Hse Referral sheet template, revision no. 00002

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		Committee
		REFERRAL
HB83	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUORS. Prohibits open intoxicating liquor containers on any common area of a public housing project.	HSG, JUD
HB84	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ALARM SYSTEMS. Prohibits installation of audible motor vehicle alarm systems beginning 1/1/2014. Requires audible motor vehicle alarm systems to be uninstalled or disabled by 1/1/2014. Exempts authorized emergency vehicles.	TRN, JUD
HB85	RELATING TO TAXATION. Limits the amount that an employer may deduct for benefits provided to an employee to 50 times the State's median household income.	LAB, FIN
HB86	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Prohibits smoking anywhere in a public housing project.	HSG, JUD
HB87	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
HB88	RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION OF LAWS. Repeals law providing that the terms "or" and "and" have the meaning of the other or of both.	JUD
HB89	RELATING TO BICYCLE SAFETY. Requires the operator of a bicycle to provide an audible warning by bell, horn, or other sound emitting mechanism when approaching and overtaking a pedestrian on a sidewalk or sidewalk area.	TRN, JUD
HB90	RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES. Establishes a temporary emergency response vehicle noise task force to determine the impact of the emergency response vehicle sirens in terms of excessive noise, the effect on public safety, and the relative effectiveness of the use of emergency lights instead of the use of sirens at night.	TRN, JUD
HB91	RELATING TO VOTING. Provides that all applicants for a new or renewed driver's license, provisional license, instructional permit, or civil identification card, who are eligible to vote, shall automatically be registered to vote.	TRN, JUD
HB92	RELATING TO VOTING. Provides that the ballot of an absentee or military-overseas voter is valid even if the voter becomes ineligible to vote after casting the ballot.	VMI, JUD
HB93	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Prohibits hydraulic fracturing for oil or gas recovery and the collection, storage, treatment, or discharge of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing without first obtaining a permit from the board of land and natural resources. Establishes procedures for obtaining a permit. Requires the board to adopt rules. Provides for penalties and enforcement.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB94	RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes a virtual net metering pilot program for renewable energy projects to be proportionally allocated between utilities. Provides the opportunity for the commission to revise the bill credit mechanism for renewable energy credits.	EEP, CPC, FIN
HB95	RELATING TO DIRECT SALES FROM FARM TO CONSUMER. Exempts producers of unprocessed Hawaii-grown agricultural products from department of health rules if selling unprocessed Hawaii-grown agricultural products directly to consumers. Allows producers of value-added products to sell directly to consumers if certain requirements are met.	HLT, AGR, FIN
HB96	RELATING TO FARMS. Creates an income tax exemption on the first $50,000 of income for family farms, family farm communities, and family farm cooperatives.	AGR, FIN
HB97	RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGAINST INVASIVE SPECIES. Requires a permit from the department of agriculture to import, introduce, or develop a new species of genetically engineered organism. Allows the department after a public hearing to determine whether to grant a permit and under what conditions, if any, based on the department's determination of the level of risk presented to agriculture, horticulture, the environment, animal, or public health.	AGR, EEP, FIN
HB98	RELATING TO EXPORTS. Removes seed, as defined under section 147-122, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from the general excise tax exemption for certain scientific contracts with the United States and the export of "tangible personal property" from the State.	AGR/EDB, JUD, FIN
HB99	RELATING TO MILK. Allows retailers, distributors, producers, and producer-distributors to sell raw milk and raw-milk products for purchase or consumption by consumers, subject to rules adopted by the board of agriculture for the department of agriculture. Allows farmers to sell raw milk and raw-milk products directly from a farm to consumers, subject to rules adopted by the board of agriculture for the department of agriculture.	HLT, AGR, JUD
HB100	RELATING TO HOME-BASED BAKING BUSINESS. Allows home-based baking businesses to sell food items directly to consumers if certain conditions are met. Requires the department of health to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, HRS, no later than December 31, 2013.	EDB, HLT, CPC
HB101	RELATING TO FUEL TAX REVENUES. Permits the county of Hawaii to appropriate the county's share of fuel tax revenue for the maintenance of substandard private subdivision roads that are used by the public. Provides that neither the State nor the county shall be required to install infrastructure improvements if the roads are thereafter sold to a private entity. Sunsets 6/30/18.	TRN, FIN
HB102	RELATING TO EVIDENCE. Makes permanent the limited news media privilege against the compelled disclosure of sources and unpublished information. Effective June 29, 2013.	JUD
HB103	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Provides funding for an outreach program to conduct a needs assessment for a potential learning center project in Puna under the college of agriculture, forestry, and natural resource management of the University of Hawaii at Hilo.	HED, FIN
