document certification, electronic copies of documents, and for providing bulk access to electronic court records and compilations of data.	JUD, FIN
HB302	RELATING TO THE PROBATION SERVICES SPECIAL FUND. Requires interstate transfer fees to be deposited into the probation services special fund. Clarifies the fund's uses.	JUD, FIN
HB303	RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Makes technical amendments to the state budget law relating to the deposit of state funds into the state treasury.	FIN
HB304	RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Makes technical amendments to state budget laws on transfer of non-general funds to the general fund.	FIN
HB305	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Makes technical amendments to the budget allotment modification law.	FIN
HB306	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the Department of Taxation to provide the Legislature with certain annual and biennial reports.	FIN
HB307	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Requires that the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives be notified in writing upon the receipt of any federal-aid money accepted for expenditure in the state.	FIN
HB308	RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to housing.	HSG
HB309	RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to housing.	HSG
HB310	RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to housing.	HSG
HB311	RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to housing.	HSG
HB312	RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to housing.	HSG
HB313	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Establishes a program within the Department of Public Safety that assigns select, non-violent inmates on a work detail that restores historical sites selected by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.	PBM, HAW, FIN
HB314	RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. Establishes the Office of Disaster Preparedness and a Disaster Preparedness Commission to develop a disaster preparedness plan for the State that includes the identification of natural hazards and impact zones, disaster mitigation policies, incentives, and response plans. Appropriates funds.	PBM, FIN
HB315	RELATING TO CONTROL OPERATORS. Clarifies the responsibilities of the Pest Control Operators during inspection.	CPC
HB316	RELATING TO INSURANCE RECORDS. Exempts insurance producers from keeping records of insurance transactions for motor vehicle and homeowners' insurance contracts where records are customarily maintained in the offices of the insurer.	CPC
HB317	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Allows an insurer to cancel or refuse to renew a motor vehicle policy where the policy is transferred to an affiliate or subsidiary of the insurer, and the premium rate is reduced by the transfer.	TRN, CPC
HB318	RELATING TO VOG. Establishes a volcanic activity task force to discuss the impact of Vog on the people of Hawaii and find ways to address these issues.	PBM, FIN
HB319	RELATING TO OWNER-BUILDERS. Clarifies that owners with open permits are qualified for an exemption for the sale or lease of a property by an owner-builder in the event of hardship.	CPC
HB320	RELATING TO BROKER PRICE OPINIONS. Permits a licensed real estate broker or real estate sales person to prepare broker price options for use in real estate transactions where an appraisal is not required by law or otherwise.	CPC, JUD
HB321	RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. Requires a mortgagee in possession of a foreclosed property to pay all costs or fees related to the property for which a lien may be placed and to maintain the foreclosed property in a certain condition until transfer to a subsequent purchaser; removes the cap on past-due association fees for a mortgagee that takes possession of a foreclosed condominium.	CPC, JUD
HB322	RELATING TO THE STATE WATER CODE. Requires each county to submit a water access plan to the legislature and seek federal funding to carry out its water access plan.	WLO, FIN
HB323	RELATING TO PHARMACISTS. Provides prescriptive authority to pharmacists pursuant to licensing by the board of pharmacy.	HLT, CPC
HB324	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Establishes the South Kona wilderness area to be administered by the department of land and natural resources. Provides for the development of a comprehensive management plan for the area.	WLO, FIN
HB325	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to establish a refrigerated food storage facility at Hilo International Airport.	AGR, TRN, FIN
HB326	RELATING TO HEALTH. Provides for telehealth services coverage for medicaid and QUEST patients using Kona hospital's medical van program.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB327	RELATING TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT. Requires competitive bidding on small purchases of construction contracts for drilling and soil testing.	ERB, FIN
HB328	RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. Authorizes limited prescriptive authority for qualified psychologists who practice at a federally qualified health center.	HLT, CPC
HB329	RELATING TO RENEWABLE FUELS. Broadens the ethanol facility income tax credit to include other liquid biofuels and to enable larger facilities to be eligible for the tax incentive.	EEP/AGR, FIN
HB330	RELATING TO BIOFUEL. Requires motor vehicle fuel sold in the State to contain no less than 15% biofuel that is produced in the State from agricultural products grown or sourced in the State. Amends the definition of "biofuels" to include ethanol and biodiesel.	EEP, CPC
HB331	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Directs DLNR to extend the leases in Hilo Industrial Area until 2026.	WLO, FIN
HB332	RELATING TO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. Repeals the requirement that an ambulance with paramedics be present at a mixed martial arts event.	HLT/CPC
HB333	RELATING TO ETHANOL. Repeals the requirement that gasoline contain 10% ethanol effective 6/30/12, provided that the director of DBEDT determines that locally produced ethanol has reached an unspecified capacity.	EEP, CPC
HB334	RELATING TO FORFEITED VEHICLES. Requires sales proceeds of vehicles forfeited for racing on highways to be deposited into the education research and development revolving fund.	TRN, EDN, FIN
HB335	RELATING TO THE BIOFUEL LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. Creates a loan guarantee program for the construction and development of biofuel production facilities.	ERB/EEP, FIN
HB336	RELATING TO BIOFUELS. Creates an income tax credit for development and construction costs for qualifying biofuel production facilities.	ERB/EEP, FIN
HB337	RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS. Creates registration requirements and qualifications for athletic trainers in this State; provides exemptions; prescribes penalties.	CPC/JUD, FIN
HB338	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the members of the board of education to be nominated and, with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor from lists of qualified candidates presented to the governor by the board of education selection advisory council.	EDN, FIN
HB339	RELATING TO RECONSTITUTING SCHOOLS. Allows the superintendent of education to reconstitute a public school, except for certain charter schools. Allows the superintendent to recommend actions to charter school review panel, including the revocation of a school's charter.	EDN, FIN
HB340	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Requires DOE to conduct a cost-benefit analysis and determine the cost savings of school closures or consolidations. Requires fifty per cent of the actual fiscal savings to be retained by the new configuration of affected schools for a period of not less than five years.	EDN, FIN
HB341	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Makes it an unlawful practice for any employer or labor organization to bar or discharge from employment, withhold pay from, or demote an employee solely because the employee uses accrued and available sick leave.	LAB/ERB, JUD, FIN
HB342	RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE. Requires the state procurement office to submit annual reports regarding: (1) contracts for consulting services entered into by state agencies; and (2) active procurement contracts of more than $50,000.	ERB, FIN
HB343	RELATING TO VOTING. Allows election day voter registration.	JUD, FIN
HB344	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to education.	EDN
HB345	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to education.	EDN
HB346	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires bills that amend or create new offenses, or change parole or probation procedures, to be accompanied by a correctional impact statement. Requires assistance of the corrections population management commission to prepare corrections impact statement. Effective January 1, 2113.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB347	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the PSD to plan for a model wellness center to be built in East Hawaii. Report to legislature in 2012.	PBM, HAW, FIN
HB348	RELATING TO VOTING. Provides that incarcerated persons who were Hawaii residents at the time of their arrest may vote via absentee ballot in state elections.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB349	RELATING TO SENTENCING OF REPEAT OFFENDERS. Changes the mandatory minimum sentencing of repeat offenders from mandatory to discretionary.	PBM, JUD
HB350	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the Hawaii Paroling Authority to establish a medical release program for inmates who are permanently and totally disabled, terminally ill, or geriatric and pose no public safety risk. Requires the Department of Public Safety to assess and refer inmates to the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Sets conditions for medical release.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB351	RELATING TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY. Imposes sixty day period in which to certify contracts after award of contract of procurement.	ERB, FIN
HB352	RELATING TO STREAMLINING PROCUREMENT. Requires contracts for DHHL and DOT projects to be awarded within 30 days of the bid opening date, subject to sufficient available funding and an extension for further negotiations to benefit the public; requires DHHL and DOT contracts for design professional services to be awarded within 45 days of the bid opening date; sunsets on June 30, 2013.	ERB, TRN/HAW, FIN
HB353	RELATING TO TAX APPEALS. Directs the supreme court to adopt rules relating to the small claims procedure of the tax appeal court to: (1) prohibit pre-trial discovery; and (2) limit the costs that may be awarded to the prevailing party.	JUD, FIN
HB354	RELATING TO TAX APPEALS. Prohibits discovery and limits the award of costs in controversies involving small claim tax appeals.	JUD
HB355	RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY TAX CREDITS. Reenacts the high technology business investment, research activities, and technology infrastructure renovation tax credits.	ERB, FIN
HB356	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS. Provides that for purposes of the Freedom of Information Law, there is no significant privacy interest in government records containing information on a license applicant's requisite experience, trade examination results, and bonding.	ERB, JUD
HB357	RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND. Creates the county infrastructure development revolving loan fund within the department of budget and finance to provide no-interest loans to the counties for the pre-development or development of infrastructure projects to expedite the building of transit-oriented development, especially those involving affordable housing. Effective 07/01/2011.	ERB/TRN, FIN
HB358	RELATING TO HYBRID BICYCLES. Clarifies the definition of bicycle to include electric motor bicycles for purposes of county vehicular taxes and the statewide traffic code. Specifies type of bicycles to be allowed to be transported on public buses.	TRN, FIN
HB359	RELATING TO VETERAN BURIAL GRANTS. Requires the OVS to make burial grant payments for burial costs and for transportation to the Philippines of the remains of a deceased veteran who joined the New Filipino Scouts between 10/06/1945 and 06/30/1947 and died after 06/30/2004. Appropriates funds.	INT, FIN
HB360	RELATING TO SCHOOL FUNDING. Prohibits the application of funds for categorical programs toward allocations made under the weighted student formula.	EDN, FIN
HB361	RELATING TO ANIMALS. Creates registry of felony animal abusers and authorizes public access to the registry. Establishes criminal penalties for violation of registration requirements.	JUD, FIN
HB362	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. In entities having 10 or fewer employees, excludes self-employed individuals and their families from the scope of the workers' compensation law.	LAB/ERB, CPC, FIN
HB363	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION SITES. Continues the work of the construction site task force for one year; requires final report; appropriates funds for the task force to complete any further recommended actions.	ERB, FIN
HB364	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Creates annual exemption from general excise tax on purchase of: school supplies of less than $15 per item; computers, computer software, and computer supplies of less than $1,500 per purchase; clothing of less than $100 per item; and books of less than $50 per item, made beginning on Wednesday of the last full week of July and ending in 5 days on the following Sunday.	ERB, FIN
HB365	RELATING TO LIQUOR TAX LAW. Reduces the gallonage tax on the first 60,000 barrels of beer brewed or produced during a taxable year by a small brewery or brewpub in the State to $0.23 per gallon of beer.	ERB, FIN
HB366	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Amends the state private investment fund program to establish a managing fund board. Authorizes insurance tax credits to be used as a fund guarantee. Establishes investment limits. Requires investments in successful venture capital firms with experienced managers and an ability to mentor entrepreneurs. Sets a target of 30% of investments in Hawaii-based businesses. Directs that returns exceeding fund expenses, debts, and investor equity interests be deposited into the general fund. Effective upon approval.	ERB, FIN
HB367	RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Appropriates funds for the capital loan program established under chapter 210, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	ERB, FIN
HB368	RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends distribution of partial payment of taxes to principal first, then penalties, then interest.	FIN
HB369	RELATING TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY. Establishes a refundable ohana residential housing income tax credit for qualified taxpayers that purchase a qualified principal residence on or after April 1, 2011, and before January 1, 2013, that is payable to the qualified taxpayer in two equal installments over the immediately following two taxable years.	HSG, FIN
HB370	RELATING TO ENTERPRISE ZONES. Amends the definition of an eligible business activity under the State enterprise zones law and increases the number of areas in each county that may be designated as an enterprise zone.	ERB, FIN
HB371	RELATING TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY. Provides a seven to ten percent tax credit for construction and renovations costs on hotel property incurred after December 31, 2010, through December 31, 2016.	TOU, FIN
HB372	RELATING TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY. Granting temporary relief from county housing requirements as recommended by the construction industry task force to stimulate housing construction statewide.	HSG/WLO, ERB
