OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
TWENTY-NINTH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 9
7TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 29, 2018
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Committee Abbreviations:
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AGR - Agriculture |
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CPC - Consumer Protection & Commerce |
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EDB - Economic Development & Business |
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EDN - Education |
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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HED - Higher Education |
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HHS - Health & Human Services |
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HSG - Housing |
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IAC - Intrastate Commerce |
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JUD - Judiciary |
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LAB - Labor & Public Employment |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs |
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PBS - Public Safety |
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TOU - Tourism |
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TRN - Transportation |
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VMI - Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts |
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WAL - Water & Land |
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RELATING TO JURY DUTY EXEMPTIONS. Lowers the automatic jury duty exemption age from eighty to seventy.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or distribution for sale of non-prescription SPF sunscreen products containing octinoxate or oxybenzone.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL OCEAN RECREATION. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules regulating the activity of watersport excursion companies to provide for increased safety measures.
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OMH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Amends the amount of transient accommodations tax revenues to be remitted to the counties. Requires the counties to use transient accommodations tax revenues to enforce ordinances regulating transient accommodations and other short term rentals and for other specific programs.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE HIGHWAY ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. Establishes the State Highway Enforcement Program and related fund within the Department of Transportation. Establishes surcharge eligible zones for illegal parking in certain areas. Surcharge to be imposed by courts in addition to other penalties and fines.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Requires the Department of Health to hire a third-party consultant to conduct a study on the upgrade, conversion, or connection of cesspools statewide, including financing issues and financing mechanisms. Establishes a working group. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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EEP, HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOBILE CLINICS. Appropriates funds to purchase, staff, and operate two mobile clinics to serve the homeless population.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish safe zones where homeless persons may reside. Appropriates funds.
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HHS/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. Clarifies the scope of licensure for individuals engaged in the practice of behavior analysis in a school setting.
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HHS, IAC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL. Directs DAGS to work with PSD and others to plan and implement security improvements at the state capitol. Requires DAGS to reassign use of certain parking stalls within the state capitol area. Appropriates funds to DAGS and PSD.
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LMG, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES. Requires rental motor vehicle lessors to incorporate zero-emission vehicles into their fleets. Creates a rental motor vehicle emissions surcharge tax on rental motor vehicles with internal combustion engines. Creates a Hawaii zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure special fund and grant program to promote development of zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.
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EEP/TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. Expands the State's existing electric vehicle charging requirements to include parking lots for multi-unit buildings and workplaces. Creates a ratio to calculate the total number of electric vehicle parking stalls a parking facility with more than 200 stalls must have beginning 7/1/2021. Allows the director of transportation to fine properties not in compliance with the electric vehicle parking requirements. Effective 7/1/2020.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Requires certain private streets, highways, or thoroughfares in a development district of the HCDA to conform to county construction and maintenance standards. Requires owners of private streets, highways, or thoroughfares in a development district to be responsible for the costs of conforming and maintaining the private roads to county standards. Authorizes private civil injunctive actions in the circuit courts to enforce compliance. Repeal on 6/30/2023.
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WAL, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER QUALITY MONITORING. Establishes an additional full-time Environmental Health Specialist IV position within the Department of Health to monitor water quality in East Hawaii. Appropriates funds.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Establishes the East Hawaii Child Welfare Services Section Pilot Project within the Department of Human Services to increase staff and reduce caseloads in the East Hawaii Child Welfare Services Section. Appropriates funds.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a suicide prevention task force to develop a strategic plan to reduce suicide in Hawaii by 25% by 2025.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes and amends provisions relating to the care of the elderly and disabled in state-licensed care facilities.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to purchase electronic ankle monitoring bracelets, hand wands, lighting, and closed circuit television cameras for the Hawaii State Hospital. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund capital improvement projects at the Hawaii State Hospital to improve security.
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HHS, PBS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes within the Department of Human Services an Ohana Zones program to provide housing to homeless individuals and families based on principles similar to Housing First and appropriates unspecified funds for the program. Appropriates unspecified funds to the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health to continue to administer programs for individuals or families who require assistance to avoid or escape homelessness including outreach, Rapid Rehousing, Housing First, Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, and the Family Assessment Center on Oahu. Appropriates unspecified funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for public housing improvements and renovations statewide and a rent supplement pilot program.
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HHS/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 28th Representative District.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the designs, plans, materials, construction, and equipment for three capital improvement projects in the H-1 Corridor: the widening of Kualakai Parkway to Waiawa Interchange; the widening of Wahiawa Interchange to Halawa Interchange; and modifications to the Fort Weaver/Kunia Road ramp.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 39th Representative District.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO GRANTS. Requires grantees to publicly recognize state support of projects that have been awarded grants.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Prohibits heavy trucks from driving in the left-most lane of an interstate freeway except when there is a traffic accident or emergency road situation, in an unsafe area, or where there is a single-lane highway.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO PUEO RESEARCH. Appropriates funds for the department of land and natural resources to conduct, in collaboration with the University of Hawaii college of tropical agriculture and human resources, a two-year breeding ecology study and two-year foraging ecology study on the pueo on Oahu.
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WAL, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires an injured workers' private health insurance to pay for medical services and supplies when workers' compensation claim is controverted by an employer. Under certain conditions, increases employer's percentage of liability for medical services and supplies when firefighter has compensable claim for cancer.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM EMPLOYEE AND STUDENT ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT. Adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees, unpaid interns, applicants, students, and prospective students from employers and educational institutions, respectively.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO SECURITY FREEZES. Specifies that a consumer credit reporting agency shall not charge a fee for placing, lifting, or removing a security freeze on a consumer's credit report or for placing or removing a security freeze on a protected consumer's credit report or records.
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IAC, CPC |
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Authorizes the liquor commission to issue a new restaurant liquor license prior to the restaurant commencing operation. Requires an applicant for a new class 2 restaurant liquor license to include a certification that the applicant intends and shall derive no less than thirty per cent of the establishment's gross revenue from the sale of foods. Clarifies that a class 2 restaurant liquor license is transferrable, provided that the transferee certifies that the transferee intends and shall derive no less than thirty per cent of the establishment's gross revenue from the sale of foods.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. Waives fees and other requirements for applicants for a class 10 liquor license.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to annually update the minimum wage based upon a percentage of the median hourly wage for all occupations in Hawaii.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Establishes minimum wage rates for 2019, 2020, and 2021. Repeals the tip credit. For 2020 and subsequent years, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to adjust the minimum wage rate in accordance with the Honolulu region consumer price index.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Changes income tax rates and eliminates state income tax for those at or below the poverty level for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO INTERNET PRIVACY. Prohibits internet service providers from using the personal information of customers for specific purposes without the prior written consent of customers.
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IAC, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for design, plans, material, construction, and equipment for an extension of the Lahaina bypass road from north Keawe street to beyond Pu‘ukoli‘i road.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires, for any proposed action involving construction for which an environmental impact statement has been accepted by an agency but for which construction has not commenced within five years of acceptance of the statement, the developer of the construction project to exercise due diligence with respect to any changes in the community where the project is planned and requires developers to hold community discussion and feedback sessions to discuss relevant and new concerns regarding the project.
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EEP/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO INDEMNIFICATION OF COUNTY AGENCIES. Facilitates the process by which the University of Hawaii obtains approval to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless a county agency, its officers, agents, and employees for university purposes and functions on county property.
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HED, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Requires the University of Hawaii to submit a report to the legislature within thirty days of each appropriation transfer or changes between programs.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. Restructures the Hawaii Invasive Species Council as the Hawaii Invasive Species Authority, administratively attached to the Department of Agriculture, to coordinate implementation of the Hawaii Interagency Biosecurity Plan and to improve coordination of the State's invasive species prevention, early detection, rapid response, control, enforcement, and outreach programs. Appropriates funds to implement the Authority and relevant interagency invasive species projects. Effective 7/1/2018.
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RELATING TO THE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LAND QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL COST TAX CREDIT. Extending through the 2028 tax year, the time that the Department of Agriculture may certify important agricultural lands qualified agricultural costs.
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AGR, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PESTICIDE USE REVOLVING FUND. Increase the Pesticide Use Revolving Fund threshold from $250,000 to $1,000,000.
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EEP/AGR, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establish a special fund within the Department of Agriculture to deposit fees and expend funds necessary for the industrial hemp pilot program.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO COFFEE BERRY BORER. Extending through the June 30, 2022, the exemption from chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, of the pesticide subsidy program manager position in order to provide assistance to local coffee farmers for pesticide costs incurred through the final year of the program.
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AGR, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Clarifies that the amount appropriated in Act 183, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, shall be deposited into the food safety certification costs grant program special fund and that the same amount shall be appropriated out of the special fund for fiscal year 2018-2019.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYEE'S DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FORM. Amend section 78-23(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Employee's Designation of Beneficiary form to be kept in the department where the employee is employed and also to permit the designation to be filed and maintained electronically.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES. Statutorily establishes the Office of Information Practices' Director's term for six years and thereafter until a successor is appointed, and sets the salary equivalent to the salary of the Director of Health.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT OF SMALL PURCHASE OF SERVICE. Authorizes rules for small purchase procedures for the purchase of health and human services under chapter 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective upon approval.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT OF TREATMENT PURCHASE OF SERVICES. Authorizes the departments to issue the request for statements of qualifications and to establish lists of qualified providers for treatment purchase of service. Effective upon approval.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOUND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. Clarifies that found electronic devices that may contain personal information shall be sanitized before providing the unclaimed property to finders or disposing of the property by public auction or other means.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY. Provides public entities with an alternative method to deliver and finance state projects.
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LAB/WAL, JUD, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES. Makes appropriations for claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO COVERED OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Adds section 707-733(1)(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, as a covered offense when committed towards a minor, and provides uniformity to the requirements for defendants that are involuntarily hospitalized pursuant to section 706-607, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or have charges dismissed by reason of physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect pursuant to chapter 704, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION. Clears up inconsistencies in the processing of expungements and public dissemination of criminal history record information relating to cases in which the defendant is acquitted or charges are dismissed by reason of physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect under chapter 704, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or is involuntarily hospitalized under section 706-607, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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JUD |
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RELATING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAFETY ACT. Establishes in the Department of the Attorney General a program responsible for issuing credentials to qualified law enforcement officers pursuant to the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, as amended.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FALSE CLAIMS TO THE STATE. Amends false claims to the State statute by increasing penalties to maintain consistency with the federal False Claims Act and in order to comply with the federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990. Consistency will enable the State of Hawaii to receive a larger share of recoveries where parallel federal and state false claims cases produce penalties that are shared by the federal and state governments. Failure to maintain consistency could result in the State receiving a smaller share than would be permitted under the present model.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION. Amends the definition of "confidential personal information," in section 708-800, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to eliminate unconstitutionally vague provisions in the law as determined by the Hawaii Supreme Court, in its decision of State v. Pacquing, 139 Haw. 302 (2016).
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JUD |
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RELATING TO INCOME WITHHOLDING FOR CHILD SUPPORT. Amends the income withholding requirements to impose a fine against any employer who discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against any noncustodial parent subject to income withholding, or who fails to comply with an order of assignment of future income. Takes effect upon approval.
