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SB2923
SD1
(SSCR2386)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO OPIHI HARVESTING AND POSSESSION RESTRICTIONS.
Establishes a ban on taking or harvesting opihi statewide, subject to open
and closed sessions and traditional gathering rights and practices. Prohibits
the taking or harvesting of opihi for non-commercial purposes in an amount
greater than one quart with shells attached or one half pint without shells
per day. Requires the department of land and natural resources to submit an
annual report regarding effectiveness and enforcement. Establishes until
06/30/17 a moratorium on the harvesting of opihi on Oahu. (SD1)
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WLH/HWN, JDL
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SB2793
SD1
(SSCR2161)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT.
Allows the chairman, with unanimous consent of the commission, to suspend
administrative rules for the purpose of awarding a lease to a native Hawaiian
who has been on the waitlist for at least twenty years. Repeals 6/30/2017.
(SD1)
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HWN, JDL
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SB2457
SD1
(SSCR2372)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
Amends administrative review proceedings under Hawaii public procurement
code. (SD1)
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PGM, JDL
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SB2647
SD1
(SSCR2373)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO FIREARMS.
Restricts hunting to places of formal hunting, defined as private or public
land where the landowner has granted written permission to an individual to
use the land for hunting or target shooting. Makes it a misdemeanor to
violate provisions relating to places of formal hunting. Makes amendments to
the wildlife law to accommodate hunting in a place of formal hunting to
require written permission by the landowners, in addition to a hunting
license. Amends the crime of criminal trespass in the first degree to add
the element of entering or remaining unlawfully on private property at night
while in the possession of a firearm. (SD1)
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PGM, JDL
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SB2202
SD1
(SSCR2173)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.
Directs the legislative reference bureau to conduct a study and gather
information and data on whether employers and employment agencies are
engaging in employment practices that exclude the unemployed from qualified
applicant pools considered for employment in Hawaii. Requires a report to
the legislature, including examples of any notices or advertisements that
exclude the unemployed from consideration. (SD1)
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CPN, JDL
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SB2429
SD1
(SSCR2374)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO FORECLOSURES.
Implements the 2011 recommendations of the mortgage foreclosure task force,
and other best practices, to address various issues relating to the mortgage
foreclosures law and related issues affecting homeowner association liens and
the collection of unpaid assessments. Repeals the nonjudicial foreclosure
process under part I of chapter 667, HRS. Makes permanent the mortgage
foreclosure dispute resolution program and the process for converting
nonjudicial foreclosures of residential property into judicial foreclosures.
Repeals the provision excluding participants of the dispute resolution
program from converting nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings to judicial
actions. (SD1)
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CPN, JDL
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SB226
SD1
(SSCR2321)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO PROSTITUTION.
Authorizes an arresting officer to place or caused to be placed at the time
of the arrest a wheel clamp or wheel boot of the vehicle used by the person
in the course of committing certain crimes of prostitution. Provides for
additional fine to be deposited into the domestic violence and sexual assault
special fund and the county general fund. Makes grant-in-aid to each county
to purchase wheel clamps or wheel boots. (SD1)
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PGM, JDL
[Measure
added on 2/24/2012]
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