HB373	RELATING TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY. Clarifies requirements for adequate public notice of an invitation for bids and request for proposals.	ERB, FIN
HB374	RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Extends the use of Hawaii compliance express for small business vendors.	ERB, FIN
HB375	RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals Act 155, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, which requires all businesses with excise tax exemptions to register to do business in Hawaii, file their tax returns in a timely manner, and expressly claim their entitlement, and creates a personal trust liability for businesses that use the general excise tax as the basis for increasing their prices and ensures that those funds are paid to the State for the benefit of consumers and businesses.	FIN
HB376	RELATING TO STREAMLINING PERMIT, LICENSE, AND APPROVAL APPLICATION PROCESSING. Authorizes counties to contract with a third-party reviewer to streamline construction permit, license, and other application processing; provides that applications will be deemed approved if historic preservation division fails to review and comment within 60 days, and after 30 days if agencies fail to establish maximum time periods for permit and other application processing.	WLO, FIN
HB377	RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Provides state lease preferences to developers of Hawaiian fishponds.	WLO, HAW, FIN
HB378	RELATING TO LANDSCAPING OF PUBLIC FACILITIES. Requires, where feasible, the exclusive usage of indigenous plants for the landscaping of public buildings. Effective 07/01/2013.	ERB/AGR, HAW, FIN
HB379	RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Requires the invasive species council to periodically update an invasive species list. Requires council to update list prior to 6/30/12. Provides an additional penalty for anyone who possesses or intentionally transports, harbors, or imports with the intent to propagate, sell, or release in the State, any invasive species on the list.	WLO/AGR, JUD
HB380	RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL ENERGY. Establishes the geothermal development special fund to be funded by moneys from geothermal leases and geothermal royalties.	EEP/WLO, FIN
HB381	RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes for the purpose of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting unnecessary provisions.	JUD
HB382	RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. Grants explicit authority to the Auditor to inspect the documents and financial affairs of the Department of Taxation. Requires the Auditor to implement internal policies to protect confidentiality of private personal information contained in tax returns.	LMG, FIN
HB383	RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE FEDERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROGRAM OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. Extends the date on which the legislative federal economic stimulus program oversight commission is terminated from 06/30/11 to 12/31/11.	ERB, LMG, FIN
HB384	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER COUNTY OF KAUAI. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the department of water county of Kauai.	FIN
HB385	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Authorizes nonsupervisory legislative employees to unionize through the card check and expedited bargaining process.	LAB, LMG, FIN
HB386	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION FRAUD. Transfers jurisdiction over workers' compensation fraud from the department of labor and industrial relations to the insurance fraud investigations unit of the insurance division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs.	LAB, CPC, FIN
HB387	RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to ocean resources.	WLO
HB388	RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to ocean resources.	WLO
HB389	RELATING TO LAND USE. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to land use.	WLO
HB390	RELATING TO LAND USE. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to land use.	WLO
HB391	RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to water resources.	WLO
HB392	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Prohibits motor carriers from being required to enter into agreements to hold harmless from claims or liability for the negligence, intentional acts, or intentional omissions persons entering into a transportation contract or agreement to use the services of, or permit entry onto their premises to a motor carrier.	TRN, CPC/JUD
HB393	RELATING TO CRIME. Amends the driver's license revocation provision to require a lifetime revocation for manslaughter involving the operation of a vehicle, five to ten years for negligent homicide in the first degree, and two to five years for negligent homicide in the second degree. Allows for up to two years of imprisonment when a convicted defendant is sentenced to probation for manslaughter.	TRN, JUD
HB394	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO LEGALIZE SLOT MACHINE GAMBLING AND GAMBLING BY VIDEO POKER MACHINES. Proposes a constitutional amendment to legalize slot machine and video poker gambling that are not visible from the street in designated resort areas within Waikiki on the island of Oahu as provided by law.	TOU, JUD, FIN
HB395	RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEM. Grants tuition waivers to native Hawaiian students at the University of Hawaii.	HAW, HED, FIN
HB396	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Requires certain council, board, and commission members to take a training course offered by OHA relating to native Hawaiian traditional and customary rights, natural resource protection and access rights, and the public trust.	HAW, JUD, FIN
HB397	RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. Requires more specificity in all concurrent resolutions for the review of proposed sale or gifts of state land, including whether the land was classed as government or crown lands prior to 8/15/95. Requires a copy of the resolution be submitted to OHA 6 months prior to the appropriate legislative session.	WLO/HAW, JUD, FIN
HB398	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Authorizes DLNR to determine which projects will affect historic properties, aviation artifacts, and burial sites.	WLO, FIN
HB399	RELATING TO THE PORTION OF INCOME AND PROCEEDS FROM THE LANDS OF THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST FOR USE BY THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Requires the transfer of cash or land to OHA as income and proceeds that OHA is to receive from the public trust pursuant to article XII, sections 4 and 6, of the state constitution, for the period from 11/7/1978 to 7/1/2010.	HAW/WLO, JUD, FIN
HB400	RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013.	HAW, FIN
HB401	RELATING TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. Establishes a task force to reduce contact with the criminal justice system. Appropriates funds.	HAW/PBM, JUD, FIN
HB402	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Requires all environmental assessments and environmental impact statements to include a cultural impact assessment. Requires OHA's approval of cultural impact assessments.	HAW/CUA, TRN, FIN
HB403	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 20th representative district to be expended by the City and County of Honolulu.	FIN
HB404	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST PALOLO CHINESE HOME AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Palolo Chinese Home in financing the capital costs related to the expansion, construction, and rebuilding of its facilities.	HLT, FIN
HB405	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS. Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to pay health care providers directly regardless of the health care provider's participatory status with the insurer, mutual benefit society, or health maintenance organization. Also requires nonparticipating providers who provide emergency services to be paid promptly and directly for the treatment rendered.	HLT, CPC
HB406	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes health care-associated infection reporting requirements. Requires the department of health to submit an update on health care-associated infection reporting to the legislature.	HLT, FIN
HB407	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Allows representatives of health care provider organizations to serve on the prepaid health advisory council; increases the number of members on the council from seven to nine.	HLT, LAB, FIN
HB408	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa for the purpose of a social audit of the QUEST expanded access program.	HUS/HLT, HED, FIN
HB409	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Creates a tax credit for certain employers who offer their employees a qualified wellness program.	HLT, ERB, FIN
HB410	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires the department of health to notify the applicable legislative standing committees of intended changes to the state medicaid program or proposed state plan amendments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Authorizes the legislature to enact a statute to prohibit the intended change to the program, to require the department to submit or withdraw a state plan amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or to make other changes to the program.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB411	RELATING TO HOME HEALTH AGENCIES. Defines "home health agency" to include an agency or organization that provides either skilled nursing services or other therapeutic services, or both, to ensure that these organizations are properly licensed.	HLT, FIN
HB412	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE LICENSING OF HOME CARE AGENCIES. Makes an appropriation for 2011-2012 fiscal year for staffing and other costs associated with the licensing of home care agencies.	HLT, FIN
HB413	RELATING TO DENTAL SERVICES. Prohibits an accident and health or sickness insurer, mutual benefit society, health maintenance organization, or dental service organization from requiring a dentist who provides services to its subscribers to accept a fee set by the accident and health or sickness insurer, mutual benefit society, health maintenance organization, or dental service organization unless the services are covered under the applicable subscriber agreement.	HLT, CPC
HB414	RELATING TO DENTAL SERVICES. Prohibits dental service organizations, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a dentist who provides services to its subscribers to accept a fee set by the plan for any services except covered services.	HLT, CPC
HB415	RELATING TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Amends the primary election laws to allow a voter to cast a vote for any candidate, regardless of the voter's or candidate's party affiliation or nonpartisanship. Requires that the 2 persons that receive the most votes in any primary advance to the general election, regardless of party affiliation or nonpartisanship.	JUD
HB416	RELATING TO MEDICAL AMNESTY. Establishes limited immunity for individuals who seek medical assistance for victims of drug overdoses.	HLT, JUD
HB417	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires county chiefs of police to grant licenses to carry concealed firearms if the applicant meets certain criteria, restricts possession of concealed firearms in certain places, and raises licensing fees.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB418	RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX LAW. Allows payment of general excise taxes at financial institutions. Requires financial institutions to pay general excise tax remittances to the state treasury, and report receipts to the department of taxation. Directs department of commerce and consumer affairs to adopt rules.	FIN
HB419	RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Requires passengers in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck to use seat belts.	TRN, JUD
HB420	RELATING TO MEDICAL HARM DISCLOSURE. Requires hospitals to comply with medical harm disclosure provisions as a condition of licensing. Requires hospitals to report medical harm events to the DOH.	HLT, FIN
HB421	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires health insurers and like entities to provide coverage for the repair and servicing of motorized wheelchairs and electronic convenience vehicles. Makes it an unfair and deceptive practice for vendors to not provide emergency repairs or for repair persons to not provide loaners or rentals during servicing or repairs.	HLT, CPC
HB422	RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Applies the solid waste disposal surcharge to waste that is deposited in landfills, incinerators, or waste-to-energy facilities, whether the waste is disposed of in-state or transferred out-of-state.	EEP, FIN
HB423	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS. Authorizes issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Carbon Bio-Engineers Inc., for development of non-fossil fuel energy production.	EEP/ERB, FIN
HB424	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Extends the sunset date for EIS exceptions for secondary actions from July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2013.	EEP/WLO, FIN
HB425	RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to public utilities.	EEP
HB426	RELATING TO ENERGY. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to energy.	EEP
HB427	RELATING TO ENERGY. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to energy.	EEP
HB428	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to environmental protection.	EEP
HB429	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to environmental protection.	EEP
HB430	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAMS OFFICE. Restores funding for positions for the homeless programs office of the department of human services.	HSG/HUS, FIN
HB431	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES. Authorizes the correctional industries program to participate in the construction of affordable housing. Authorizes the use of correctional industries revolving fund moneys for the construction of affordable housing.	PBM, HSG, FIN
HB432	RELATING TO TOY GUNS. Prohibits the sale of toy guns to minors.	JUD
HB433	RELATING TO LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES. Prohibits employers from taking a life insurance policy on any employee or group of employees where the employer has not given notice or obtained written consent of the employee insured.	LAB/ERB, CPC
HB434	RELATING TO GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED FOOD. Requires labeling of food products that are genetically engineered.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB435	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
HB436	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGES. Expands the authority of University of Hawaii community colleges to offer 4-year degree programs.	HED, FIN
HB437	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Clarifies ownership of old government roads by providing that county highways include old government roads. Defines old government roads.	TRN, WLO
HB438	RELATING TO SCHOOL TEACHERS. Requires mediation and binding arbitration for an impasse in collective bargaining between a public employer and bargaining unit 5 teachers and other personnel of the department of education.	LAB, EDN, FIN
HB439	RELATING TO EVIDENCE. Extends evidentiary presumptions regarding publications and legal opinions to those posted to government websites.	JUD
HB440	RELATING TO LIENS. Requires enforcement of bonds for mechanics' and materialmen's liens within three months of its posting.	ERB, JUD/CPC