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HHS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. Amends Chapter 414D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that public benefit corporations may not purchase its memberships, to clarify that a person who does not have authority to vote as a member of the board is not a director, to clarify that a corporation with members may designate its directors, to add previous wording that was inadvertently removed through Act 87, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, and to increase the length of time that the Attorney General has to review proposed sale of substantially all of the assets of public benefit corporations other than in the regular course of its activities.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. Amends chapter 467B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to substitute the term "total revenue" in place of "gross revenue", clarify when professional solicitors must file financial reports, clarify when commercial co-venturers must provide a charitable organization with an accounting and the benefit, eliminate the requirement for certain charitable organizations to submit an audit report, and make other housekeeping amendments.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES. Amends the child support guidelines requirements to provide for more opportunity for the public to be involved in the review of the guidelines and to require consideration of additional factors relating to the situation of the parents.
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HHS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Describes the application process for a permitted use permit to a state or county agency for the collocation of small wireless facilities on state or county utility poles, light standards, buildings, or structures.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS. Amends section 201-76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to expressly place the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Deletes the executive director of the space center as a member of the board and adds the Chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
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RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Creates a $50,000,000 revolving line of credit sub-fund under the umbrella of the Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) loan fund for any state agency or department to finance energy efficiency measures.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REVIEW BOARD. Clarifies the intent of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board's powers when reviewing state and county administrative rules that impact small business.
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EDB, JUD |
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RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. Exempts from legislative approval the sale of the leased fee interest in certain affordable leasehold developments by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Makes technical and housekeeping amendments to Act 159, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, and statutes amended by Act 159.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Repeals the statutory cap on the disposition of conveyance taxes dedicated for deposit into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund for the financing of affordable rental housing development.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Expands and extends to June 30, 2026, the certification for exemption from general excise tax and use tax costs for certain rental housing projects pursuant to section 201H-36(a)(5), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include affordable rents. Requires said project owners to accept Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers as a condition of certification.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes expedited approvals for affordable housing projects seeking district boundary amendments for land areas of fifteen acres or less under the jurisdiction of the counties, as well as expedited approvals by the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
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RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT. Specifies that certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to at-risk rules and deductions and to passive activity loss do not apply with respect to claims for the state low-income housing tax credit.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Authorizes the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to deposit moneys it receives from the repayments of loans and payments of interest or fees from the Hawaii capital loan program in chapter 210, the Hawaii large fishing vessel purchase, construction, renovation, maintenance, and repair loan program in chapter 189, and the Hawaii small fishing vessel loan program in chapter 189, into the Hawaii community-based economic development revolving fund.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINITION OF "DEPENDENT-BENEFICIARY". Amends the definition of "dependent-beneficiary" as used in chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND EXEMPTION FROM THE INSURANCE CODE. Expands the exemption of the EUTF from the insurance code.
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LAB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows payment of employer contributions to the Employees' Retirement System in advance of the fiscal year in which the contributions are required; provides for interest on and application of the advance payments.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Preserves the Employees' Retirement System's use and control of unclaimed member contributions and benefit payments.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVESTMENT PERSONNEL OF THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Allows the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System, through its Executive Director, to appoint one or more investment professionals and changes the status of investment specialists from civil service to exempt from civil service.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Amends and clarifies the applicability of benefits for accidental death and service-connected disability benefits for members of the Employees' Retirement System.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Amends and clarifies the acquisition of service provisions to maintain the tax-qualified status of the Employees' Retirement System.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS. Amends the effective date for the implementation of Hawaii Domestic Relations Orders by the Employees' Retirement System.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES. Eliminates the fee charged by a consumer reporting agency to place, lift, or remove a security freeze requested by a consumer, protected consumer, or a protected consumer's representative. Allows a consumer to request a security freeze at any time.
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RELATING TO HEALTH CLUBS. Requires health clubs to maintain a surety bond of at least $100,000 to be paid to any member who suffers loss of money paid due to the insolvency or cessation of operation of a health club.
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS. Augments the Commissioner of Financial Institutions ability to adapt chapter 454M, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requirements as reasonably necessary to use in NMLS. Authorizes the commissioner to enter into consent orders, and to issue cease and desist orders for chapter violations by licensees and unlicensed persons.
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RELATING TO MONEY TRANSMITTERS. Amends bond provisions for consistency with terms used in chapter 489D, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Clarifies the commissioner's powers, including authority to administer and enforce chapter 489D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, issue declaratory rulings and informal interpretations, investigate complaints, subpoena witnesses, conduct hearings, require disclosures and criminal history record checks, hire qualified professionals for assistance, deposit revenues, fees and fines into the compliance resolution fund, revoke or limit licenses for violation, and report licensee violations to an appropriate federal agency.
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RELATING TO THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATORS. Encourages disclosure of contracts between insurers and third party administrators (administrators), both to potential insureds and the insurance commissioner. Promotes the financial responsibility of administrators. Regulates administrators' practices in conformity with the general purposes of this article. Governs the qualifications and procedures for the licensing of administrators.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Amends various portions of the Hawaii Insurance Code under Hawaii Revised Statutes title 24 to update and improve existing Insurance Code provisions.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION. Creates and establishes an insurance guaranty fund for Hawaii domestic medical service organizations and health maintenance organizations.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CITATIONS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR VIOLATIONS. Authorizes the issuance of a citation for specific violations of the motor vehicle repair laws and rules by licensees. Sets forth a process for licensees to contest the citation and provides for the assessment of fines for each violation.
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IAC, CPC |
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RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD. Allow the Department to recoup operating costs when the department allows for temporary facility use to the public. Currently, the law requires all monies received from the rentals shall be deposited into the general fund of the State.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CHARGEABLE TRANSIENT QUARTERS REVOLVING FUND. Creates a Chargeable Transient Quarters revolving fund into which lodging and billet fees are deposited and accounted for.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD. Increase membership on the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to include a member of the Native Hawaiian Education Council and a non-voting public university student teacher. Clarify that a permit is required for non-licensed teachers serving in public schools.
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EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Makes miscellaneous technical amendments to facilitate library operations.
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RELATING TO THE INCOME CHECK-OFF. Increases from $2 to $4 the amount of authorized income tax check-off that may be designated payable from an individual's state income tax refund to the libraries special fund. Permits designation of check-off in the amount of $4 or $8 to the library special fund. Effective for taxable years after December 31, 2017.
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RELATING TO PERSONAL PRIVACY. Specifies certain records of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands are not required to be publicly disclosed or made open to inspection pursuant to public records requests and may be discussed during an executive meeting of the Hawaiian Homes Commission.
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OMH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Prohibits smoking in and around public housing projects and state low-income housing projects under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and in and around elder or elderly housing.
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HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Creates an eviction process for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's state low-income housing and state housing for elders programs.
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HSG, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Exempts lands to which Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title from the definition of "public lands" in section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Provides that certain areas within Hawaii Public Housing Authority housing projects are closed to the public and amends criminal trespass in the second degree to permit the prosecution of an unauthorized entry or a violation of a written prohibition to enter into the subject housing projects. Clarifies requirements for signage notifying trespassers of illegal entry.
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HSG, JUD |
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. Extends the implementation and enforcement dates of Act 161, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, until July 1, 2019. Requires the Department of Human Services to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2019 Regular Session.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH ANALYTICS. Establishes the Health Analytics Program in the Med-QUEST Division of the Department of Human Services and authorizes the Department of Human Services to maintain an all-payers medical claims data base.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICERS. Exempts from civil service positions known as Administrative Appeals Hearing Officer in the Department of Human Services.
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HHS, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. Amends the Child Protective Act, chapter 587A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by deleting the existing section 587A-3, Guiding Principles for children in foster care, and replacing it with a new section 587A- , Rights of children in foster care.
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HHS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM. Amends chapter 352 and chapter 352D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to establish the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center, and transforms the approach of juvenile justice to a therapeutic model.
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Requires criminal history checks of adult relatives who provide care for a child whose family receives a child care subsidy from the Department of Human Services, clarifies that the Department of Human Services may take both administrative and judicial action to enforce child care licensing provisions of chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes, clarifies the role and response of the child care licensing program when it receives a report of death or injury of a child in a child care setting, and addresses the release of information pending an investigation.
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RELATING TO POVERTY. Requires the Department of Human Services to use an integrated and multigenerational approach to delivering human services to reduce the incidence of intergenerational poverty and dependence on public benefits.
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Makes an emergency appropriation from the general revenues of the State of Hawaii for fiscal year 2017-2018 to address the budget shortfall for health care payments program (HMS 401) in the Department of Human Services. Effective upon approval.
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RELATING TO SERVICES PERFORMED BY CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES. Authorizes establishment of permanent civil service positions for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to provide services historically and customarily performed by civil service employees in connection with refuse collection.
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RELATING TO THE POLICY ADVISORY BOARD FOR ELDER AFFAIRS. Decreases the number of members appointed to the Policy Advisory Board of Elder Affairs. Specifies that ex officio members are non-voting members. Revises the list of State agencies that provide representatives to serve as ex officio members.
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RELATING TO MOVIE THEATERS. Repeals the sunset date from Act 39, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015, and makes permanent the requirement to offer open captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture that is produced and offered with open captioning.
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RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES MEDICAID WAIVER ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING SPECIAL FUND. Create the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Medicaid Waiver Administrative Claiming Special Fund into which federal moneys may be deposited from Department of Health participation in the waiver program.
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RELATING TO THE SUPERVISION OF LICENSED DENTAL HYGIENISTS IN A PUBLIC HEALTH SETTING. Allows licensed dental hygienists to practice under the general or direct supervision of any licensed dentist providing dental services in a public health setting.
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RELATING TO THE SHARING OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS WITH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROGRAM EMPLOYEES FOR APPROVED RESEARCH PURPOSES. Authorizes the Department of Health to disclose public health statistics records internally within the Department of Health for approved research purposes. Permits the Department of Health to disclose information from a public health statistics record for the purpose of contacting persons identified in the record to request further information. If consent is obtained, additional information from the record may be disclosed. Information may also be disclosed when the Department's institutional review committee determines that obtaining consent is impracticable and the public health purpose outweighs the confidentiality interest in the record.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Establishes the Labor Law Enforcement Special Fund to finance the collection of penalties for violations of labor law; establishes two positions, including an attorney and legal assistant, in the Department of the Attorney General to represent the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations in collecting penalties for violations of law. Effective July 1, 2018.
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE. Permits advanced practice registered nurses to certify an employee's disability. Increases the penalty an employer is assessed for failing to submit timely wage and employment information. Permits filing of an appeal of a decision related to temporary disability insurance at the various offices of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations throughout the State. Allows the department to send notices of hearing electronically or by first-class mail. Clarifies that when the notice of hearing cannot be delivered to a party in the appeal, the notice may be given by online posting on the department's webpage. Allows the parties to a hearing to appear in person, via telephone, or by other communication devices.
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RELATING TO BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW. Makes housekeeping amendments to Boiler and Elevator Safety Law; extends the time from five to ten years for the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to reimburse the general fund from the Boiler and Elevator Revolving Fund.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Creates a hierarchy of options for injured workers who require retraining. Creates time limits (two years) for vocational rehabilitation plans.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. Authorizes the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission Executive Director to either issue a final conciliation demand or dismiss a discrimination complaint and issue a notice of right to sue after a determination of a reasonable cause of discrimination is made. Expressly does not extend the Executive Director's authority and discretion with respect to fair housing, to comply with the federal Fair Housing Act.
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RELATING TO THE TAKING OF NATURAL RESOURCES. Clarifies that any police officer or agent of the Department of Land and Natural Resources upon whom the Board of Land and Natural Resources has conferred police powers may, in the performance of the officer's or agent's primary duties, inspect certain items for compliance with Title 12, Chapters 6D, 6E, and 6K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and any rules adopted thereunder, or any other statutes, rules, or regulations relating to the protection and conservation of natural resources.