HB104	PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION, CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES. Proposes an amendment to article XI of the Hawaii State Constitution to include game animals on state lands as resources to be managed and conserved by the State.	WAL, JUD
HB105	RELATING TO WILDLIFE RESOURCES. Instructs the department of land and natural resources to employ cooperative resource management strategies in the management and administration of the wildlife and wildlife resources of the State.	WAL, FIN
HB106	RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES. Repeals Act 97, SLH 2012, relating to geothermal resources which differentiates between "geothermal resources exploration" and "geothermal resources development". Designates "geothermal resources exploration" and "geothermal resources development" as permissible uses in all state land use districts and certain conservation district zones in accordance with chapter 205, HRS. Enacts geothermal resource subzones, designation of areas as geothermal resources subzones, and exploratory wells, which were repealed by Act 97.	EEP, WAL, FIN
HB107	RELATING TO TARO SECURITY. Prohibits testing taro for genetic-modification purposes in the State. Establishes penalty. Effective July 1, 2013.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB108	RELATING TO STATEWIDE BAN ON SELLING OR OFFERING TO SELL AQUATIC LIFE FOR AQUARIUM PURPOSES. Establishes prohibitions, penalties, and fines for knowingly selling aquatic life for aquarium purposes taken from waters within the jurisdiction of the State. Requires an aquarium permit to take marine or freshwater nongame fish and other aquatic life for aquarium purposes. Imposes new standards for aquarium permit issuance determinations. Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of aquatic life taken under an aquarium fish permit, including for aquarium purposes.	WAL/OMH, FIN
HB109	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Designates the month of February as "Olelo Hawai‘i Month" to celebrate and encourage the use of Hawaiian language. Requires that all letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names and language. Establishes references for accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names and words, including proper Hawaiian spelling and punctuation. Clarifies that the full text of bills and other official documents are not required to be written in Hawaiian and that misspelled or incorrectly punctuated Hawaiian words and names shall not invalidate the documents or render them unenforceable and no cause of action shall arise accordingly.	OMH, JUD, FIN
HB110	RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND. Repeals the Public Land Development Corporation. Transfers certain assets to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB111	RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE BUILDING CODE. Enacts the Sustainable Living Research Act, which allows, subject to regulation by the county planning department, the use of certain land for research, development, and testing of promising, innovative practices, designs and technologies for community development, natural resource conservation, soil improvement, food and timber production, water and energy production, conservation and harvesting, material-conserving construction, and on-site waste management.	WAL, CPC, FIN
HB112	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Makes technical amendments to the UOH scholarship and assistance program.	HED, FIN
HB113	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Makes technical amendments relating to adoption of rules for the state higher education loan fund.	HED, FIN
HB114	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.	HED
HB115	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.	HED
HB116	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.	HED
HB117	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.	HED
HB118	RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Short form bill relating to higher education.	HED
HB119	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
HB120	RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the department of health and the department of human services to post on their respective websites reports of all inspections in which a violation was discovered at certain care facilities by January 1, 2015.	HLT/HUS, CPC, FIN
HB121	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Amends the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit by (1) clarifying the amount of the credit; (2) repealing the requirement that qualified agricultural costs be reduced by the amount of funds received from the irrigation repair and maintenance special fund; and (3) repealing the filing deadline to claim the credit.	AGR, FIN
HB122	RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for a capital improvement project for the benefit of the twenty-third representative district. Effective July 1, 2013.	FIN
HB123	RELATING TO GAMBLING. Defines "sweepstakes". Amends the definition of "gambling device" and "something of value" to include the use of gambling devices to play sweepstakes. Establishes a class C felony for furnishing any gambling device for use in gambling.	JUD
HB124	RELATING TO SKATEBOARDS. Prohibits anyone under years of age from operating a skateboard in a public skateboard park unless the person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened helmet that meets specified standards. Establishes a fine for violations. Requires the respective state agency or county to post signs at public skateboard parks to bring the requirement to the attention of park users.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB125	RELATING TO NAMED OPERATOR EXCLUSION. Authorizes a named operator exclusion to enable a named insured to exclude specified persons from being covered under a motor vehicle insurance policy. Provides that a named insured that has rejected in writing the offer of uninsured motorist coverage under a motor vehicle insurance policy, or who has knowingly allowed the operation of a motor vehicle by a person excluded as a designated operator, shall not be entitled to the rights of claim and action against the assigned insurer, with reference to the mandatory bodily injury liability policy for accidental harm. Disqualifies the coverage to an excluded operator of a motor vehicle for an accident out of which the excluded operator's accidental harm arose.	TRN, CPC