HB441	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Requires firearms to be sold with safety devices. Requires proof of registration for ammunition purchases. Requires secure storage of firearms and ammunition by firearms dealers. Prohibits disclosure to a firearm permit applicant of the source of information used to deny the application based on the applicant's mental disorder. Prohibits import, sale, and transfer of .50 BMG rifle or cartridge after 07/01/11.	PBM, JUD
HB442	RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. Makes it a class C felony for a person over age 18 to operate a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant with a passenger who is a minor who is under age 15.	TRN, JUD
HB443	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. Prohibits a person submitting an offer for a government contract solicitation from making campaign contributions. Includes subcontractors to a government contract in the prohibition of campaign contributions.	JUD
HB444	RELATING TO TAXATION. Exempts lessors from the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax when renting an electric vehicle.	EEP, FIN
HB445	RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Requires the Department of Education to allow charter school students to participate in extracurricular activities at a nearby public school if the activity is not offered at the charter school, unless the public school has a reasonable basis for denial of the request.	EDN, FIN
HB446	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Allows a teacher or driver in charge to exclude from the teacher's classroom or the driver in charge's school bus any pupil who: is guilty of disorderly conduct; interferes with an orderly educational process; threatens, abuses, or intimidates a school employee; willfully disobeys a school employee; or uses abusive or profane language directed at a school employee.	EDN, JUD
HB447	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Increases the amount of education funds that are expended by principals.	EDN, FIN
HB448	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 9 OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE CEILING. Proposes a constitutional amendment to Article VII, Section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution to eliminate the ability to exceed the general fund expenditure ceiling.	JUD, FIN
HB449	RELATING TO FISCAL NOTES. Requires disclosure of the cost of a proposal to the taxpayer for any bill at certain points in the legislative process, to or, if no fiscal impact, a statement to that effect. Specifies disclosure requirements. Appropriates funds.	LMG, FIN
HB450	RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON SALARIES. Mandates the commission on salaries to hold at least one public hearing before submitting their report and findings to the legislature and governor.	LAB, FIN
HB451	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a new markets tax credit for a taxpayer that holds a qualified equity investment on a credit allowance date. Provides an exemption for the new markets tax credit from the requirements of section 704(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.	ERB, FIN
HB452	RELATING TO VOTING. Establishes citizens' statutory right to vote. Requires high schools, colleges, and universities in the State to provide voter registration forms to their students.	EDN/HED, JUD, FIN
HB453	RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. Clarifies that where public access is required as a condition of a subdivision, either the county must accept dedication of and maintain the access or identify an entity to own and maintain the access. Authorizes county to require subdivider to provide establishment of a stewardship fund for maintenance purposes.	WLO, FIN
HB454	RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY. Authorizes the use of solar energy facilities on class B and C agricultural land; requires the solar energy facility on class B and C land to provide for the energy requirements via a renewable energy source for the agricultural operations on the land on which the solar energy facility is established.	EEP/WLO, AGR
HB455	RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Increases the threshold amount for special management area minor permits and special management area use permits. Amends the definition of "development" to exclude the consolidation and re-subdivision of a parcel of land under certain circumstances.	WLO
HB456	RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Directs DLNR to designate not less than 5% of the shoreline on each Hawaiian island as a marine life conservation district.	WLO, FIN
HB457	RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. Authorizes the various counties to provide for the transfer of development rights from lands designated as important agricultural lands to other districts or parcels of land.	AGR/WLO, JUD
HB458	RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS. Establishes that action may be brought directly before the circuit courts to enforce water rights pursuant to chapter 664, HRS (boundaries, fences, ways, water rights).	WLO, JUD
HB459	RELATING TO AQUARIUM AQUATIC LIFE. Enhances the regulation of aquarium aquatic life collection in the State by requiring DLNR to develop a list of aquatic species that may be collected or sold for aquarium purposes. Effective 6/1/11.	WLO, JUD
HB460	RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes a county to levy a one-half per cent surcharge on state general excise tax and use tax to be used for county water infrastructure, including drainage improvements, wastewater infrastructure, and reclaimed water infrastructure.	WLO, FIN
HB461	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS ACT. Enacts Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act to ensure ability of members of the military and others eligible voters who are overseas to participate in all elections for federal, state, and local offices. Authorizes ballots and balloting materials to be transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail.	PBM, JUD, FIN
HB462	RELATING TO LIMOUSINES. Prohibits limousine operators from exceeding the boundaries of designated parking stalls. Requires the public utilities commission to consider violations issued to a limousine operator prior to granting or denying a permit or certificate renewal.	TRN, JUD
HB463	RELATING TO MEDICAL AND REHABILITATION BENEFITS. Clarifies that an injured employee's physician or surgeon may conduct diagnostic testing or engage in a one-time consultation for subspecialty diagnostic evaluation and treatment recommendations from a board-certified or licensed specialist.	LAB/ERB, CPC, FIN
HB464	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires an employer who denies a workers' compensation claim, or indicates compensability is not accepted, to submit a written report to DLIR and the claimant that describes the employer's investigation of the claim.	LAB/ERB, CPC, FIN
HB465	RELATING TO DISLOCATED WORKERS. Authorizes the DLIR to exercise enforcement powers against an employer in a covered establishment that would require the employer to adhere to, and comply with, the notification and penalty provisions of section 394B-9, HRS. Redefines "covered establishment" to include any number of employed persons.	LAB/ERB, JUD
HB466	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires independent medical examinations and permanent impairment rating examinations for workers' compensation claims to be performed by physicians mutually agreed upon by employers and employees or appointed by the DLIR director.	LAB/ERB, CPC, FIN
HB467	RELATING TO WHISTLEBLOWERS' PROTECTION. Provides additional protection to public employees who report violations of the law. Expands the department of labor and industrial relations' responsibilities regarding whistleblowers.	LAB, JUD, FIN
HB468	RELATING TO COUNTY ETHICS COMMISSIONS. Provides standards for the selection of county ethics commission members to ensure their impartiality and independence.	JUD
HB469	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Applies the election campaign contributions and expenditures law to candidates for the neighborhood boards; requires candidates for neighborhood board elections to file an organizational report with the campaign spending commission regarding campaign contributions used for printing and mailing campaign material.	JUD
HB470	RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires a marine terminal operator, rather than a distributor, to collect the tax from the owner of petroleum products at the time those products are received at the terminal. Repeals the sunset date of Act 73, SLH 2010.	EEP/AGR, FIN
HB471	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 15, OF THE HAWAI`I STATE CONSTITUTION TO ENACT A SUPERMAJORITY VOTING REQUIREMENT FOR PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION PROPOSING TO RAISE OR CREATE TAXES OR FEES. Proposes a constitutional amendment to include a two-thirds supermajority voting requirement for the legislature to pass laws that increase or create taxes and fees.	JUD, FIN
HB472	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Establishes a welfare-to-work program. Grants rulemaking authority.	HUS, ERB, FIN
HB473	RELATING TO TORTS. Limits non-economic damages in medical tort actions contingent on compliance with premium rate caps by insurers providing professional liability insurance in Hawaii. Sunsets on the earlier of the date on which an insurer does not comply with the premium rate caps, or July 1, 2017.	HLT, JUD
HB474	RELATING TO TORTS. Exempts agricultural land owners from tort liability for injury on their agricultural lands if injured party is convicted of criminal trespass.	AGR, JUD
HB475	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes temporary tax credit for manufacturing and export industries.	ERB, FIN
HB476	RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY BONDS. Establishes a clean energy bond loan program for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements on residential and commercial properties; authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds to finance the program; establishes laws to implement the program which shall be repealed upon the adoption of administrative rules.	EEP/ERB, FIN
HB477	RELATING TO FOSSIL FUELS. Prohibits the construction or operation of any new electricity generating facility using fossil fuel, except under extraordinary circumstances, as determined by the PUC, or when the electric generation unit has rated capacity of less than 2 megawatts and is used primarily to serve a facility's own internal operation.	EEP, CPC
HB478	RELATING TO PAYCHECK PROTECTION. Protects employees from paycheck deductions or withholdings they do not specifically authorize in writing.	LAB, FIN
HB479	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Mandates a periodic comprehensive review of the Department of Education, consisting of, at a minimum, a full management and financial audit of the Department of Education.	EDN, LMG, FIN
HB480	RELATING TO EDUCATION GOVERNANCE. Requires the members of the Board of Education to be nominated and, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed by the Governor.	EDN, FIN
HB481	RELATING TO GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS. Authorizes the public utilities commission to establish, inspect, and enforce safety standards consistent with federal safety standards for gas pipelines.	CPC, FIN
HB482	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Requires a 30-day public review and comment period and public hearing upon the filing with the insurance commissioner of a request for a rate change by a managed care plan.	HLT, CPC
HB483	RELATING TO NURSES. Grants advanced public health nurses recognition as advanced practice registered nurses as of 10/01/2011.	HLT, CPC
HB484	RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES. Requires each hospital within the State to allow advanced practice registered nurses to practice within the full scope of the practice.	HLT, CPC
HB485	RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE FEES. Eliminates compliance resolution fund fees for licensure and prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered nurses.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB486	RELATING TO ALKALINE BATTERY RECYCLING. Establishes recycling program for alkaline batteries.	EEP, JUD, FIN
HB487	RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Requires the disability and communication access board to charge a fee for the review of construction plans to ensure compliance with laws relating to access to persons with disabilities. Establishes the accessible building design special account. Requires report to the legislature.	HLT, FIN
HB488	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who purchase and install a vermicomposting system.	EEP, FIN
HB489	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Establishes the offense of failure to yield right-of-way to mass transit vehicles.	TRN, JUD
HB490	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Imposes a statewide ban on consumer fireworks, except by permit for religious and cultural events. Prohibits the possession or use of fireworks by minors.	CUA/PBM, JUD, FIN
HB491	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires and sets a deadline for the department of public safety to pursue and obtain accreditation for the sheriff division from the Commission on Accreditation for law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.	PBM, FIN
HB492	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Addresses the operational deficiencies of the sheriff division of the department of public safety that were highlighted in the auditor's audit of the division. Makes appropriation.	PBM, FIN
HB493	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SHERIFF. Creates a department of the sheriff to assume responsibilities and functions exercised by the sheriff division of the department of public safety. Makes appropriation.	PBM, FIN
HB494	RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT. Prior to the issuance of any grubbing, grading, excavation, or building permit for a development, all conditional county and state highway improvements for the development shall be completed or under construction at the time of issuance of the permit.	TRN, WLO
HB495	RELATING TO ZONING. Authorizes an exemption from county zoning-related building restrictions for an increase in floor area of the principal office of a planned community association, subject to conditions.	HSG/WLO, CPC
HB496	RELATING TO LAKE WILSON. Establishes a pilot project within the department of land and natural resources to demonstrate the effectiveness of marine phytoremediation using plants that are native to Hawaii to remove pollutants and improve water clarity in Lake Wilson; appropriates funds for the project.	WLO, FIN
HB497	RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES. Establishes class A and class B felony sex trafficking offenses. Includes sex trafficking offenses in the official proceedings or investigations that are to be given greatest priority for purposes of witness protection programs.	HUS, JUD
HB498	RELATING TO WASTE DISPOSAL. Requires the Department of Health to develop and implement a voucher system for the collection of used vehicle tires.	EEP/HLT, FIN
HB499	RELATING TO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide medical assistance for dialysis, chemotherapy, and other cancer treatments, inpatient and outpatient physician visits, and drug prescriptions for immigrants and noncitizens from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau. Effective January 1, 2012.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB500	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Requires the Auditor to perform a comprehensive management, financial, and program audit of the Department of Education. Appropriates funds.	LMG, EDN, FIN
HB501	RELATING TO ANIMALS. Establishes the Coastal Memorials Task Force to, among other things, develop standards to regulate the practice of erecting coastal memorials.	WLO, FIN