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RELATING TO DISPOSITION WITHIN STATE BOATING FACILITIES. Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources may lease all fast lands and submerged lands within any existing state boating facility pursuant to a request for proposals without regard to section 200-2.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO RULES GOVERNING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY FOR OCEAN RECREATION AND COASTAL AREAS. Amends the definition of "commercial activity" within section 200-4(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO CRUSTACEANS. Transfers the statutory provisions of section 188-58.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that prohibit the taking or killing of female spiny lobsters, kona crabs, and samoan crabs, to administrative rules of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
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RELATING TO SPECIAL DUTY FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS. Authorizes what is commonly known as "special duty" services, wherein deputy sheriffs serve the community by providing off-duty law enforcement services for monetary compensation to persons, organizations, and government entities other than the State Department of Public Safety. Requires the state Department of Public Safety to maintain, and revise when necessary, its policy and procedures that govern the processing of special duty requests and establish a compensation schedule for law enforcement services provided by deputy sheriffs performing special duty work.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Updates chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as follows: amends sections 329-16 and 329-38(h) to be consistent with federal law, by allowing prescribing authorization of drugs which include buprenorphine and naloxone to patients undergoing "medically managed withdrawal", also known as "detoxification treatment" and "maintenance treatment" by practitioners who are properly registered.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Updates chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in the federal Controlled Substances Act as required under section 329-11.
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RELATING TO ORDERS FOR TREATMENT OVER OBJECTION. Authorizes psychiatric and medical treatment by administrative order despite a patient's objection for pretrial detainees or committed persons in the custody of the Department of Public Safety. Establishes criteria for issuing court or administrative order and the process to determine whether administrative order should be issued for psychiatric or medical treatment over the patient's objection. Effective 7/1/2018.
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RELATING TO THE RELEASE OF MISDEMEANANTS. Defines the circumstances for the Director of Public Safety or a designee of the director to release pretrial and sentenced misdemeanants at community correctional centers.
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RELATING TO PAROLE. Clarifies circumstances under which the Hawaii Paroling Authority may grant early discharges. Provides the paroling authority with discretion when considering pardons for paroled prisoners and clarifies early discharge consideration of paroled prisoners is an administrative action, not an in-person hearing before the authority.
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RELATING TO PAROLE. Specifies that funds for discharged persons be subject to legislative appropriation.
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RELATING TO CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. Authorizes crime victim compensation for mental health services for survivors in cases involving a death and for children who witness domestic violence.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Amends section 329-104(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Department of Public Safety Narcotics Enforcement Division Administrator to disclose, at his discretion, confidential information from the Electronic Prescription Accountability System, more commonly known as the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, to authorized employees of the Department of Health Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division and the Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention Systems Branch.
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for Department of Public Safety to reimburse the Department of Human Services for specialty out-of-facility care and to pay the increased costs for pharmacy services.
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Department of Public Safety to pay for the temporary housing of 248 inmates at a non-state facility for an additional six months, during work on capital improvements to the Halawa Correctional Facility, under DAGS Job No. Job No. 12-27-5644 – security electronics and hardware repairs and improvements.
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RELATING TO CONFORMITY TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2017.
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC FILING. Authorizes the Department of Taxation to require certain taxpayers to file returns electronically, subject to exceptions for reasonable cause as provided by administrative rules.
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RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION. Increases the limit on revenues collected by the special enforcement section that are deposited into the tax administration special fund.
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RELATING TO TAX APPEALS. Requires dismissal of appeals to the board of review if the board has been unable to constitute quorum for twelve consecutive months from the date the appeal is made and allows taxpayers to appeal to the tax appeal court within thirty days of dismissal.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. To amend the drivers licensing requirements for operation of autocycles.
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Clarifies the definition of "drug" in chapter 291E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding the use of intoxicants while operating a vehicle.
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RELATING TO RECONSTRUCTED VEHICLES. To amend the law relating to County finance director’s duties by removing authority to issue a vehicle identification number to a reconstructed motor vehicle.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. Expands authority of the Director of Transportation over required motor carrier vehicle inspections.
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S OFFICE OF SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. Establishes the Office of Law Enforcement and Security for Transportation Systems in the Department of Transportation.
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RELATING TO THE MASS TRANSIT SPECIAL FUND. Provides funds to the Department of Transportation for the safety oversight of rail fixed guideway system.
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Reinstate the President of the University of Hawaii as the chief procurement officer for contracts for construction and construction related professional services furnished by licensees under chapter 464, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO ENERGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Allow funds appropriated by the Legislature to be deposited into the University of Hawaii Green Special Fund and clarify the authority to expend funds and the scope of projects that can be funded.
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RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII REVENUE BONDS. Authorizes the University of Hawaii to issue $100,000,000 in revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the construction and maintenance of qualifying capital improvement projects.
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RELATING TO INDEMNIFICATION OF COUNTY AGENCIES. Facilitate the process by which the University of Hawaii obtains approval to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless a county agency, its officers, agents, and employees for university purposes and functions on county facilities.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes the homelessness special fund. Establishes a community shelter commission in each county. Raises the conveyance tax and directs revenues toward experimental or demonstration housing projects administered by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and homeless facilities and programs administered by the Department of Human Services.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes a 5-year Hale Kokua pilot project under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to reduce homelessness by incentivizing and assisting private homeowners who set aside existing dwelling units, or construct new or improve existing dwelling units, for rental by families and individuals classified as homeless under the project. Requires interim and final reports to the legislature. Repealed on 7/1/2023.
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Permits brewpub and small craft producer pub licensees to allow minors, who are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian of legal drinking age, on the licensee's premises.
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Clarifies that a class 14 brewpub licensee or class 18 small craft producer pub licensee may conduct certain activities at locations other than the licensee's primary manufacturing premises under certain conditions. Specifies that brewpubs and small craft producer pubs may sell malt beverages in growlers that may be recyclable containers and clarifies that growlers shall not exceed one gallon. Expands the law allowing direct shipping of wine by wineries to allow direct shipping of all forms of liquor by certain licensees.
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Includes distilled beverages containing spirits and added blending materials that contain less than twelve per cent of alcohol by volume in the cooler beverage definition. Deletes definition of draft beer. Applies the tax rate on draft beer to all beer.
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RELATING TO LIQUOR COMMISSIONS. Requires members of the county liquor commissions and liquor control adjudication boards to submit to annual criminal history record checks. Requires attorneys hired by the liquor commission or liquor control adjudication board to submit to annual criminal background checks. Removes the requirement that the liquor commission appoints and removes an administrator subject to the civil service laws. Makes final decisions by the liquor commission reviewable under chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. Requires the liquor commission to streamline procedures to provide for the issuance of temporary licenses for the sale of liquor for a period not to exceed one day for fundraising events by nonprofit organizations. Removes language that allows any other considerations deemed by the liquor commission to affect the matter of the application, the issuance, or the exercise of the license applied for, on reconsideration of a previously denied, refused, or withdrawn liquor license application.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires a court that convicts a person for driving a motor vehicle without the required insurance to suspend the person's driver's license and to impound the vehicle at the vehicle owner's expense.
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RELATING TO TAX ON INTANGIBLE PROPERTY. Clarifies that intangible property: (1) used outside the State is exempt from the general excise tax; and (2) acquired from an unlicensed seller and used in the State is subject to the use tax.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires that a marketplace provider withhold and remit general excise tax on sales made by marketplace sellers in this State that are facilitated by the marketplace provider. Amends the definition of "business" in the State's general excise tax law.
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RELATING TO FUNDS USED FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS. Authorizes the Department of Education to expend previously appropriated funds to satisfy the settlement of class counsel attorney's fees related to a class action lawsuit against the State.
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RELATING TO PORT INFRASTRUCTURE. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to create a strategic plan for maintenance dredging of important port and harbor locations and report the plan to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO ETHICS. Establishes restrictions on the participation in political activities of certain state employees and officers.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Establishes the Labor Law Enforcement Special Fund to finance the collection of penalties for labor law violations; establishes an attorney position and a legal assistant position in the Department of the Attorney General to represent the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations in collecting penalties for violations of law.
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RELATING TO BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW. Redefines "boiler" within the Boiler and Elevator Safety Law. Extends the time from five years to ten years for the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to reimburse the general fund from the Boiler and Elevator Revolving Fund. Reclassifies the Boiler and Elevator Special Fund to a revolving fund. Makes housekeeping amendments to Boiler and Elevator Safety Law.
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Increases the minimum wage to $12.25 per hour in 2019 and $15 per hour in 2020. Repeals language allowing the hourly wage of a tipped employee to be increased on account of tips. Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to annually calculate the adjusted minimum wage rate to the nearest five cents using the Honolulu region CPI-W.
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Exempts gross receipts from the sale of mobility enhancing equipment, durable medical equipment, prosthetic devices, prescription drugs sold pursuant to a doctor's prescription, diabetic supplies, medical oxygen, and human blood and its derivatives from the general excise tax. Amends the definition of "prosthetic device" to include devices worn on the body. Amends the definition of "prescription drugs".
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL FISHING. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to issue commercial marine licenses and subtypes of commercial marine licenses for the taking of marine life.
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OMH, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for the acquisition of certain farm lands in west Kauai by the agribusiness development corporation.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Requires the Auditor to conduct a management and financial audit of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 21st Representative District.
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RELATING TO NONREPORTING ON CHILD ABUSE. Changes the penalty for nonreporting of child abuse or neglect from a petty misdemeanor to a class C felony.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the department of education to establish and implement a program to educate public school students on sexual abuse prevention through age appropriate curricula; provide relevant training to school teachers and staff; and inform parents about important child sexual abuse topics. Requires reports to the legislature on the status of implementation. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish performance incentive mechanisms for electric utilities.
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Imposes the transient accommodations tax on additional hotel resort fees that are calculated separately from the advertised transient accommodation's rate.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY LICENSING ACT. Allows a holder of a license to engage in the same business at another motor vehicle dealer location affiliated by common ownership. Authorizes the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board to revoke, suspend, fine, or deny a license if a dealer is not compensated in the event of a recall in the absence of remedies or available parts. Clarifies existing and adds new rights and obligations among dealers, manufacturers, and distributors.
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RELATING TO AN AIRPORTS CORPORATION. Authorizes the establishment of the Hawaii airports corporation within the department of transportation for administrative purposes. Sets out appointment of members to the board of directors and powers and duties of the Hawaii airport corporation. Transfers the aeronautics functions of DOT to the Hawaii airports corporation by the established transfer completion date agreed upon by Hawaii airports corporation, the director of transportation, and the governor, which shall be no later than July 1, 2021.
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RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS. Amends the definition of rates under Hawaii's motor carrier law to clarify that rates specifically apply to the provision of transportation in certain situations where it may be unclear.
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RELATING TO MOPEDS. Establishes a fine not to exceed $100 for mopeds owners who fail to comply with moped registration requirements.
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Clarifies that authorization to use cannabis for medical purposes under Hawaii law shall not constitute the sole basis for denial of a person's right to own, possess, or control a firearm or ammunition thereof.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Makes knowledge of the Hawaiian language a desirable qualification for all state positions. Requires all public information officers of the State to have basic skills in the Hawaiian language. Requires the University of Hawaii to develop and implement a program to translate public documents, including the State Constitution, into the Hawaiian language. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 40th Representative District.
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Prohibits drivers from operating vehicles with more than four wheels and high-passenger cars in the left lane, or close to the left-hand curb or left-hand edge, of a state or county roadway. Exempts drivers operating public transportation vehicles in a zipper lane or diamond lane.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends conveyance tax rates. Requires that a percentage of conveyance taxes collected be deposited into the Housing Finance Revolving Fund.