HB126	RELATING TO VICTIM RESTITUTION. Expands the definition of "victim" to include insurance companies for the purposes of criminal restitution orders.	CPC, JUD
HB127	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Permits insurers to send electronic notices and documents relating to insurance and insurance policies. Requires an insurer to obtain the consent of a party prior to sending the party electronic notices and documents. Permits a party to withdraw consent for electronic notices and documents.	CPC, JUD
HB128	RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. Authorizes a court to modify a child support order if that order was previously based on perjury.	JUD
HB129	RELATING TO CHILD WITNESS TESTIMONY. Enacts the Uniform Child Witness Testimony by Alternative Methods Act, which authorizes courts to allow for children to testify in a place other than an open forum or away from the finder of fact, court, or parties.	JUD
HB130	RELATING TO PERSONAL MOTOR VEHICLE SHARING. Establishes a personal vehicle sharing program. Establishes distinguishing criteria to be considered a shared personal vehicle.	TRN, CPC
HB131	RELATING TO MOBILITY MANAGEMENT. Establishes a task force on mobility management. Requires the task force to establish a transportation framework to assist elders and individuals with disabilities with transportation needs in rural communities. Appropriates funds.	HUS, TRN, FIN
HB132	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Requires the governor to appoint a nonvoting member from the special education community to the board of education.	EDN, JUD
HB133	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSING. Authorizes courts to revoke or suspend instruction permits for drivers who commit traffic offenses.	TRN, JUD
HB134	RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF REMAINS. Establishes the disposition of remains act. Determines the priority of the persons who may direct the disposition of a decedent's remains and the arrangements for funeral goods and services; permits funeral establishments, cemeteries, mortuaries, and crematories to rely and act upon written directions from the decedent or persons who have the right of disposition without liability and control the disposition and dispose of a decedent's remains in certain circumstances.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB135	RELATING TO UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ARTICLE 4A. Clarifies the relationship between the Uniform Commercial Code article 4A and the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act.	CPC, FIN
HB136	RELATING TO INSURANCE. Implements the recommendations of the insurance verification working group. Establishes working group to assist in development of request for proposals and vendor selection for motor vehicle insurance verification program. Establishes special fund to develop and operate motor vehicle insurance verification program. Increases annual motor vehicle registration fee. Removes duplicative and unnecessary requirements for insurance identification cards and safety inspection requirements. Removes judges' discretionary authority to suspend a fine for failure to have insurance if a defendant later obtains insurance. Requires that a portion of fines be deposited into special fund. Sunset 06/30/2020.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB137	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Prohibits governmental procurement contracts of any amount that are exclusively for the services of engineers, architects, surveyors, or landscape architects, from requiring the contractor to indemnify the governmental body against liability not arising from the contractor's own negligence or fault.	FIN
HB138	RELATING TO REAL ESTATE SELLER DISCLOSURE. Establishes a uniform standard for disclosure for condominium projects, cooperative housing corporations, and other community associations and clarifies the types of documents that are required to be disclosed. Requires the disclosure of documents within ten days after the title report is received. Allows for the electronic receipt of documents with the buyer's consent.	CPC
HB139	RELATING TO FUNDS TRANSFERS. Clarifies that state law on funds transfers applies to a remittance transfer unless the remittance transfer is an electronic fund transfer under the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978, as amended.	JUD, FIN
HB140	RELATING TO VETERINARY MEDICINE. Amends section 471-2, HRS, to prohibit the owner of an animal, and the owner's employees, from performing any surgical procedure, including but not limited to surgical birth, ear cropping, tail docking, and debarking on the animal without being licensed as a veterinarian. Makes intentionally or knowingly performing any surgical procedure, including but not limited to surgical birth, ear cropping, tail docking, and debarking, on a pet animal by any person not licensed as a veterinarian pursuant to section 471-2, HRS, guilty of a class C felony. Amends section 711-1108.5, HRS, to specify that accepted veterinary practices and cropping or docking as customarily practiced, shall not be considered cruelty to animals in the first degree if performed by a veterinarian licensed under chapter 471, HRS.	CPC, JUD
HB141	RELATING TO BICYCLES. Amends definition of "bicycle" to include certain bicycles powered by an electric motor. Permits carriage on public transportation vehicles only of bicycles that meet certain specifications.	TRN, JUD