HB502	RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL FINES. Establishes a trust fund to collect and administer ten per cent of moneys received from fines and penalties assessed from environmental violations for rehabilitation projects.	EEP, FIN
HB503	RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT. Allows educational employees other than those serving in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity to collect unemployment insurance benefits for the period between successive academic years or terms.	LAB, EDN, FIN
HB504	RELATING TO HEALTH. Renames the Department of Health to the Department of Health and Environmental Services.	EEP, HLT, FIN
HB505	RELATING TO FLOOD MITIGATION. Appropriates funds for flood mitigation on Farrington Highway between Maili and Nanakuli.	WLO, FIN
HB506	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of an alternative access road into and out of the Leeward Coast of Oahu mauka of Farrington Highway beginning at Lualualei Naval Magazine Road. Appropriates funds for the study.	TRN, FIN
HB507	RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a position of statewide fall prevention and early detection coordinator under the department of health and makes an appropriation for the position.	HLT, FIN
HB508	RELATING TO THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY. Establishes an advisory committee to assist the director of commerce and consumer affairs regarding regulation of the funeral industry. Establishes a pre-need cemetery and funeral special fund. Clarifies prohibited practices. Authorizes the director of commerce and consumer affairs to prohibit a pre-need authority from engaging in sales and withdrawals for failure to submit required audits.	CPC/JUD, FIN
HB509	RELATING TO THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY. Requires the deposit into trust of one hundred per cent of all funds paid to purchase a pre-need funeral plan plus all interest earned. Allows a cemetery or pre-need authority to deduct certain allowable expenses from a trust. Requires annual statements of the disposition of trust funds.	CPC/JUD, FIN
HB510	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the department of health and the department of human services to post on their respective websites reports of all inspections of care facilities by January 1, 2013.	HLT/HUS, JUD, FIN
HB511	RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE. Appropriates funds as a grant to the Alzheimer's Association, Aloha Chapter, to support and promote participation in elder registration services to protect individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB512	RELATING TO PALLIATIVE CARE. Requires policies of accident and health or sickness insurance to provide coverage for palliative care. Defines palliative care.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB513	RELATING TO AGING. Establishes a department of aging to consolidate publicly-funded programs and services that would appropriately fall within the jurisdiction of a new department of aging.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB514	MAKING A GRANT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE DEAF CENTER. Appropriates moneys for a grant to establish and operate a comprehensive deaf center.	HUS, FIN
HB515	RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Appropriates moneys from the emergency and budget reserve fund to maintain levels of programs for public health, safety, welfare, and education.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB516	RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS MADE OUT OF THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND PURSUANT TO ACT 191, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2010. Extends date of lapse for funds appropriated pursuant to Act 191, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010 to December 31, 2011. Appropriates moneys for fiscal year 2010-2011 for public health, safety, and welfare. Extends date of lapse of funds appropriated for that purpose to December 31, 2011.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB517	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Provides annual lump sum payments for retirees at least seventy-five years old who have been in retirement for at least twenty years as of June 30, 2011; makes appropriation.	LAB, FIN
HB518	RELATING TO ACCESS TO REAL PROPERTY. Requires a seller to disclose in writing to a buyer the existence, if any, of legal or traditional public access that burdens the residential or agricultural real property being sold. Effective July 1, 2011.	HSG, AGR, CPC
HB519	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Excludes services performed by an individual who is a member of a limited liability company or a partner of a limited liability partnership who has a distributional interest in the company or partnership of at least fifty per cent, a partner or a partnership, and a sole proprietor from the definition of "employment" under the workers' compensation law.	ERB/LAB, FIN
HB520	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides a tuition incentive for public school students who complete their high school education before grade 12, and attend a college within the University of Hawaii system.	EDN/HED, FIN
HB521	RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT AFFAIRS. Short form bill relating to legislative management affairs.	LMG
HB522	RELATING TO ETHICS. Short form bill relating to ethics.	LMG
HB523	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Short form bill relating to procurement.	LMG
HB524	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES. Short form bill relating to government expenditures.	LMG
HB525	RELATING TO DEPARTMENTAL AUDITS. Short form bill relating to departmental audits.	LMG
HB526	RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to work with the department of land and natural resources to identify appropriate lands for a high technology park on Oahu and to consult with the high technology development corporation to plan for the establishment of the high technology park. Makes appropriation.	ERB/WLO, FIN
HB527	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Disallows workers' compensation benefits for the exacerbation of injuries sustained during after work, voluntary recreational, or social activities.	LAB/ERB, FIN
HB528	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to establish a grant writer position within the Department of Agriculture.	AGR, FIN
HB529	RELATING TO TAXATION. Prohibits recipients of federal grants from qualifying for state tax credits.	FIN
HB530	RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Increases the valuation threshold for developments required to have special management area use permits and special management area minor permits.	WLO/EEP
HB531	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires school complexes to develop and implement college entrance examination prep courses for public high school students. Requires students to complete prep course in order to graduate.	EDN, FIN
HB532	RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Transfers law enforcement jurisdiction over Iolani Palace from the department of land and natural resources to the department of public safety.	PBM, WLO, FIN
HB533	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes and appropriates funds for an electronic book pilot program for one public intermediate or middle school to be selected by the department of education.	EDN, FIN
HB534	RELATING TO KUHIO PARK TERRACE. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to review the redevelopment project at Kuhio park terrace; requires report to the legislature no later than September 30, 2011.	HSG, FIN
HB535	RELATING TO THE BUDGET. Requires the director of finance to report to the legislature the total amount and reasons for any material change to an expense, program, project, or capital improvement project for which the legislature has already appropriated funds. Defines "material change." Amends the threshold for reporting modifications to allotments proposed by the director of finance.	FIN
HB536	RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE. Limits the number of periods of consecutive extensions for 89‑day hires (to be determined in committee). Prohibits the time served as an 89-day hire for positions in the public interest from being credited toward civil service experience requirements.	LAB, FIN
HB537	RELATING TO THE STATE TREASURY. Requires the director of finance to submit quarterly reports to the legislature that provide an update on the balances of the state treasury and all public accounts therein.	FIN
HB538	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. Requires as a condition of the issuance of a motor vehicle certificate of inspection, the installation of road pollution filters to reduce air pollution from fine particulate matter.	TRN, EEP, JUD
HB539	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO LIMIT LEGISLATIVE TERMS OF OFFICE. Amends the Hawaii Constitution to limit state senators to 2 consecutive terms and representatives to 4 consecutive terms beginning after 1/1/11.	LMG, JUD, FIN
HB540	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO TALLYING VOTES. Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to exclude blank ballots, over votes, and otherwise spoiled ballots from the total number of votes counted for the question of whether a constitutional convention shall be convened.	JUD, FIN
HB541	RELATING TO POLITICAL ACTIVITY. Prohibits current state employees that receive certain benefits from using their official position to interfere with or affect the result of an election, or taking an active part in political management or in political campaigns.	JUD
HB542	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Repeals the exception that blank, spoiled, or invalid ballots are counted for passage or as votes cast for ratification of a constitutional amendment or the question whether to convene a constitutional convention.	JUD
HB543	RELATING TO GAMBLING. Amends definition of gambling to clarify that purchase of sweepstakes entry that also provides nominal non-gambling value constitutes gambling even if sweepstakes entry can be obtained without payment of consideration. Eliminates free play as a defense under certain circumstances.	JUD
HB544	RELATING TO MARIJUANA POSSESSION. Reclassifies possession of less than one ounce of marijuana from a petty misdemeanor to a violation.	JUD
HB545	RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Requires electronic voter registration on the website of the office of elections by 1/1/12. Establishes requirements for online voter registration, including identification and affidavits.	JUD, FIN
HB546	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
HB547	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 3rd representative district.	FIN
HB548	RELATING TO TRESPASS. Holds authors and publishers of visitor websites and publications liable to readers who suffer injury or death as a result of being enticed to trespass; exempts property owners from liability.	TOU, WLO, JUD
HB549	RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Requires notice of state board meetings to be posted on the central State of Hawaii internet website and eliminates the requirement that notice be filed in the office of the lieutenant governor.	JUD, FIN
HB550	RELATING TO TELEVISION. Requires the auditor to analyze the allocation of cable operator franchise fees. Requires a performance review or audit of Olelo Community Television. Appropriation.	CPC, LMG, FIN
HB551	RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS. Permits county liquor authority investigators to possess electric guns.	PBM, JUD
HB552	RELATING TO VISITOR GUIDES. Requires authors and publishers of travel websites or guide book publications encouraging or inviting readers to trespass onto private property or through private property to access an attraction to be held liable for injuries sustained by the reader on the private property.	TOU/WLO, JUD, FIN
HB553	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Changes the penalty for failure to render aid in motor vehicle accidents involving death or serious bodily injury from a Class B to a Class A felony.	TRN, JUD
HB554	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the needs of special education students and the specialized teaching needed to educate special education students to be considered when determining the weighted student formula.	EDN, FIN
HB555	RELATING TO GRAFFITI. Limits the imposition of the penalty of removal of graffiti to cases where the removal would not endanger people or inconvenience the public. Increases the area within which a graffiti removal penalty may be selected, from one hundred to yards from the offense site.	JUD
HB556	RELATING TO STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS. Removes the statute of limitations for any felony offense under chapter 707, part V relating to sexual offenses and part VI relating to child abuse.	JUD
HB557	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION SITES. Establishes a construction site inspection task force to be led by the department of commerce and consumer affairs to investigate and inspect construction sites for unlicensed contractors.	CPC, FIN
HB558	RELATING TO WAGES, HOURS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS PERFORMING SERVICES. Clarifies that services to be rendered shall be performed by employees paid at wages or salaries not less than the wages paid to public officers and employees for similar work in the State.	LAB, FIN
HB559	RELATING TO MUSIC THERAPY. Provides for the licensure and regulation of music therapists under the department of commerce and consumer affairs.	CUA, CPC, FIN
HB560	RELATING TO FINANCE. Requires the Director of Finance to transfer funds from the Compliance Resolution Fund to fund all interest payments on General Obligation bonds issued on behalf of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and to annually collect funds from the Compliance Resolution Fund to pay the interest payments on the General Obligation bonds beginning on July 1, 2011.	CPC, FIN
HB561	RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Requires QUEST or QUEST-net vendors to notify the DHS when QUEST or QUEST-net enrollees are also covered by private health insurance. Requires private health insurance plans to be the primary insurer.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB562	RELATING TO STATE MONEYS. Enhances the State's authority to invest in state bonds.	FIN
HB563	RELATING TO TAXATION. Limits the ethanol facility tax credit by allowing taxpayers to claim the tax credit only for investments made prior 05/01/2011.	EEP, FIN
HB564	RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND. Increases from 5% to 10% the percentage of moneys from the excess general fund balance to be deposited into the emergency and budget reserve fund as a temporary source of funding for the State during times of emergency, severe economic downturn, and unforeseen reduction in revenues.	FIN
HB565	RELATING TO STATE LEASES. Allows the DLNR and other agencies with administrative control over state lands to enter into lease agreements with businesses that engage in projects under the New Markets Tax Credit Program. Effective 7/1/11. Sunset 12/31/12.	ERB, FIN
HB566	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a $7,000,000 annual aggregate cap on the renewable energy technologies income tax credit.	EEP, FIN
HB567	RELATING TO TAXATION. Omnibus tax bill to provide tax equity and stimulate the economy by increasing general excise tax rates, reducing income tax rates, establishing hotel construction and remodeling tax credit, and making the $1,144 personal exemption to the income tax permanent.	FIN
HB568	RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Increases aquaculture leases from 35 to 45 years and allows a maximum term of 65 years for ventures in good standing for 10 years or more. Provides lessees in good standing the right of first refusal. Allows for supportive aquaculture activities.	WLO/AGR, FIN