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RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES. Requires the counties to remove and dispose of abandoned vehicles on public roads within ten business days.
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RELATING TO AN ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUNDS PILOT PROGRAM FOR DISABLED CHILDREN. Establishes a 3-year accessible playgrounds pilot program under DAGS. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides for instant runoff voting for all elective offices.
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RELATING TO DIVORCE. Disallows a court, when dividing property upon the dissolution of a marriage, from considering military disability benefits or from indemnifying or awarding the veteran's spouse for waivers or reductions in military pay related to disability benefits.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2 OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO PRESERVE THE BIPARTISAN NATURE OF THE REAPPORTIONMENT PROCESS. Proposes an amendment to article IV, section 2, of the Hawaii Constitution to preserve equal bipartisan representation on the reapportionment commission and councils.
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS. Short form bill relating to the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES).
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RELATING TO INNOVATION BUSINESS. Short form bill relating to innovation business.
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RELATING TO BROADBAND ACCESS FOR SENIORS. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conduct a feasibility study on deploying broadband technology at county- and state-run senior centers. Appropriates moneys.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOSPICE HOMES. Includes a hospice home operated by a hospice service agency as a state-licensed or state-certified care facility subject to DOH inspections. Requires DOH to license hospice service agencies. Makes conforming amendments to the certification and recertification requirements for nurse aides working in a state-licensed or state-certified care setting. Effective 7/1/2019.
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RELATING TO HOUSING THAT SUPPORTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. Authorizes the construction of tiny homes for residential use within agricultural districts, on farms that are engaged in agricultural production. Provides that a tiny home shall be subject to county ordinances or permitting requirements that are directly applicable to residential uses of tiny homes in agricultural districts.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the design of all state buildings constructed on or after July 1, 2018, to include a shelter room or area that is capable of protecting individuals against hurricanes or nuclear fallout.
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RELATING TO DIGNITY FOR FEMALE INMATES. Requires the Department of Public Safety to provide free feminine hygiene products to all female inmates and detainees upon request.
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RELATING TO HAWAII CORRECTIONAL INDUSTRIES. Establishes a three-year Correctional Industries Former Inmate Employment Pilot Project within the Department of Public Safety to assist former inmates as they reenter society.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM FOR THE 2018 GANNENMONO CELEBRATION. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the 2018 gannenmono celebration.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNADJUDICATED TRAFFIC FINES. Transfers 50% and 100% of all fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions to the counties beginning July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, and from July 1, 2020, respectively.
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RELATING TO THE RENTAL MOTOR VEHICLE SURCHARGE TAX. Creates the state transit fund. Raises the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax to $ per day, and deposits one-half of the revenues into the state transit fund and the other half into the state highway fund for distribution to the counties. Requires the counties to use the surcharge tax revenue for new or expanded county public transit and private shuttle programs. Requires annual reports from the counties.
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to update the statewide tourism strategic plan and to fund the update of county visitor industry strategic plans. Allocates a portion of transient accommodations tax revenues for the county plans. Establishes a planner position in the Authority to administer the development and implementation of the county plans.
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Exempts affordable housing units acquired, developed, financed, or rehabilitated by qualified nonprofit housing trusts from the use restrictions and the 10-year owner-occupancy, 10-year buyback, owner qualifications, and shared appreciation equity requirements if the qualified nonprofit housing trust establishes owner-occupancy and buy-back restrictions approved by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
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RELATING TO MICROGRIDS. Authorizes the establishment of a Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) microgrid demonstration project for the generation, storage, and distribution of renewable energy on property controlled by NELHA.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes within the Department of Human Services a Hawaii County Homeless Villages program. Waives applicable state and county permitting and construction fees for the program. Exempts the State from claims arising out of the provision of housing or services to homeless persons. Provides immunity from civil liability to volunteers and state employees who provide housing or services to homeless persons. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO TAX EXEMPTION. Exempts sales of farm equipment and machinery to certain producers of agricultural products from the general excise tax. Takes effect on 7/1/2019.
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RELATING TO PRESERVING CORAL REEFS. Prohibits the sale of sunscreen or personal care products that contain oxybenzone or octinoxate in Hawaii, beginning 1/1/2023.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Excludes from any waiting list maintained by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands any lessee or successor who sells or transfers their lease on a tract of Hawaiian home lands.
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OMH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Health to conduct a study regarding a pilot program to pay for Hawaii residents to attend the College of Medicine of the University of Northern Philippines in Ilocos Sur in exchange for a commitment to practice medicine in Hawaii after graduation.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Prohibits the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (Fund) from withholding any retroactive reimbursement payable after June 30, 2013, to a retired employee-beneficiary and qualified employee-beneficiary's spouse for an income-adjusted Medicare Part B premium based on the time in which the adjustment request is made to the Fund. Establishes notice requirements.
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RELATING TO LABOR. Requires state projects to be designed and constructed using an alternative code that is most cost effective to a project, subject to certain conditions, including health and safety.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Establishes a Hawaii beach preservation special fund. Authorizes the office of planning to expend moneys from the Hawaii beach preservation special fund to purchase lands threatened by sea level rise or beach erosion. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to manage the purchased lands. Creates a task force within the office of planning to determine appropriate funding mechanisms for the Hawaii beach preservation special fund. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. Prohibits a county or state agency from approving a permit to construct or operate a new grid-connected electrical generation facility or storage facility in excess of one megawatt hour if it is located in a sea level rise exposure area.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Authorizes state and county agencies to adopt rules pertaining to environmental protection, air quality, water supplies, water quality, and drinking water that are as stringent as, or more stringent than, applicable baseline federal standards.i
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Creates the Hawaii Digital Gaming Commission within the Office of Consumer Protection to oversee and monitor predatory and exploitative practices in digital games.
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RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT. Specifies that certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to at-risk rules and deductions and to passive activity loss do not apply with respect to claims for the state low-income housing tax credit. Takes effect on 1/1/2019.
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RELATING TO HOUSING FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS. Authorizes the construction and use of micro housing units on Hawaiian home lands managed by DHHL, notwithstanding zoning laws, permit provisions, and building codes. Authorizes the use of the Hawaiian home loan fund and Hawaiian home general fund for assistance in purchasing or renting micro housing units for use on Hawaiian home lands managed by DHHL and leased to beneficiaries. Makes an appropriation to the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation for construction of micro housing units, subject to certain conditions, and to build general organizational capacity of native Hawaiian-controlled nonprofit housing developers.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to establish a program to offer insurance policies to landlords who rent to tenants using the section 8 housing choice voucher program. Requires the authority to report to the legislature. Appropriates funds to establish and administer the program.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates proceeds to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for the development and construction of permanent supportive housing units for the chronically homeless.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Extends the deadline to file nomination papers for public offices if the incumbent of a non-at-large election does not file.
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RELATING TO MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES. Permits the use of a mobile electronic device by the operator of a vehicle that is at a complete stop on a public way, street, road, or highway.
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Clarifies that condominium unit owners have the authority to install security video telecommunications equipment upon property solely owned by the unit owner.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the governor to establish a safe zone for homeless persons. Creates a chronic homelessness task force to receive feedback on the operation of the safe zone and other homeless facilities. Prohibits a person from unlawfully sitting or lying on a public sidewalk in a county with a population greater than 500,000. Prohibits a providing agency from denying any person access to a homeless facility except as provided by law or rule. Makes appropriations.
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PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO TAX REAL PROPERTY. Authorizes the Board of Education to tax real property for the purpose of supplementing public education funding.
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RELATING TO REFUSE. Clarifies that probable cause for arrests by law enforcement officers of illegal dumping offenders may be based upon statements from witnesses and photographs, video, and other recordings that can be authenticated by one or more witnesses.
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RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes a working group on transportation infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Amends county zoning power for single-family and multifamily residential dwelling units. Requires the City and County of Honolulu to amend rules for planning and permitting.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to establish and maintain a priority list of schools in need of classroom cooling; provided that at least fifty percent of all appropriated funds for classroom cooling projects be made available for grants to schools on the priority list. Allows schools on the priority list to apply for DOE grants for energy-efficient classroom cooling projects.
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RELATING TO THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT. Amends the state earned income tax credit by making it refundable.
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RELATING TO INCOME TAX REDUCTION. Decreases the income tax by twenty-five per cent for all but the top income earners and sets the top tax rate to 8.25 percent.
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RELATING TO GRANTS IN AID. Amends the approval process for grants in aid. Establishes grants in aid advisory commission and requires that grant recipients be domestic nonprofit organizations.
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL VEHICULAR CONDUCT. Creates a mandatory ten-year minimum term of imprisonment for any person who is convicted concurrently of violating both section 707-702.5 (negligent homicide in the first degree) and section 291C-12 (failure to stop). Replaces the term "accident" with "collision" to avoid potential ambiguity.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 24th Representative District.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds from the issuance of those bonds for plans, design, construction, and equipment for a new gymnasium and new music building at Roosevelt high school.
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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.
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RELATING TO CHAPTER 245, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Makes unlawful shipment of tobacco products to anyone other than a licensee. Includes e-liquid within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law, thereby making all provisions of the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law that relate to tobacco products applicable to e-liquid as well. Increases the license fee for wholesalers or dealers and the retail tobacco permit fee.
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RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS. Provides the Director of Health with operational flexibility by repealing the statute limiting the Director of Health to ten permanent or temporary exempt epidemiologist positions.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE BEVERAGE. Establishes and designates ‘awa made from Piper methysticum as the official state beverage.
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Prohibits the use of pesticides containing the active ingredient chlorpyrifos.
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Expands credited service in the ERS by adding volunteer service in the Peace Corps to both membership service and prior service.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. Establishes a farm to school grant pilot program within the Hawaii department of agriculture to provide grants to schools, early care and education centers, nonprofits, soil and water conservation districts, and food producers participating in the Hawaii farm to school program. Requires the Hawaii farm to school coordinator to submit a report to the legislature. Makes appropriations for continuance of the Hawaii farm to school program and coordinator position.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent veterinary medical officer position within the Department of Health.
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RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES. Clarifies the definition of "bicycle" for purposes of county vehicular taxes, highway safety laws, statewide traffic code, and bicycle laws by adding "low-speed electric bicycles" to the laws and defining low-speed electric bicycles. Excludes low-speed electric bicycles from the definitions of "moped", "motor vehicle", and "vehicle." Prohibits low-speed electric bicycle riding on all sidewalks.
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RELATING TO COASTAL HIGHWAYS. Requires the Department of Transportation to work in conjunction with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology of the University of Hawaii, the county of Maui and federal agencies to develop a strategic plan to protect coastal highways from the effects of coastal erosion and update the plan as needed every five years. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROMISE PROGRAM. Establishes the University of Hawaii Community College Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at any community college campus of the University of Hawaii system. Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to assess a fee to visitors accessing Lipoa Point by a maritime commercial vessel. Creates the Lipoa Point Management Special Fund for the management of the Lipoa Point area and educate visitors on how funding is used for the management of the Lipoa Point area.
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION OFFICER AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the establishment of a training academy for conservation and resources enforcement officers.
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RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY. Requires all places of public accommodation constructed or substantially modified after June 30, 2018 to provide baby diaper-changing accommodations that are equally accessible to men and women.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 2nd Representative District.
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RELATING TO RAT LUNGWORM DISEASE. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo for research and other activities related to rat lungworm disease. Conditions release of the funds on the University submitting a report to the legislature listing the specific research and activities it plans to undertake. Requires the University, along with the Department of Health, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, and Joint Rat Lungworm Task Force, to create a statewide plan for the eradication and prevention of rat lungworm disease.