HB142	RELATING TO PORTABLE ELECTRONICS INSURANCE. Amends the fees related to portable electronics insurance licenses to align with similar licensing fees in other jurisdictions.	CPC, FIN
HB143	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
HB144	RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS. Amends definitions and adds registration and fee requirements for professional employer organizations; repeals chapter 373L, Hawaii Revised Statutes; amends the definition of leased employees for enterprise zone coverage of a qualified business; amends the general excise tax exemption for professional employer organizations; allows professional employer organizations to apply for a transfer of a client company's experience record for unemployment insurance contribution purposes.	LAB, CPC, FIN
HB145	RELATING TO GAMING. Grants 20-year license for one stand-alone casino in Waikiki not in a hotel. Establishes Hawaii Gaming Control Commission. Imposes 15% wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates State Gaming Fund and Compulsive Gambler Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 07/01/2013.	JUD, FIN
HB146	RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE. Defines and prohibits the use of dangerous wheels.	TRN, JUD
HB147	RELATING TO SIMULATED FIREARMS. Includes the use of a simulated firearm in the first-degree offenses of terroristic threatening and robbery.	JUD
HB148	RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Establishes a felony and misdemeanor offense for injuring or killing an animal engaged in law enforcement or corrections activities.	JUD, FIN
HB149	RELATING TO STATE FINANCES. Increases the general excise tax and use tax rates from 4% to 4.5%. Effective 01/01/2014.	FIN
HB150	RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Authorizes persons 21 years of age or older to consume or possess limited amounts of marijuana for personal use. Provides for the licensing of marijuana cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, safety testing facilities, and retail stores. Requires the counties to provide for licensing of marijuana facilities if the State fails to do so. Authorizes the counties to regulate or prohibit marijuana facilities within their boundaries.	HLT, JUD, FIN
HB151	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Requires the Hawaii labor relations board to resolve complaints within 90 days.	LAB, FIN
HB152	RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL FEE SCHEDULES. Increases maximum allowable medical fees under workers' compensation to 130% of the Medicare Resource Based Relative Value Scale.	LAB, FIN
HB153	RELATING TO UNLICENSED CONTRACTING ACTIVITY. Requires that the work done by the unlicensed contractor not offset the value of the property.	CPC, FIN
HB154	RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP. Authorizes the Chair of the Board of Agriculture to establish an industrial hemp remediation pilot program. Appropriates funds.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB155	RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Includes motorcycles in the definition of electric vehicles that qualify for special parking and licensing incentives.	TRN, FIN
HB156	RELATING TO TRAFFIC. Requires the DOT to establish and operate a county-wide highway traffic advisory AM radio station to advise motorists of updated current traffic conditions in any county having a population of greater than 300,000 people. Appropriates funds.	TRN, FIN
HB157	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires the counties to establish a no-fault insurance database accessible by the police, departments of motor vehicles, and the prosecuting attorney. Requires insurance companies to transmit insurance information to the counties to be included in the database. Appropriates funds.	CPC, JUD, FIN
HB158	RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE. Broadens the scope of the tuition assistance to Hawaii national guard members attending the University of Hawaii and appropriates funds for that purpose.	VMI, HED, FIN
HB159	RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS. Requires the University of Hawaii to waive all tuition and fees for qualified students who are the spouse or child of United States Armed Services and National Guard members who are totally disabled or were killed in action.	VMI, HED, FIN
HB160	RELATING TO VETERANS. Makes permanent provisions relating to residency requirements for the burial in veterans cemeteries of armed service members and their dependents.	VMI, FIN
HB161	RELATING TO VETERANS DISABILITY BENEFITS. Exempts federal veterans disability benefits from seizure to enforce a court judgment, except for certain child and spousal support cases.	VMI, JUD, FIN
HB162	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 is 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, Molokai, or Maui.	VMI/HLT, CPC,
HB163	RELATING TO A MEMORIAL. Directs the Office of Veterans' Affairs, with the assistance of the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Defense, to develop a plan to establish a memorial honoring the veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation New Dawn. Requires a report to the Legislature.	VMI, FIN
HB164	RELATING TO MILITARY RESERVE COMPONENTS. Creates a special fund to reimburse the life insurance premiums of national guard and reserve members deployed to a combat zone. Appropriates funds.	VMI, CPC/JUD, FIN
HB165	RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS. Prohibits demonstrations within 300 feet of the entrance or within 150 feet from routes of entry or exit of any state or county veterans cemetery from 60 minutes before to 60 minutes after the funeral.	VMI, JUD
HB166	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires that at least 3% of the 20% set-aside for small businesses shall be awarded to veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.	VMI, FIN