HB569	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires recipients of medical assistance under any Medicaid program administered by the Department of Human Services to actively re-enroll in such program every year. Eliminates automatic re-enrollment.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB570	RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON SALARIES. Requires commission on salaries to conduct a public hearing on Oahu prior to submitting its recommendations to the legislature.	LAB, FIN
HB571	RELATING TO STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Requires motorists to "move over" when passing a stationary emergency vehicle on a highway.	PBM/TRN, JUD
HB572	RELATING TO WEAPONS. Authorizes victims of domestic violence to possess a stun gun; provided that: (1) they are not otherwise prohibited from possessing firearms; (2) they complete a training course in the use of electric guns; and (3) the authorization to use an electric gun is reevaluated on an annual basis.	PBM, HUS, JUD
HB573	RELATING TO OBSCENITY. Creates the misdemeanor offense of a minor electronically communicating indecent material. Creates the offense of possession of indecent material electronically communicated by a minor, which is a misdemeanor if committed by a minor and a class C felony if committed by an adult.	JUD
HB574	RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. Makes fear of domestic or sexual violence a good cause for not accepting otherwise suitable, available work.	HUS, LAB, FIN
HB575	RELATING TO SALARIES. Extends the 5% legislative salary decrease from 06/30/2011, to 06/30/2013.	LAB, FIN
HB576	RELATING TO CRIME. Establishes class A and B felony sex trafficking offenses and provisions related to prosecution of the offenses. Effective upon approval.	HUS, JUD
HB577	RELATING TO CRIME. Establishes class A and B felony labor trafficking offenses, a nonpayment of wages offense, and an unlawful conduct with respect to documents offense. Establishes provisions related to prosecution of the offenses. Effective upon approval.	LAB, JUD
HB578	RELATING TO SHARK FEEDING. Establishes civil penalties for shark feeding, including seizure and forfeiture of any commercial marine license, vessel, and fishing equipment, and administrative fines.	WLO, JUD
HB579	RELATING TO WILDLIFE. Prohibits the use of body crushing traps and non-padded or non‑laminated foot or leg-hold traps and provides exemptions, regulates the use of snares and padded or laminated foot or leg‑hold traps and provides exemptions, and establishes penalties for violations.	WLO, JUD
HB580	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Clarifies that DOE may enter into financing agreements or issue certificates of participation (COP) to acquire public school facilities. Directs DOE to execute a financing agreement for the planning, design, and construction of Royal Kunia Elementary School II using COP. Appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB581	RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY. Requires that condominium property managers, associations of apartment owners, and planned community associations make association documents available to owners and their respective agents under reasonable terms and for reasonable costs.	HSG, CPC
HB582	RELATING TO MORTGAGES. Requires a Hawaii agent for mortgage servicers, requires foreclosing mortgagees to engage in mediation, and places a moratorium on non-judicial foreclosures.	CPC, JUD
HB583	RELATING TO LAND USE. Requires the office of planning to convene a task force to review all requirements under chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and make recommendations to ensure that the land use commission considers the cumulative and long-term impacts of all pending and proposed development requests during its review of reclassification petitions. Requires the task force, with the assistance of the legislative reference bureau, to report its findings to the legislature.	WLO, FIN
HB584	RELATING TO COUNTY ZONING. Creates a temporary working group to study whether form-based code zoning should be implemented by the counties in place of or as an alternative to zoning practices. Report to legislature, county mayors, and chairs of county councils.	WLO, FIN
HB585	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to be used for the dam safety office's staffing and operating expenses.	WLO, FIN
HB586	RELATING TO DAMS AND RESERVOIRS. Declares dams and reservoirs as important water resources that provide certain benefits to the public; requires board of land and natural resources to consider the need to consistently maintain and operate dams and reservoirs in a feasible manner; requires fees to cover a portion of the board's costs; requires board to consider a lower hazard potential classification for operating systems that enable direct control of water inflow; requires DLNR to include in its annual report initiatives implemented to ensure dams and reservoirs continue to be retained and operated in a feasible manner to sustain their role as important water resource.	WLO, FIN
HB587	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Authorizes the counties to appoint and remove their respective liquor administrators pursuant to their respective county charter. Provides powers and duties of liquor administrator.	LAB, FIN
HB588	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Authorizes the counties to appoint their respective personnel director pursuant to their respective county charter.	LAB, FIN
HB589	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Segregates teachers from all other employees for determination of employer normal cost, accrued liability contributions, and annual contributions by the State and counties to the employees' retirement system.	LAB, FIN
HB590	RELATING TO AQUARIUM LIFE. Prohibits the collection or sale for aquarium purposes of aquatic species unless the aquatic species appears on an aquarium collecting white list. Requires the DOA to prepare white lists for each county. Establishes penalties for violators.	WLO, JUD
HB591	RELATING TO TARO SECURITY. Prohibits genetically modified taro from being developed, tested, propagated, released, imported, planted, or grown in the State.	AGR, HAW, WLO
HB592	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a historic preservation income tax credit.	CUA, FIN
HB593	RELATING TO NOMINATION PAPERS. Requires candidates for county elective office to submit an oath that the candidate has complied with all relevant provisions of the applicable county charter and county ordinances.	JUD
HB594	RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the department of human services to match the federal disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State.	HLT, FIN
HB595	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires rates for medicaid reimbursements to hospitals keeping patients in beds to be equal to rates for similarly related services. Appropriates funds for increased medicaid reimbursements.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB596	RELATING TO HEALTH. Creates presumptive medicaid eligibility for waitlisted patients. Repeals 7/1/2016.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB597	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Expands definition of "quality assurance committee" to include interdisciplinary quality assurance committees composed of members from various health care organizations.	HLT, JUD
HB598	RELATING TO EMERGENCY ON-CALL PHYSICIANS. Establishes a tax credit equal to five per cent of the amount of medical malpractice insurance premium paid by a physician who provides on-call services to emergency departments.	HLT, FIN
HB599	RELATING TO HEALTH. Creates the Hawaii health corps program. Makes an appropriation to the department of business, economic development, and tourism to implement the Hawaii health corps program.	HLT, ERB, FIN
HB600	RELATING TO HEALTH COVERAGE FOR BRAIN INJURIES. Requires insurers, hospital and medical services plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for survivors of brain injuries, including cognitive and neurocognitive therapy, neurobehavioral and neuropsychological testing or treatment, and necessary post-acute transition services or community reintegration activities.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB601	RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS. Adds a definition of "service dog" in provisions relating to dog licensing, to conform with new ADA rules; expands the definition of "service animal" to include "comfort animals", to conform with FHA rules regarding non-discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.	HLT/HSG, JUD
HB602	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CERVICAL AND BREAST CANCER SCREENING. Makes an appropriation for breast and cervical cancer screening to the department of health to reach more women who are eligible to be screened under the screening program.	HLT, FIN
HB603	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a working group within the civil defense agency to create a system for sharing information across public agencies during the preparation and planning for certain events, whether arising naturally or from scheduled events.	PBM, FIN
HB604	RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Prohibits the sale or distribution of novelty lighters.	PBM, JUD
HB605	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to be funded by fees collected from cigarette manufacturers to administer and provide staff for the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program. Authorizes the state fire council to employ administrative staff.	PBM, FIN
HB606	RELATING TO MILK LABELING. Requires milk beverages to be labeled with the date of pasteurization or the date of packaging. Effective 1/1/12.	HLT, CPC
HB607	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Expands the scope of the offenses of terroristic threatening in the first degree and robbery in the first degree to include the use of replica firearms.	JUD
HB608	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form relating to health.	HLT
HB609	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form relating to health.	HLT
HB610	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form relating to health.	HLT
HB611	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form relating to health.	HLT
HB612	RELATING TO HEALTH. Short form relating to health.	HLT
HB613	RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Removes the sunset clause provisions section 5 of Act 227, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008.	HLT, CPC/JUD
HB614	RELATING TO CHILDREN. Establishes a hospital-based screening and assessment and intensive home visitation program under the department of health; appropriates funds from the tobacco settlement special fund and the temporary assistance to needy families fund.	HLT, FIN
HB615	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Adds crisis substance abuse and alcohol treatment as a covered benefit. Amends the definition of "serious mental illness" to "severe mental illness" and to include major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, and borderline personality disorders. Requires department of health to include in its crisis hotline program for emergency intervention services trained and certified professionals. Prohibits the adult mental health services program from limiting the number of hours of treatment per patient and requires case managers to be assigned based on the DSM IV. Establishes an assertive community treatment program under DOH. Makes appropriation to the DOH to establish a community care crisis center.	HLT, FIN
HB616	RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY. Clarifies that awards of visitation rights may include visitation by electronic communication. Establishes factors that shall be considered and authorizes courts to set guidelines for visitation by electronic communication.	HUS, JUD
HB617	RELATING TO COMPUTERS. Establishes a civil remedy for damages caused by the creation or use of botnets or zombies. Provides definitions for the terms "botnet" and "zombie".	CPC, JUD
HB618	RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER. Makes the use of another person's name or persona to create a web page on or to post one or more messages on a commercial social networking site, without the permission of the other person, and with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate, or threaten any person, a misdemeanor. Makes the repeated commission of this offense a class C felony. Provides that harassment by impersonation, if committed with the intent to solicit a response by emergency services personnel, is a class C felony.	JUD
HB619	RELATING TO NET-ENERGY METERING. Includes micro-combined heat and power generating equipment and fuel cell electric generating equipment among the technologies eligible for net energy metering.	EEP, CPC
HB620	RELATING TO TAX APPEALS. Requires the Department of Taxation to conduct a study to compare the Model State Administrative Tax Tribunal Act with the tax appeals process in Hawaii under chapter 232, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	JUD, FIN
HB621	RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Changes the voter registration requirement to include only the last four digits of the person's social security number on application to register affidavit.	JUD
HB622	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to adopt rules to educate coaches, youth athletes, and their parents or guardians of the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries. Requires that coaches receive annual training to recognize symptoms of concussions and that youth athletes suspected of sustaining a concussion be kept from practice or competition until conditions are met.	HLT, EDN, FIN
HB623	RELATING TO OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES. Makes it a petty misdemeanor to operate a motor vehicle while using a text messaging device.	TRN, JUD
HB624	RELATING TO AUTOCYCLES. Authorizes the registration of autocycles as motorcycles.	TRN, JUD
HB625	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires land and facilities under the jurisdiction of the DOE not being used to be transferred to the DLNR; provided that the land or facilities is first offered to, or used for charter schools, other educational purposes, or to an eligible county where the land or facility is situated.	EDN, WLO, FIN
HB626	RELATING TO THE HAWAII UNIFORM COLLABORATIVE LAW ACT. Enacts Uniform Collaborative Law Act, which authorizes disputants to enter into collaborative law participation agreements signifying interest to resolve the dispute without intervention of a tribunal (court or other third party decision maker). Requires parties to a collaborative law process to disclose information fully, candidly, and informally without formal discovery. Subject to certain exceptions, disqualifies attorneys in the collaborative process (and their law firms) from appearing before a tribunal to represent a party in a proceeding related to the collaborative matter.	JUD, FIN
HB627	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a tax credit for qualified agricultural processing facilities that process agricultural products grown within the agricultural district.	AGR, WLO, FIN
HB628	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS. Authorizes employers on public works to establish four-day work weeks of 10 hours a day without being required to pay overtime for the ninth and tenth hours of a ten-hour day.	LAB/ERB, FIN
HB629	RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Requires telephone service providers to disclose all applicable charges and obtain authorization and verification for product and service charges to be billed. Requires maintenance of records of disputed charges. Requires billing agents to take reasonable steps to ensure that service providers comply with all applicable requirements. Provides that violations constitute an unfair and deceptive trade practice. Effective 01/01/12.	CPC, JUD