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RELATING TO PRESCHOOLS. Makes housekeeping amendments to remove preschools from the superintendent of education's scope of authority and to clarify that the director of the Executive Office on Early Learning may authorize preschool personnel access to a student's immunization registry information.
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Appropriates funds for infrastructure costs, the rental or lease of charter school facilities, and the repair and maintenance of network infrastructure of charter schools.
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Appropriates funds for infrastructure costs, the rental or lease of charter school facilities, and the repair and maintenance of network infrastructure of charter schools. Appropriates funds for meal services and student transportation at charter schools.
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RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to install air conditioning in public schools that prioritize the project.
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RELATING TO INSURANCE REGULATORY VARIANCE. Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to grant variances, waivers, or no action letters with respect to specific requirements of the insurance code or its rules when certain conditions are met.
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RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Further restricts the criteria for variances from the requirement that all new single-family homes utilize solar water heating.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO PAYDAY LENDING. Transitions from lump sum deferred deposit transactions to installment-based small dollar loan transactions. Specifies various consumer protection requirements for small dollar loans. Beginning January 1, 2019, requires licensure for small dollar lenders that offer small dollar loans to consumers. Specifies licensing requirements for small dollar lenders.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. Authorizes the Hawaii civil rights commission executive director to either issue a final conciliation demand or dismiss a discrimination complaint and issue a notice of right to sue after a determination of a reasonable cause of discrimination is made. Expressly does not extend the executive director's authority and discretion with respect to fair housing, to comply with the federal Fair Housing Act.
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RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Artist Fellowship Program for the awarding of one-time fellowships to promising artists.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE KING KAMEHAMEHA CELEBRATION COMMISSION. Increases the number of members on the King Kamehameha celebration commission from thirteen to fifteen. Establishes an executive director to be appointed by the commission.
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RELATING TO THE KING KAMEHAMEHA CELEBRATION COMMISSION. Appropriates funds to the department of accounting and general services to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position for the executive director of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission. Appropriates funds to fund the costs incurred by the annual King Kamehameha day celebration events.
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RELATING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE. Requires compliance with the Military Selective Service Act to be eligible for enrollment in a state-supported post-secondary institution, qualify for state financial assistance for post-secondary education, or be eligible for state or county employment or service. Provides exceptions.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Extends the county surcharge on the general excise tax and use tax through 2035. Repeals the county surcharge on the general excise tax and use tax by a county with a population greater than 500,000 if, prior to 12/31/2035, the revenues collected through the county surcharge exceed the annual debt service following the completed construction of the minimum operable segment of the locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project. Makes the current transient accommodations tax rate of 10.25% applicable only to transient accommodations furnished in a county with a population greater than 500,000, extends the 10.25% rate through 2035, and reduces the rate to 9.25% if, prior to 12/31/2035, the revenues collected through the county surcharge exceed the annual debt service following the completed construction of the minimum operable segment of the locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project. Repeals requirement that the Director of Finance only disburse surcharge revenues for certified costs incurred by a county to build its mass transit project. Repeals the requirement that a county with a population greater than 500,000 use funds collected pursuant to a county surcharge only for capital costs associated with the construction of a locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project.
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RELATING TO MOVIE THEATERS. Makes permanent the requirement for certain motion picture theater owners and operators to provide open movie captioning at least twice per week, one of which begins no earlier than 4:30 p.m. Repeals the requirement to provide an option of personal closed captioning screenings by means of lightweight eyewear.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides to a taxpayer who hires an elderly individual a nonrefundable tax credit for the 6-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health for a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week ambulance unit for the counties of Kauai and Hawaii.
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RELATING TO FIRE SPRINKLERS. Establishes a refundable income tax credit of 25% of the total costs, including installation costs, of an automatic fire sprinkler or automatic fire sprinkler system in any new detached 1- or 2-family dwelling unit in a structure used only for residential purposes. Sunsets on 6/30/25.
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RELATING TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION INSURANCE COVERAGE. Removes discriminatory requirements for mandatory insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization procedures to create parity of coverage for same-sex couples, unmarried women, and male-female couples for whom male infertility is the relevant factor.
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. Adds knowingly making a false statement to a county inspector a crime within the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public, subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/2018.
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RELATING TO FOSTER CARE. Replaces the guiding principles for children in foster care with the rights of children in foster care.
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Imposes enhanced fines for violations of part VIII of Chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by a child care provider. Adds criminal liability for an intentional, knowing, or reckless violation of part VIII of Chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that results in the serious or substantial injury of a minor.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires disclosure of commercial agriculture pesticide use under specified conditions. Revises the ceiling and use of the Pesticide Use Revolving Fund.
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Establishes a misdemeanor offense when a child under the care of a licensed child care provider is injured or killed as a result of failure to properly care for the child. Requires that a child care provider's license be immediately revoked upon conviction of the new offense.
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HHS, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Requires prescribers of certain controlled substances to consult the electronic prescription accountability system before issuing a prescription for the controlled substance.
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HHS, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS. Establishes the Hawaii Hope Card Program within the Department of the Attorney General to issue Hope Cards upon request to those holding a long term protective order, with specified relevant information about the protective orders and all covered parties. Establishes a special fund. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1, 2018.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Makes an emergency appropriation to DOH to contract for services to review, certify, and recertify dialysis centers. Appropriates funds.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Establishes standards for medical cannabis testing and certification.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Prohibits smoking in a motor vehicle in which a person under the age of 18 is present. Requires DOH to report on the enforceability of this Act and coordination of related data collection activities of the respective law enforcement agencies.
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RELATING TO COUNTY APPROVAL. Requires condominium property regimes, planned community associations, agricultural cooperative associations, limited-equity housing cooperatives, and cooperative housing corporations to receive county subdivision approval prior to recordation of a deed.
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RELATING TO ASSOCIATIONS. Requires the Auditor to conduct a study, including a cost-benefit analysis, on establishing an agency within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate homeowners associations and to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Authorizes the issuance of GO bonds and appropriates funds for the planning, designing, and constructing of a livestock feed mill.
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITIES. Requires the counties to designate an agency to inform the public and hold a hearing when lands included in a community master plan are proposed for sale and intended to be used for a purpose other than as proposed in the master plan.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Requires the department of health to coordinate with each county water department to establish a low interest loan program for the upgrade or conversion of cesspools in each county to aerobic treatment unit systems.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020, and allows any election to be conducted by mail prior to the 2020 primary election, in whole or in part, as determined by the chief election officer or county clerk, as appropriate. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers that would remain open from the tenth business day preceding an election through the day of the election to receive personal delivery of mail-in ballots, accommodate voters with special needs, offer same day registration and voting, and provide other election services. Allows for additional places of deposit for personal delivery of mail—in ballots. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program. Requires the office of elections to submit a report to the legislature prior to the convening of each regular session from 2019 through 2023, regarding the implementation of a vote by mail system.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ASSOCIATIONS. Requires attorneys hired by an association in an action against a unit owner to communicate directly with the owner or owner's attorney. Prohibits nonjudicial foreclosure on liens, for unpaid assessments unless specified in the purchase agreement. Permits associations to offer delinquent owners a payment plan for unpaid assessments. Requires associations to provide a cost-breakdown of attorney's fees upon request of an owner.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Establishes within the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency an emergency management watershed team, which shall have the authority to access any state, county, or private real property within the State for the limited purpose of clearing the mouth of certain streams in preparation for the imminent approach of a hurricane. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Grants the presumption that cancer developed by claimants for worker's compensation who performed services as firefighters or volunteer fighters was developed as a result of their work, provided evidence of exposure to a known carcinogen.
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RELATING TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. Appropriates funds for the State Sustainability Coordinator to complete a comprehensive green infrastructure study and plan.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AN OUTPATIENT CENTER. Appropriates $1,000,000 to the Department of Health to assist Hawaii Pacific Health with the financing of construction of a family medicine office practice and team-based training site at the Pali Momi outpatient center.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Establishes the Hawaii Sustainability Act, including the Office of Sustainability and the State Sustainability Fund.
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EEP, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Clarifies requirements for public works projects for a bidder who is a party to an apprenticeship agreement.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS. Provides an exemption to the licensing requirements for certain qualified individuals in situations when high voltage (six hundred volts or higher) electrical work is performed while employed by a Hawaii licensed electrical contractor.
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN MUSIC AND DANCE. Redirects $1,000,000 of transient accommodation tax revenues to the Bishop Museum.
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Provides that transient accommodations tax is imposed on gross proceeds collected from a customer whether the customer booked a room directly through a hotel or through an online travel company.
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RELATING TO VOTING. Establishes an automatic voter registration system in Hawaii by allowing all applicants for a driver's license, provisional license, instruction permit, or civil identification card to either clearly decline to register to vote or fill out the voter affidavit on their application at the time their application is processed.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS. Removes the cap on the number of epidemiologists the Department of Health may employ.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING PRODUCTION. Requires, between fiscal year 2019-2020 and fiscal year 2029-2030, each county to authorize construction for a specified number of new housing units. Reduces the amount of transient accommodations tax revenue the counties receive for failure to meet the requirements. Allows for recoupment of reduction under certain circumstances. Repeals June 30, 2031.
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RELATING TO WATER CARRIERS. Amends the specific findings that must be included prior to the public utilities commission making a finding of public convenience or necessary or issuing an authorization. Authorizes an exemption for cargo to be moved on an alternate carrier, if certain conditions are met.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INNOVATION BUSINESS. Establishes the research and development program in the Hawaii technology development corporation to help Hawaii-based small businesses collaborate with commercial partners to further refine and optimize research and development performed in Hawaii. Establishes the research and development special fund. Appropriates funds for the purposes of the research and development program.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to support the internship and economic development programs of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CREATIVE LAB HAWAII. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the expansion of Creative Lab Hawaii.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SPINLAUNCH. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist SpinLaunch Inc., with the financing of the planning, design, and construction of a satellite launch system.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. Requires the state sustainability coordinator to develop a sustainable economic development strategy. Directs the state sustainability coordinator to use genuine progress indicators to generate recommendations that promote indigenous-based economies, economic diversity, and sustainability. Requires the University of Hawaii to provide data mining services. Requires a report to legislature. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Adjusts the salaries of the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, and Complex Area Superintendents to be no more than one hundred ten per cent of the salary of the highest paid teacher in the Department of Education. Repeals the sunset date on the Superintendent's annual performance evaluation and adjusted salary.
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RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING. Repeals amendments made to provisions relating to the early learning system law by Act 202, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017. Changes early learning board to early learning advisory board. Redefines at-risk children to be from families whose income is no more than two hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty level. Requires the director of the executive office on early learning to be appointed by the governor instead of by the board and for the salary of the director to be set by the governor. Amends director's responsibilities. Administratively removes the board from the department of education. Amends board membership and voting members. Changes the grant program to the keiki first steps grant program. Allows the department of education to grant geographic exceptions for children to attend prekindergarten outside their assigned service area, under certain conditions. Removes participation in an early learning induction program by the principal and other school personnel as a prerequisite to opening a public prekindergarten class in a school.
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AMEND THE MANNER IN WHICH JUSTICES AND JUDGES ARE APPOINTED, CONSENTED TO, AND RETAINED. Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii relating to the appointment and retention of justices and judges. Authorizes the senate to approve or reject subsequent terms of office for supreme court justices. Changes the required time frames from 30 to 90 days for the process to appoint and consent to a justice or judge. Harmonizes the senate consent procedures for district court judgeship nominees to mirror the senate consent procedures relating to supreme court justices and intermediate court of appeals and circuit court judges.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Provides that the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Commission on Water Resource Management shall not conduct contested case hearings, and counties shall not conduct contested case hearings regarding disputes over land use, but that decisions and disputes may be contested and adjudicated in circuit court. Effective 7/1/2018.
