OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
THIRTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE
COMMITTEE REFERRALS
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NO. 6
6TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-JANUARY 28, 2019
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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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EEP - Energy & Environmental Protection |
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FIN - Finance |
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HLT - Health |
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HSG - Housing |
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HSH - Human Services & Homelessness |
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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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LHE - Lower & Higher Education |
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LMG - Legislative Management |
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PVM - Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs |
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TIA - Tourism & International Affairs |
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TRN - Transportation |
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WLH - Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs |
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RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII DEVELOPMENTS. Allows the University of Hawaii to enter into public service ventures and establishes an Office of Strategic Partnerships and Development (OSPD) to specifically oversee and manage public service ventures to benefit the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds for OSPD staff.
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LHE/EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PALLIATIVE CARE. Establishes the culturally competent palliative care pilot program to promote palliative care, gather health care utilization data, and conduct bidding for at least two pilot programs for home or community based palliative care, one of which must be located in a county with less than two hundred thousand residents. Requires reports to the legislature. Establishes an advisory group to oversee implementation of the pilot program. Appropriates funds.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Encourages whole child education through expanding arts, culture, and native Hawaiian educational curricula in public schools. Supports the Department of Education and teachers through early childhood education, special education, academic and financial planning, classroom supplies, and reducing class size. Appropriates funds.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires at least one secondary school in a geographic complex area to provide a career and technical education program beginning in the 2020-2021 school year.
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LHE/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO STANDARDIZED TESTING. Limits public school students' participation in standardized tests and provides notice to students and parents or guardians of the opportunity to opt out of standardized tests. Prohibits use of standardized test scores for the evaluation of teachers and educational officers.
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LHE/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO A TEACHER TAX CREDIT. Authorizes a state income tax credit up to $500 for certain expenses paid or incurred by school teachers, special education teachers, school librarians, and counselors for supplementary materials used in the classroom.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Increases the minimum wage annually starting January 1, 2020. Beginning September 30, 2024, and thereafter, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to the nearest five cents using the Honolulu Region Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, subject to certain conditions. Repeals the tip credit.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Requires student transportation costs for charter school students to be included in the department of budget and finance's annual budget request rather than including it in the per-pupil funding amount.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Allows charter schools to use appropriated funds for facilities improvement, rental, and construction and other infrastructure improvements. Appropriates funds for facilities and infrastructure improvement.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Appropriates funds to the public charter school commission to allocate to charter schools for meal service costs.
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LHE, 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 TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for the purchase of household disaster preparedness supplies.
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PVM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CHIEF DATA OFFICER. Establishes the Chief Data Officer within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to oversee and manage the sharing of state data sets.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Requires a health care professional or pharmacist who dispenses any opioid drug to include with the drug instructions for disposing of any unused portion, along with a pre-addressed envelope or package that can be used to mail any unused portion to a medication disposal program in the State at no cost to the person to whom the drug was dispensed.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the Department of Health to establish and enforce rules for the regulation of opioid treatment programs.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADULT CARE HOMES. Authorizes residents of adult residential care homes and expanded adult residential care home to install electronic monitoring of their own rooms.
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HLT, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Requires Med-QUEST to seek a state plan waiver to establish a home and community-based services program for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder.
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HSH/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Establishes criteria and limits for the assessment of application screening fees for residential rental property.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Hawaii Tourism Authority under the purview of the House Standing Committee on Tourism and International Affairs.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS. Requires real estate investment trusts to submit returns based on dividends distributed based on income generated in Hawaii and repeals the dividend paid deduction for real estate investment trusts.
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EDB, JUD/CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO VETERANS. Establishes the designation of "one hundred per cent disabled veteran" on drivers' licenses, instruction permits, and civil identification cards.
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PVM/TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF ESTATE AND TRANSFER TAXES. Repeals estate and transfer taxes that act as a form of double taxation on individual tax payers.
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RELATING TO CONTROVERSIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM. Requires public schools to provide parents or legal guardians advance written notice of instruction, provision of materials, or activities that address controversial issues.
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LHE, JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 40th Representative District.
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RELATING TO SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP NAMING RIGHTS. Authorizes schools to accept donations in exchange for naming rights of school buildings, facilities, equipment, and fixtures.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO AQUATIC BIOSECURITY. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to charge an aquatic biosecurity risk assessment service fee and conduct activities to detect and prevent the introduction or spread of alien aquatic organisms. Appropriates funds for staffing and operating expenditures for aquatic biosecurity.
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WLH/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISABLED PERSONS. Establishes employment first as a state policy with respect to disabled persons. Requires state and county agencies to implement this policy in hiring and all programs and services administered or funded by the State or counties. Applies employment first principles to Medicaid home- and community-based waiver programs.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROPERTY FORFEITURE. Prohibits civil asset forfeiture by reason of the commission of a covered offense, to the extent of the property owner's interest, unless the covered offense is a felony for which the property owner has been convicted. Prohibits the forfeiture of an animal prior to the disposition of criminal charges. Requires the Attorney General to distribute one half of all forfeited property and the sale proceeds thereof to the Hawaii law enforcement assisted diversion program, with the remaining half to be distributed to the state general fund.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Extends the nursing facility sustainability fee program to 2021. Allows the nursing facility sustainability fee to be used to enhance capitated rates for the purpose of paying quality incentives. Increases the nursing facility sustainability fee limit from four to 5.5 per cent of net patient service revenue. Increases the per resident daily maximum fee from $13.46 to $20 for each facility, and increases the per resident reduced daily maximum fee from $5.85 to $9 for facilities that meet certain exceptions. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO AQUATIC BIOSECURITY. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to charge an aquatic biosecurity risk assessment service fee and conduct activities to detect and prevent the introduction or spread of alien aquatic organisms. Appropriates funds for staffing and operating expenditures for aquatic biosecurity.
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RELATING TO THE PEER REVIEW OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. Clarifies that a member may qualify for the peer review oversight committee so long as the member does not have a fail rating.
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IAC, CPC |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 29th Representative District.
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RELATING TO THE IGNITION INTERLOCK PROGRAM. Requires compliance with the ignition interlock program before an interlock device is removed. Allows for a constant sobriety program. Authorizes rulemaking.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC FOOT SCOOTERS. Subjects electric foot scooters to certain bicycle laws. Allows electric foot scooters to be parked on sidewalks; provided they do not impede traffic. Applies blue light prohibition to electric foot scooters. Applies "vulnerable user" definition to electric foot scooters.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Transportation under the purview of the House Standing Committee on Transportation.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation, after consultation with the counties, to adopt rules prescribing uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices placed pursuant to the Statewide Traffic Code. Specifies the factors the Department of Transportation and the counties must take into account when setting maximum speed limits on a road.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the department of transportation and the county transportation departments to adopt a vision zero policy that seeks to prevent and ultimately eliminate all traffic fatalities through a combination of engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency response strategies that focus on equity. Establishes a temporary working group to develop an action plan and review certain specified traffic policies and guidelines. Reports to legislature in 2020 and 2021. Appropriates funds.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EXPERT WITNESS FEES. Clarifies applicable expert witness fees for testimony, preparation, per diem, and in-court attendance in state court criminal proceedings.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Requires full-service restaurants to disclose their non-participation in national advertising campaigns that offer a promotion or discount at its entrance or storefront.
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Requires businesses to provide proof of purchase in electronic form, unless a consumer requests it in paper form. Specifies the penalties for violations.
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RELATING TO SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS. Prohibits a full-service restaurant from providing a single-use plastic straw to a consumer unless requested by the consumer. Takes effect 1/1/2020.
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EEP, CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Clarifies that condominium associations may invest in government money market funds.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Clarifies that the requirement for a motor vehicle insurer to maintain a complete sales and claims service office does not apply to the county of Kalawao.
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TRN, CPC |
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RELATING TO COASTAL PLANNING. Requires incorporation of sea level rise projections in all new plans and updates to existing state plans generated under the Hawaii State Planning Act.
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RELATING TO SERVICE IN NON-CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. Authorizes service of notice and process by electronic mail in non-criminal and administrative proceedings, with certain exceptions. Extends the time for response after service by mail to at least five days.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS. Authorizes family court judges to enforce certain temporary restraining orders upon a finding of civil contempt of court.
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JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 5th Representative District.
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RELATING TO IRRIGATION. Permits the transfer of operational authority over the portions of the East Kauai irrigation system operated and maintained by the East Kauai Water Users' Cooperative as of 7/1/2019, to the Department of Agriculture upon adoption of rules. Establishes positions within the Agricultural Resource Management Division. Authorizes GO bonds. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HONALO MARSHALLING YARD. Appropriates funds for a capital improvement project for the Honalo marshalling yard.
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RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Appropriates funds for operational expenses for revitalizing the aquaculture development program within the department of agriculture.
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RELATING TO HARBORS. Requires harbors under the jurisdiction of the DLNR and DOT to provide entry and mooring for small vessels during times of inclement weather and dangerous ocean conditions.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Establishes the office of creative media industries Hawaii in statute, and provide that the Hawaii film office shall be an agency of that office. Renames the Hawaii Television and Film Development Board as the Creative Industries Hawaii Advisory Group. Renames the Hawaii Television and Film Development Special Fund as the Creative Media and Film Infrastructure Special Fund. Expands funding sources for the Creative Media and Film Infrastructure Special Fund to support creative industries development within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Amends the purposes for which the Creative Media and Film Infrastructure Special Fund may be used. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions. Appropriates funds for operations and programs.
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RELATING TO THE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND. Appropriates funds into and out of the alternative energy research and development revolving fund for the Hawaii technology development corporation to provide grants.
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EEP, EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII MUSEUM OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY. Appropriates funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services for the purpose of renovations relating to artifact storage and fire suppression and protection at the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MARINE LICENSES. Authorizes the DLNR to create different types of commercial marine licenses. Clarifies that commercial marine licenses are required of all charter and guide services regardless of whether they are tied to a vessel. Exempts commercial marine licenses from the licensing sanctions for student loan default.
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RELATING TO RECORDATION TRANSACTION FEES. Expands the uses and application of the transaction fee for filings in the Bureau of Conveyances authorized under Act 120, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009 and Land Court. Clarifies that the transaction fee shall be repealed on the effective date of the administrative rules adopted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources that include the establishment of a transaction fee or on July 1, 2022, whichever occurs first.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOOD SUSTAINABILITY. Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the acquisition of a mobile animal harvesting unit.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATED TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to use in-lieu fee mitigation to restore, create, enhance, or preserve aquatic habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I. Requires that the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law in question was originally drafted in Hawaiian and then translated into English. Requires that ‘okina and kahako be used, when appropriate, in documents prepared by or for state or county agencies or officials.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Requires the Auditor to perform a financial and management audit of the Department of Education, Superintendent, Board of Education, and complex areas every three years.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to establish a foreign agriculture small equipment pilot program to identify efficient agriculture equipment and retrofit engines to meet the United States Environmental Protection Agency's standards.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Exempts remote schools from the weighted student formula. Provides that remote schools will be funded based on categorical allotments that guarantee the funding of a minimum number of instructional and support staff positions to ensure that no less than minimum course requirements are maintained. Defines "remote school". Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Requires and appropriates funds for the Hawaii tourism authority to promote Hawaii's efforts to protect the environment, marine life conservation districts, and coral reefs and provide guidance on the dangers of sunscreens that contain oxybenzone and octinoxate and how tourists can help protect Hawaii's environment.
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Increases the minimum wage rate to $15.00 per hour and requires the State to contribute $2.00 per hour per employee to employers with 25 or fewer employees beginning 1/1/2022.
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATIONS. Prohibits a court from committing a defendant to a suitable facility for a mental health examination for more than 30 days. Provides that if the required examinations cannot be conducted within 30 days, the court shall determine whether the defendant is eligible for supervised pretrial release or should be remanded to the custody of the Department of Public Safety. Provides that the court has continuing discretion to approve any agreement or stipulation of the parties to determine the fitness of a defendant to proceed with less than the number of required examinations.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO RESTORE ADULT DENTAL BENEFITS TO MEDICAID ENROLLEES. Makes an appropriation to the department of human services to restore adult dental benefits to medicaid enrollees. Requires federal matching funds.
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Requires a law enforcement officer to cite any person who operates a motor vehicle that does not display a current, valid vehicle registration tag or emblem and a current, valid safety inspection sticker as prescribed by statute.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATED TO INSURANCE. Requires insurance coverage after December 31, 2019, for the costs of transportation to the continental United States for medically necessary treatment for qualifying patients.
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RELATING TO MARRIAGE. Raises the minimum age requirement to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Removes the parental consent and written approval by the family court requirements for a minor to marry. Requires, rather than permits, the family court to declare void the marriage contract on the ground that the parties, or either of them, had not attained the legal age of marriage at the time of the marriage. Removes spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Makes conforming amendments.
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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 USE OF FORCE. Justifies the use of deadly force if an actor is in the actor's home when another person remains unlawfully in the home, and there is an imminent threat of physical harm, bodily injury, or assault.
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RELATING TO POLYSTYRENE FOAM CONTAINERS. Prohibits the sale of polystyrene foam containers and serving of prepared foods using polystyrene foam containers statewide. Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt rules to implement the prohibition and include within its administrative rules a requirement for food vendors to educate their customers about proper disposal of nonreusable food containers and litter reduction.
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RELATING TO MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish the Hau‘ula Beach Park Marine Life Conservation District.
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RELATING TO MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish the Laniakea Beach Marine Life Conservation District. Prohibits certain ocean recreation activities within the District.
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RELATING TO MEMORIALS. Appropriates funds for the planning and design of a memorial to honor service members of the recent conflicts in the Persian Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the various theaters of the Global War on Terrorism, to be located at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe, on the island of Oahu, and replicas of the memorial to be located at state veterans cemeteries statewide. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS. Requires telecommunications carriers to block calls to residential phone lines and personal mobile phone lines made from telephone numbers that do not match any of the telephone numbers of certain excepted entities as a means to curb scam calls.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the Hawaii Vocational Training in Schools Task Force in the Department of Education to study the feasibility of creating vocational training programs in the department's middle schools and high schools.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a wind resistive device tax credit for the purchase and installation of wind resistive devices in a non-condominium residential dwelling. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to develop and determine the requirements for the wind resistive devices and to certify claims for the tax credit. Applies to taxable years after December 31, 2019.
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who lease housing to certain low-income tenants.
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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 legal immigrant's driver's license expire no later than the authorized period of stay in the United States. Requires COFA citizens to provide proof of legal presence.
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Allows an employee to take family leave in addition to victim leave when the leave is related to domestic or sexual violence against the employee or the employee's minor child. Requires an employee to submit certification related to domestic or sexual violence of the employee or the employee's minor child. Requires employer confidentiality of information related to domestic or sexual violence against the employee or the employee's minor child.
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RELATING TO SCHOOL BASED HEALTH. Requires the department of education to develop an evidence-based vision screening and eye assessment system for children in pre-kindergarten through grade twelve. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Increases the number of vehicles owned by disabled veterans that are exempt from state registration fees to two vehicles.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Proposes to amend article I, section 10 of the Hawaii Constitution to no longer allow initiation of a felony prosecution by a criminal prosecuting officer through the filing of a signed written information setting forth the charge.
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RELATING TO CHILDREN. Establishes in the department of the attorney general a child abuse investigation unit. Allows the department of the attorney general to intervene in adjudications in family court. Enacts the Uniform Child Witness Testimony by Alternative Methods Act, which authorizes courts to allow for children to testify in a place other than an open forum or away from the finder of fact, court, or parties. Requires the court and the prosecution to take appropriate action to ensure a prompt trial in order to minimize the length of time a child abuse victim or minor witness must endure the stress of the child's involvement in the proceedings.
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. Amends the misdemeanor offense of unsworn falsification to authorities to include knowingly making a false statement to a state investigator or county inspector in certain circumstances.