HB630	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the state Auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of Kealakehe High School.	EDN, LMG, FIN
HB631	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARKS. Allows agricultural education facilities, learning centers, and certified kitchens to be used in agricultural parks.	AGR, FIN
HB632	RELATING TO NOXIOUS WEEDS. Authorizes the Board of Agriculture to designate plants as noxious weeds by order, subject to certain requirements.	AGR, FIN
HB633	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes the board of agriculture to designate plants as restricted by order.	AGR, FIN
HB634	RELATING TO MEDICAL LIABILITY. Generally limits noneconomic damages in medical tort actions to $250,000, with a limit of $3,000,000 in actions involving catastrophic damages; requires the reduction of medical malpractice insurance premiums.	HLT, JUD
HB635	RELATING TO AQUARIUM FISH. Imposes fines for each saltwater fish, freshwater nongame fish, or other specimen of aquatic life taken for aquarium purposes without an aquarium fish permit.	WLO, JUD
HB636	RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. Requires a legislator to disclose each source of annual income derived from a single source that is $25,000 or more, or that represents an amount equal to 25% or more of the legislator's total annual income from all sources, excluding legislative salary, if the source has an interest in legislative outcomes.	LMG, JUD
HB637	RELATING TO ETHICS. Requires lobbyists and their clients to make monthly disclosures during any month the legislature is in session, and a report for June 1 through December 31. Adds required disclosures regarding lobbying events, contractual relationships with legislators, and campaign contributions. Requires the governor, lieutenant governor, and legislators to file their financial disclosures by January 31 after the beginning of the regular legislative session. Requires certain state employees to disclose contractual relationships with lobbyists and their clients.	JUD, FIN
HB638	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides for instant runoff voting for all elections in which no primary election is held; authorizes the chief election officer or the county clerk to use the instant runoff voting method in special elections that would normally require a separate runoff election if no candidate received a majority of votes.	JUD, FIN
HB639	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW. Requires each state and county department to designate a freedom of information public liaison for freedom of information inquiries involving Hawaii's freedom of information laws (chapters 92 and 92F); requires office of information practices to provide training to the departmental freedom of information public liaisons.	JUD, FIN
HB640	RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS. Requires any action taken in an executive meeting be reported when the board reconvenes at the open meeting.	JUD
HB641	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Permits members of condominium associations to make electronic recordings of association meetings for personal use.	HSG, CPC/JUD
HB642	RELATING TO RENTAL AGREEMENTS. Enforces the disclosure of every landlord's current general excise tax number to all tenants, and requires all payments from tenants to landlords to reference the landlord's current general excise tax number. Informs tenants of their rights and resources in landlord-tenant matters.	HSG, CPC
HB643	RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Allows a condominium board, in good faith, and without legal responsibility or liability, to employ a nurse to provide services to an elderly or disabled unit resident which may allow the resident to live safely and independently and avoid disruption to the condominium community.	HSG, CPC/JUD
HB644	RELATING TO ANIMAL ABUSE. Establishes an animal abuse registry.	JUD, FIN
HB645	RELATING TO TOURISM. Appropriates funds in FY 2011-2012 and FY 2012-2013 for the application of a spaceport license from the Federal Aviation Administration to establish space tourism in Hawaii.	ERB, FIN
HB646	RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Prohibits motor vehicle mufflers from emitting a noise level above 95 decibels. Authorizes law enforcement officers to issue traffic citations for violations that are correctable.	TRN, JUD
HB647	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Requires a minimum distance between class 11 cabaret license premises in Waikiki.	TOU/ERB, JUD
HB648	RELATING TO NOISE. Prohibits the use of sound generating devices while picketing hotels. Establishes specific times when prohibition will be applicable. Establishes fines for violations.	TOU/LAB, JUD
HB649	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 23rd representative district.	FIN
HB650	RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form relating to tourism.	TOU
HB651	RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form relating to tourism.	TOU
HB652	RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form relating to tourism.	TOU
HB653	RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form relating to tourism.	TOU
HB654	RELATING TO TOURISM. Short form relating to tourism.	TOU
HB655	RELATING TO USE OF INTOXICANTS WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE. Changes the discretionary term of imprisonment for a person convicted of a first or second offense of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant to a mandatory term.	TRN, JUD
HB656	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Authorizes the county liquor commissions to require training and certification for liquor servers.	ERB, CPC, FIN
HB657	RELATING TO THE DRIVER EDUCATION. Uses a portion of the liquor tax revenues to implement programs to prevent drunk driving by persons under the age of 21 as part of existing state driver education and training programs.	EDN, CPC, FIN
HB658	RELATING TO DRIVER EDUCATION. Imposes a surcharge for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant. Establishes a special fund to be administered by the motor vehicle safety office. Establishes a driver education program to increase awareness of the dangers of drunk driving and encourage safe driving practices in students and young drivers.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB659	RELATING TO SENTENCING. Expands the discretion of the court to impose penalties for violations of sections 291E-61 and 291E-61.5, HRS, that are reasonably related to the objective of rehabilitation.	TRN, JUD
HB660	RELATING TO COUNTIES. Authorizes counties to enact and enforce ordinances providing for forfeiture of motor vehicles used in offenses involving operation of a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.	TRN, JUD
HB661	RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. Provides mortgage foreclosure protections to active duty military service members under certain circumstances.	PBM, CPC/JUD
HB662	RELATING TO CREDIT CARD MARKETING. Requires any institution of higher education that market credit cards to its undergraduate students to offer financial education to those undergraduate students. Requires disclosure of agreements with credit cared issuers. Prohibits gifts or other marketing inducements. Provides penalties.	HED, CPC/JUD
HB663	RELATING TO CONTRACTS. Requires clear and conspicuous language disclosing any automatic renewal clauses and language explaining how to cancel the contract in all commercial contracts and offers where the contract automatically renews.	CPC, JUD
HB664	RELATING TO HEALTH. Prohibits pharmacists, health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations from substituting medications prescribed to post-operative transplant patients when a prescribing physician indicates "do not substitute".	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB665	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Requires the department of public safety to make annual reports to the legislature regarding various pregnancy related data.	PBM, FIN
HB666	RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Requires the department of public safety and attorney general to assist committed persons obtain a state identification card upon discharge or parole.	PBM, JUD
HB667	RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism, with the cooperation of the departments of agriculture and health, to develop a detailed plan of action to simplify and consolidate permitting and licensing requirements for the production and processing of food by food production and processing facilities to comply with food safety requirements.	ERB/AGR, FIN
HB668	RELATING TO VETERANS. Establishes a working group to explore the feasibility of providing specialty license plates for all veterans.	PBM, FIN
HB669	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires each community health center or federally qualified health center that receives federal stimulus funding to develop a program to provide reimbursement to medical professionals who travel at their own expense to operate short-term voluntary clinics in underserved areas.	HLT, FIN
HB670	RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES. Establishes a working group to explore the feasibility of expanding the State's policy on special number license plates in order to increase revenue for counties.	TRN, FIN
HB671	RELATING TO PHARMACISTS. Directs the board of pharmacy to adopt rules relating to the practice of telepharmacy.	HLT, CPC
HB672	RELATING TO PHARMACISTS. Establishes qualifications for and provides prescriptive authority to clinical pharmacist practitioners.	HLT, CPC
HB673	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Removes overtime and sick leave as part of the compensation upon which public employees retirement benefits is based for public employees who have less than five years of credited service as of 1/1/12.	LAB, FIN
HB674	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Changes the base for the average final compensation from the 3 highest to the 5 highest paid years of credited service for public employees hired after 01/01/2012.	LAB, FIN
HB675	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Limits the contributions paid by the State and counties for the health benefit plans of retired employees to the amount of the monthly medicare part B premium paid by persons in the lowest income level recognized under medicare part B.	LAB, FIN
HB676	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires the State and counties to pay a monthly contribution as established for employees excluded from collective bargaining or as specified in the applicable public sector bargaining agreement, but not to exceed the actual cost of the health benefits plan or plans for retired employees.	LAB, FIN
HB677	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Removes the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to provide the health benefits plans or long-term care benefits plans through the fund on a self-insured basis or through a noninsured schedule of benefits.	LAB, FIN
HB678	RELATING TO INFORMATION. Requires a business or government agency responsible for the inadvertent, unauthorized disclosure of personal information to pay for the person's access to credit reports for at least three years.	ERB, CPC, FIN
HB679	RELATING TO FIREARMS. Exempts National Rifle Association certified firearms instructors from absolute liability for injury or damage caused by discharge of their firearms during the course of providing training required to obtain a permit to acquire firearms.	PBM, JUD
HB680	RELATING TO KAKAAKO. Repeals the requirement that the Hawaii community development authority consider recommendations by the Kakaako makai community planning advisory council in developing, accepting, and implementing any plans for the Kakaako makai area.	WLO
HB681	RELATING TO THE MILITARY. Allows reservists and national guard members in active service who desire to run for office to file nomination papers and take their oaths by mail.	PBM, JUD
HB682	RELATING TO SHORELINE SETBACKS. Allows DLNR to establish an interim construction moratorium pilot project along Kailua beach to protect development from coastal hazards, to conserve and protect beaches, to preserve recreational uses of coastal resources, and to minimize future impacts to the coastal ecosystem. Effective upon approval, and is repealed on 6/1/2013.	WLO/EEP, FIN
HB683	RELATING TO TOXIC PRODUCTS. Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution of child care products and toys for young children that contain bisphenol-A or phthalates. Requires manufacturers to choose safe alternatives.	HLT, CPC/JUD
HB684	RELATING TO MINORS. Allows a minor to give informed consent for emergency shelter and related services.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB685	RELATING TO HEALTH. Specifies additional elements of Hawaii's existing sexuality health education law and its implementation. Requires the department of education (DOE) to provide certain types of information to the public and to parents. Allows parents to opt out of the DOE's sexuality health education.	HLT, EDN, FIN
HB686	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to implement and manage a comprehensive data system to provide educators with a consolidated view of student learning-related data and tools to collaborate and share knowledge for the acceleration of student learning; appropriates funds.	EDN, FIN
HB687	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD. Appropriates funds for the State Commission on Fatherhood.	HUS, FIN
HB688	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to maintain, monitor, and enforce anti-bullying and anti-harassment policies and procedures to protect students or groups of students from bullying, cyberbullying, and harassment.	EDN, JUD, FIN
HB689	RELATING TO THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD. Increases the length of terms of members of the State Commission on Fatherhood from two to four years with a two-term limit.	HUS, FIN
HB690	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to adopt rules to prohibit school bullying and cyberbullying. Makes appropriation.	EDN, JUD, FIN
HB691	RELATING TO YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION. Provides for continued funding for a teen suicide prevention coordinator within the department of health and for teen suicide prevention services within the department of education. Makes appropriations to departments of health and education.	HLT, EDN, FIN
HB692	RELATING TO CHILDREN. Appropriates funds for various early childhood and school readiness programs.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB693	RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. Clarifies grandfathering provisions for licensure as a mental health counselor.	HLT, CPC
HB694	RELATING TO FISHING. Establishes fishing bag limits and size restrictions for uhu and goatfish taken from Maui. Also establishes specific exemptions.	WLO, FIN
HB695	RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. Authorizes prescriptive authority for qualified psychologists who practice at a federally qualified health center .	HLT, CPC
HB696	RELATING TO WATER. Exempts the holders of kuleana lands with appurtenant water rights from paying taxes and fees for their water.	HAW, WLO, FIN
HB697	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires the prior written concurrence of the BLNR prior to any rezoning of land on the national or state register of historic places.	WLO, FIN
HB698	RELATING TO TAXATION. Imposes a 1% general excise tax surcharge on any commercial activity that utilizes the State's ocean resources. Also, establishes a special fund for the surcharge to finance the activities of the division of conservation and resource enforcement.	WLO, FIN