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RELATING TO LIQUOR. Eliminates the requirement that the applicant for a liquor license or a renewal of a license, or in the case of a transfer of a license, both the transferor and the transferee produce either a tax clearance certificate from the Internal Revenue Service or proof of entering into an installment plan agreement with the Internal Revenue Service.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 35th Representative District.
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RELATING TO PROPRIETARY INTEREST PROTECTION AGREEMENTS. Requires public land leases to obligate a lessee to enter into a proprietary interest protection agreement with any labor organization representing the lessee's employees.
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RELATING TO SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTALS. Requires that short-term vacation rental booking services comply with the requirements imposed on transient accommodations brokers under section 237D-4, HRS.
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RELATING TO RAT LUNGWORM DISEASE CONTAINMENT. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy for programs, studies, and activities related to early detection, prevention, and eradication of rat lungworm disease.
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RELATING TO ROAD REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE IN HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS. Requires abutting lot owners to pay for the repair and maintenance of subdivision roads where the applicable deed does not specify that requirement. Authorizes court appointed entities to collect and assess fees. Requires counties to provide: (1) training to associations on their responsibilities; (2) services for certain subdivision assessments; and (3) assist in drafting a recorded instrument regarding the maintenance and operations of roads following the designation of a responsible entity.
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RELATING TO GUARDS. Creates a narrowly defined subcategory of guards, called watchpersons, who are allowed to be unregistered for sixty days but must meet all the requirements of a guard to continue working in a guard capacity after the sixty day period.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MEDICAL USE OF CANNABIS. Clarifies that medical use of cannabis is not considered to be a state or federal crime.
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HHS, JUD |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Amends the cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection income tax credit for taxable years beginning after 12/31/18. Establishes and appropriates funds for a grant program to assist with cesspool upgrade or conversion costs. Requires the Department of Health to develop guidelines for the mandatory disclosure of cesspools on real property prior to the sale or transfer of the real property.
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Requires the Judiciary to implement a payment plan program that offers any person who is unable to pay any court-ordered fines, fees, surcharges, costs, or monetary assessments the option of entering into a payment plan. Prohibits the courts from taking certain actions against a person solely because of that person's inability to pay. Reinstates driver's licenses that were suspended for nonpayment under certain circumstances.
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Establishes a new chapter for rent stabilization. Enumerates unlawful actions, details the process for calculating the maximum monthly rent and yearly increases and surcharges for dwelling units under the jurisdiction of the chapter, and provides for remedies for violations of this chapter.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Authorizes private organizations to provide shelter to homeless individuals at micro-villages on the organizations' private property. Limits county authority to restrict micro-villages and county liability relating to micro-villages. Appropriates funds to DHS for social services in micro-villages.
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RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Clarifies that Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation housing projects are exempt from the Disability and Communication Access Board process under section 103-50, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. Requires continuing education for physician assistants to renew their licenses. Prohibits the Hawaii Medical Board from requiring a physician assistant to maintain or receive certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants to satisfy the requirement for continuing education or for license renewal.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 18th Representative District.
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RELATING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE FIFTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for a capital improvement project to install security lighting on public school buildings and grounds in the 50th Representative District.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. Establishes the Office of Public-Private Partnership and the position of State Public-Private Partnership Coordinator. Adds design-build-operate-maintain and design-build-finance-operate-maintain project delivery methods to the Procurement Code and related conditions and requirements.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a task force to make recommendations for the Hawaii Disaster Preparedness Plan. Requires the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawaii to prepare the plan. Appropriates funds.
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PBS/VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIFEGUARDS. Reinstates the liability exceptions for county lifeguards.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION. Repeals criminal prohibitions and penalties pertaining to marijuana.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO OCEAN SAFETY. Requires tourism special fund moneys to be made available to support state and county ocean safety programs.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII LEGAL AID INTERAGENCY ROUNDTABLE. Establishes the Hawaii legal aid interagency roundtable to facilitate cooperation between various state agencies regarding civil legal services and access to justice. Requires the roundtable to report to the Governor and Legislature. Appropriates funds to the Department of the Attorney General for the roundtable.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Extends the period by six months that a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions, from March 31, 2018, to September 30, 2018.
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RELATING TO EXTENDED TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT. Establishes a gross negligence standard for the imposition of an extended term of imprisonment for a defendant convicted of a felony that resulted in the death, disability, or serious disfigurement of another person because of the defendant's wilful and wanton disregard of the need to exercise reasonable care.
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RELATING TO MOTORCYCLES. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to designate shoulders upon which the department may authorize the driving of motorcycles when traffic is stopped for an extended period at an intersection or due to traffic congestion.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO AERONAUTICS. Replaces criminal penalties for certain airport offenses addressed in Chapter 261, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or in certain administrative rules or orders issued pursuant thereto, with a civil penalty.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO VEHICLE SAFETY. Requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules to allow for the reconstruction of vehicles to use solid axles.
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TRN, CPC |
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RELATING TO WATER. Establishes a working group within the Department of the Attorney General to assess the viability and constitutionality of using tax increment financing on the county level as a means of incentivizing water-related infrastructure projects.
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RELATING TO FERAL CATS. Requires the Department of Health to contract with a nonprofit animal rescue group to oversee caretakers of feral cats. Exempts registered caretakers of feral cats from state laws and county ordinances relating to the feeding and confinement of cats. Establishes a trap-sterilize-return process.
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RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION. Appropriates funds for the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission to restore, preserve, and determine the appropriate uses of Kaho‘olawe island, and to fund one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent position for the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission.
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OMH/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATERSHEDS. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for improvements, repairs, and maintenance of watersheds throughout the State.
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WAL/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR VESSELS ACT. Requires certain vessel owners to apply for a certificate of title within twenty days of becoming an owner or within twenty days of establishing principal use of the vessel in waters of the State. Establishes the information required in an application for a certificate of title; process for a transfer of vessel ownership and title; rights of a secured party; and rights of a purchaser other than a secured party
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes transient accommodations brokers to register as agents to report, collect, and remit transient accommodations tax and general excise tax due from operators and plan managers subject to verification of compliance with tax and land use laws. Allocates a portion of tax revenues collected by registered agents to counties that verify compliance with county land use laws and to Department of Human Services for homeless initiatives.
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RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish paid family leave for all workers by 1/1/2023. Authorizes the department to adopt interim rules. Establishes the paid family leave implementation task force to assist the department and report to the Legislature. Establishes a paid family leave special fund. Appropriates moneys.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for small business research and development activities within the State.
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EDB, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION. Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Ombudsman, and Ethics Commission.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Creates a supplemental rental motor vehicle user fee of $4.50 per day to be levied, assessed, and collected for rental motor vehicles rented from a rental motor vehicle concession located in any medium-hub airport serving a county that includes at least 3 islands inhabited by permanent residents. Uses revenues to pay for certain highway projects. Requires the Director of Transportation to cease collecting the supplemental rental motor vehicle fee upon completion of the specified highway projects.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. Provides three categories and twelve factors for the department of labor and industrial relations to apply to determine independent contractor status.
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RELATING TO STATE SELF-INSURANCE AGAINST PROPERTY AND CASUALTY RISKS. Establishes a special fund to provide the State with self-insurance against the State's property and casualty risks. Appropriates moneys.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds for the office of international affairs to fund by grant one or more programs sponsored or organized by the University of Hawaii community colleges or a four-year campus to implement international college experiences for Hawaii students enrolled at a University of Hawaii campus.
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HED, VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Provides that a county shall be eligible to receive $1,000,000 from the State for the purpose of enforcing all applicable laws and ordinances relating to transient accommodations, provided that no funds shall be released to a county until it has satisfactorily complied with specified conditions. Makes an appropriation from TAT revenues.
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TOU, FIN |
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RELATING TO TROPIC CARE. Appropriates funds for the Tropic Care program of the United States Department of Defense to provide free medical care to individuals in rural areas.
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HHS/VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to: (1) develop and implement a statewide computer science curricula plan for public schools; and (2) permit students to fulfill some graduation requirements through computer science coursework. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education. Requires the University of Hawaii to permit applicants to fulfill certain admission requirements through computer science coursework.
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EDN/HED, EDB, FIN |
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES VIII AND X OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO ESTABLISH A SURCHARGE ON RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT PROPERTY AND VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. Proposes amendments to the Hawaii State Constitution to advance the State's goal of providing a quality public education system for the children of Hawaii by authorizing the Legislature to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on residential investment property valued at $1,000,000 or greater and visitor accommodations.
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RELATING TO SHORT-TERM LOANS. Authorizes and regulates short-term lending in the State such that short-term loans shall not exceed a term of thirty months, require payments not to exceed eight per cent of the borrower's gross monthly income, and other conditions.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation's manufacturing grant program.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. Appropriates moneys for Department of Health to fund substance abuse treatment programs relating to persons with multiple chronic conditions, a centralized referral system, case management programs, and a peer mentoring or coaching program.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Directs the Department of Health to conduct a statewide study of sewage contamination in nearshore marine areas. Appropriates moneys.
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EEP, HHS, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HE‘EIA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE. Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2018-2019 to maintain the initial staff positions that are necessary to develop and manage the He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve and its programs.
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OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR. Reduces the tax on beer to $0.42 per wine gallon of beer and eliminates the distinction between draft beer and packaged beer for taxation purposes.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires the Tax Review Commission to conduct a feasibility study on whether the general excise and use tax laws should be replaced with a sales tax.
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES II, III, AND XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR DIRECT INITIATIVE. Proposes amendments to the state constitution to provide for direct initiative.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO OCEAN WATERS. Prohibits alcohol consumption within the ocean waters of the State.
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OMH, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE ALA WAI BOAT HARBOR. Removes hotel, residential, and timeshare uses from the list of permitted uses under the public-private development lease of fast lands and submerged lands at the Ala Wai boat harbor. Prohibits structures built under the lease that are more than two stories.
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WAL/OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM GOVERNING INSTRUMENTS. Authorizes an alternative method of amendment for a condominium association's declaration and bylaws; provided that certain requirements are met.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for construction and infrastructure development projects to provide affordable housing units for middle class and low income residents. Allows moneys from the conveyance tax and the county surcharge on state tax to be used to repay the bonds.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and Ka Papahana Kaiapuni program to collaborate to establish professional qualifications and develop training programs for the Ka Papahana Kaiapuni program's staff.
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OMH, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO INFORMED CONSENT FOR VACCINATIONS. Requires health care providers to obtain informed consent in writing from a person before administering a vaccination. Establishes requirements for obtaining informed consent.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO STUDENT FEES. Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii to offset the cost of mandatory student fees that go to transportation benefits.
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HED, TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 6th representative district.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to remove plastic marine debris from shores and beaches and for the counties to dispose of plastic marine debris collected by the department. Appropriates moneys.
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OMH/WAL, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Implements Act 125, SLH 2017, by: (1) establishing an advisory council to study issues relating to cesspool conversion; (2) requiring the advisory council to develop a long-range comprehensive plan for cesspool conversion statewide; and (3) creating a pilot grant project for cesspool owners. Appropriates moneys.
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EEP, HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Requires the Task Force to submit a report to the Legislature.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SCHOOLS. Removes mandatory student hour requirements for public schools, beginning with the 2018-2019 school year. Requires principals to determine the total number of student hours required for their school.
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LAB, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HABITAT CONSERVATION PRESERVE. Requires the University of Hawaii to establish a habitat conservation preserve at its West Oahu campus.