HB167	RELATING TO MILITARY BENEFITS. Prohibits courts, in making a disposition of property pursuant to a divorce decree, from considering federal disability benefits awarded to a military veteran. Effective July 1, 2013.	VMI, JUD
HB168	RELATING TO CIVIL RELIEF FOR MILITARY RESERVE COMPONENT PERSONNEL. Prevents any court or mortgagee from commencing a proceeding to enforce a lien or foreclosure action against real property owned by a member of a reserve component of any branch of the United States Armed Forces or member of the state military forces until that member of a reserve component or member has returned to the State for a period of one year.	VMI, CPC/JUD
HB169	RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Allows an employee with a family member in the United States armed forces who is on active duty or notified of a call to active duty, to use family leave for certain activities for which an employee may take military family leave under federal law. Effective July 1, 2013.	VMI, FIN
HB170	RELATING TO VETERANS. Exempts certain totally and permanently disabled veterans from paying motor vehicle registration expenses.	VMI, TRN, FIN
HB171	RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR TEACHERS. Requires the Hawaii teacher standards board to establish a program to select and evaluate activities relating to the professional development of teachers. Effective 07/01/2013.	EDN
HB172	RELATING TO CHILD VISITATION. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that visitation decisions made by a parent of the child are in the best interests of the child. Presumption can be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence of demonstrable harm to the child. Provides factors the court shall consider when ruling on a petition for child visitation by the grandparent.	HUS, JUD
HB173	RELATING TO DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES. Prohibits contacting a person at the workplace in debt collection practices.	HUS, JUD
HB174	RELATING TO FOOD LABELING. Requires, beginning 01/01/14, specific labeling for any food or raw agricultural commodity sold in the State that contains or was produced with a genetically engineered material.	AGR, CPC, FIN
HB175	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Provides that $10,000,000, from the public land trust shall be expended by that department of Hawaiian home lands for development of farm and home ownership. Requires the departments and agencies that use the lands within the public land trust to transfer $2,500,000, quarterly to DHHL.	OMH, JUD, FIN
HB176	RELATING TO MEDICAID. Extends the termination date of the Medicaid buy-in task force to 6/30/2014. Requires submission of an interim and final report.	HUS, FIN
HB177	RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS. Provides that when both parents or the only custodial parent petitions for the termination of parental rights, the DHS, any agency within the department, or any employee of the department or agency within the department, shall not interfere or object.	HUS, JUD
HB178	RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION. Requires licensed social workers to complete a minimum of fifteen credit hours of continuing education courses for the licensing renewal period beginning July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2016, and forty-five credit hours of continuing education courses during each licensing renewal period, for the period beginning July 1, 2016, and thereafter.	CPC, FIN
HB179	RELATING TO VICTIMS OF CRIMES. Requires victims of crimes and surviving immediate family members to be notified of their right to participate in the restorative justice process.	JUD
HB180	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO LIMIT THE TERMS OF LEGISLATORS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of legislators to five consecutive terms for a seat in the house of representatives and three consecutive terms for a seat in the senate, as provided by law.	JUD, FIN
HB181	RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Clarifies the maximum number of gallons of honey that can be sold by a certified honey house or food processing establishment for an exemption from obtaining a permit from the department of health. Exempts from the permit requirement sales of honey directly to retail stores that in turn sell the honey directly to consumers. Requires certain wording on labels of each container of honey sold in order to be exempt from permit requirement.	AGR, CPC
HB182	RELATING TO JUVENILES. Permits a court to dispose of a juvenile case by referring the defendant to a restorative justice program when the court deems it would be in the best interest of the child and the child admits guilt.	JUD
HB183	RELATING TO JUVENILES. Provides the option of participating in a restorative justice program for children who are undergoing informal adjustment by a court or other designated agency, which program may involve the child and the child's parents or guardian meeting with the victim harmed by the child's law violation.	JUD
HB184	RELATING TO AIRPORT FEES. Authorizes the department of transportation to establish landing and parking fees for noncommercial jet aircraft without regard to chapter 91, HRS.	TRN, FIN
HB185	RELATING TO FISH. Authorizes DLNR to impose temporary management measures within the West Hawaii regional fisheries management area. Requires DLNR to establish a limited entry program for commercial aquarium fishers.	WAL/OMH, FIN
HB186	RELATING TO PETS IN RESTAURANTS AND BARS. Authorizes a restaurant or bar to permit pets inside the establishment subject to specified conditions.	EDB/HLT, CPC
HB187	RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION. Amends the preference of awarding public works contracts to bidders participating in an apprenticeship program by limiting application to counties with a population of not less than 500,000, increasing the threshold contract value, reducing the effect on the bidding process of the number of apprenticeable trades that the bidder plans to employ for the contract, and limiting certification of a apprenticeship agreement to the commencement of the project.	FIN