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RELATING TO SHARK AND RAY PROTECTION. Establishes penalties and fines for any person who knowingly captures, takes, possesses, abuses, or entangles any shark, whether alive or dead, or kills any shark, within state marine waters. Makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly capture, taking, possession, abuse, or entanglement of any shark, whether dead or alive, or killing of any shark, within state marine waters. Expands the existing prohibition on knowingly capturing or killing a manta ray to include all rays. Expands the prohibition regarding rays to cover knowingly capturing, taking, possessing, abusing, or entangling a ray, whether alive or dead, or killing a ray, within state marine waters. Provides certain exemptions.
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WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF GRANTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 42F, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Appropriates operating and capital improvement grants for fiscal year 2020.
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Enables condominium associations to adopt rules and regulations that require unit owners to prohibit smoking inside a condominium unit as part of any lease agreement, on any lanai of a condominium unit, and in all common elements.
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Revives for 1 year specified sections of repealed chapter 514A, HRS, to allow developers whose condominium property regimes were issued an effective date pursuant to sections 514A-40 and 514A-41, HRS, to update their public reports without revising any of the associated documents and have their public reports and disclosure abstracts treated as non-expiring developer's public reports under part IV of chapter 514B, HRS.
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RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES. Amends the definition of "bicycle" for the purposes of county vehicular taxes, highway safety laws, and Statewide Traffic Code by adding and defining low-speed electric bicycles.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM PLUS. Establishes the University of Hawaii Promise Program Plus to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled in a bachelor's degree at the University of Hawaii who are (1) graduates of a University of Hawaii community college who received a Hawaii community college promise program scholarship; and (2) enrolled at any University of Hawaii campus. Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife to purchase heavy equipment for use on Kauai.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation for operations and 7 staff positions to increase hours of operation of the Kuhio Highway contraflow on Kauai.
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RELATING TO SAFETY HELMETS. Requires operators and passengers of motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, and bicycles to wear safety helmets.
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RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONDOMINIUMS ON LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. Authorizes Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to enter into ninety-nine year leases of units in residential condominiums located on state lands.
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. Requires developers of affordable housing projects developed pursuant to Section 201H-38, HRS, in the community development districts to consult with the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Makes technical and housekeeping amendments to Act 150, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018 for development of affordable housing on Maui. Authorizes expenditure of funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund to acquire the Front Street Apartments ground lease.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of agencies under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Housing.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. Authorizes the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to enter into a public-private partnership to plan, build, and manage key strategic broadband infrastructure that benefits the State, including a cable landing station in Kakaako, on the island of Oahu, and to encourage cloud-based companies to take advantage of this infrastructure. Exempts the partnership from certain state and county laws. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires insurers to offer additional coverage in excess of the personal injury protection benefit limit.
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RELATING TO FILIPINO VETERANS. Requires and funds the Office of Veterans' Services to establish a Filipino Veterans Legacy Exhibit at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
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RELATING TO THE ALOHA ORDER OF MERIT. Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor to award the Aloha Order of Merit to highly accomplished honorees who have provided extraordinary service to the State.
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Transfers regulation of electronic smoking devices from AG's office to DOTAX. Establishes procedures for licensing and permitting of electronic smoking device retailers. Increases tobacco licensing and permitting fees. Allocates $200,000 of new e-liquid excise tax to the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund.
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC CODE. Requires the driver of a motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to another vehicle or property driven or attended by any person to stop the driver's vehicle on a berm or shoulder of a roadway and assist the other person in moving the other person's vehicle or other property to the berm or shoulder if the accident occurs on a roadway nearest that berm or shoulder.
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RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires the director of finance, after June 30, 2020, to deposit all medicaid funds (program ID HMS401) into interest-bearing accounts operated by credit union depositories.
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RELATING TO DAM SAFETY. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to be responsible for the maintenance of, or provide for the maintenance of, private dams and reservoirs within the State. Maintains the State's immunity from liability. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Prevents income taxation at higher rates due to increases in the State's minimum wage.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE PARKS. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources State Parks Division to conduct a feasibility study of employing residential caretakers at high-use trails to assist hikers and reduce the need for hiker rescues.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Establishes term limits of not more than the lesser of three terms or twelve years for members of the board of trustees, office of Hawaiian affairs.
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WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 48th Representative District.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources for research and prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC REAL PROPERTY. Requires the Department of Public Safety to establish a temporary sheriff patrol program and the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness to establish a program contracting private security for the enforcement of laws and rules prohibiting trespassing, camping, or being present after closing hours on certain state real property
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RELATING TO VEHICLES. Provides a tax credit to a taxpayer who trades-in a personal motor vehicle and purchases a new motor vehicle in the taxable year. Requires proof of off-street parking for a certificate of registration for a motor vehicle. Requires the director of finance to charge an additional fee for certificates of registration issued to an individual who holds three or more unexpired certificates of registration for motor vehicles owned in an individual capacity at the time the certificate of registration is issued.
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RELATING TO NOISE. Prohibits the operation of refuse collection vehicles near or within residential zones except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on any weekday and Saturday, and between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Sunday and any state or federal holiday.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE. Specifies the required and permitted uses of the environmental response revolving fund. Appropriates funds for the environmental disaster standby and response facility for native wildlife affected by an oil-or fuel-related disaster.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONTRACTORS. Exempts an eleemosynary organization that meets certain conditions from the requirement of licensure as a contractor.
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON THE PALI HIGHWAY. Appropriates funds for the traffic signal capital improvement project at four specified unsignalized intersections in the Nu‘uanu area of the Pali Highway.
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RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Human Services to include the name of the beneficiary of supplemental nutrition and assistance program (SNAP) benefits on each electronic benefits transfer card. Requires a photo identification to be presented when an electronic benefits transfer card is used.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 32nd Representative District.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PLANNING ACT. Amends the Hawaii State Planning Act. Removes reference to achieving the viability of Hawaii's sugar and pineapple industries from the Hawaii State Planning Act's agricultural objectives.
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RELATING TO HAWAII COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Appropriates funds for three Applied Technical Education positions at Hawaii Community College.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a task force in the Department of Taxation to discuss the need to rebalance and repurpose the tax programs created by the general excise tax, income tax, and transient accommodations tax laws.
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RELATING TO EMPLOYEE TRAINING. Establishes the public employees training program to provide training to state employees. Allocates either 0.01% of each employee's gross salary, or an amount negotiated pursuant to collective bargaining, to the public employees training program. Requires all new employees to be provided with a general orientation on their benefits and rights.
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RELATING TO SISTER-STATE RELATIONSHIPS. Requires the Hawaii sister-state committee to evaluate, develop recommendations, and establish a sister-state relationship with the Department of Vosges, France.
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RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL. Establishes the Ocean-friendly Capitol Program to encourage offices within the State Capitol to commit to ocean-friendly practices. Appropriates funds for the installation of ocean-friendly measures in the State Capitol.
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RELATING TO PROTECTION OF STREAMS. Prohibits dispositions authorizing the diversion of water from streams unless certain conditions are met. Requires moneys collected through such dispositions to be deposited into the Forest Stewardship Fund, provided that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Office of Hawaiian Affairs each receive their constitutionally-entitled share.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SHORELINE IN SOUTH MAUI. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the county councilmember representing the south Maui residency area, Kihei Community Association, and ‘Aha Moku O Kula Makai, to develop a master plan to expand public access to the shoreline in south Maui, particularly state-owned land. Appropriates funds.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Prohibits the sale of polystyrene foam food service containers and their use by food providers. Provides for exemptions. Imposes penalties. Requires reports to the Legislature.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Prohibits the commercial capture of aquatic life for aquarium purposes.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's Hawaii State Energy Office under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Establishes penalties and fines for the knowing capture, taking, possession, abuse, entanglement, or killing of sharks in state marine waters. Expands existing prohibition on knowingly capturing or killing manta rays to include all rays and to include taking, possession, abuse, and entanglement of rays.
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WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO FOOD DONATION. Expands liability protection for donors to include donations of food and similar donations made directly to needy persons. Authorizes the donation of expired food when the donor believes in good faith that the food remains fit for human consumption.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING. Amends and expands the purpose of the Building Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund to a Clean Energy Revolving Loan Fund. Transfers administration of the Clean Energy Revolving Loan Fund to the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC GRID RESILIENCY. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in coordination with the counties, to identify critical infrastructure locations and ensure those locations have adequate supplies of electricity during and after a natural disaster or during a state of emergency.
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RELATING TO TRAFFIC. Prohibits operating a bicycle or motor scooter within the area that includes the grounds of the State Capitol and Iolani Palace.
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RELATING TO CARGO INSPECTIONS. Authorizes Department of Public Safety to inspect shipping containers for illegal fireworks and explosives. Establishes a shipping container inspection program using explosive-sniffing dogs and associated special fund. Authorizes Department of Transportation to impose shipping container import fees. Increases fine for fireworks violations.
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to develop a plan to establish a net zero, self-sustaining community development within the east Kapolei neighborhood transit-oriented development region.
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RELATING TO LAND AND BUILDING ACQUISITION. Appropriates funds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the acquisition of certain property, provided that the price does not exceed the amount appropriated.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATED TO LAND USE. Requires the Office of Planning, in consultation with the Land Use Commission, the Real Estate Commission, and the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu to study and report on the laws relating to the Land Use Commission and to condominium property regimes to determine whether they contain any deficiencies through which a landowner might develop land contrary to the legislative intent of those laws.
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WLH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Specifies that exclusive representatives of public employees are not required to provide grievance representation to collective bargaining unit members who neither pay dues nor dues equivalents and who decline to pay reasonable costs of the representation.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires a physician or surgeon who performs a medical exam on an employee for workers' compensation purposes to be licensed in the State, possess medical malpractice insurance, and owe the same duty and standard of care to the injured employee as owed to a traditional patient. Makes permanent an employee's right to record medical examinations.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Short form bill relating to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND. Short form bill relating to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES. Short form bill relating to the Department of Accounting and General Services.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT. Short form bill relating to the Department of Human Resources Development.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Short form bill relating to the Employees' Retirement System.
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LAB |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Enacts produce safety rules in accordance with the federal Food and Drug Administration Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption.
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AGR/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. Includes certain steel agricultural buildings, structures, and appurtenances among those exempt from building permit and building code requirements.
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AGR/WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Requires the Auditor to conduct a management and financial audit of the Agribusiness Development Corporation.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Prohibits the use of glyphosate herbicides on or within 100 feet of a school during normal hours.
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AGR/EEP, LHE/CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO TEACHING HOSPITALS. Appropriates funds to the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii to study the impact and feasibility of creating a teaching hospital on West Hawaii.
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HLT, LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO URINE FREE ZONES. Designates certain public places as urine free zones and creates the offense of urinating or defecation in a urine free zone.
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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 a prototype moon base on the island of Hawaii.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Directs the department of human services to develop and implement residential campgrounds for the homeless.
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HSH/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides that any individual or married couple filing a joint return may designate any portion of a state income tax refund to be paid over to the Hawaiian home general loan fund.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM JURY DUTY. Exempts from jury duty any active member of the Hawaii emergency management agency or a county emergency management agency.
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Clarifies that failure to register a firearm within the required time period does not relieve the owner of the duty to register the firearm. Allows the owner of an unregistered firearm to register the firearm thereafter without penalty.
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PVM, JUD |
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RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE. Specifies that ten per cent of the moneys in the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund shall be allocated to and expended by the department of health for purposes of the kupuna care program and the kupuna caregivers program. Specifies that the allotment of tobacco settlement moneys shall not supplant the base budget of the executive office on aging.
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HLT/HSH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CORRECTIONS. Extends the reentry commission expiration date to December 1, 2023.
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for the Coordinated Statewide Homeless Initiative. Requires the Department to procure the services of a master contractor to manage subcontracts and expenditures for services provided through the initiative.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING ASSISTANCE. Appropriates funds to provide additional rent supplement subsidies to eligible individuals and families.
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HSG/HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Authorizes county police department to issue a person a license to carry a handgun in all counties of the State. Extends the expiration date of a license from one year to five years.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires that new income tax credits include a five-year sunset or a gradual reduction.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Establishes the soil and water conservation district special fund and subaccounts of the various districts. Requires that each district's revenues be deposited in that district's subaccount and expended for district purposes.
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WLH, AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Includes certain spirits-based beverages in the definition of cooler beverage. Repeals definition of draft beer. Applies the same tax rate to all beer.
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EDB, CPC, FIN |
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE MAUI HEALTH SYSTEM. Makes appropriations for fiscal biennium 2019-2021 to support the operations of the Maui Health System.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. Establishes the Office of Public-Private Partnership and the position of State Office of Public-Private Partnership Coordinator. Adds public-private partnership project delivery methods and related conditions and requirements to the Hawaii Public Procurement Code. Requires an annual report. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE PM ZIPPER LANE. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study that reevaluates the costs and feasibility of constructing a zipper lane along the H-1 freeway in the westbound direction for use during the afternoon hours.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a state income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred by school teachers, special education teachers, school librarians, counselors, and registrars.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION. Establishes a 5-year career technical education pilot program within the Department of Education to encourage students to study career technical education.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES LAND SURVEY BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Accounting and General Services land survey program under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM STATE BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES STATE BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Land and Natural Resources programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Appropriates funds to DLNR division of forestry and wildlife.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH. Deletes statutory references pertaining to the abolished Board of Health.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONFORMITY TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Exempts certain unrelated business taxable income of tax exempt organizations from Hawaii income tax laws.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO VACCINATIONS. Authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons between eleven and seventeen years pursuant to a valid prescription. Specifies requirements pharmacists must meet prior to administering any vaccine to a person between eleven and seventeen years.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. Reduces the number of paper copies of government publications required to be deposited with the State Publications Distribution Center. Requires state and county agencies to deposit an electronic copy with the State Publications Distribution Center in a format as prescribed by the State Librarian.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. Appropriates funds for the health care provider loan repayment program administered through the John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii at Manoa; provided that the funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by a private or another public source.
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HLT/LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Requires the Judiciary to implement a program that offers any qualifying person the option to fulfill any court-ordered financial obligation through: (1) installment payments in a payment plan; or (2) the performance of community service. Prohibits the courts from taking certain actions against a person solely because of that person's inability to pay if the person has entered into and is in compliance with the programs. Reinstates driver's licenses that were suspended for nonpayment under certain circumstances.
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RELATING TO MINORS. Provides that a minor may consent to emergency shelter if a provider of no cost emergency shelter and services is coordinating with child welfare service.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT. Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents and to make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parent.
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HSH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO DENTAL HEALTH. Restores basic adult dental health benefits to Medicaid enrollees. Appropriates funds for this purpose.
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HSH/HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Exempts changes and improvements to existing portions of the Waianae coast emergency access road within the Waianae district of Oahu from environmental assessment requirements under chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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TRN/EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Allocates and appropriates funds from transient accommodations tax revenues to the Hawaii Tourism Authority to implement initiatives, in conjunction with the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association, to address homelessness in tourist and resort areas. Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to report to the Legislature.
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TIA/HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Expands the offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include grade standard violations and all stages of production of Hawaii-grown coffee.
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RELATING TO BANYAN DRIVE. Requires the Office of Planning to conduct a study on the infrastructure of the Banyan Drive area on the Waiakea Peninsula on the island of Hawaii. Appropriates funds.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Establishes the convention center repair and maintenance special fund and the convention center emergency special fund. Allocates a portion of the transient accommodations tax to those funds. Removes repair and maintenance as permissible uses of the convention center enterprise special fund. Requires annual reports to the Legislature.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires an employer to pay for all medical services related to an employee's compensable injury. Provides a process for an employer to dispute the payment of a medical bill.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. Authorizes the Hawaii labor relations board to accept paper and electronic filing of documents.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. Clarifies that the party seeking judicial review shall bear the cost of preparing a transcript, except as provided by law, in which case the Board shall bear the cost of preparing the transcript.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. Requires the University of Hawaii to study the feasibility of adopting an open educational resources initiative. Requires the University to report to the Legislature its findings and recommendations, including the cost to implement the initiative and any projected cost savings.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Requires that any sign that is permanently affixed to the interior or exterior of a public school include both English and Hawaiian text.