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EEP/WAL, HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM VOTING. Provides for the use of an electronic voting device in condominium association meetings; provided that an association's board takes reasonable steps to ensure the secrecy and integrity of the votes, and that an audit trail is made available after the meetings.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. Enhances the electronic prescription accountability system to inform prescribers of the percentile ranking of their opiate prescription practices as compared to their peers.
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HHS, CPC |
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RELATING TO HOUSING ON AGRICULTURAL LAND. Establishes standards for dwellings and employee housing on agricultural land. Limits dwellings and employee housing on agricultural land to farmers and immediate family members.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Provides for low-interest microloans to assist landlords of derelict rental units in small apartment or condominium buildings to render these units habitable.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 45th representative district.
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RELATING TO PEST CONTROL OPERATORS. Establishes pest control operator examination processes in statute. Establishes pest control operator continuing education training requirements. Establishes a pest control operator application coordinator position in the DCCA. Requires the DCCA and the DOA to review and update all published information regarding pest control operator licenses, examinations, and continuing education training requirements and processes.
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IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRESPASS. Increases the penalties for simple trespass and criminal trespass in the second degree for individuals who enter or remain unlawfully in or upon private residential premises.
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RELATING TO A DEPARTMENT OF AIRPORTS. Establishes the department of airports. Transfers the airport and aeronautics functions of DOT to the department of airports by the established transfer completion date agreed upon by the director of airports, the director of transportation, and the governor. Appropriates funds.
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TRN, LAB/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 14th, 15th, and 16th Representative Districts.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LATE PAYMENT OF RENT. Repeals the limitation on the amount that may be charged for the late payment of rent.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM. Makes scholarships under the Hawaii promise program available to any qualified student enrolled at the University of Hawaii, regardless of whether the student is enrolled at a community college. Establishes a trust fund for the program. Increases individual income taxes for the highest income earners to provide funding for the program.
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HED, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Establishes procedures for designating public land redevelopment districts, planning committees, district redevelopment plans, and designated redevelopment district revolving funds. Establishes powers and duties of planning committees. Modifies public land lease restrictions. Appropriates funds. Establishes the Waiakea peninsula redevelopment district, planning committee, and revolving fund until 6/30/2028.
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WAL, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Lowers the income tax rates for the lowest six income brackets. Increases the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax. Requires the increased revenue in the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax to be deposited into the general fund to offset the lower income tax rates. Increases the refundable food/excise tax credit.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires the department of transportation to conduct a pilot project, in cooperation with one or more counties, to include the Hawaiian language on traffic signs on state and county lands of the participating counties. Appropriates funds for the execution of the pilot project.
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TRN/OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS. Effective 1/1/2020: establishes requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and maximum allowable cost, including the ability of pharmacies to receive comprehensive maximum allowable cost lists and bring complaints, within the purview of the department of commerce and consumer affairs, rather than the department of health; and clarifies the available penalties for violations of maximum allowable cost requirements. Effective upon approval: removes requirement that prohibits a contracting pharmacy from disclosing the maximum allowable cost list and related information to any third party.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Clarifies that a civil liability exemption for providing emergency access during a disaster applies to facilities receiving compensation and to owners who sell commodities to people seeking emergency access shelter on the owner's property; provided that the owner does not engage in price gouging.
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PBS/VMI, JUD |
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RELATING TO SURROGACY. Updates the Uniform Parentage Act in Hawaii to recognize intended parents under valid surrogacy agreements as parents. Specifies the requirements of gestational and genetic surrogacy agreements.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO VACANT LANDS. Establishes a pilot project to identify vacant Department of Transportation parcels within the 96817 zip code area and to propose uses for those parcels to deter crime and benefit the community. Requires a report.
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TRN, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 27th Representative District.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires DHS to contract with an organization to establish a pilot program to address all aspects of chronic homelessness in the 96817 zip code. Appropriates moneys.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESS SERVICES PROVIDERS. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop a regularly updated, publicly accessible system that tracks appropriations made for contracts with provider agencies that offer services to homeless persons on behalf of the State and measures the effectiveness of services provided by these agencies.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO WIRELESS BROADBAND FACILITIES. Establishes a process to upgrade and support next generation wireless broadband infrastructure throughout the State. Establishes a permitting, application, review, and approval process for wireless service providers to install wireless facilities on state or county owned utility poles, or install associated utility poles, in the right of way. Applies to permit applications filed with the State or county after 12/31/2018.
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IAC, CPC |
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RELATING TO OPEN GOVERNMENT. Requires the office of information practices to resolve all public complaints about noncompliance with chapter 92F and part I of chapter 92 within six months from the date the office of information practices receives the complaint.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL SHORELINE ENCROACHMENT EASEMENTS. Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to provide qualified coastal landowners, who have privately owned structures situated on previously private land that has become submerged public land due to erosion and sea level rise, with short duration term easements at values determined by the board to enable these landowners to consider alternatives to ultimately relocate these private structures landward of the sea level rise exposure area. Applies retroactively to 07/01/2012.
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WAL/OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Restricts sales of residential condominiums developed in state investment areas within a transit-oriented area to only owner-occupants for 60 days after the initial date of sale for the project.
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HSG/TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS. Creates a permanent task force on unmanned aerial systems, to be attached to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for administrative purposes. Requires the task force to provide annual reports to the Legislature.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO A SMALL CRAFT BEER PRODUCER TAX CREDIT. Establishes a small craft beer producers income tax credit.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. Clarifies the scope of practice of behavior analysis to mean the practice of applied behavior analysis. Broadens the exemption of licensed or credentialed practitioners practicing within their own recognized scopes of practice who are already exempt from the Behavior Analyst Law, to include participants in the Medicaid Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Home and Community-Based Waiver.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSING. Exempts citizens of countries having a valid Compact of Free Association with the United States from the requirement that a driver's license of a legal immigrant expire no later than the legal immigrant's authorized period of stay in the United States. Requires the legal immigrant to provide proof of legal residence in the United States as defined by the Director of Transportation by rule.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes a Kapolei jobs initiative pilot program that offers incentives to increase the number of businesses willing to establish themselves or open a new location in the Kapolei region. Establishes a tax credit, until 12/31/2023, as part of the Kapolei jobs initiative pilot program and allows the tax credit to be claimed through 12/31/2028.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Authorizes the Land Use Commission to fine landowners for failure to comply with any decision or order of the commission.
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WAL, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Permits agricultural lodges on agricultural land with a soil rating of C, D, E, or U in a county with a population of more than 170,000 and less than 500,000 and limits the number of guest rooms, depending on the acreage of the lodge.
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TOU/AGR, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENABLING LEGISLATION BY THE PEOPLE. Provides for initiative procedures. Takes effect upon ratification of a constitutional amendment enabling direct initiative.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Requires each district health officer of the Department of Health to be a physician licensed to practice medicine under Part I of Chapter 453 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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HHS, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Requires and appropriates funds to the counties to establish medical cannabis collectives to regulate and tax the distribution of medical cannabis. Amends primary caregivers' and qualifying patients' defense related to medical cannabis. Defines distribution to allow qualifying patients to transfer medical cannabis between themselves. Defines medical cannabis collective as a county-licensed entity that provides cannabis to qualifying patients.
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HHS, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY. Requires special permit approval for solar energy facilities larger than fifteen kilowatts on non-conforming residential subdivisions located on land with soil classified with an overall productivity rating of class D or E.
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EEP, AGR/WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects at Wahiawa General Hospital for the benefit of the 46th Representative District.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION THAT PROVIDES HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Wahiawa General Hospital with completion of deferred facilities and maintenance projects that are necessary for the health and safety of patients and staff.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Requires the Department of Health to compile, analyze, and report certain information on essential prescription drugs marketed in the State for the treatment of diabetes. Requires certain entities to provide information that justifies cost increases in drug products.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CANCER PATIENTS. Requires insurance coverage for oocyte and sperm cryopreservation procedures to preserve the fertility of adults diagnosed with cancer who have not yet started cancer treatment.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Agriculture to create a farmers' market dollar-for-dollar matching program for beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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HHS/AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. Appropriates funds to the Office of the Governor; the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; the Department of Human Resources Development; and the Department of Agriculture to collaboratively develop and implement solutions to assist dislocated workers and address the overall continued availability of gainful employment on the island of Molokai.
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LAB, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Expands the low income-household renters' income tax credit based on adjusted gross income and filing status.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCIES. Prohibits places of public accommodation from denying shelter to any person when the State, or any portion thereof, is the subject of an emergency alert that advises the public to immediately seek shelter. Provides for an unspecified civil penalty for each violation. Provides immunity from civil liability, with certain exceptions.
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires that bid proposals for construction contracts list subcontractors and joint contractors where the total bid value may be $5,000,000 or more. Requires the listing of subcontractors and joint contractors where the total bid value may be less than $5,000,000, but only if electrical; plumbing; asbestos; elevator; or boiler, hot-water heating, or steam fitting work is involved.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. Requires each local television station to make emergency information that is provided in the audio portion of its video programming accessible to persons with hearing disabilities by using a method of closed or open captioning.
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RELATING TO CESSPOOLS. Disallows the tax credit for cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds certain amounts. Amends the definition of "qualified cesspool" to include cesspools located an unspecified distance from a shoreline. Extends the repeal date of the tax credit to an unspecified date.
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RELATING TO INTERPRETER SERVICES. Appropriates moneys for interpreter services to be rendered during the Deaf and Blind Task Force's monthly meetings.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides to a taxpayer who hires an individual with a disability a nonrefundable tax credit for the 6-month period after the individual is initially hired by the taxpayer.
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RELATING THE TRANSFER OF LANDS. Transfers certain public school lands from city and county of Honolulu and the department of land and natural resources, as applicable, to the department of education.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Places the licensure, operation, and supervision of private schools under the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA). Requires any person or persons desiring to establish a private school within the State, prior to establishment of the school, to apply in writing to the DCCA for a permit. Requires DCCA to adopt rules.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 47th Representative District.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES. Provides the Public Utilities Commission with explicit authority to regulate internet service providers by amending the definition of telecommunications carrier to include an internet service provider.
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IAC, CPC |
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RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGES. Applies chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to utility workers.
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RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS. Amends the fees and penalties for motor carriers. Requires that a percentage of the fees collected be used for expenditures relating to the enforcement of motor carrier laws, including but not limited to expenditures for enforcement personnel.
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for the Office of Hawaiian Education of the Department of Education to continue the Hawaiian Studies Program at the three elementary schools with the largest population of native Hawaiians.
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Prohibits the sale of video games containing a system of purchasing a randomized reward to consumers under 21 years of age.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 42nd representative district.
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RELATING TO HAWAII FILM STUDIOS. Amends §235-17, HRS, to apply to qualified production costs incurred for post-production activities and services performed in Hawaii film studios. Effective 12/31/2018.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Allows probable cause for fireworks offenses to be established from statements from witnesses and photographs, video, and other recordings authenticated by witnesses. Simplifies definition of aerial device. Establishes offense applicable to property owners for aerial devices possessed or set off on their property by others.
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RELATING TO CHILDLIKE SEX DOLLS. Establishes the felony offense of importation, sale, or possession of a childlike sex doll.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. Amends frequency of safety inspection requirements from twelve to twenty-four months for passenger cars, motorcycles, mopeds, taxicabs, and vehicles used primarily for commercial uses with a gross weight of less than 10,000 pounds.
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TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 43rd Representative District.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires businesses and homeowners to provide shelter upon missile threat alert. Provides immunity to businesses and homeowners. Requires the Hawaii Advisory Council on Emergency management to develop a plan for emergency and disaster response. Requires legislative report. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO FEES. Requires the Department of Health to waive all fees for the issuance of certified copies of birth certificates for any individual who is homeless, provided the individual's homeless status is corroborated by a verification letter issued by a homeless service provider.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 41st Representative District.