HB188	RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS. Repeals the requirement for a noncustodial parent to continue child support payments beyond a child's nineteenth birthday when the child is pursuing a post-secondary education.	JUD, FIN
HB189	RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY. Requires that the governor or appointing authority strive for gender equity when appointing members of state boards and commissions, and give priority to achieving the goal of gender equity when appointing members to vacancies, at-large positions, and alternates.	JUD
HB190	RELATING TO TRUANCY. Establishes a working group administratively attached to the judiciary to study methods to prevent or control truancy in elementary schools, including the creation of a community truancy board.	EDN, JUD
HB191	RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS. Authorizes the BLNR to consult with and receive assistance from the HCDA with regards to planning, developing, operating, administering, and maintaining small boat harbors.	WAL, FIN
HB192	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Repeal the de novo standard of review for administrative review of hearing officer's decisions of protests.	FIN
HB193	RELATING TO LAND USE. Requires the land use commission, upon request, to extend the time period for which a boundary amendment is effective for at least 2 years if the appropriate county officer or agency determines that the petitioner has substantially commenced development or if other good cause exists.	WAL, FIN
HB194	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Requires that the historic preservation officer meet professional qualification standards established by the United States Secretary of the Interior. Requires the governor to give notice of the appointment of a state historic preservation officer to the legislature.	VMI/WAL, FIN
HB195	RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN. Prohibits the office of the public guardian from petitioning for its own appointment as guardian of the person for an incapacitated person. Authorizes the court to allow the office to manage a ward's financial assets where no conservatorship is in effect.	JUD
HB196	RELATING TO VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. Appropriates funds for positions to support a veterans treatment court in the first circuit.	VMI, JUD, FIN
HB197	RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Appropriates funds for the judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015. Effective	JUD, FIN
HB198	RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING. Requires the absentee ballot for a voter requesting permanent absentee status to be mailed to the mailing address contained on the voter's most recently completed affidavit on application for voter registration, unless the voter submits a temporary mailing authorization for the absentee ballot to be mailed to a different address.	JUD, FIN
HB199	RELATING TO ELECTIONS BY MAIL. Expands the authority to conduct elections in whole or in part by mail. Specifies state and county responsibilities for conducting elections by mail. Makes an appropriation.	JUD, FIN
HB200	RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-1015.	FIN
HB201	RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING. Amends the campaign finance law by: (1) defining "matching payment period"; (2) correcting statutory references; (3) changing report filing deadlines; (4) specifying noncandidate committee reporting requirements for contributions made; (5) requiring the identification of the candidate supported or opposed by an independent expenditure; and (6) increasing the amount of allowable expenditures made by a publicly financed candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney.	JUD, FIN
HB202	RELATING TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION INSURANCE COVERAGE. Amends references to the "American College of Obstetric and Gynecology" to "American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists".	HLT, CPC
HB203	RELATING TO ADVISORY OPINIONS BY THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION. Authorizes the state ethics commission, for good cause, to extend the period within which an advisory opinion must be rendered.	JUD, FIN
HB204	RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS. Prohibits certain state officers and employees from taking official action directly affecting any undertaking in which the officer or employee has reason to know that certain family members have a substantial financial interest.	CPC, JUD
HB205	RELATING TO NEPOTISM. Prohibits a legislator or public employee from naming, appointing, or hiring a relative to public office or employment.	JUD, FIN
HB206	RELATING TO MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING. Requires that all employees whose financial disclosure statements are public pursuant to section 84-17(d), HRS, complete a mandatory ethics training course. Allows state ethics commission to hold ethics training at times of the year other than January. Repeals minimum duration of the ethics course.	JUD, FIN
HB207	RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. Requires that financial disclosure statements filed by members of certain boards and commissions be public records and available for inspection and duplication.	CPC, FIN
HB208	RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. Eliminates the wilfulness element from actions that subject lobbyists to administrative fines imposed by the state ethics commission.	JUD, FIN
HB209	RELATING TO THE ETHICS CODE. Repeals task force member exemptions to certain conflict of interest and disclosure prohibitions of the State's code of ethics. Clarifies that all task force members must file annual disclosures of financial interests. Makes task force member disclosures of financial interests public records available for inspection and duplication.	JUD, FIN