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LHE/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS. Requires the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the Department of Education fee simple title to the property on which the Department's Student Transportation Service Office - Young Street is located. Appropriates funds.
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LHE/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS. Extends the lease term for public-school lands from 55 to 99 years.
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WLH/LHE, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate student assistants employed by the University of Hawaii.
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LHE/LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO SCHOOL BASED HEALTH SERVICES. Includes advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority in the list of health care professionals authorized to administer medication to public school students. Removes requirement that administration of the medication be approved by the department of health.
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HLT/LHE, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Housekeeping amendments relating to the transfer of early childhood education from the Department of Education to the Executive Office on Early Learning.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON EARLY LEARNING. Short form bill relating to the Executive Office on Early Learning.
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LHE |
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RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON EARLY LEARNING. Short form bill relating to the Executive Office on Early Learning.
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LHE |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. Short form bill relating to public charter schools.
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LHE |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. Short form bill relating to public charter schools.
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LHE |
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RELATING TO STATE LIBRARIES. Short form bill relating to state libraries.
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LHE |
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RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Authorizes the Land Use Commission to amend, revise, or modify a decision and order granting a district boundary amendment, or fine a petitioner, upon finding that a petitioner or its successors or assigns have not adhered to the conditions imposed by the commission, regardless of whether there has been substantial commencement of use of the land. Defines "substantial commencement".
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY. Requires all places of public accommodation and state building construction constructed or substantially modified after 12/31/20 to provide baby diaper-changing accommodations that are equally accessible to men and women.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Requires Department of Agriculture to provide annual reports on pesticide inspection and compliance investigations. Increases fines for pesticide use violations.
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AGR, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ANIMALS. Prohibits a pet store operator from selling a dog, cat, or rabbit unless the dog, cat, or rabbit was obtained from certain humane sources.
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AGR, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Prohibits landlords from recovering possession of dwelling unit from tenants if habitability of premises is significantly impaired. Sets a tenant's liability for rent if habitability of premises is significantly impaired. Provides remedies for retaliatory evictions.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO MINORS. Grants a circuit court, when sentencing a minor for a criminal offense, greater discretion in sentencing if the victim of the crime for which the minor was convicted had trafficked or sexually assaulted the minor within one year before the minor committed the offense.
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HSH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRISIS INTERVENTION. Creates a crisis intervention and diversion program in the department of health to divert those in need to appropriate health care and away from the criminal justice system.
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Requires any state or county agency to provide domestic abuse intervention training to their personnel whose job duties require or may require intervention in a domestic abuse situation.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Clarifies the scope and practice of physician assistants in the State. Amends the Hawaii Medical Board to include two physician assistants. Expands bases to revoke or suspend a physician or surgeon's license. Makes conforming amendments.
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RELATING TO A STATE LOTTERY. Establishes the Hawaii State Lottery Commission to implement a lottery, the proceeds of which shall be used to support public education. Appropriates funds for the operations of the Lottery Commission.
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LOANS. Increases the chairperson's authority to approve agricultural loans and aquacultural loans.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds for the department of agriculture to provide grants and loans to ranchers and farmers negatively affected by natural disasters through an agricultural disaster funds program.
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RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP. Prevents re-licensing of previously violative entities, requires landowner consent to hemp growth on the land prior to licensure, and allows the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture to limit the number of licenses allotted for proper program management.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES. Establishes a new agricultural enterprise program within the department of agriculture to plan, design, construct, operate, manage, maintain, repair, demolish, and remove infrastructure on any lands under the jurisdiction of the department, to support and promote agriculture. Creates three new positions to implement the program. Establishes the agricultural enterprise special fund. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2019.
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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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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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RELATING TO PROFESSIONALLY LICENSED OR CERTIFIED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Clarifies that the State shall be exclusively liable for claims for injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death, resulting from the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any professionally licensed or certified employee of the State while acting within the scope of the employee's office or employment. Precludes civil actions or proceedings for money damages against the employee, except for claims based on liability other than an employee's scope of employment with the State or other employer. Clarifies liability when the State agrees to assume full or partial responsibility in a civil action against a professional licensed or certified employee.
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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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RELATING TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. Amends chapter 467B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to replace the term "gross revenue" with "total revenue" and define the term "total revenue" for purposes of calculating the annual filing fee, clarify when professional solicitors must file financial reports, clarify when commercial co-venturers must provide a charitable organization with an accounting and the benefit, and make other housekeeping amendments.
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RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT. Amends the income withholding requirements to impose a fine against any employer who (1) discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against any noncustodial parent subject to income withholding or (2) fails to withhold support from income or pay the amounts to the Child Support Enforcement Agency; and amends the amount of the annual fee imposed by the Child Support Enforcement Agency to be in compliance with federal regulations.
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RELATING TO HAWAII CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA CENTER FEES. Provides authority for the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to set and collect fees for services provided.
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RELATING TO COVERED OFFENDER REGISTRATION. Requires registration of defendants who have had covered offenses dismissed due to mental or physical disease, disorder, or defect or have been involuntarily hospitalized in lieu of prosecution; clarifies and that criminal justice agencies may access registration information.
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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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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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RELATING TO MANSLAUGHTER. Amends section 707-702(1), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to authorize manslaughter prosecutions for dangerous drug distribution that results in overdose deaths.
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS BOARD. Clarifies membership and certain powers and duties of the Law Enforcement Standards Board, establishes new and more realistic deadlines for the completion of board responsibilities, and provides appropriate funds and resources to enable the board to accomplish its mission.
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RELATING TO ENERGY ASSURANCE. Addresses deficiencies in Hawaii's fuel shortage response and energy emergency (energy assurance) statutes; provides policy guidance on preparing for, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against any actual or potential energy supply disruption or shortage to preserve the State's energy security and to ensure that fuel products and energy resources are made available to emergency services and the public in an orderly, efficient, and safe manner.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Clarifies that lands set aside to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation by the Governor or leased to the Corporation by other State departments and agencies are exempt from the definition of "public lands."
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RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAM. Increases the Hula Mae Multifamily Revenue Bond authorization amount.
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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 TAXATION. Repeals county authority to exempt certified or approved housing projects from general excise taxes and requires all rental projects certified or approved under 201H-36, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to undergo annual rent recertifications.
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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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RELATING TO HOMEOWNERSHIP. Establishes an interim construction financing program for qualified nonprofit housing trust organizations that develop affordable for-sale homes for Hawaii residents. Establishes a Self-Help Homeownership Housing Revolving Fund to provide loans to nonprofit housing development organizations for development of affordable homeownership housing projects under a self-help housing program.
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. Requires eligible affordable housing projects in community development districts to engage in formal consultation with the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
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MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Hawaii Community Development Authority for its payroll, fringe benefits, and administrative costs. Effective upon approval.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Makes technical and housekeeping amendments to Act 150, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018. Authorizes the expenditure of funds from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for the acquisition of the ground lease on the Front Street Apartments property.
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RELATING TO LEASEHOLD CONDOMINIUMS ON LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE. Authorizes Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to enter into ninety-nine-year leases of units in residential condominiums located on state lands.
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 2019-‑2020 and 2020-‑2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (1) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (2) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019-‑2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (3) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019‑-2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (4) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019‑-2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (5) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019-‑2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (6) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019‑-2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (7) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (8) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019-‑2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (9) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019-‑2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (10) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (13) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS. Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND DEFINITIONS. Amends the definitions of "dependent-beneficiary" and "employee-beneficiary" as used in chapter 87A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS. Amends the definition of "dependent-beneficiary" and references to marriages in relation to civil unions.
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RELATING TO GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PREMIUMS. Amends section 39-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow premiums received from the sale of general obligation bonds to be used for eligible capital expenditures pursuant to section 39-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Authorizes the Employees' Retirement System to recover overpaid benefit payments.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICES. Clarifies the type of public notice required for reporting the redetermination of the University of Hawaii's allotment ceiling, the state growth rate and expenditure ceiling, and the release of grants.
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Amends section 237D-6.5 to increase the distribution of state tax revenues to support natural resources programs, replaces the fixed appropriation amount with a percent distribution to each county.
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TIA, 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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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO FORMS SUBMITTED TO THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER. Removes the requirement that a vehicle protection product warrantor and a service contract provider submit to the Insurance Commissioner a copy of each warranty or service contract form proposed for use in the State.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER. Requires third party administrators to be licensed and regulated by the Insurance Commissioner. Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to issue targeted variances, waivers, or no-action letters relating to the requirements of chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FILING FEE. Requires a party initiating a bid challenge to pay the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs a non-refundable filing fee for contracts with an estimated value of $500,000 or more.
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RELATING TO TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITY IN THE MORTGAGE INDUSTRY. Implements section 106 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, P.L. 115-174, by providing 120-day temporary authority to originate loans in this State for loan originators moving from a depository institution to a non-depository institution and state-licensed loan originators moving interstate.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE SERVICERS. Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to modify requirements and make new requirements in chapter 454M, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to implement changes and improvements made to NLMS. Authorizes the Commissioner of Financial Institutions to issue cease and desist orders against licensees and unlicensed persons and to enter into consent orders.
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES. Allows the Department of Defense to recoup operating costs when the Adjutant General permits temporary facility use of department facilities to the public. Currently, the law requires that "all moneys received from the rentals shall be deposited into the general fund of the State."
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PVM, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE MILITARY FORCES. Applies the protections of civil relief for state military forces to persons serving on full time National Guard duty under title 32 United States Code and to bring provisions in line with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, codified in 50 United States Code chapter 50 (§§3901-4043).
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PVM, JUD |
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RELATING TO CAR REGISTRATION FEE EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS. Repeals requirement that a disabled veteran be in receipt of disability retirement pay in order to be exempt from the payment of annual vehicle registration fees.
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PVM, TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. To improve and enhance the effectiveness of the State Emergency Management Program through modifications and additions to the Hawaii Revised Statute Chapter 127A.
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RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. Prohibits the suspension and expulsion of children participating in the Executive Office on Early Learning Public Prekindergarten Program, except in limited circumstances.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD. To clarify wording regarding delegation of powers to the Hawaii Teacher Standard Board's Executive Director to timely approve license and permit applications, to include comprehensive reporting of data from Hawaii Department of Education, Charter School Commission, and Charter Schools, of the number of classrooms without a licensed teacher during the school year.
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LHE, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN AND CONTINUE THE CURRENT FEDERALLY FUNDED CHARTER SCHOOL PREKINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS. Appropriates moneys for school year 2019-2020 to the State Public Charter School Commission to maintain and continue the current federally funded eighteen existing charter school prekindergarten classrooms that were provided for by the federal Preschool Development Grant of 2015.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. Makes permanent Act 141, Sessions Laws of Hawaii 2009, which requires the county to issue affordable housing credits to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Makes permanent Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, which requires the counties to issue affordable housing credits for each residential unit developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
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WLH/HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. Excludes from the definition of "public lands" in section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, lands set aside by the governor to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) or lands to which the HPHA holds title. Requires legislative approval of the sale of lands to which the HPHA holds title.
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RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CIVIL SERVICE. Permanently exempts from civil service the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness; the Executive Director of the State Commission on Fatherhood; in the Med-QUEST Division: division administrator, finance officer, health care services branch administrator, medical director, clinical standards administrator; and in the Director's office of the Department of Human Services: the enterprise officer, information security and privacy compliance officer, security and privacy compliance engineer, and security and privacy compliance analyst. Temporarily exempts from civil service in the med-QUEST division: the research/health analytics manager; and in the director's office of the Department of Human services: the community/project development director, the policy director, and the special assistant to the Director.
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HSH, FIN |
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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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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Continues the Hospital Sustainability Program for two years. Appropriates funds out of the Hospital Sustainability Program Special Fund for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021.
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RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Continues the nursing facility sustainability program for two additional years. Appropriates funds out of the nursing facility sustainability program special fund for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021.
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RELATING TO YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAMS. Permits individual non-justice vocational programs within the purview of the Office of Youth Services to engage in commercial enterprises, including the sales of goods and services, for self-sustainability purposes.
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RELATING TO THE SPOUSE AND CHILD ABUSE SPECIAL FUND. Exempts the spouse and child abuse special fund from the central services assessment and administrative expense assessment. Amends the spouse and child abuse special fund to allow reimbursements received from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, in the year following the fiscal year in which the Title IV-E funds were expended, to be deposited and expended for state-funded share of spouse or child abuse and neglect prevention, intervention, and other related services. Replaces "account" with "fund," and deletes "department of human services" from the title.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD SAFETY. Corrects an error in Act 176, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018; clarifies that section 350-2(f), Hawaii Revised Statutes, applies to exempt child care facilities.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO ADDING THE ROTH OPTION FOR THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN. Amends section 88E-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow participants to make both pre-tax contributions and post-tax contributions to the State Deferred Compensation Plan.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND MANAGED COMPETITION. Transfers the office of collective bargaining, including the position of chief negotiator, to the department of human resources development.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOVIE THEATERS. Repeals the sunset date from Act 39, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015 as amended by Act 211, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, , and makes permanent the requirement applicable to motion pictures produced and distributed with open movie captioning and audio descriptions.
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RELATING TO PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS. Clarifies that the exemption from payment of parking fees is an exception for drivers who are unable to reach or operate a parking meter or unattended pay station because of a physical disability, and who display a distinguishing parking device, code, or placard. Repeals existing time limits for parking fee exemption. Makes the act of selling or buying a parking permit a misdemeanor. Provides that law enforcement may confiscate a parking permit that has been altered or is invalid. Clarifies the types of disabilities that qualify for a disability parking permit.
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HSH, JUD |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes State Health Planning and Development Agency to mandate the submission of Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) administrative data and healthcare services claims.
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RELATING TO ESTABLISHING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON AGING ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMING SPECIAL FUND. Creates the Executive Office on Aging Administrative Claiming Special Fund to enhance the drawdown of federal funds.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION. Permits the Director of Health to designate emergency departments to which persons requiring emergency mental health treatment may be taken by law enforcement.
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HSH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAID WAIVER. Removes sunset date of section 321-14.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and adds exception for Medicaid waiver provider-agencies providing services to Medicaid waiver participants.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ENERGY DATA. Permits the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to share energy data with the Department of Health for purposes of regulating greenhouse gas emissions.
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL GOALS. Updates the Department of Health's solid waste management goals to align with the Aloha+ Challenge.
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EEP, JUD |
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RELATING TO NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING. Amends the Newborn Hearing Screening statute to mandate reporting of diagnostic audiologic evaluation results to improve hearing follow-up of infants and to update definitions and terminology.
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RELATING TO THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Clarifies that liability for illegally selling tobacco products to persons under 21 is borne by the retail entity or individual who holds a valid permit to sell tobacco products, as opposed to an employee.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO COUNTY AUTHORITY ON THE SALE AND USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Amends provisions relating to the preemption of local laws or ordinances that regulate the sale and use of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO TELEHEALTH. Establishes goals for the adoption and proliferation of telehealth to increase health care access. Establishes the Strategic Telehealth Advisory Council and permanent full-time State Telehealth Coordinator position.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Prohibits the sale, offering for sale, furnishing, or distribution of any flavored tobacco product within the State effective 01/01/2020.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Provides an income tax credit for qualifying small businesses to offset the increase in the minimum hourly rate that employers must pay employees, and increases the minimum wage each year from 2020 through 2024.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MARINE LICENSES. Clarifies that the Department of Land and Natural Resources has the authority to establish different types of commercial marine licenses, including but not limited to commercial marine vessel licenses, fishery and gear-specific commercial marine licenses, and full-time and part-time commercial marine licenses. Requires any person providing fishing charter or guide services, whether vessel-based or shore-based, to first obtain a commercial marine license.