HB699	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Beginning in fiscal year 2011-2012, exempts schools on Molokai and Lanai, and the Hana district of Maui, from the applicability of the weighted student formula. Beginning in fiscal year 2012-2013, exempts schools in remote areas from the applicability of the weighted student formula.	EDN, FIN
HB700	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Requires the department of education to purchase poi or other taro products for schools that have a taro farm within the regional administrative district. Requires the agriculture education program to arrange for opportunities to work, volunteer, or study on taro farms within a regional administrative district.	AGR, EDN, FIN
HB701	RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Requires the DOE to purchase agricultural products for school meals programs that have a farm within a school's regional administrative district. Requires the agriculture education program to arrange for opportunities for students to work, volunteer, or study on farms within a school's regional administrative district.	AGR, EDN, FIN
HB702	RELATING TO BUSINESS. Establishes the small business hardship loan program to direct one-time loans to small businesses that are experiencing economic hardship. Establishes the small business hardship loan revolving fund.	ERB, FIN
HB703	RELATING TO SCHOOL REGISTRATION FEES. Requires an annual $25 registration fee for each public school or public charter school student. Establishes registration fee special funds. Empowers the teachers to decide how to expend registration fee funds to benefit the students. Applies to school year 2012-2013.	EDN, FIN
HB704	RELATING TO FAMILY RELATIONS. Makes bullying in the home a misdemeanor offense and requires counseling for anyone convicted of the offense.	HUS, JUD
HB705	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Restricts the general lease of Hawaiian Home Lands that have traditionally been leased under agriculture and pasture leases to native Hawaiians and organizations and associations owned or controlled by native Hawaiians.	HAW/AGR, FIN
HB706	RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Department of Hawaiian Homelands to establish a native Hawaiian research, science, and technology park to serve as an incubator for native Hawaiian entrepreneurs.	HAW/ERB, FIN
HB707	RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides a tax credit for donations of products or services to reduce the amount of state funds expended on operating costs of public schools being considered for closure. Requires the department of education to determine what donations are acceptable.	EDN, FIN
HB708	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Authorizes only an archaeologist who meets the minimum professional qualifications standards adopted by the Secretary of the Interior to execute documents or issue approvals on behalf of DLNR regarding archaeological activities of the state historic preservation division.	WLO, FIN
HB709	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires after 7/1/11, the use of a glottal stop in the spelling of "Hawai‘i" in all documents and signs prepared by or for state or county agencies or officials. Authorizes the revisor of statutes to change the spelling of the name of the State to include the glottal stop when preparing supplements and replacement volumes of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 7/1/11.	HAW/CUA, FIN
HB710	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires the historic preservation division to consult with native Hawaiian cultural practitioners when any archaeological investigation is conducted that relates to historic or cultural properties, artifacts, burial sites, burial goods, or human skeletal remains.	HAW/CUA, WLO, FIN
HB711	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Transfers the functions and duties of the historic preservation division of DLNR relating to Hawaiian burial sites to the office of Hawaiian affairs.	HAW, WLO, FIN
HB712	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to establish a complete Hawaiian education program, incorporating Hawaiian language and cultural curricula.	EDN/HAW, FIN
HB713	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY SITING PROCESS. Requires the state energy resources coordinator to include representatives from the island where a proposed renewable energy facility will be located to determine the terms and conditions of its permit plan and permits. Requires the coordinator to meet with the facility developer and community stakeholder groups to negotiate a community benefits agreement.	EEP, FIN
HB714	RELATING TO HEALTH PLANNING. Requires that the state health services and facilities plan be adopted in accordance with the rulemaking procedures of chapter 91, HRS. Establishes criteria for the plan.	HLT, FIN
HB715	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires state land surveyor to prepare and file with bureau of conveyances a survey map of an approved burial preservation or mitigation plan.	WLO, FIN
HB716	RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Establishes new election deadlines to comply with state primary election date required by federal law.	JUD
HB717	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, unless they are victims of domestic violence. Effective 7/1/11.	HUS, JUD
HB718	RELATING TO FOSTER YOUTH. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop and administer a program assisting former foster youth with housing options.	HUS, FIN
HB719	RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. Authorizes state agencies to contract with private nonprofit corporations to carry out certain tasks related to the provision of early childhood education and care services. Establishes requirements necessary for a corporation to receive public funds, including the composition of its board of directors. Establishes community councils and the interdepartmental council. Requires the corporation and interdepartmental council to jointly review and approve community plans and determine funding levels for each community council. Takes effect upon approval and sunsets on 6/30/14.	HUS, EDN, FIN
HB720	RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the members of the Board of Education to be nominated and, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed by the Governor from lists of qualified candidates presented to the Governor by the Board of Education Selection Advisory Council. Makes the student member a voting member of the Board of Education.	EDN, FIN
HB721	RELATING TO FOSTER YOUTH. Establishes the Hawaii foster youth mentorship program in the Department of Human Services to promote the well-being of foster youth.	HUS, FIN
HB722	RELATING TO CADMIUM. Prohibits the sale, manufacture, and distribution in the State of children's products that contain cadmium.	HLT, CPC/JUD
HB723	RELATING TO FORMER FOSTER YOUTH. Requires the Department of Human Services to automatically enroll foster youth who age out of the system in an appropriate medical assistance program and automatically re-enroll these foster youth until they reach age twenty-one. Also requires the Department of Human Services to develop a program to assist these foster youth to maintain continuing medical care coverage after the age of twenty-one.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB724	RELATING TO FOSTER CARE SERVICES. Requires the Department of Human Services to amend its rules to increase the monthly foster care maintenance payment from $529 per month to an unspecified amount per month. Effective on July 1, 2011.	HUS, FIN
HB725	RELATING TO CHILDREN. Substitutes "parenting time" wherever the term "visitation" appears in the Hawaii Revised Statutes, but only within the sections that pertain directly to relationships between children and their parents. Adds the term "parenting time" to sections that reference "visitation" between children and other parties. Does not apply to the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, chapter 583A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	HUS, JUD
HB726	RELATING TO FOSTER CHILDREN. Gives children in the foster care system the option to remain under the jurisdiction of the family court system until they reach the age of twenty-one; amends current law to require a transition plan for children once they have reached the age of fourteen.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB727	RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES. Appropriates TANF funds, emphasizing direct payments to families, employment training, teenage pregnancy prevention, and keeping families intact.	HUS, FIN
HB728	RELATING TO ASSET BUILDING. Establishes a 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. Appropriates funds.	HUS, FIN
HB729	RELATING TO ASSET BUILDING. Establishes a refundable state earned income tax credit. Requires the department of human services to provide financial education to applicants for and recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and promote participation in individual development accounts.	ERB, HUS, FIN
HB730	RELATING TO UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. Creates a universal children's savings account pilot project under the department of human services, open to medicaid-eligible children enrolled in the QUEST program. Repeals 12/31/30.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB731	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE WOMEN AND INFANT CHILDREN FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM. Appropriates funds for the State's matching share for the establishment and administration of the Women and Infant Children Farmers' Market Nutrition Program and to support diversified agriculture in the State.	HLT, FIN
HB732	RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. Requires department of human services to provide families with homeless assistance when homelessness is a direct result of domestic violence.	HUS/HSG, FIN
HB733	RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS. Clarifies guidelines for individual development accounts (IDAs) and designates the department of human services or a contracted agency to administer IDAs. Appropriates funds.	HUS, FIN
HB734	RELATING TO THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY POVERTY REDUCTION TASK FORCE. Establishes the economic opportunity poverty reduction task force to develop a strategic, integrated, and comprehensive plan to expand economic opportunities in Hawaii to reduce, by at least 50% by 2021, the number of Hawaii residents, including children and families, living in poverty.	ERB, HUS, FIN
HB735	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Allows the Department of Human Services to develop grant programs by which private, not-for-profit, and public entities administer federal stimulus funds, private foundation grants, and other funds to prevent and respond to domestic violence. Effective 1/1/12.	HUS, FIN
HB736	RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES. Requires a Community Care Foster Family Home to have been certified and in operation for not less than one year prior to being certified for a third client.	HUS, FIN
HB737	RELATING TO PERSONAL HOME CARE ASSISTANTS. Requires personal home care assistants to receive training by the home care agency they are employed by to ensure quality personal home care assistant services. Repealed on 6/30/14.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB738	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Appropriates federal TANF funds to assist victims of domestic violence.	HUS, FIN
HB739	RELATING TO COMMUNITY CARE FOSTER FAMILY HOMES. Amends previous caregiving requirements to specify that in Community Care Foster Family Homes approved for a maximum of three clients, the primary caregiver must be a certified nurse aide and the substitute caregiver must be a nurse aide.	HUS, FIN
HB740	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Establishes a domestic violence task force to make recommendations to address domestic violence in Hawaii and then report to the legislature.	HUS, JUD, FIN
HB741	RELATING TO RECIPROCAL BENEFICIARIES. Authorizes persons authorized to grant marriage licenses to grant certificates of reciprocal beneficiary status to qualified persons.	JUD
HB742	RELATING TO ENERGY. Transfers authority over the Hawaii natural energy institute (HNEI) from the University of Hawaii to the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Establishes a HNEI research station at the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority ocean science and technology park.	EEP, HED, FIN
HB743	RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY. Broadens the powers and duties of the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority.	EEP, ERB, FIN
HB744	RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. Establishes a dam safety task force to recommend safety actions to be included in the Hawaii dam safety program. Sunsets 6/30/12.	WLO, FIN
HB745	RELATING TO ENERGY. Changes the representation qualifications for the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority board of directors. Clarifies the role of the research advisory committee and who may serve on the committee.	EEP, ERB, FIN
HB746	RELATING TO HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED PERSONS. Relating to home and community based services for elderly and disabled persons.	HUS, FIN
HB747	RELATING TO LIQUOR LIABILITY INSURANCE. Removes requirement that a retail dealer shall carry liquor liability insurance in order to obtain or maintain a class 4 liquor license. Repeals insurance coverage exemption for convenience minimarts.	CPC, JUD
HB748	RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. Makes fear of domestic or sexual violence a good cause for not accepting otherwise suitable, available work.	HUS/LAB, JUD, FIN
HB749	RELATING TO NURSE AIDES. Provides that biannual maintenance and continuing education hours required for nurse aides include a competency evaluation approved by the Department of Human Services.	HLT/HUS, CPC
HB750	RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Requires health care facilities and providers to notify the state-designated advocacy services entity or agency prior to transferring an elderly or disabled patient to a treatment, rehabilitation, or long-term care facility in another state.	HLT/HUS, FIN
HB751	RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD. Requires individuals, entities, and insurers to cooperate with insurance fraud investigations. Bars restitution for failure to cooperate. Effective 7/1/2011.	CPC, JUD
HB752	RELATING TO MEDICINE. Directs the Hawaii medical board to require physician clinical practitioners to complete 12 hours of continuing medical education on palliative care every 4 years.	HLT, CPC, FIN
HB753	RELATING TO HOMELESS PROGRAMS. Requires department of human services, in consultation with the counties and any interested private homeless assistance programs, to develop temporary nighttime parking lots to provide safe overnight locations for homeless individuals who would otherwise sleep in their motor vehicles on public or private roads or property.	HSG, FIN
HB754	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to establish a minimum rent schedule. Requires a minimum monthly rent of $250 for state low-income housing units and annual adjustment of minimum rent based upon the national average wage index. Prohibits preferences for tenant selection.	HSG, FIN
HB755	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Eliminates most procedural requirements preliminary to an eviction hearing for tenants in public housing. Requires evictions to be conducted by hearings officers appointed by the Hawaii public housing authority.	HSG, JUD, FIN
HB756	RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Allows the disability and communication access board to charge a fee to defray expenses of reviewing construction plans to ensure compliance with law. Establishes an accessible building design special account, within the disability and communication access board special fund, for fees to be deposited and expended.	HLT, WLO, FIN