HB210	RELATING TO THE ETHICS CODE. Clarifies that all task force members must file an annual disclosure of financial interests and makes those disclosures public records available for inspection and duplication.	JUD, FIN
HB211	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Requires that one of the five trustees representing public employers be appointed by the mayors of the counties, with the approval of the Hawaii State Association of Counties, to specifically represent the counties.	LAB, FIN
HB212	RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Adds two members to the board of trustees of the employees' retirement system. One of the new members is to be appointed by unanimous agreement of the mayors of each county and approved by the Hawaii State Association of Counties. Effective 07/01/2030.	LAB, FIN
HB213	RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT LABELING. Establishes certain standards for agricultural products labeled as being Hawaiian or from Hawaii.	AGR, EDB, FIN
HB214	RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Requires the state director of finance to transmit to the counties a percentage of fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions that are in excess of amounts required by the State for administrative costs of the traffic violations bureau.	TRN, JUD, FIN
HB215	RELATING TO LIABILITY. Makes permanent certain state and county protections from liability on improved lands. Makes permanent the protection from liability for county lifeguards, counties, and the State for damages resulting from rescue, resuscitative, or other lifeguard services.	WAL, JUD, FIN
HB216	RELATING TO A FINANCIAL REVIEW BY THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 OF ACT 178, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2006. Authorizes the office of Hawaiian affairs to conduct a financial review of the State's compliance with section 5 of Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006.	WAL, OMH, FIN
HB217	RELATING TO BONDS. Authorizes the office of Hawaiian affairs to issue revenue bonds to fund a loan program.	OMH, FIN
HB218	RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONS POPULATION MANAGEMENT COMMISSION. Adds the OHA administrator and a member of the public, who is knowledgeable about issues relating to the criminal justice system and has substantial experience or expertise in traditional Native Hawaiian practices, to the corrections population management commission.	OMH, PBS, FIN
HB219	RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Subjects PLDC to laws regarding land exchanges, land use, zoning, and OHA's pro rata portion of the public land trust. Requires PLDC to consult with OHA. Increases membership of the board of directors of PLDC from 5 to 7. Requires the Hawaii public land optimization plan to include the protection of cultural practices. Requires PLDC to include a culturally-sensitive development plan for each of its projects.	WAL, OMH, FIN
HB220	RELATING TO TRAINING. Requires OHA to establish, design, and administer a training course in native Hawaiian matters for specified members of boards, councils, and commissions. Requires those members to take the course within six months of their respective appointments.	OMH, JUD, FIN
HB221	RELATING TO ISLAND BURIAL COUNCILS. Clarifies statutory provisions relating to composition and quorum of island burial councils.	OMH
HB222	RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for the office of Hawaiian affairs for the fiscal biennium beginning 07/01/2013 and ending 06/30/2015. Effective 07/01/2013.	OMH, FIN
HB223	RELATING TO MAHINA ‘OLELO HAWAI‘I. Designates the month of February as "‘Olelo Hawaii Month" to celebrate and encourage the use of Hawaiian language.	OMH, FIN
HB224	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. Requires the DOE to develop annual assessments in the Hawaiian language in language arts and mathematics to be administered to students in grades three through six of the DOE's Hawaiian language immersion program and in science to be administered to students in grade four of the DOE's Hawaiian language immersion program. Requires the DOE, with the Hawaiian language community, to establish procedures for the development of the assessments. Report to the 2014 legislature.	EDN, OMH, FIN
HB225	RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES. Extends solar water heater mandate to new duplexes. Limits a gas variance to an owner who is responsible for the energy consumption costs and who makes certain attestations.	CPC, FIN
HB226	RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Repeals Act 55, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, relating to the PLDC.	WAL
HB227	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREDITS. Removes the county's power to issue affordable housing credits to DHHL for the development of vacant lots. Removes restriction that county requirements for affordable housing may not impair the county's obligation to apply the credits in full satisfaction of all county requirements.	OMH, HSG, FIN
HB228	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Establishes a collective bargaining unit for state or county ocean and water safety officers. Exempts new collective bargaining units from the election process when composed of employees covered by a valid agreement.	LAB, FIN
HB229	RELATING TO LIABILITY. Makes permanent certain state and county protections from liability on improved lands. Makes permanent the protection from liability for county lifeguards, counties, and the State for damages resulting from rescue, resuscitative, or other lifeguard services.	WAL, FIN
HB230	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Authorizes the liquor commission to conduct and fund state and county alcohol abuse treatment and prevention activities. Allows liquor license fees to be used for those activities.	CPC, FIN