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WLH/TRN, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION. Establishes the Marine Life Conservation Special Fund. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collect nonresident user fees and require permits for entry into the boundaries of any marine life conservation district.
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RELATING TO LEASE EXTENSIONS ON PUBLIC LAND. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to extend leases of public lands for commercial, industrial, or resort use upon approval of a proposed development agreement to make substantial improvements to the existing improvements. Repeals on June 30, 2024.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENTALS FOR PUBLIC LAND LEASES. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve rental reductions or waivers for leases on public lands that require substantial demolition or infrastructure improvement costs in order for the lessee to utilize the premises.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS ON CERTAIN STATE LANDS. Decriminalizes traffic infractions within natural area reserves, game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and public hunting areas.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES TRUST FUND. Expands the type of revenue that can be deposited into the Endangered Species Trust Fund.
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EEP/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO FOREST STEWARDSHIP. Clarifies conditions that must be met by applicants to receive funds under the Forest Stewardship Program.
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WLH/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO CERTAIN PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUBTITLE 4. Amends fines for destroying or harvesting trees or tree products, including koa, on state forest reserves lands to an amount up to $10,000 or three times the market value at the time and place of the violation for each tree, whichever is greater, in addition to any costs associated with restoration or replacement of the habitat and damages to public land or natural resources, or any combination thereof. Clarifies that any person violating any provision of part II (Forest Reserves) of chapter 183, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, other than section 183-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. Decriminalizes traffic infractions within forest reserves and sets fine amounts. Repeals the general penalty provision of section 183-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO USE PERMITS FOR SMALL BOAT HARBOR FACILITIES. Clarifies that certain fees for state small boat harbors shall be established by appraisal by a state-licensed appraiser approved by the Department of Land and Natural Resources and shall be set at fair market value. Clarifies fees charged for vessels used for commercial purposes.
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RELATING TO STATE BOATING FACILITIES. Allows the Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) to lease any existing state boating facility in its entirety, and fast lands and submerged lands within any existing state boating facility, by public auction, request for proposals, or direct negotiation for private development, management, and operation. Requires the Board to make a finding regarding certain sea level rise factors before awarding any such lease. Clarifies that legislative approval is not required to award a lease, except that the Board may request approval from the Legislature in extraordinary circumstances, by concurrent resolution, where the Board has not made findings regarding sea level rise factors. Repeals fast lands and submerged lands lease requirements specific to Ala Wai Boat Harbor.
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RELATING TO MANDATORY VESSEL INSURANCE COVERAGE. Requires vessel owners operating a vessel in and on state ocean waters who are required to be registered with the State or required to be documented by the United States Coast Guard to obtain marine insurance. Specifies the type and minimum amount of marine insurance coverage required. Exempts transient vessels from the marine insurance requirement for no more than ten business days after arriving in state ocean waters. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt administrative rules concerning marine insurance.
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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 their primary duties, inspect certain items for compliance with title 12, chapters 6D, 6E, and 6K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and any rule adopted thereunder, relating to the protection and conservation of natural resources.
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RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enter into the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact or similar agreement for mutual assistance in the enforcement of wildlife laws.
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RELATING TO INCREASED FUNDING FOR LAND CONSERVATION. Adjusts the proportion of conveyance tax revenues deposited into the Land Conservation Fund.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Updates section 329-38(i), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with federal law under Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations to allow for the use of either words or figures, not both, to indicate quantity where electronic prescriptions are permitted.
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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 the remaining six months of fiscal year 2019, 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 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 State of Hawaii Department of Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division and the Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention Systems Branch.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. Updates chapter 329-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by adding subsection (e) to make it consistent with amendments in federal controlled substances law as required under section 329-11.
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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, 2018. Clarifies wording regarding the Hawaii applicable exclusion amount.
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RELATING TO TAX REPORTING. Revises the manner in which person authorized to collect rent provides information to the Department of Taxation and requires (as opposed to permits) them to report the total amount of rent collected under sections 237-30.5 and 237D-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO TAX APPEALS. Replaces the tax boards of review with a single tax appeal review panel comprised of members who shall devote full time to their duties. Amends the grounds upon which an appeal to the administrative appeals and dispute resolution program may be made by disallowing appeals of proposed assessments.
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RELATING TO MARKET-BASED SOURCING. Amends the rules for sourcing the sales factor for net income tax to impose market sourcing for sales of other than tangible personal property. Provides specific rules for intangibles and services.
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RELATING TO TAX REFUND OFFSETS. Clarifies that tax refund offsets may be performed by the Department of Accounting and General Services and the Department of Taxation.
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RELATING TO TAX RETURN PREPARERS. Requires any tax preparer with a preparer tax identification number issued by the Internal Revenue Service to furnish the preparer's tax identification number on any return or claim for refund as required by the Department of Taxation. Authorizes the Department of Taxation to require preparer tax identification number disclosure on any form or document and provides penalties for failure to comply. Effective upon approval; provided that tax return preparers shall not be liable for penalties prior to January 1, 2020.
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING. Repeals sections 4 and 5 of Act 206, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, which created an electronic smoking device retailer registration unit within the Department of the Attorney General and created a fine for delivery sales of electronic smoking devices to persons under the age of twenty-one. Amends chapter 245, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by clearly classifying e-liquid and electronic smoking devices containing e-liquid as tobacco products subject to the tobacco tax.
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION FEES. Changes the fees for permits and licenses issued under chapters 243, 244D and 245, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from specified amounts to reasonable fees established by rule adopted by the Department of Taxation.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Makes various technical amendments to chapters 231, 243, 244D, and 245, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS. Expands authority of the Director of Transportation over required motor carrier vehicle inspections.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Amends the law relating to registration renewals and initial registrations of motor carrier vehicles of any motor carrier who has an outstanding federal out-of-service order.
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Clarifies provisions on electric vehicle charging and parking.
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RELATING TO STATE IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Amends the mandatory inscription on civil identification cards.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Increases the State Fuel Tax to generate additional revenues for the State Highway Fund by amending section 243-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Allows for increase in the state motor vehicle registration fee and deposits the money into the State Highway Fund by amending section 249-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Increases the state motor vehicle weight tax and deposits the money into the State Highway Fund by amending section 249-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO AIRPORTS. To establish the Hawaii airports corporation, which shall assume all of the authority, powers, functions, duties, and responsibilities of the department of transportation related to aeronautics and airports, including responsibility for the development, management, operation, and maintenance of the State's airports.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM. Provides scholarships for the unmet need of qualified students at any four-year UH campus who meet certain criteria.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TUITION AND FEES SPECIAL FUND. Repeal the requirement that each UH campus prepare an operations plan, to be reviewed by the President and VP for Budget and Finance and CFO of UH, for each fiscal year. Repeal the requirement that the moneys in the UH Tuition and Fees Special Fund for each UH campus to lapse to the credit of Program ID No. UOH900 (University of Hawaii, system wide support).
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RELATING TO CHECK CASHING. Restricts the fees a check casher may charge in connection with a deferred deposit agreement to an annual percentage rate not to exceed 36 percent per year. Establishes a licensing scheme for check cashers that enter into deferred deposit agreements.
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RELATING TO FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits noncompete agreements for low wage workers whose earnings do not exceed the greater of the hourly rate equal to the minimum wage required by applicable federal or state law or $15 per hour.
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RELATING TO PERSISTENT NONSUPPORT. Establishes the felony offense of persistent nonsupport in the first degree when a person knowingly and persistently fails to provide support to a child, spouse, or other dependent to whom the person has a legal obligation of support for five years or longer, or is $30,000 or more in arrears.
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Creates procedural and administrative requirements for law enforcement agencies for eyewitness identifications of suspects in criminal investigations. Grants a defendant the right to challenge any eyewitness identification to be used at trial in a pretrial evidentiary hearing. Effective January 1, 2020.
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RELATING TO BROADBAND. Establishes a broadband infrastructure grant program to be administered by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
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RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for professional development and classroom resources related to the college, career and civic life framework for social studies state standards. Establishes one full-time resource teacher position and appropriates funds for the position for public school civic education.
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RELATING TO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST FUNDS. 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.
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Deletes the provision authorizing the issuance of a written warning notice for a first violation of Hawaii's pesticide laws. Increases the administrative penalties. Enhances the criminal penalties for violations involving bodily injury.
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RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Requires at least fifty percent of crops developed by Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) to be distributed to local markets, and requires at least fifty percent of lands managed by ADC to be leased for operations that support local food production. Specifies ADC annual reporting requirements and requires an audit of ADC.
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RELATING TO MAUNA KEA. Prohibits any development on conservation lands of the Mauna Kea summit at 6,000 feet above sea level and higher.
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RELATING TO HEEIA STATE PARK. Makes an appropriation for a Heeia State Park community-based long-range plan and education center for the Heeia National Estuarine Research Reserve System.
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RELATING TO UTILITY LINES. Establishes the 2050 grid resiliency and view planes initiative to mandate that all utility lines be installed underground by December 31, 2050, under certain conditions. Requires a public utility to establish a plan for reaching certain target dates for completion of the initiative. Provides exemptions.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides that a public school shall not be required by the Department of Education to expend its own school funds to maintain any geographically disadvantageous land on or adjacent to its property.
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Establishes an annual general excise tax holiday for consumers and businesses that sell clothing and bags with a retail price under $60 and school supplies with a retail price under $15; provided that businesses pass savings on to consumers.
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RELATING TO THE FESTIVAL OF THE PACIFIC ARTS. Appropriates funds to the commission on the thirteenth festival of pacific arts to plan for the thirteenth festival of pacific arts to be held in Honolulu from June 11 through 27, 2020.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires an automatic recount of election votes when the difference between the two candidates with the highest number of votes is less than 0.5 (one half of one) per cent of the apparently prevailing candidate's vote total. Authorizes an apparently defeated candidates to petition for a hand recount if the results of a mandatory recount differ from an initial count.
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RELATING TO ASSISTANCE ANIMALS. Codifies the administrative rule definition of "assistance animal". Clarifies the type of verification of a reasonable accommodation request for an assistance animal that the individual may provide.
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RELATING TO BAG LIMITS. Repeals the statutory prohibition of taking or killing female spiny lobsters, Kona crabs, and Samoan crabs.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Requires public meeting notices to include instructions regarding accommodations for persons with disabilities. Requires boards to post public meeting notices in an accessible format on an electronic calendar on a website maintained by the State or the appropriate county, file a copy with the office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office, retain a copy of proof of filing, and post a notice in the board's office for public inspection. Requires the office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate clerk's office to timely post paper or accessible electronic copies of all meeting notices in a central location in a public building. Repeals provision stating that failure of the board, lieutenant governor's office, or county clerk's office to post meeting notices shall not require cancellation of the meeting. Requires a meeting to be canceled when the written public notice or a copy with confirmed receipt from the office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office is posted on an electronic calendar less than six days prior to the meeting. Requires an emergency meeting agenda to be filed with confirmed receipt with the office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office and posted in the board's office.
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RELATING TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. Establishes a bipartisan commission within the Department of Taxation to review and make recommendations on state expenditures, revenue enhancements, and tax policy. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY. Requires the Governor to issue an executive order for the State to obtain Old Stadium Park on Oahu from the City and County of Honolulu and place that property under the authority and control of the Stadium Authority for the purposes of developing a new stadium on Oahu.
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RELATING TO LAND PURCHASE. Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources to enter into negotiations with the Weinberg Foundation to purchase the property in Moiliili formerly occupied by The Willows Restaurant. Requires the Department to report to the Legislature.
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RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to host a global summit on artificial intelligence in 2020. Authorizes the Hawaii Tourism Authority to contract the services of another entity to assist the Hawaii Tourism Authority in hosting the summit. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO ‘AWA AS THE STATE BEVERAGE. Establishes and designates ‘awa, made from the plant roots of Piper methysticum, as the official beverage of the State.
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RELATING TO TRAILS. Appropriates moneys for the establishment of a permanent full-time equivalent abstractor position and a permanent full-time equivalent land and access specialist within the Na Ala Hele Program for trail access.
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RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH DISEASE. Protects the State's ohia forests for future generations by appropriating funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for ongoing research, survey and control, expedited removal of hooved animals, and public outreach.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Specifies who may be granted a temporary permit to practice public accountancy. Specifies the requirements that must be met prior to obtaining a temporary permit to practice. Requires a person to obtain a temporary permit to practice from the board of public accountancy prior to commencing public accountancy services in Hawaii. Specifies a time frame for the temporary permit to practice. Requires persons granted a temporary permit to practice to consent to and certify various obligations, including being under the authority of the board of public accountancy and paying all applicable taxes to the State.
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RELATING TO THE DEPOSIT BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROGRAM. Authorizes each county to manage the deposit beverage container program within its jurisdiction. Authorizes each county to retain any corresponding excess funds. Requires deposit beverage distributor reports to include county specific data.
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RELATING TO OUT-OF-NETWORK HEALTH CARE CHARGES. Requires health care facilities and health care professionals to disclose to patients whether they are in-network or out-of-network providers with respect to the patients' health benefits plans and the financial implications to the patients of that status. Protects patients from charges in excess of any deductibles, copayment, or coinsurance when treated for medically necessary services on an emergency or urgent basis by any health care professional and at any health care facility.
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE. Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for a comprehensive category of reproductive health services, drugs, devices, products, and procedures. Prohibits discrimination in the provision of reproductive health care services.
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RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. Exempts affordable housing units, additions to existing dwelling units, accessory dwelling units, and ohana dwelling units from school impact fee requirements.
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RELATING TO MEDICAL EDUCATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to perform a study regarding a pilot program to pay for Hawaii residents to attend a college of medicine in the Philippines in exchange for a commitment to practice medicine in Hawaii after graduation.
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Requires that certain state building construction and reconstruction projects or programs include at least 20 parking stalls that are pre-wired for electric vehicle charging stations.
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RELATING TO AIRPORTS. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to exempt the application of the public procurement code to the Airports Division, subject to certain requirements.
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RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes the photo red light imaging detector systems program, effective 7/1/2020. Authorizes counties to administer the program. Establishes the photo red light imaging detector systems program special fund. Requires fines collected for violations on a county highway to be expended for the establishment, operation, management, and maintenance of the program in the county from which the fines were collected. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES. Establishes rules, regulations, and permitting procedures for transportation network companies operating in the State. Makes permanent insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network drivers.
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RELATING TO THE AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the operations of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee. Appropriates funds to hire an expert on natural and physical environment to serve in a full-time equivalent position on the committee.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture for feral pig control.
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Establishes property owner liability for illegal aerial devices possessed or set off on their property by others. Allows probable cause for fireworks offenses to be established from statements from witnesses and photographs, video, or other recordings authenticated by witnesses. Allows probable cause for fireworks offenses to be established from anonymous recordings made using an unmanned aerial vehicle.
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Prohibits any person from setting off, igniting, discharging, or otherwise causing to explode any fireworks or articles pyrotechnic from any public highway, alley, street, sidewalk, or other public way. Imposes penalties. Provides a person who causes property damage or bodily injury due to the unlawful use of fireworks or articles pyrotechnic shall be responsible for damages and compensation.
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Authorizes the sheriff and the sheriff's deputies to assist each county in its enforcement of section 132D-20, HRS.
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RELATING TO FIREWORKS. Requires the Sheriff Division's specialized canine unit to assist in the random inspection of fireworks shipments into the State.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY ACCESS TO SHELTER. Prohibits public establishments from denying shelter to any person when an emergency alert advises the public to immediately seek shelter. Clarifies that remuneration or expectation of remuneration paid to owners of private property for goods or services other than emergency access to land, shelter, or subsistence, including services or incidental commodities to the emergency access, does not void the exemption from civil liability afforded to these owners except where owners increase the sale price of the service or incidental commodities.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes the agricultural housing task force within the office of planning to study existing county and state laws, rules, and processes for construction of housing units within agricultural districts to identify barriers to construction, make recommendations, and propose one master use application process to be applied throughout the State. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE EDUCATION. Establishes and appropriates funds for the P-20 agriculture education coordinator position within the University of Hawaii at Manoa college of tropical agriculture and human resources. Specifies duties of the coordinator and P-20 agriculture education working group.