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RELATING TO THE MILITARY. Short form bill relating to the military.
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Short form bill relating to veterans.
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Short form bill relating to veterans.
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RELATING TO THE ARTS. Short form bill relating to the arts.
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VMI |
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RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. Short form bill relating to international affairs.
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VMI |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 36th Representative District.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires that real estate investment trusts file returns reporting their shareholders' pro rata shares of net income and net income attributable to this State. Provides for composite returns and requires withholding for those shareholders who do not agree to file returns or pay tax on their pro rata share of net income attributable to this State. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2018.
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RELATING TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. (1) Allocates a portion of the conveyance tax revenues to the rental assistance revolving fund to be used to subsidize rents for persons who meet certain income requirements; (2) Increases the income tax credit for low-income household renters to an unspecified amount; and (3) Makes the state earned income tax credit refundable and changes the amount of the credit to an unspecified percentage of the federal earned income tax credit.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Increases the income tax credit for low-income renters.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides that the submission of a voter registration application either to register to vote or update the voter's registration information constitutes a request for permanent absentee voter status unless the applicant specifically indicates the applicant does not wish to be a permanent absentee voter.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL MOON BASE ALLIANCE. Promotes the space industry in Hawaii by creating an international moon base alliance to provide recommendations and guidance for the establishment of an evolvable lunar architecture on the Big Island of Hawaii and to plan a development summit.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ADDRESS THE SELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION. Preserves balanced bipartisan representation on the Reapportionment Commission by providing that if there are no members belonging to a minority party in one house of the legislature, then the members belonging to that party or those parties in the opposite house shall designate one of their number to select members of the commission; or if none exist in either house, then the supreme court shall select members of a minority party.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 17th Representative District.
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RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY. Creates a Hawaii Innovation and Technology Authority to grow Hawaii's innovation and technology industry to be placed under the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for administrative purposes.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 10th representative district.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO BEACHES. Establishes a task force regarding public access to beaches. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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OMH, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. Requires, on or before 9/1/2018, that the department of health adopt rules for underground storage tanks and tank systems to conform with certain federal regulations and that include additional requirements for field-constructed underground storage tanks and tank systems.
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EEP, HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION. Appropriates moneys for the commemoration of the centennial anniversary of World War I.
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VMI, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HAWAII STATE CAPITOL. Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to fund celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Hawaii state capitol.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 49th Representative District.
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Amends the Public Charter Schools Law to align the requirements for charter schools. Provides clarity and definitions to the law and makes conforming amendments for issues arising from the 2016 Board of Education special review. Makes other housekeeping amendments.
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EDN, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 44th Representative District.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to maintain a database of the cost to state departments and agencies of cleaning up and disposing of polystyrene products in each county. Beginning in 2020, requires each county to reimburse the general fund for costs to the State of cleaning up and disposing of polystyrene products in the county.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Establishes the Hawaii clean economy initiative advisory board to advise the State on the transition to a clean energy economy. Allocates funds from the energy security special fund to support the board. Changes the name of the Hawaii clean energy initiative program to the Hawaii clean economy initiative program. Expands the role of the program to manage the State's transition to a clean transportation economy. Extends the implementation date of the program's plans from 2030 to 2045.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO OFFSHORE ENERGY. Establishes restrictions on the placement of offshore energy generation projects. Establishes an Offshore Renewable Energy Task Force to examine the potential for offshore renewable energy projects and impacts on coastal communities and the environment.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Establishes disclosure and public notification requirements for outdoor application of restricted use pesticides in various areas.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Prohibits the application of neonicotinoid insecticides and glyphosate herbicides after December 31, 2020, without a license or permit issued by the State on State public lands under certain conditions.
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RELATING TO PRESERVING CORAL REEFS. Prohibits the sale of sunscreen containing oxybenzone, unless the sunscreen is a prescription drug. Effective 1/1/2023.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE ENERGY AGENCIES. Establishes the Office of Clean Energy to assume the duties of the energy resources coordinator, presently the director of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Transfers the functions of the State Energy Office to the Office of Clean Energy. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Allows development of affordable housing in agricultural and rural districts if certain conditions are met.
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HSG, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. Requires the department of health to set benchmarks to reach an eighty-five per cent redemption rate by 2023. Establishes and appropriates funds for a plastics recycling grant program to identify Hawaii-based alternatives for the sustainable recycling and reuse of plastic commodities. Requires the department of health to annually report to the legislature on redemption rates, progress, and plans regarding the deposit beverage container program. Appropriates funds to establish two positions for the glass advance disposal fee program.
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EEP/HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Establishes certain disclosure requirements for publishers of video games that contain a system of purchasing a randomized reward.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY TRANSPORTATION. Establishes a Clean Transportation Initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of fossil fuels in all public ground transportation by 2035, and in all ground transportation, with a near term 2025 target benchmark. Requires the Department of Transportation to collaborate with the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to achieve the goals of the Clean Transportation Initiative. Clarifies that the transportation objectives of the State Planning Act include the reduction and ultimate elimination of the use of fossil fuels in all public ground transportation by 2035, and in all ground transportation thereafter. Repeals the Initiative on 1/31/2046.
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RELATING TO CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL USE. Amends the reciprocity program, subject to certain safeguards, reporting and transparency requirements, and payment of a visiting patient certifying fee. Extends the maximum period of validity of a qualifying patient's written certification of a debilitating medical condition. Allows a bona fide physician-patient or advanced practice registered nurse-patient relationship to be established via telehealth. Adds certain devices that provide safe pulmonary administration to the list of medical cannabis products that may be manufactured and distributed. Increases the tetrahydrocannabinol limit per pack or container of certain manufactured cannabis products. Exempts from the background check requirement employees of a dispensary or subcontracted production center or retail dispensing location without direct access, contact, or exposure to any cannabis or manufactured cannabis product. Conditions the department of health's mandatory disclosure of information and documents of dispensaries and production centers, for purposes of verifying qualifying patient information, only upon receipt of a legally authorized subpoena.
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HHS, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes licensing requirements and enforcement provisions for transient vacation rentals to be administered by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
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TOU, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires landlords, who rent more than five dwelling units in a multi-family residential structure to unrelated families, to rent a minimum of twenty-five per cent of the dwelling units to extremely low-income families. Provides for exceptions.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a study group within the Department of Health to develop a pilot program to address contamination relating to waste-water, cesspools, and shore waters at Puako.
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EEP, HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Medical Cannabis Omnibus Bill. Extends the time that a qualifying patient's certification is valid. Acknowledges patient-relationship in practice of telehealth. Allows for safe inhalation of cannabis products in prescribed devices. Increases the tetrahydrocannabinol limit per package. Exempts background checks of employees under certain conditions. Establishes a reciprocity program for visiting patients.
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS. Authorizes and establishes procedures and criteria for prescriptive authority for clinical psychologists who meet specific education, training, and registration requirements. Requires the Board of Psychology to report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2022. Sunsets 6/30/2021.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Prohibits tobacco use and smoking, including the use of electronic smoking devices, by any person on the premises of UH.
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HED, HHS, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a regulatory process under which an adult resident of the State with a medically confirmed terminal disease and less than three months to live may choose to obtain a prescription for medication to end the patient's life. Imposes criminal sanctions for tampering with a patient's request for a prescription or coercing a patient to request a prescription. Sunsets on June 30, 2023.
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RELATING TO CHAPTER 245, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Makes unlawful shipment of tobacco products to anyone other than a licensee. Includes e-liquid within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law, thereby making all provisions of the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law that relate to tobacco products applicable to e-liquid as well. Increases the license fee for wholesalers or dealers and the retail tobacco permit fee.
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HHS, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE. Creates a three-year pilot program to expand availability of health care services coverage for infants and children living in Hawaii. Appropriates funds.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a regulatory process under which an adult resident of the State with a medically confirmed terminal disease and less than six months to live may choose to obtain a prescription for medication to end the patient's life. Imposes criminal sanctions for tampering with a patient's request for a prescription or coercing a patient to request a prescription.
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Authorizes the recognition of out-of-state residents as qualifying patients for medical cannabis use in the State. Prohibits discharge of an employee solely for being a qualifying patient or testing positive for cannabis use. Adds substance use disorder as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis use. Authorizes transportation of medical cannabis between islands of the State. Prohibits utilization of a portable volatilization device to medically use cannabis. Authorizes utilization of a stationary volatilization device to medically use cannabis. Allows a dispensary to transport cannabis samples to a certified laboratory on another island for testing regardless of whether there is a laboratory on the same island as the dispensary. Authorizes the manufacture and distribution of cannabinoid suppositories. Includes cannabis as a prescription drug that an employer may be required to furnish to an injured employee under workers' compensation. Provides that a qualifying patient shall not be prohibited from using medical cannabis, in a way other than smoking, in a place of public accommodation. Requires public education and collaboration regarding public safety concerns and training of law enforcement agencies. Appropriates funds. Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Transportation to review and, as necessary, adopt various rules. Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to provide guidance regarding federal regulations pertaining to medical use of cannabis on federally subsidized housing properties. Establishes a working group. Authorizes applications by mail for the issuance or renewal of a civil identification card.
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Establishes the medical cannabis insurance reimbursement working group to address the complexities surrounding the topic of making medical cannabis reimbursable by health insurance.
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Establishes the Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation in the Department of Health to administer cannabis patient registration and dispensary licensing and regulation. Extends civil service exemptions. Extends interim rulemaking authority. Appropriates moneys.
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AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds with the funds to be deposited into the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund and the Rental Housing Revolving Fund.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING ASSISTANCE. Appropriates funds to provide additional rent supplement subsidies.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Expands the rental assistance program by increasing the minimum percentage of affordable units a rental housing project is required to maintain for eligible tenants. Appropriates funds to support new rental assistance program contracts.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING. Amends Act 127, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, to clarify the duties of the special action team and add additional members to the special action team. Makes an appropriation.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMEOWNERSHIP. Assists first-time homebuyers in saving to buy a home by increasing the aggregate total that can be saved in individual housing accounts free of state income taxation.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to conduct a study on the current and future demand and supply of affordable housing suitable for individuals with special needs, and makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Creates the state sustainable affordable leasehold housing program to authorize the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to enter into ninety-nine year leases of residential condominium units located on state lands with eligible low- and moderate-income households.
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the basis and rate for the conveyance tax, adds an exemption to the conveyance tax for qualified affordable housing, and increases allocation of the conveyance tax to the Land Conservation Fund and the Rental Housing Revolving Fund.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Expands eligibility and credit amount of the low income-household renters' income tax credit. Appropriates funds for the continued administration of the family assessment center for homeless families and for a housing homeless children rental assistance pilot program. Exempts adoption of interim rules and procurement of services by federally-certified financial counselors from chapters 91 and 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, respectively.
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HSG/HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY COURT OUTREACH PROJECT. Appropriates funds to the Judiciary to conduct an evaluation study to assess the impact of the community court outreach project in reducing the administrative burdens within the judicial system and for any staff and technology necessary for conducting the community court at community sites.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes the Ohana Zone Pilot Program. Defines the intent of the pilot program, and sets preliminary milestones that shall be met by the Department of Human Services in establishing the pilot program. Appropriates funds.
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HHS, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS. Exempts the land where the houseless community of Puuhonua O Waianae currently exists from the offense of criminal trespass onto state lands. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to submit a report to the legislature prior to the 2019 and 2020 Regular Sessions.
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