HB231	RELATING TO USE OF FORCE BY PERSONS WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CARE, DISCIPLINE, OR SAFETY OF OTHERS. Establishes types of physical force presumed unjustifiable when used to discipline minors, for purposes of responding to charges of abuse of family or household member, assault, or other criminal charges.	JUD
HB232	RELATING TO SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE YEARS. Requires the court to impose a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment without possibility of parole or probation for a person convicted of certain acts of sexual assault against a minor under the age of 12 years.	JUD, FIN
HB233	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DOG BREEDERS. Establishes licensing requirements and minimum standards of care for commercial dog breeders. Effective 07/01/2013.	JUD/CPC
HB234	RELATING TO COLLECTION OF RESTITUTION FOR CRIME VICTIMS. Amends the definition of "debt" in section 231-52, HRS, to include court-ordered restitution subject to civil enforcement. Removes court's authority to revoke restitution once ordered. Creates standards and procedures for income-withholding, for purposes of enforcing restitution orders. Extends victims' access to adult probation records, to include access to payment compliance records, for purposes of enforcing restitution orders. Requires that any bail posted by a defendant be applied toward payment of any court-ordered restitution in the same case.	CPC, JUD
HB235	RELATING TO COLLECTION OF RESTITUTION FOR CRIME VICTIMS. Amends definition of "victim" in section 706-646, HRS, to include any duly incorporated humane society or duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that impounds, holds, or receives custody of a pet animal pursuant to section 711-1109.1, 711-1109.2, or 711-1110.5, HRS.	JUD/CPC
HB236	RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS. Amends crime victims' bill of rights to include 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 an offender's unauthorized absences to the department of the prosecuting attorney in the county where the crime was committed.	JUD, FIN
HB237	RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS FOR JUVENILES INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. Appropriates funds to the DOE for 2 additional alternative schools to facilitate the ongoing education of juveniles involved in the justice system. Effective 7/1/13.	EDN, JUD, FIN
HB238	RELATING TO WITNESSES. Amends section 621-7, HRS, to increase 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
HB239	RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF RESTITUTION BY MINORS. Requires the family court, when requested by the victim, to order the adjudicated minor to make restitution to the victim. Requires the family court to order the parents of the adjudicated minor to pay the remainder of the restitution, if any.	JUD, FIN
HB240	RELATING TO ENHANCED SENTENCES FOR CRIMES THAT RESULT IN MULTIPLE VICTIMS. Requires courts to sentence a person convicted of a misdemeanor involving physical harm to five or more persons or pet animals in any one instance to one year of imprisonment.	JUD, FIN
HB241	RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. Authorizes the county fire chiefs to require that various types of construction comply with the fire code.	CPC, FIN
HB242	RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL FIRE SPRINKLERS. Authorizes counties to adopt codes and regulations that would require the installation of residential fire protection sprinkler systems by repealing Act 83, SLH 2012.	CPC, JUD
HB243	RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Imposes a statewide ban on consumer fireworks, except by permit for religious and cultural events.	VMI/PBS, JUD
HB244	RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Amends section 707-701, HRS, to include intentionally or knowingly killing a person in an especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel manner, manifesting exceptional depravity, as murder in the first degree. Makes conforming amendments.	JUD
HB245	RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Prohibits landlords from terminating the tenancy of tenants who are victims of domestic abuse. Allows landlords to terminate a lease or a rental agreement for any lawful reason.	CPC
HB246	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Changes classification of the offense of promoting intoxicating liquor to a minor from misdemeanor to a petty misdemeanor. Requires a minimum 24-hour imprisonment for the first offense. Authorizes longer imprisonment term for second, and third or subsequent offenses.	JUD, FIN
HB247	RELATING TO CONCUSSIONS. Requires the Department of Education and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association to make the report to the Legislature required pursuant to Act 197, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, available for public access on their respective websites.	EDN/HLT, FIN
HB248	RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST VULNERABLE PERSONS. Adds the acts of killing or inflicting serious or substantial bodily injury upon a pregnant woman in the course of committing or attempting to commit a felony, to the offenses for which a person is subject to an extended or mandatory minimum term of imprisonment.	JUD
HB249	RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE. Authorizes, as a condition of probation, electronic monitoring of persons convicted of violating a domestic abuse temporary restraining order or protective order. Effective 7/1/13. Sunsets 7/1/15.	JUD, FIN
HB250	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND SERVICES FOR THE BLIND DIVISION. Appropriates unspecified funds for the department of human services, vocational rehabilitation and services for the blind division to upgrade equipment and facilities for the Hoopono program.	HUS, FIN