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RELATING TO THE PESTICIDE SUBSIDY PROGRAM. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Agriculture for the pesticide subsidy program.
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RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCE. Repeals the allowance for Oahu-based legislators conducting official business during certain recess and interim periods.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Effective 1/1/2020, prohibits approval of new underground injection wells other than sewage wastewater wells where no alternative means of disposal is available. Effective 1/1/2025, prohibits approval of new underground injection wells in any circumstances.
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICT PERMITS. Specifies that, for purposes of emergency permits to alleviate coastal erosion in a conservation district, a land use shall be considered to be immediately threatened by coastal erosion that occurs within forty feet of the land use or that will threaten any structure in less than six months.
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RELATING TO GAMING. Creates the Hawaii sports wagering corporation to regulate and administer sports wagering in the State.
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RELATING TO TOURISM. Beginning July 1, 2022, requires persons who use the Na Ala Hele trail system for commercial purposes and applicants for new and renewal commercial use permits in state parks, small boat harbors, and ocean recreation management areas; instructor/operator permits; and common carrier certificates and contract carrier permits covering the transportation of passengers to hold and annually maintain a sustainable tourism certificate from the Hawaii Ecotourism Association, achieve and maintain green business recognition by the Hawaii Green Business Program, and ensure that at least one-third of staff members employed by the applicant who have direct contact with visitors are certified as professional tour guides. Requires the University of Hawaii to update the certification for professional tour guides curriculum and examination, subject to approval by the aha moku advisory committee, by June 30, 2020, and every ten years thereafter. Requires recertification and renewal of certification for professional tour guides every two years.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY. Establishes procedures for an out-of-state individual licensed as a certified public accountant or certain accountancy firms to be granted practice privileges in this State by the board of public accountancy if the licensee or firm meets certain qualifications and requirements for substantial equivalency. Makes conforming amendments to the laws relating to public accountancy to reflect practice privileges.
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RELATING TO FLOOD MITIGATION. Establishes a task force within the Department of Land and Natural Resources to research and make recommendations on how to mitigate flooding in Manoa Valley. Requires a report to the Legislature and the Honolulu City Council.
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Requires the cancellation or expiration of conservation district use permits in certain circumstances.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Requires the College of Engineering of the University of Hawaii to conduct a traffic study to identify ways to alleviate traffic congestion at the intersection of University Avenue and Dole Street in Honolulu. Appropriates funds for the study.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Establishes a department of civil service for the office of Hawaiian affairs to apply merit-based hiring practices to future office of Hawaiian affairs employees; permits employees of the office of Hawaiian affairs to enter into collective bargaining agreements. Confers all existing employees of the office of Hawaiian affairs permanent civil service status and specifies that any rights, benefits, and privileges they have accrued shall not be diminished by transitioning to their collective bargaining unit.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Increases the amount of money available from partial public funding to candidates running for the board of trustees, office of Hawaiian affairs, to match the amount available to candidates running for the office of lieutenant governor.
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to teach Hawaiian language to students in each public elementary school.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Amends ballot requirements to display candidates for the board of trustees, office of Hawaiian affairs, by residency and non-residency requirements and to randomize the order of candidate names within those groupings.
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RELATING TO STATE LANDS. Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Board of Agriculture, and the Agribusiness Development Corporation to ensure the timely collection of lease payments, track lessees that are in arrears of lease payments, and offer payment plans for lessees in arears. Prohibits land leased by the Agribusiness Development Corporation from being assigned or subleted without corporation approval.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. Establishes a reusable utensil pilot project in Department of Education schools on Molokai. Requires the Department of Education to report to the legislature on the feasibility of statewide implementation. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS. Reestablishes La Ku‘oko‘a, Hawaiian Recognition Day, as an official state holiday.
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RELATING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIFTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 50th Representative District.
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RELATING TO WATER SECURITY. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to conduct an update of the statewide framework for the Hawaii water plan to provide guidance for Hawaii's future water plan. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use cooperative resource management strategies to manage and administer the wildlife and wildlife resources of the State. Prohibits closures of game management areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and public hunting areas unless the Department includes with its decision a listing of findings based on scientific data from a period of at least 10 years that substantiates the decision for the closure and receives a positive recommendation for the closure from the Game Management Advisory Commission.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO FISHING. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to perform a stock assessment on the fish species in the affected area prior to adopting any new rules to regulate fishing.
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WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2019-21 for operations of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs division under Program ID CCA102 - Cable Television. House Committee on Intrastate Commerce.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2019-21 for operations of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs division under Program ID CCA104 - Financial Services Regulation. House Committee on Intrastate Commerce.
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IAC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2019-21 for operations of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs division under program ID CCA105 - Professional and Vocational Licensing. House Committee on Intrastate Commerce.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2019-21 for operations of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs division under Program ID CCA106 - Insurance Regulatory Services. House Committee on Intrastate Commerce.
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RELATING TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish, construct, and operate a transitional shelter comprising micro units beneath the Nimitz Viaduct or other areas on the island of Oahu, and to submit a report on the establishment of the transitional shelter to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO THE HOMELESS. Assists the homeless in reuniting with family in their home states. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. Requires unclaimed property valued under $100 to be automatically transferred into the general funds of the State.
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RELATING TO THE KANEOHE BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL. Requires the department of land and natural resources to provide administrative support to the council. Requires that the chairperson be selected by the members on an annual and rotating basis. Requires the council to meet quarterly.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. Requires legislative bodies subject to sunshine laws to publish notice of the substantive content of any measure being heard or decided on. Changes the time to file a suit to void a final action taken in violation of sunshine laws from within ninety days to within one hundred eighty days of the action.
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RELATING TO MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. Requires DLNR to limit entry into the Molokini marine life conservation district to forty-one permits and twenty permitted vessels at any given time.
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RELATING TO FORESTRY BUDGET REQUESTS AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. Amends positions and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects related to Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife.
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION OPERATIONS. Department of Taxation fiscal biennium 2019-2021 budget.
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RELATING TO THE COUNTIES. Short form bill relating to the counties.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION. Short form bill relating to the Department of Taxation.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE. Short form bill relating to the Department of Budget and Finance.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES. Short form bill relating to the Department of Accounting and General Services.
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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 HOUSING. Establishes the ALOHA homes program under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to facilitate the development of low-cost homes for sale to Hawaii residents on state-owned and county-owned land near rail stations of the Honolulu rail transit system, to be known as the urban redevelopment district. Establishes guidelines within the urban redevelopment district. Establishes provisions related to the sale of leasehold interest of ALOHA homes. Exempts land set aside or leased to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation from the definition of public lands in section 171‑2, HRS. Establishes the ALOHA homes revolving fund. Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO THE HOUSING LOAN AND MORTGAGE PROGRAM. Increases the Hula Mae Multifamily revenue bond authorization amount.
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RELATING TO TEACHER SALARIES. Requires that classroom teachers, who accept long-term assignments at hard-to-staff schools, be paid the greater of: a salary that equals at least the national average salary of classroom teachers with similar experience in a similar position and forgo the annual differential paid to teachers employed at hard-to-staff locations; or the salary and benefits statutorily established under the teachers' salary schedule.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to reduce class sizes over a period of four years.
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RELATING TO GRANT IN AID. Requires the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health to disperse grant-in-aid funds to recipient organizations within ninety days of the effective date of the legislation awarding the grant. Allows the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health to disperse the total amount awarded to recipient organizations before contract execution.
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires past performance be considered in future bid selection of contractors for sole source contracts and any competitive sealed bid or proposal contracts that exceed the small purchase threshold. Requires procurement officers to consider specific factors, including past performance, when making a determination of offeror responsibility.
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RELATING TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE. Requires barber, beauty operator, and instructor licensees under the board of barbering and cosmetology to complete a one-time, one-hour training program on intimate partner violence awareness and education.
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RELATING TO HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. Prohibits health insurers and like entities from making changes to policies or contracts prior to their renewal.
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RELATING TO ON-SITE CHILDHOOD FACILITIES. Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create on-site early childhood facilities. Establishes and appropriates funds for one on-site Early Childhood Facility Coordinator position.
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. Appropriates funds to the Judiciary and the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu to support the Veterans Treatment Court.
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL OCEAN RECREATION. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 91, HRS, to require certain safety measures for commercial ocean operators that take customers into state waters for activities such as snorkeling, scuba diving, kayaking, and surfing lessons.
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RELATING TO MARINE RESOURCES. Appropriates funds to establish a full-time temporary Program Specialist V position to support the coordination and implementation of the Marine 30x30 Initiative. Appropriates funds for the Marine 30x30 Initiative strategic communication and stakeholder engagement process.
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RELATING TO REMOTE TESTIMONY IN LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS. Requires each house of the Legislature to establish, by rule, procedures for the public to present oral testimony at legislative committee hearings through remote testimony. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE OWNER-BUILDER EXEMPTION. Requires owner-builders to provide proof of withholding taxes and workers' compensation insurance. Amends fines for failure to comply with statute.
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RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. Amends the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities to include knowingly making a false statement, in oral, written, printed, or electronic form, to a public servant engaged in criminal, civil, or administrative enforcement activity pursuant to the public servant's investigative or inspection authority.
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RELATING TO BROADBAND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE. Establishes the broadband service infrastructure grant program to award grants to applicants to extend deployment of facilities used to provide broadband service to unserved and underserved areas of the State. Makes an appropriation.
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EDB/IAC, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT IMMUNIZATIONS. Temporarily exempts students in post-secondary education programs from immunization requirements if they attend classes exclusively online or through distance learning.
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RELATING TO COUNTY SIDEWALKS. Requires that any county-owned street along which are six or more homes include one or more sidewalks. Provides grants-in-aid to the counties for the purpose of building sidewalks along existing county-owned streets.
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RELATING TO RETAIL WHEELING. Requires the public utilities commission to establish policies and procedures related to retail wheeling to enable independent power producers to sell electricity directly to end users.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO SHOOTING RANGE PROTECTION. Provides protections to shooting range operators and individuals engaged in target shooting from burdensome regulations related to noise pollution and similar noise control ordinances.
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RELATING TO INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. Appropriates funds for the establishment of four full-time equivalent (4.0 FTE) permanent level 5 investigators and three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) permanent investigative analyst positions within the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in the Department of the Attorney General.
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RELATING TO PET BOARDING FACILITIES. Regulates the operation of pet boarding facilities within the State.
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RELATING TO SAVINGS PROMOTION CONTESTS. Authorizes financial institutions that are depository institutions to conduct savings promotion contests in which its account holders are contestants.
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IAC, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. Establishes a deferred maintenance task force within the Office of the Governor to create a standardized and uniform approach to address deferred maintenance projects in the State. Makes an appropriation for the task force.
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RELATING TO GENDER IDENTIFICATION. Requires a license to include a person's full legal name, date of birth, gender category, residence address, and license or identification card number. Includes a third option of gender identification for driver's license and state identification card applicants. Effective 7/1/2020.
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Caps the service charges for a primary and secondary ticket seller. Requires website operators to guarantee refunds in certain circumstances and disclose that the website is not the primary ticket seller. Prohibits speculative tickets and the usage of bots. Makes conforming amendments.
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CARRYOVER FUNDS. Repeals authorization for the Department of Education to carry over excess funds.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Repeals the Oahu regional system board of HHSC.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BARREL TAX. Short form bill relating to the barrel tax.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Establishes and funds a pilot project to demonstrate new toilet and sewage treatment technologies and to expedite traditional permitting and regulation for the demonstration projects.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Land and Natural for the Native Resources and Fire Protection Program.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO LIQUOR LAWS. Repeals requirement that there be attached a clear and legible notice, placard, or marker upon the faucet, spigot, or outlet wherefrom the draught beer is drawn. Requires definitions adopted by the counties related to stacking of beer to refer to a standard serving of total volume and beer standard size servings to be limited to forty-four ounces of total volume before a customer at any one time.
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RELATING TO THE TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX. Authorizes counties to levy a county surcharge on transient accommodations tax in their respective counties pursuant to certain conditions. Repeals 12/31/2036.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Requires motor vehicle registration applications to specify whether the type of fuel for which the vehicle is adapted is electricity. Requires certificates of inspection to state the odometer reading of electric vehicles. Establishes a state vehicle miles traveled for electric vehicles.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 34th Representative District.
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS. Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Department of Transportation to use electric guns while performing their duties. Requires law enforcement officers of DOT to be accredited by June 30, 2024, for the use of electric guns.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Appropriates funds to purchase the Honolulu Federal Detention Center.
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RELATING TO THE FISCAL BIENNIUM 2019-2021 BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Department of Land and Natural Resources budget items.
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PVM, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 4th Representative District.
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RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS. Appropriates funds for disaster relief, recovery, mitigation, and remediation activities for the county of Hawai‘i.
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PVM/WLH/HSG/ HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a ten-year study of Maunalua Bay.
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RELATING TO VACCINATIONS AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. Authorizes conscientious beliefs as a basis for exemption from vaccination and immunization requirements. Authorizes licensed naturopathic physicians to certify exemption from immunization requirements. Requires that the first option for quarantine of an individual be quarantined inside that individual's residence.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES. Authorizes for testing purposes the operation of autonomous vehicles in the State of Hawaii. Requires Department of Transportation to establish an application and approval process and report annually to the legislature. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO BORN ALIVE INFANTS. Ensures the protection and promotion of the health and well being of all infants born alive the State. Mandates medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving and life-sustaining medical care and treatment to all born alive infants. Provides civil and criminal penalties.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE. Creates a legislative task force to investigate the application and the accompanying advantages and disadvantages of applying artificial intelligence to Hawaii's economy and government operations.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. Appropriates funds to DLIR for the Disability Compensation Division Modernization Project, Unemployment Insurance Modernization Project, administration of the Hawaii Employment Security Law, and positions in the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, and Wage Standards Division.
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Authorizes from other funds of the Employees' Retirement System Pension Trust (BUF141) for fiscal biennium 2019-2021, the additional sum of $3,397,227 for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the additional sum of $1,957,257 for fiscal year 2020-2021 for various ERS operating costs and services.
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RELATING TO THE STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICE. Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2020-2021 to the State Procurement Office to continue the Small Business Assistance Initiative established by Act 42, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017.
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RELATING TO RETIREMENT SAVINGS. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on how to implement the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program and submit to the 2020 Legislature a report detailing its findings and proposals. Appropriates funds.
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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, 2018.
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RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE. Increases minimum wage rates annually beginning January 1, 2020. Provides a lower rate for employees who receive employer-sponsored health benefits under the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act. Provides for inflation-adjusted annual increases beginning in 2026.
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RELATING TO EQUAL PAY. Conforms statutory prohibitions against wage discrimination with other prohibitions on employment discrimination. Clarifies allowable justifications for compensation differentials and remedies for pay disparity. Requires employers to disclose wage ranges to employees and prospective employees.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the income tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment by changing the taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses that constitutes the tax credit and cap amount.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 11th Representative District.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO FEDERAL WORKERS. Establishes a loan program to provide loans to eligible federal workers affected by the federal shutdown furlough. Provides an emergency appropriation to carry out the purposes of the loan program.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE. Exempts non-elected chief executive officers or heads of the executive branch of county government from the civil service laws.
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LAB, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE. Increases the minimum wage to fifteen dollars per hour by 2022 and indexes future annual increases to the median wage for all occupations in the State. Adjusts the tip credit.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATEWIDE LIQUOR LAWS. Requires uniform standard operating procedures for all county liquor agencies. Allows the consumption of alcohol on a manufacturer, wholesale dealer, or retail dealer licensee's premises.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 6th Representative District.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Amends the definition of "employer" in chapter 388, HRS, to include the State and counties when a provision in that chapter has no comparable provision in chapter 78, HRS.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Appropriates moneys for the department of health's lead poisoning prevention activities.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 1st Representative District.