HB757	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Appropriates moneys to the department of human services for implementing a new information technology system for determining medicaid eligibility.	HUS/HLT, FIN
HB758	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND SERVICES FOR THE BLIND DIVISION. Appropriates funds for the department of human services, division of vocational rehabilitation and services for the blind to upgrade equipment and facilities for the Ho‘opono program.	HUS, FIN
HB759	RELATING TO PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. Establishes an employment and training program under the department of human services for intellectually and developmentally disabled persons using medicaid waiver funds. Makes an appropriation.	HUS, FIN
HB760	RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Establishes a medicaid buy-in program for working people with disabilities. Allows the formation of a medicaid shortfall joint legislative task force to examine issues relating to medicaid shortfalls. Makes matching fund appropriation for employment training and placement.	HUS, LMG, FIN
HB761	RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. Changes references to "mental retardation" or like terms in the Hawaii Revised Statutes to "intellectual disability" or like terms.	HLT, FIN
HB762	RELATING TO VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. Establishes a vocational rehabilitation division within the Department of Human Services. Places services for blind and deaf persons under the vocational rehabilitation division. Clarifies services for the deaf. Effective 1/1/12.	HUS, FIN
HB763	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.	HED
HB764	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.	HED
HB765	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.	HED
HB766	RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill relating to University of Hawaii.	HED
HB767	RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Short form bill relating to University of Hawaii.	HED
HB768	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Relating to human services, short form.	HUS
HB769	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Relating to human services, short form.	HUS
HB770	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Relating to human services, short form.	HUS
HB771	RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Relating to human services, short form.	HUS
HB772	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Relating to domestic violence, short form.	HUS
HB773	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR SAINT LOUIS SCHOOL. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Saint Louis School.	EDN, FIN
HB774	RELATING TO STATE FUNDS. Requires temporarily the deposit of surcharge revenues to the emergency medical services special fund from the neurotrauma special fund. Requires the transfer of unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the repealed health care revolving fund to be transferred to the emergency medical services special fund.	HLT, FIN
HB775	RELATING TO THE PHOTO ENFORCEMENT REVOLVING FUND. Transfers all moneys in the photo enforcement revolving fund to the general fund.	TRN, FIN
HB776	RELATING TO THE DWELLING UNIT REVOLVING FUND. Temporarily expands the purposes for which dwelling unit revolving funds may be expended in order to create job opportunities. Takes effect on 7/1/2011, and terminates on 6/30/2013.	HSG, FIN
HB777	RELATING TO THE HEALTH FUND. Establishes a formula for the reimbursement of the state general fund from non-general funds for health fund contributions for retired state employees.	LAB, FIN
HB778	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Requires excess reserves and investment and other earnings of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund to be used to defray the employers' contribution towards the health benefits plan costs of retirees. Allows a portion of the earnings to be used for administrative and other expenses of the fund. Takes effect on 7/01/11 and is repealed on 6/30/15.	LAB, FIN
HB779	RELATING TO FRINGE BENEFIT CONTRIBUTIONS. Requires state contributions to the employees' retirement system to be paid from the general fund on a quarterly basis. Requires payments to be made before the end of the fiscal quarter. Requires departments and agencies whose employees are paid from state non-general funds to reimburse the state general fund for advance contributions. Requires the departments and agencies to pay monthly interest at 0.25% on the reimbursements. Takes effect on 07/01/2011 and is repealed on 06/30/2015.	LAB, FIN
HB780	RELATING TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. Provides for the development of a developmental screening system for persons who may have developmental disabilities and the convening of developmental screening task force to initiate the development of an integrated, universal early childhood developmental screening system in Hawaii; appropriates funds for early developmental screening pilot projects.	HLT, FIN
HB781	RELATING TO GAMING. Grants 10-year license for 1 stand-alone casino in Waikiki not in a hotel. Establishes Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes 6.75% wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates state gaming fund and compulsive gambler program.	JUD, FIN
HB782	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Establishes the department of business, economic development, and tourism operation special fund to support operations. Imposes a temporary surcharge on certain fees charged by certain departments for deposit into fund. Requires deposit of $2,000,000 annually from the compliance resolution fund into the special fund.	ERB, FIN
HB783	RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires temporarily the dwelling unit revolving fund to reimburse the general fund for the principal of general obligation bonds issued for housing projects and programs. Appropriates general funds for the repair and maintenance of public housing projects. Takes effect on 7/1/2011, and terminates on 6/30/2013.	HSG, FIN
HB784	RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING. Allows the moneys in the rental housing trust fund to be used for the repair and maintenance of rental housing projects through private contracts for fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. Appropriation.	HSG, FIN
HB785	RELATING TO CONSERVATION. Requires the revenues of the land conservation fund from the conveyance tax to be temporarily expended for invasive species control and mitigation, reforestation, and sediment run-off control.	WLO, FIN
HB786	RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Increases the solid waste management surcharge and extends the surcharge to solid waste shipped for ultimate disposal outside the State.	EEP, FIN
HB787	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires the general and subcontractor for construction procurement under the Hawaii public procurement code to file certification of compliance with the notice of final completion of the contract. Provides that the general contractor shall not be sanctioned for noncompliance by a subcontractor.	LAB, ERB, FIN
HB788	RELATING TO RENEWABLE FUELS. Amends the ethanol facility income tax credit to include other liquid biofuels and to enable larger facilities to be eligible for the tax incentive.	EEP, FIN
HB789	RELATING TO BIOFUEL PRODUCTION FACILITIES. Establishes a biofuel production facility loan guarantee program administered by the department of business, economic development, and tourism; requires adoption of rules; establishes terms and restrictions; requires annual report.	EEP, FIN
HB790	RELATING TO BIOFUEL. Requires transportation fuel sold in the State for use in motor vehicles to contain no less than 15 per cent biofuel that is produced in the State from agricultural products grown in the State.	EEP, CPC
HB791	RELATING TO BIOFUELS. Creates an income tax credit for development and construction costs for qualifying biofuel production facilities. Repeals 1/1/2017.	EEP, FIN
HB792	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires a supplemental environmental assessment or supplemental environmental impact statement to be provided if an action by an agency or applicant is anticipated to have a significant effect on the environment. Establishes public disclosure system of environmental review.	EEP, FIN
HB793	RELATING TO TAXATION. Delays the standard deduction and personal exemption increases of Act 60, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, but makes them permanent.	FIN
HB794	RELATING TO TAXATION. Temporarily places a cap on itemized deductions claimed on state income tax returns until 01/01/16. Suspends the refunding feature of the capital goods excise tax credit for eligible depreciable tangible personal property placed in service after 12/31/10, but before 01/01/15. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/10. Effective retroactive to 01/01/11.	FIN
HB795	RELATING TO TAXATION. Reduces certain allowable tax credits for taxable years beginning on or after 01/01/11, and ending before 01/01/16. Imposes a temporary tax ceiling for certain tax credits.	FIN
HB796	RELATING TO TAXATION. Reduces certain allowable tax credits for taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/11, and ending before 1/1/16. Imposes a temporary tax ceiling for certain tax credits.	FIN
HB797	RELATING TO TAXATION. Extends the deadline to claim amounts against the high technology business investment tax credit and the technology infrastructure renovation tax credit.	FIN
HB798	RELATING TO TAXATION. Imposes the general excise tax on the gross income derived from a life settlement, bank-owned life, or corporate-owned life insurance policy issued after 6/30/2011. States expressly that the tax shall not be imposed on any compensation received by an insured for the transfer of the policy or designation of a beneficiary or any death benefit received by a person related to the insured.	CPC, FIN
HB799	RELATING TO TAXATION. Suspends temporarily the exemptions for certain persons and certain amounts of gross income or proceeds from the general excise and use tax and requires the payment of the tax at a 1% rate. Effective 07/01/11 and sunsets on 06/30/15.	FIN
HB800	RELATING TO TAXATION. Reinstates the research tax credit in modified form, basing the amount of the credit on the in-house wages paid for qualified research within the State.	ERB, FIN
HB801	RELATING TO TAXATION. Makes the work opportunity income tax credit operative for the taxable years beginning after 12/31/2010 and ending on 12/31/2013.	ERB, FIN
HB802	RELATING TO TAXATION. Temporarily increases the tax rate for banks and other financial corporations, effective from 07/01/11 until 12/31/15.	CPC, FIN
HB803	RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals requirement that $2,000,000 of tax revenues from banks and other financial corporations be deposited into the compliance resolution fund. Authorizes the commissioner of financial institutions to expedite the imposition or increase of fees on banks and other financial corporations. Effective 07/01/11 and sunsets on 12/31/15.	CPC, FIN
HB804	RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals the income tax exclusion for certain gross income of an in-state trust with out-of-state beneficiaries.	FIN
HB805	RELATING TO TAXATION. Repeals the income tax exemption for income derived from stock options or stock from a qualified high technology business.	FIN
HB806	RELATING TO TAXATION. Temporarily modifies the trade or business expense deduction under the income tax as follows: (1) prohibits a deduction for traveling expenses while away from home and out-of-state, and (2) establishes a ceiling on the deduction for the remuneration of a high-paid employee.	FIN
HB807	RELATING TO THE INCOME TAX. Reduces the maximum income tax withholding amount allowed under state law.	ERB, FIN
HB808	RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Temporarily suspends the distribution of a portion of the conveyance tax to the land conservation fund and rental housing trust fund. Reduces distribution to the natural area reserve fund.	WLO/HSG, FIN
HB809	RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Temporarily increases from 07/01/2011 to 06/30/2015 the transient accommodations tax rate on time share units.	TOU, FIN
HB810	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Provides a tax credit for increases in the total number of persons employed and total wages paid by a taxpayer between 2010 and 2012.	ERB, FIN
HB811	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Provides a tax credit for increases in the total number of covered employees and total wages paid to covered employees by a taxpayer between 2010 and 2012.	ERB, FIN
HB812	RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. Temporarily exempts unemployment compensation from the Hawaii income tax.	ERB/LAB, FIN
HB813	RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. Temporarily exempts unemployment compensation from the Hawaii income tax for certain taxpayers.	ERB/LAB, FIN
HB814	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. Limits the EUTF to providing group life insurance benefits only to retired employees who retired before 07/01/2011. Maintains the flat dollar contribution for the group life benefit of retired employees and repeals the annual adjustment. Repeals provisions pertaining to the negotiation of group life insurance contributions for active employees.	LAB, FIN
HB815	RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Makes employer contributions to the employer-union health benefits trust fund non-negotiable under collective bargaining. Establishes employer contributions for active public employees at 50% of monthly cost of the health benefits plan. Limits the trust fund to offering to active employees a medical benefits plan that provides not more than the minimum benefits required under the Hawaii prepaid health care act. Requires the trust fund to offer separate prescription drug, dental, and vision plans. Takes effect on 7/1/2011, and is repealed on 6/30/2015, but does not affect collective bargaining contracts, the cost items of which were approved before the effective date.	LAB, FIN
HB816	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Provides that, for a public employee who first enters service after 6/30/11, "compensation" for the purpose of calculating retirement allowances does not include overtime payments, differentials, supplementary payments, bonuses, and lump sum salary supplements. States expressly that the provision does not apply to a public employee who first entered service before 7/1/11.	LAB, FIN
HB817	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Establishes the percentage of "regular interest" credited to the retirement account of a public employee who first enters service after 06/30/11 at 2% as opposed to a public employee who first entered service prior to 07/01/11, whose regular interest percentage is 4 and 1/2%.	LAB, FIN
HB818	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Provides, for a new public employee hired after 06/30/11, retirement service credit for unused sick leave that is half of the credit applicable to an existing public employee. Does not change the unused sick leave credit provisions for an existing public employee.	LAB, FIN
HB819	RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS. Amends the crime victims' bill of rights law to include notice or waiver of notice as to an offender's unfitness to stand trial, transfer to the state hospital or other psychiatric facility, or regaining fitness to proceed. Requires the department of health to provide notice of offender unauthorized absences.	JUD, FIN
HB820	RELATING TO BILL OF RIGHTS FOR VICTIMS. Amends chapter 801D, providing for additional rights to crime victims, surviving immediate family members, and witnesses.	JUD, FIN