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FIN |
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RELATING TO VOTING. Requires that any person who is eligible to vote and applies for a new or renewal motor vehicle driver's license, provisional license, or instruction permit, or a new, renewal, or duplicate identification card be automatically registered to vote if that person is not already registered to vote unless the applicant affirmatively declines to be registered to vote. Authorizes access to and electronic transmission of databases maintained or operated by the counties or the department of transportation containing driver's license or identification card information to election officials and the statewide voter registration system. Effective 1/1/2020.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds into and out of the rental housing revolving fund for the purposes for which the fund was established, such as providing loans or grants for the development, pre-development, construction, acquisition, preservation, and substantial rehabilitation of rental housing units.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY DEVICES. Amends the definition of "solar energy devices" to include building-applied photovoltaics and building-integrated photovoltaics and clarify that the term excludes passive solar skylights or windows.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Adds the requirement to notify the Terrorist Screening Center administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the gun permit application background check.
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PVM, JUD |
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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 HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires boundary amendments reflected in certain plans to be adopted in accordance with such approved plans. Prioritizes infrastructure funding to support planned growth. Establishes a streamlined approval process for ministerial permits for income categories for which the county did not meet production goals.
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RELATING TO LIQUOR. Adds unlicensed sale of liquor as an offense for which property is subject to forfeiture and increases the grade of the offense to a class C felony. Provides an affirmative defense. Amends definitions of "organized crime" and "racketeering activity" to include the unlicensed sale of liquor.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to housing.
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RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Establishes Transit-Oriented Development Community Districts within the Hawaii Community Development Authority along certain rail stations in the Honolulu rail transit corridor. Allows HCDA to enter into public-private partnerships and lease-back agreements for public infrastructure development.
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HSG/TRN, WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires that the Department of Land and Natural Resources in consultation with the Department of Human Services, post signs in parks and beaches from Kalaeloa to Makaha displaying telephone numbers and hotline numbers of county and state agencies that assist homeless individuals. Appropriates funds.
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HSH/WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for employers that host a University of Hawaii class at their place of business.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who live within 10 miles of their place of employment to offset expenses incurred for motor vehicle registration and inspection.
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TRN, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes an income tax credit for taxpayers who own and operate a business from their principal residence.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Makes completion of a voter registration application affidavit a mandatory part of all driver's license and identification card applications. Automatically registers each applicant for voting. Requires sharing of information among the counties, Department of Transportation, and election personnel.
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RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tourism and International Affairs.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Authorizes the designation of areas or regions of public lands classified as commercial, industrial, resort and hotel, and the establishment and implementation of guidelines for the redevelopment of the areas or regions that will: (1) modernize the policies for the management of public lands in the designated area; (2) establish a plan for the designated area, including district-wide improvements, that is coordinated with state and county land use and planning policies; and (3) implement asset and property management concepts that can optimize income from the properties and evolve in response to changing principles of property administration. Designates the public lands on the Waiakea peninsula on the island of Hawaii as the Waiakea Peninsula Redevelopment District. Repeals the Waiakea Peninsula Redevelopment District on 6/30/2029. Appropriates funds.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS. Eliminates the requirement that a time share developer (1) file copies of all encumbrances affecting title to all time share units in a time share plan as part of the registration process; and (2) include in the time share disclosure statement a list all encumbrances affecting title to all time share units in a time share plan. Requires that a time share disclosure statement include a description of the condominium documents only for those time share plans where the time share owners are actually unit owners either in fee or to the extent and for the purposes provided in a recorded unit lease. Permits the developer to make ministerial updates to the disclosure statement on an expedited basis.
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TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Amends the definitions of "dangerous to others" and "dangerous to self" in chapter 334, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include the refusal to take medication or undergo mental health treatment necessary to help prevent self-inflicted violence and violence to others.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO ADULT RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. Requires the Department of Health to provide training to applicable adult residential care homes and extended care adult residential care homes personnel on the use of required reporting software
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Ensures access to information about multiple midwifery pathways. Requires birth practitioners to provide all pertinent birth education information and materials in a manner that is comprehensible by the consumer.
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HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Establishes educational requirements of a condominium association director.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CHILD CARE HOMES. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide certification of group child care homes that meet certain qualifications and requirements, including programming for preschool aged children. Clarifies that caregivers in any family child care home or group child care home in the State are not required to be members of the same household. Allows any family child care home or group child care home to have a single, street-fronting sign with information regarding its name and days and hours of operation. Increases the maximum number of children that may be cared for in a family child care home or group child care home. Specifies the minimum required caregiver-child ratio in a family child care home.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the refundable food/excise tax adjusted gross income brackets and the accompanying credit amounts.
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RELATING TO FREE SPEECH. Requires each campus of the University of Hawaii to establish a free speech policy that includes a process for students to report alleged violations of free speech rights. Requires the policy to be disseminated to certain employees and be included in the campus's student handbook, student orientation program, and website. Requires annual report summarizing any complaints alleging violation of free speech rights.
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LHE, JUD |
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. Establishes biennial requirements of forty credit hours in specified continuing medical education programs for renewal of physician assistant licenses, beginning with the renewal for the licensing biennium on 2/1/2020, and every biennial renewal thereafter. Authorizes the Hawaii Medical Board to conduct random document audits to enforce compliance. Specifies conditions for forfeiture and reinstatement of a license.
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HLT, IAC, CPC |
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RELATING TO FOOD SAFETY. Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to provide education and support to local businesses regarding the Food and Drug Administration's industry guidance on colored sea salt.
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EDB, FIN |
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RELATING TO PICKUP TRUCKS. Authorizes a county to adopt rules or ordinances that place stricter limitations on a passenger seated in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck while the vehicle is in operation.
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TRN, JUD |
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RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to fund one or more programs sponsored or organized by a University of Hawaii community college or a four-year campus to expand opportunities for international college experiences for University of Hawaii students. Requires the University of Hawaii to work in collaboration with the department of business, economic development, and tourism and requires a report to be submitted to the legislature.
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LHE, TIA, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 8th Representative District.
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RELATING TO PERSONAL INJURY PROTECTION BENEFITS. Increases maximum limit for personal injury protection coverage. Expands personal injury protection benefits to include services that are included in calculating medical expense deductions under the United States Internal Revenue Code, including necessary travel to receive medical treatment.
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CPC, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Requires an application for motor vehicle registration to include but not be limited to the name, occupation, address of residence, social security number, date of birth, driver's license number, phone number, email address, and emergency contacts. Authorizes the counties to assess a fine to the legal or registered owner of a vehicle deemed abandoned. Requires the legal or registered owner to have up-to-date motor vehicle registration and motor vehicle insurance prior to repossession of the abandoned vehicle.
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RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. Directs the Department of Education to require each student from kindergarten through grade 12 to take a pedestrian-safety course annually.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO MAKUA VALLEY. Establishes a Makua Valley Task Force to prepare for the transition of the Makua Military Reservation from the United States Army upon the expiration of the Army's lease for the land.
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RELATING TO VEHICLE REGISTRATION. Provides individuals who have demonstrated financial hardship with the option of paying for the registration of their motor vehicles and associated taxes and fees on a monthly basis.
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RELATING TO PARENTAL RIGHTS. Requires the family court to terminate parental rights if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that a natural parent committed sexual assault of the other natural parent; the child was conceived as a result of the sexual assault by the parent; and termination of parental rights is in the best interests of the child, under certain conditions. Requires the family court to suspend custody and visitation, after proper filing of a petition and a hearing, to any child whose parent or legal guardian is charged for a sexual assault or other offense, under certain conditions.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION TO REPLACE JERSEY BARRIERS FRONTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HARBORS DIVISION BUILDING ON SOUTH NIMITZ HIGHWAY. Appropriates $192,000 to the Department of Transportation to replace jersey barriers fronting the Harbors Division building on South Nimitz Highway.
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RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Requires an individual to be examined prior to release from emergency examination, emergency hospitalization, or voluntary inpatient treatment to determine whether an assisted community plan is indicated and, if so, requires the department of the attorney general to handle the petition for assisted community treatment. Requires the department of health to convene a mental health emergencies task force. Makes the department of the attorney general responsible for filing assisted community treatment petitions.
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RELATING TO USE TAX. Requires individuals to report use tax liabilities on their individual income tax return and remit payments of the use tax with their individual income tax returns, if applicable, or report use tax liabilities on use tax returns and remit payments with the returns. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/19.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Require gas utility companies to establish renewable energy portfolio standards for gas. Provides means for gas utility companies to achieve the renewable energy portfolio standards for gas. Requires the public utilities commission to conduct a study of the renewable portfolio standards.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Requires the auditor to conduct a performance audit of certain offices and programs within the department of public safety. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO RENTAL DISCRIMINATION. Prohibits discrimination, including in advertisements for available rental units, based on receipt of income from a housing assistance program, or requirements related to participation in housing assistance programs, in rental transactions and requirements.
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RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSES. Excludes gender or sex markers from limited purpose driver's licenses and limited purpose provisional driver's licenses.
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RELATING TO TRESPASS. Specifies that for purposes of making a complaint for criminal trespass in the second degree on commercial premises, evidence of a prior "reasonable warning or request" to leave the premises may be evidenced by a copy of the previously issued written warning or request, whether or not the copy is posted at the premises or retained by the county police department.
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Prohibits state and county law enforcement agencies from complying with federal immigration detainers or honoring requests for non-public information unless specifically required to do so by a warrant signed by a judge or provisions of federal, state, or local law.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2022. 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 2020 through 2025, regarding the implementation of a vote by mail system.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES. Establishes an emergency response vehicle noise task force to determine the impact of emergency response vehicle sirens in terms of excessive noise, the effect on public safety, and the relative effectiveness of the use of emergency lights instead of the use of sirens at night.
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RELATING TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION. Clarifies that the attorney general shall not represent the legislature and individual legislators acting in their official capacity. Requires the respective house to provide legal representation for any member who is sued in the member's official capacity unless the member declines such representation.
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RELATING TO CORPORATIONS. Requires domestic and foreign corporations to provide their shareholders with reports of independent expenditures and political contributions.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires medicaid and insurance coverage of ambulance services. Authorizes medicaid programs, and requires private insurers, to pay for ambulance services, even if the patient is not transported, if the patient was treated in a county with a population of 200,000 or more. Appropriates moneys for medicaid to cover ambulance services when a patient is not transported. Appropriates funds for ambulance services covered by medicaid.
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RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. Increases the membership of the state capitol management committee by including the lieutenant governor and the lieutenant governor's chief of staff. Prohibits the lieutenant governor from being represented on the committee by a designee.
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RELATING TO VESSELS. Authorizes the director of transportation to adopt rules that regulate and limit noise from vessels at harbors, ports, roadsteads, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings of the State.
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RELATING TO STATE WATER CODE PENALTIES. Adds a minimum penalty of $50 per violation of the state water code and makes each day that a violation exists or continues a separate offense. Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determine the amount of the penalty based on the circumstances of the violation.
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RELATING TO CROSSWALK SAFETY. Clarifies the requirement that a driver of a motor vehicle yield to or stop for a pedestrian by specifying when a pedestrian is considered to be within an intersection or adjacent crosswalk or crossing the roadway within a crosswalk.
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Enables condominium associations to adopt rules and regulations that: require unit owners to prohibit smoking inside a condominium unit as part of a lease agreement; and prohibit smoking on a lanai of a condominium unit and in all common elements.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires medicaid and insurance coverage of ambulance services. Authorizes medicaid programs, and requires private insurers, to pay for ambulance services, even if the patient is not transported, if the patient was treated in a county with a population of 200,000 or more. Appropriates moneys for medicaid to cover ambulance services when a patient is not transported. Appropriates funds for ambulance services covered by medicaid.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. Appropriates capital improvement projects for fiscal biennium 2019–2021.
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RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Reduces, for members who join the Employees' Retirement System after June 20, 2019, and have credited service as a judge, the retirement allowance for each year of credited service as a judge from 3% to 2 1/4% of the member's average final compensation.
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RELATED TO JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. Makes permanent the requirement that decisions in contested case hearings of the Commission on Water Resource Management, Land Use Commission, Public Utilities Commission, Hawaii Community Development Authority, and those involving conservation districts be appealed directly to the Supreme Court, with certain exceptions. Effective 6/30/19.
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RELATING TO SOLAR ENERGY. Permits the governing body of a county to create, by ordinance, a process for the recordation and enforcement of solar easements. Allows counties to require individuals claiming a solar right to record that right by filing a declaration with the county clerk. Permits the governing body of a county to require, by ordinance, the trimming of vegetation that blocks solar radiation from solar energy devices. Authorizes the ordinance to include a designation for the cost of trimming.
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RELATING TO ORDER OF SUCCESSION. Amends the order of succession to the office of lieutenant governor.
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RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Authorizes forfeiture of certain ERS benefits, pursuant to court order, for state or county employees and designated beneficiaries who are convicted of an employment-related felony.
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RELATING TO PARENTAGE. Clarifies that evidence demonstrating an alleged parent's non-consent to an artificial insemination procedure that resulted in the birth of a child may be introduced as evidence relating to paternity.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 26th Representative District.
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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT. Clarifies that Hawaii's anti-discrimination law does not prohibit or prevent an employer, employment agency, or labor organization from refusing to hire or refer or from discharging an individual for reasons unrelated to unlawful discriminatory practices.
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RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION: AMENDING OR REPEALING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSES OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, AND DELETING OBSOLETE OR UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS. Amends or repeals various provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and the Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of correcting errors and references, clarifying language, and deleting obsolete or unnecessary provisions.
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RELATING TO AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. Clarifies the professionals who may administer autism treatment under mandated insurance coverage establish by Luke's Law.
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RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Extends the hospital sustainability program for two years. Clarifies exemptions from the hospital sustainability fee. Appropriates $75,000,000 out of the hospital sustainability special fund for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform in the Governor's Office to develop sentencing and corrections policies to reduce the State's incarcerated population, reduce correctional spending, increase public safety, and reduce recidivism.
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RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. Authorizes pharmacies to accept the return of any prescription drug for disposal via collection receptacles or mail-back programs; prohibits pharmacies from redispensing returned prescription drugs or from accepting returned prescription drugs in exchange for cash or credit; requires the pharmacist-in-charge to ensure that only authorized reverse distributors acquire prescription drugs collected via collection receptacles or mail-back programs.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Creates the intellectual and developmental disabilities medicaid waiver administrative claiming special fund into which federal moneys may be deposited from DOH's participation in waiver program established per SSA §1915(c). Establishes task force to examine existing §1915(c) waiver application process.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides for computer science professional development for teachers. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Provides public school teachers and educational officers who have completed a year's satisfactory service with an annual incremental increase in salary.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a four-year pilot program within one complex area. Authorizes best practices for the pilot program. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM. Provides scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain eligibility criteria.
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES RELATING TO THE LAW. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of programs of various agencies under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Judiciary.
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RELATING TO THE OVERSIGHT OF ELECTION ACTIVITIES. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Campaign Spending Commission and Office of Elections under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Judiciary.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE II, SECTION 1, TO EXPAND THE RIGHT TO VOTE. Lowers the right to vote in state and local elections to those who are sixteen years of age or older per the Hawaii Constitution.
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RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Prohibits the confinement of specified animals in a cruel manner and prohibits business owners and operators from selling those animals. Prohibits slaughtering cats and dogs for human consumption to conform to federal law.
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RELATING TO STATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. Requires all state building construction that uses concrete to use post-industrial carbon dioxide mineralized concrete unless use of these materials will increase costs or significantly delay construction.
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RELATING TO FINANCIAL SECURITY. Requires certain mortgages or automobile loans of at least $1000 to include an option for the borrower to miss a monthly payment without penalty.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH. Limits the State's preemption of local ordinances that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices to allow the counties to enact ordinances more stringent than state law.
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Education funding omnibus. Raises the GET and use tax rates. Increases income tax rates for high earning taxpayers. Establishes quality education special fund to supplement education budget. Increases food/excise tax credit and low-income renter's household tax credit and ties future increases to the U.S. Department of Labor consumer price index.
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RELATING TO HEALTHCARE. Establishes a single-payer healthcare system in Hawaii by transferring Prepaid Health Care Act functions to the EUTF and the functions and duties of the Hawaii Health Authority (Department of Budget and Finance) to a newly established State Health Care Insurance Planning and Financing Authority, governed by a nine-member commission, under the Department of Health. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO A CARBON TAX. Imposes a carbon tax for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by distributors because of fossil fuels. Deposits 25% of the carbon tax collected into the Environmental Response Revolving Fund and 25% into the Energy Security Special Fund. Refunds 50% of the carbon tax amounts collected to taxpayers.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 21st Representative District.
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PRETRIAL REFORM. Implements recommendations of the Criminal Pretrial Task Force convened pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. 134, House Draft 1, Regular Session of 2017.
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RELATING TO TAXATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS. Amends allowable income tax deductions and provisions for conformance to the Internal Revenue Code for real estate investment trusts.
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Requires carriers to report shipments of liquor to county liquor commissions.
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RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE ON THE TURTLE BAY REIMBURSABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. Streamlines the process for payment of debt service on the reimbursable general obligation bonds for Turtle Bay by authorizing the Board of Land and Natural Resources to make direct payments from the Land Conservation Fund to the Turtle Bay Conservation Easement Special Fund.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO PROCUREMENT. Requires a contractor to procure and use software to verify hours billed and automatically gather verification data for work performed under a contract with a governmental body in excess of $100,000.
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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 EDUCATION. Establishes and appropriates funds for a state school meal subsidy program within the department of education to provide school lunch subsidies to children whose families do not otherwise qualify for the free and reduced price lunch program.
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RELATING TO ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY ENTITLEMENTS. Requires the State to: pay, without delay, military personnel called to active duty at the same rate as their active duty counterparts; provide basic housing allowance (BAH); and provide service credit for time on active duty.
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RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND. Increases the percentage of the land conservation fund that may be used for costs related to the operation, maintenance, and management of lands acquired by the fund. Increases the maximum dollar amount of the tax distribution to the land conservation fund.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO JUDGES. Changes the designation of judges of the intermediate appellate court, circuit courts, district courts, and family courts. Repeals the provision that allows the supreme court to summarily remove any district family judge from office and revoke the district family judge's commission whenever the supreme court deems such removal necessary for the public good or the volume of cases within the circuit is reduced to a level where the reduction of the number of district family judges within a circuit is deemed advisable.
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RELATING TO DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES. Clarifies that any person that offers free or reduced rate shipping to a consumer in another state but who refuses to honor that shipping offer to a consumer in Hawaii has engaged in an act that is unfair and deceptive under certain conditions. Extends remedies.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Extends the period that a county may adopt a surcharge on state tax, under certain conditions, from March 31, 2019, to December 31, 2019. Allows a county with a population equal to or less than five hundred thousand that adopts a surcharge on state tax to use surcharge revenues for disaster relief.
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RELATING TO PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTS. Establishes repeal dates for each principal department, preceded by an auditor review. Establishes procedures for department termination.
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES TAX CREDITS. Amends the renewable energy technologies income tax credit to include commercial seawater air conditioning systems.
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RELATED TO FIREARMS. Defines "assault rifle" and "assault shotgun". Amends the definition of "assault pistol" to expand what types of guns are considered assault pistols. Expands the ban on pistols with a detachable magazine with over ten round capacity to any firearm with a detachable magazine with over ten round capacity.
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RELATING TO SENTENCING. Allows a defendant who has been convicted of three misdemeanors in Waikiki to be sentenced to a probationary term of geographic restriction not exceeding years during which the defendant shall be prohibited from entering Waikiki during the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Imposes imprisonment of thirty days for violation.
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TIA, JUD |
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RELATING TO MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT. Authorizes the State and electrical utilities to enter into a mutual assistance agreement with an out-of-state utility to assist in the restoration of electrical power following a natural disaster or emergency.
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EEP, CPC |
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Provides a credit for reinsurance to mutual benefit societies.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO AN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on establishing a state central hearing agency to be known as the Office of Administrative Hearings and submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2020.
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RELATING TO HAWAII'S ENVIRONMENT. Establishes the Promise to Our Keiki Program in the Hawaii Tourism Authority to protect Hawaii endangered animals and natural and cultural resources from the impacts of tourism by initiatives that include educational videos on inbound flights, requiring passengers on inbound flights to sign Promise to Our Keiki Pledge forms, and educational cards on airplanes.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INFORMATION PRACTICES ACT. Includes the nonadministrative functions of the Judiciary in the definition of "agency" for purposes of the Uniform Information Practices Act. Allows persons to bring actions or make appeals under the Uniform Information Practices Act directly in the Supreme Court. Allows agencies to appeal decisions of the Office of Information Practices to the Supreme Court.
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RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL. Requires DAGS and DPS, in consultation with the Legislature and other entities, to plan and implement security improvements at the State Capitol. Requires DAGS to remove all parking meters from the Capitol parking facility and reallocate parking in the Capitol district. Appropriates funds.
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VI OF 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. Changes the required time frames from thirty to ninety 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. Authorizes the senate to approve or reject subsequent terms of office for justices and judges.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to be appropriated into and out of the rental housing revolving fund.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. Amends section 329-104(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Department of Public Safety Narcotics Enforcement Division Administrator to disclose, at the Administrator's 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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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO STATE PLANNING. Includes objectives and policies and implementation guidelines for planning for the lei of green in the Hawaii state plan.
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LMG, WLH, FIN |
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE IX, SECTION 5, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. Proposes an amendment to article IX, section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, to require the State to assure that each resident of the State has access to housing, subject to standards and criteria to be provided by the legislature.
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HSG, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM VOTING. Provides for the use of an electronic voting device in condominium association meetings. Requires a condominium board to take reasonable steps to ensure secrecy and integrity of the votes, and that an audit trail be available after the meeting.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Transfers the responsibility for the establishment, support, and control of charter schools from the State to the counties. Takes effect 7/1/2021; provided that a corresponding constitutional amendment to authorize this transfer is ratified before 12/2020.
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LHE, FIN |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO TRANSFER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROVISION OF CHARTER SCHOOL EDUCATION FROM THE STATE TO THE COUNTIES. Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to transfer the responsibility for the establishment, support, and control of charter schools from the State to the counties.
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RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR ELECTRIC PUBLIC UTILITIES. Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds for Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries Maui Electric Company and Hawaii Electric Light Company.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Prohibits the sale of new cars with an internal combustion engine after December 31, 2029.
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EEP/TRN, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING PROJECTS ON OAHU. Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning, LLC, until June 30, 2024.
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EEP/EDB, LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING PRODUCTION. Requires 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, 2032.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for the purchase of food and other home supplies, exempt from chapters 103D and 103F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by nonprofits that provide food and other home goods to people in need in the State.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE. Requires insurers to offer additional coverage in excess of the personal injury protection benefit limit.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to obtain the approval of the Game Management Advisory Council when establishing new watershed projects or watershed management plans, or amending existing watershed projects or watershed management plans. Requires the Department to suspend all aerial shooting activity until the Board of Land and Natural Resources adopts, and the governor approves, rules that integrate the recommendations of the Game Management Advisory Council into its watershed management plans.
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RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS. Allows holdovers of revocable water permits to continue until the pending application for a lease is resolved. Requires prompt execution of contested case proceedings for 1-year holdovers. Allows holdovers to continue pending completion of contested case proceedings. Removes repeal and reenactment provisions relating to section 171-58(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides that requests for absentee ballots or for permanent absentee voter status may be written in English or Hawaiian. Requires the chief election officer to make English and Hawaiian absentee ballots available. Appropriates funds.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT WEBSITES. Requires that state and county websites be translated into the Hawaiian language. Appoints the Office of Planning to coordinate the translation. Appropriates funds.
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WLH, 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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RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs financial services regulation program under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Intrastate Commerce.
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IAC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs professional and vocational licensing division under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Intrastate Commerce.
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IAC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs insurance regulatory services program under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Intrastate Commerce.
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IAC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATING BUDGET. Relates to the Department of Public Safety budget.
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PVM, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OPERATING BUDGET. Relates to the Department of Defense budget.
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PVM, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 42nd Representative District.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 14th, 15th, and 16th Representative Districts.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes various provisions to address homelessness. Increases the conveyance tax and directs the additional revenues towards homeless facilities and programs administered by the Department of Human Services. Establishes civil rights boards to address civil rights of homeless. Requires a survey of available state property for affordable rental housing. Requires the Department of Humans Services to conduct a homeless summit. Provides job assistance for homeless individuals. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Establishes within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism the China-Hawaii Economic Council to further economic relations between China and Hawaii. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 20th Representative District.
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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 for at least two showings per week, one of which occurs on a Saturday or Sunday. Repeals the requirement to provide an option of personal closed captioning screenings by means of lightweight eyewear.
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RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE. Repeals the exemption of persons with disabilities from minimum wage requirements. Takes effect on 1/1/2020.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 33rd Representative District.
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RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Extends Hawaii family leave to include care for employees' grandchildren.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT OPERATING BUDGET. Relates to the Department of Human Resources Development operating budget.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating budget for the Employer Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. Prohibits the suspension or expulsion of children participating in the Executive Office on Early Learning's Public Prekindergarten Program, except under limited circumstances.
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RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. Requires that annual charter school audits be performed by an auditor selected by the authorizer. Requires charter schools to provide access to all or any part of its records to its authorizer, the legislature, and other state agencies with jurisdiction over charter school funds, without payment of a fee.
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. 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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RELATING TO RESERVED HOUSING. Prohibits the satisfaction of a development project's affordable housing requirement in a Community Development District through a cash payment in lieu of providing reserved housing.
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RELATING TO THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION OPERATING BUDGET. Relates to the Campaign Spending Commission Budget.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATING BUDGET. Relates to the Department of Public Safety budget.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET. Department of the Attorney General Operating Budget.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OPERATING BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating budget for the Office of the Public Defender for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES BUDGET. Relates to the Office of Information Practices Budget.
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RELATING TO THE STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. Appropriates funds to the state commission on the status of women.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS OPERATING BUDGET. Appropriates funds to the Office of Elections operating budget for the 2020 election voting contract, 2021 reapportionment, and 4 temporary positions.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION BUDGET. Relates to the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission operating budget.
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RELATING TO MEDICARE PART B. Requires the board to send actual, individual notice via registered mail to EUTF members that they may be eligible for reimbursement of cost-adjusted Medicare Part B premium payments. Establishes claims for reimbursement as evergreen.
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RELATING TO FISCAL BIENNIUM 2019-2021 BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Land and Natural Resources conveyances and recordings program under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
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RELATING TO FISCAL BIENNIUM 2019-2021 BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
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RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS. Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from engaging in self-serving business practices. Replaces registration requirement with license requirement for pharmacy benefit managers. Increases pharmacy benefit manager reporting requirements to the insurance commissioner.
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RELATING TO THE SALARY OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS. Aligns the salary of the public utilities commission chair with the highest pay tier of a supervising deputy attorney general. Aligns the salary of the other PUC commissioners with the lowest pay tier of the first deputy attorney general.
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RELATING TO NURSES. Requires state participation in the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multi-state licensure privilege in each party state.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating budget for the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating budget for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating budget for the Department of Health for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating budget for the Department of Health for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATING BUDGET. Relates to the Department of Land and Natural Resources operating budget.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating budget for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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EEP, 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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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII UNIVERSITY PROMISE PROGRAM. Establishes the University of Hawaii University Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at any 4-year degree campus of the University of Hawaii system. Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 13th Representative District.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY BUDGET. Appropriates additional funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to establish new positions and for operating costs for Rental Housing Services (HMS 220) and Rental Assistance Services (HMS 222) under the purview of the House Standing Committee on Housing.
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. Appropriates funds for a capital improvement project for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2019, and ending 6/30/2021, for the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, which is under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tourism and International Affairs.
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RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII MUSEUM OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY. Increases the amount of transient accommodations tax revenues allocated for the tourism special fund. Allocates $1,500,000 of the tourism special fund for the operation of the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to calculate an adjusted allocation each year. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Authorizes each county to impose a surcharge on transient accommodations tax. Changes the transient accommodations tax rate to 7%. Repeals the distribution of transit accommodations tax revenues to the counties.
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RELATING TO AN AIRPORTS CORPORATION. Authorizes 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 Airports Corporation. Transfers aeronautics functions of the Department of Transportation to the Hawaii Airports Corporation by the established transfer completion date agreed upon by the Hawaii Airports Corporation, the Director of Transportation, and the Governor, which shall be no later than 12/31/2022. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Authorizes the owner of a shipping container chassis to keep a duplicate copy of the certificate of registration within the shipping container chassis. Requires the owner of a shipping container chassis to make available the original certificate of registration at its principal place of business in the State.
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RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Beginning on 1/1/2020, requires that any person who is eligible to vote and applies for a new or renewed motor vehicle driver's license, provisional license, instruction permit, limited purpose driver's license, limited purpose provisional driver's license, limited purpose instruction permit, or identification card shall be automatically registered to vote if that person is not already registered to vote; provided that, upon receipt of notification from the respective county clerk, the applicant shall have 21 calendar days to opt out of automatic voter registration. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Creates a comprehensive public funding program for candidates for county elections beginning in 2022. Appropriates funds to the Campaign Spending Commission.
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RELATING TO LOBBYISTS. Prohibits former legislators and executive branch employees subject to senate confirmation from engaging in lobbying for 24 months after termination of employment as a legislator or executive branch employee. Effective 7/1/2021.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Defines "contract with the State". Eliminates campaign fundraising on the property of persons that have accepted legislatively appropriated funds, or received or rendered services to the State, with an aggregate value of $100,000.
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Decriminalizes certain offenses relating to marijuana and establishes a schedule of monetary fines for violations. Changes statutory references from "marijuana" to "cannabis." Provides for the dismissal of charges and expungement of criminal records based solely on cannabis offenses. Establishes the cannabis evaluation working group. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. Requires the public utilities commission to determine whether the implementation of a cost recovery and income generating mechanism of leasing unused fiber, conduit, and other infrastructure is in the public interest. Requires the public utilities commission to report on economic incentives, cost recovery mechanisms considered, and the financial impacts where implemented.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII SCIENTIST-TO-TEACHER PATHWAY PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the Department of Education to establish a 5-year Hawaii Scientist-to-Teacher Pathway Pilot Program to recruit, train, support, and retain qualified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals as kindergarten through grade twelve teachers of those subjects in the State. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO ONLINE EARLY EDUCATION. Establishes the online early learning program within the Department of Education. Appropriates moneys.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates moneys for capital improvement projects in the 36th representative district.
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RELATING TO JURORS. Allows persons seventy years old or older to claim exemption from service as a juror.
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RELATING TO LEASES. Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as defined by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as amended, to conform to the requirements for securitization by federally insured lending programs.
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RELATING TO IOLANI PALACE. Phases out parking of motor vehicles on the grounds of Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS to remove the blacktop, parking area, and parking meters adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DLNR to develop and maintain a pedestrian area adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS and DLNR to report cost analysis to the legislature.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS. Establishes a task force to examine the current operation and practices of the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, particularly as it relates to use and distribution of its land assets, and to further provide suggestions and innovative solutions to end the waitlist issue and assist with initiatives designed to increase self-funding through better leveraging of assets.
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RELATING TO THE PUEO. Conditions expenditures from the University of Hawaii real property and facilities use revolving fund on the University of Hawaii entering into a Habitat Conservation Plan to protect the pueo on the University of Hawaii West Oahu campus.
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RELATING TO INSPECTIONS. Requires the Department of Health to notify the operators of long-term care facilities of unannounced visits or inspections.
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HLT/HSH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE COUNTY SURCHARGE ON STATE TAX. Authorizes any county with a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopts a county surcharge on state tax ordinance to use the surcharges received from the State for infrastructure and public safety.
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RELATING TO SMOKING. Establishes a $100 fine for underage persons who smoke on public-school property or at public-school functions.
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL WHEELING. Authorizes government agencies to engage in the wheeling of electricity that is produced at a government facility from renewable energy sources in order to power other government facilities.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLDS. Amends the definition of "lot", "houselot", "residential lot", and "residential houselot" in section 516-1, HRS, by deleting the requirement that such parcels be zoned for residential use.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO AHUPUA‘A ‘O KAHANA STATE PARK. Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for low-interest home construction and home improvement loans to holders of Ahupua‘a ‘O Kahana State Park residential leases. Closes the period during which loans may be granted on June 30, 2023.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. Requires the DOE to establish a career and technology center program, to include career and technology centers for high school students on Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, and auxiliary centers on Lanai and Molokai. Requires the DOE to report to the 2019 legislature on the development and implementation of the program.
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LHE, LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Requires the Auditor to conduct a management, financial, and program audit of the Department of Education.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education's budget to allocate 94% of all moneys to be appropriated for the operating budget of the Department among the complex areas, excluding moneys appropriated for the public library system and agencies administratively attached to the Department. Provides that if a complex area fails to meet performance benchmarks, its budget will be reduced by 5% in the next fiscal year. Requires annual reports to the legislature.
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RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. Establishes a subaccount within the Hawaii Community-Based Economic Development Revolving Fund for grants or loans to deliver the Micro Enterprise Assistance Program on Hawaiian Home Lands to qualified native Hawaiians, Hawaiian Homestead Associations consisting of qualified native Hawaiian members, or a Hawaiian Homestead Association's designated tax-exempt community development corporation. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires a county to approve, approve with modification, or disapprove an application for a permit necessary for a housing development project that uses moneys from the rental housing revolving fund. Provides for automatic permit approval if a county does not make a timely decision on an application. Exempts the foregoing projects from environmental impact statement requirements. Sunsets on 6/30/2026.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM BUDGET. Adjusts the operating budget for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES BUDGET. Adjusts the operating budget for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of certain Department of Land and Natural Resources programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.
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WLH, FIN |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR IOLANI PALACE. Appropriates funds for Iolani Palace's maintenance and operating costs.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Expands the scope of the carbon offset program. Establishes a carbon offset revolving fund to assist in the fulfillment of the purposes of the carbon offset program. Appropriates funds.
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EEP/WLH, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, which is under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Housing.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS. Requires sustainable business corporations to file annual benefit reports with DCCA. Authorizes DCCA to terminate sustainable business corporation status for noncompliance. Requires the Business Registration Division to post searchable information on sustainable business corporations on its website.
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EEP/EDB, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Adds a member to the Board of Land and Natural Resources who has demonstrated knowledge of the State's boating and fishing communities.
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WLH, JUD |
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RELATING TO FAMILIES. Prohibits child custody determinations from being based solely on a disability of a parent.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE. Relates to the Department of Budget and Finance budget.
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RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST E OLA MAU NA LEO O KEKAHA. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds (SPRB) to assist E Ola Mau Na Leo O Kekaha with the acquisition, remediation, and development of the old Kekaha Sugar Mill in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to determine qualifications for grievance arbitrators and interest arbitrators. Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to review and determine the qualifications and criteria for potential arbitrators selected under certain circumstances to resolve collective bargaining impasses.
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Requires the Director of Human Services to apply for a federal waiver to establish the Hawaii Care Plan to provide health insurance for any individual who is not otherwise eligible for medicaid.
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HSH/HLT, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a Suicide Prevention Commission to develop a strategic plan to reduce suicides within Hawaii's correctional system.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. 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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RELATING TO UNITED STATES SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE DAY. Designates 9/7 of each year as United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye Day.
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RELATING TO UNITED STATES SENATOR DANIEL K. AKAKA DAY. Designates 9/11 of each year as United States Senator Daniel K. Akaka Day.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATING BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Public Safety health care program (PSD 421) under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of Kahuku Hospital (HTH211) and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation - Regions (HTH212) under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Health programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Appropriates funds to be expended by the Department of Education for the benefit of the 39th District of the House of Representatives.
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RELATING TO VISITOR INFORMATION. Establishes a Visitor Information Center in the State Capitol. Establishes a Visitor Information Center Program to support the operations of the Visitor Information Center. Appropriates funds.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL. Requires the State Capitol Management Committee to develop and carry out a plan by 2045 to establish the State Capitol as a building that conducts environmental practices to be a sustainable, resilient, and energy-efficient building.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES. Relates to the Department of Accounting and General Services operating budget and capital improvement projects.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE BUDGET. Relating to the Department of Budget and Finance budget.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the operating budget for the Office of the Governor for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Office of the Governor, which is under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legislative Management.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, which is under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legislative Management.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, which is under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legislative Management.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of certain programs of the Department of Accounting and General Services programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legislative Management.
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LMG, FIN |
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RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY. Appropriates funds for two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions, operating costs, and equipment to support the Attorney General's Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center in administering the Address Confidentiality Program.
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RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to provide abortions. Clarifies who may refuse to perform an abortion and notice procedures for refusal. Authorizes the board of nursing to adopt interim rules.
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RELATING TO GENDER EQUITY. Requires all places of public accommodation and state building construction constructed or substantially modified after 12/31/20 to provide baby diaper-changing accommodations that are equally accessible to men and women.
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RELATING TO PRETRIAL RELEASE. Requires courts to order any person charged with a criminal offense to be released on personal recognizance or on the execution of an unsecured bond, unless the person is unlikely to appear for trial. Requires the Judiciary to establish statewide court appearance reminder system. Establishes requirements for any pretrial risk assessment tool used by the Judiciary.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SCHOOLS IN THE NANAKULI-WAIANAE COMPLEX AREA. Appropriates funds for schools in the Nanakuli-Waianae Complex Area for capital improvement projects to install, repair, and maintain air conditioning in those schools.
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LHE, 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 WATER CIRCULATION. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collaborate with various agencies to research and develop a mechanism for increased water circulation in Pokai Bay.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. Establishes a temporary commission to develop and implement initiatives recognizing former President Barack Obama, his historic legacy, and his impact on the State.
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LAB, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS PRODUCTS. Updates transdermal patches to transdermal devices in section 329D-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, thereby including non-patch devices that deliver through the dermis.
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HLT, CPC |
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RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS. 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. Requires pharmacy benefit managers to disclose where an equivalent drug can be obtained at or below the maximum allowable cost when a maximum allowable cost is upheld on appeal and allow contracting pharmacies to reverse and rebill claims if the pharmacy benefit manager establishes a maximum allowable cost that is denied on appeal and pay the difference to the contracting pharmacies. Clarifies the available penalties for violations of maximum allowable cost requirements.
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RELATING TO DRUG DISPOSAL. Permits hospitals and clinics with on-site pharmacies, retail pharmacies, and law enforcement agencies to install and maintain take-back collection receptacles for controlled substances.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the Primary Care Payment Reform Collaborative task force in the Department of Health to examine issues related to primary care spending and data collection and to develop recommendations to the legislature.
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RELATING TO KUPUNA CARE. Requires Executive Office on Aging to include details on outcomes of the Kupuna Caregivers Program in its annual report. Requires Office on Aging to create a plan to maximize number of participants in the program and offer core services, requires plan submission to Legislature. Appropriates funds for program.
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RELATING TO THE MAKIKI PUBLIC LIBRARY. Appropriates funds to the department of education for the planning, design, and construction of, and equipment for, a bookmobile facility in Makiki.
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RELATING TO PALLIATIVE CARE. Requires the Department of Health to establish a culturally competent Palliative Care pilot program to promote public education on palliative care and establish home- or community-based palliative care projects.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes a working group to evaluate current behavioral health care and related system gaps related to the continuum of care for persons experiencing substance abuse, mental health conditions, and homelessness. Makes an appropriation.
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RELATING TO THE NURSING FACILITY SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. Extends the nursing facility sustainability fee program to 2021. Allows the nursing facility sustainability fee to be used to enhance capitated rates for the purpose of paying quality incentives. Increases the nursing facility sustainability fee limit from four to 5.5 per cent of net patient service revenue. Increases the per resident daily maximum fee from $13.46 to $20 for each facility, and increases the per resident reduced daily maximum fee from $5.85 to $9 for facilities that meet certain exceptions. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO CANNABIS. Allows medical cannabis retail dispensing locations to deliver cannabis or manufactured cannabis products to qualifying patients. Changes the number of production centers that may be owned by a medical cannabis dispensary. Allows production centers to sell cannabis or manufactured cannabis products to the retail dispensing location of any licensed medical cannabis dispensary.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Extends the Emergency Department Homelessness Assessment Pilot Program and the Medical Respite Pilot Program to June 30, 2020. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES. Establishes and appropriates funds for the Hawaii Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable to facilitate cooperation between various state agencies regarding civil legal services and access to justice. Appropriates funds for the Judiciary to purchase civil legal services for low- and moderate-income persons.
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RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish fees for transportation to medical facilities and for provision of emergency medical services that do not include transport. Authorizes transportation by ambulance to medical facilities other than hospital emergency departments.
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RELATING TO AN EARNED INCOME DISREGARD PROGRAM. Requires the department of human services to implement an earned income disregard program as an intermediate step to implementing a medicaid buy-in program. Requires reports to the legislature. Takes effect upon approval by the governor and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Maui College's International Office.
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RELATING TO THE MAUI FOOD INNOVATION CENTER. Appropriates funds to the UH Maui College Maui Food Innovation Center for three permanent faculty positions and instructional supplies.
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RELATING TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds to the Office of Planning for the planning and development of the Wailuku-Kahului Transit Corridor Master Plan in the county of Maui.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Makes an appropriation for the state rent supplement program.
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Replaces the environmental response, energy, and food security tax with a carbon emissions tax. Repeals state fuel taxes under the fuel tax law.
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE BOATING PROGRAM. Defines "state boating facility" to include any day-use mooring buoy system. Authorizes funds from the boating special fund to be used for any day-use mooring buoy system in the State.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 7th Representative District.
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RELATING TO UNFUNDED LIABILITIES. Requires the State Auditor to study the feasibility of providing health benefits to state and county employees using a self-insured model. Makes an appropriation. Establishes the Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund within the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to help subsidize the costs of providing health and other benefit plans for active employees and retirees and their beneficiaries. Caps employer contributions to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) trust fund, which are made to prefund the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the Employer Union trust fund, when the separate accounts for each public employer within the OPEB trust fund have a combined balance of at least $2,000,000,000. Provides for the use of a portion of transient accommodations tax revenues to supplement deficient county public employer contribution amounts.
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RELATING TO DELAY IN PRIOR APPROVAL FOR MEDICAL SERVICES. Exempts health care providers from civil liability in the case of the provider's patient receiving any injury or worsening of a health condition while awaiting insurer preauthorization for medical services or treatment.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Requires the Insurance Commissioner to perform a study on capitated payment rates in Hawaii that compares the payment model in Hawaii with the payment models in other states.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Appropriates funds to be used by the Department of Education for the repair and maintenance of public school buildings, grounds, and facilities in the State.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires elections by mail in any qualifying county, beginning with the 2020 primary election. Allows for places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Changes the assessment of the state fuel tax from a specified cents per gallon to the greater of a specified cents per gallon or a specified percentage of the wholesale price per gallon to the retailer, subject to a minimum monetary amount of tax based upon the tax paid by certain retailers. Subjects biodiesel oil to the same tax rates and reporting requirements as diesel oil.
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RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health to provide the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center with funding for 1 FTE advanced practice registered nurse position and various infrastructure improvements for its school-based health center at Nanakuli High and Intermediate School.
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RELATING TO THE COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM. Establishes a state income tax deduction for eligible contributions made to the Hawaii college savings program.
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RELATING TO ACTIONS FOR QUIET TITLE. Establishes certain requirements relating to quiet title actions involving kuleana land.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FORTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 43rd Representative District.
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Allows a transient accommodations broker to register as a tax collection agent for its operators and plan managers. Requires operators and plan managers to provide a statement to the transient accommodations broker confirming compliance with all applicable land use and tax laws. Requires the operator or plan manager to provide verification of compliance with state and county land use laws. Requires an operator or plan manager to remove a transient accommodation advertisement upon notice that the property is not in compliance with state law or county ordinance. Establishes a 1-time amnesty program for certain delinquent transient accommodations and general excise tax obligations. Authorizes counties to require the disgorgement of profits obtained through unlawful actions. Authorizes counties to adopt ordinances to amortize or phase out transient accommodations. Allocates up to $1,000,000 of TAT revenues to each county, contingent upon the county establishing a process to provide verification of compliance by an operator or plan manager with county land use laws. Makes it unlawful for transient accommodations brokers to engage in business with operators or plan managers or property managers or activity providers that are not in compliance with all state laws and county ordinances. Makes it unlawful for a hosting platform to provide, and collect a fee for, booking services regarding transient accommodations that are not lawfully certified, registered, or permitted under applicable county ordinance.
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS. Repeals the ban on electric guns. Establishes a regulatory structure for the sale and transfer of electric guns by licensed persons. Restricts the use, storage, transfer, and disposal of electric guns. Requires training and education on electric guns. Prohibits certain individuals from possessing and using electric guns. Prohibits the use of electric guns in the commission of crimes.
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RELATING TO HEALTH. Authorizes individual personal caregivers providing in-home care services to be exempt from licensure under certain conditions, including being supervised by a registered nurse. Requires supervising registered nurses to complete certain training and make reports to the department of health.
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Short form bill relating to firearms.
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME. Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to provide victims of crime with specific rights related to the criminal justice process.
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RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Exempts a business owner of a shipping container chassis from keeping a copy of the certificate of registration on the chassis. Requires the owner to make the original certificate of registration available for inspection at the principal place of business.
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INFORMATION PRACTICES ACT. Provides that the term "agency" includes the nonadministrative functions of the courts of the State for purposes of the Uniform Information Practices Act.
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Restricts sales of residential condominiums developed with state investment 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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RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Increases the allowable income tax credit for low-income household renters to an unspecified amount. Makes the earned income tax credit refundable for ten taxable years beginning after 12/31/2019. Increases the allowable amount of the refundable food/excise tax credit to an unspecified amount.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS. Establishes a five-year pilot program within the Department of Agriculture for agricultural loans that do not incur interest or require payments for three years.
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE XI OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE STATE'S BEACH RESOURCES. Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to permit the State to manage beach resources statewide and in perpetuity.
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RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Establishes the Green Urban Core Pilot Project to develop a plan to increase the number of trees and vegetation in urban areas to sequester greenhouse gases and improve visual appearance. Appropriates funds. Amends the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force nomination process.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires conduct of all elections by mail beginning in 2022. Provides for places of deposit for personal delivery of ballots and voter service centers on each island.
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RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Beginning on 1/1/2020, provides that any public high school student who is at least sixteen years old but not yet eighteen years old, is otherwise eligible to vote, and submits a voter affidavit shall be automatically preregistered to vote if that person is not already preregistered to vote; provided that upon receipt of notification from the respective county clerk the applicant shall have until their eighteenth birthday to opt out of automatic voter registration. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO GUNS. Requires an applicant to successfully complete a firearms safety or training course within thirty days before applying for or renewing a license to carry a concealed or unconcealed weapon. Repeals the ban on electric guns.
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RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Establishes the Honolulu shoreline climate protection pilot project to develop a plan to protect urban Honolulu from the acute impacts of sea level rise, floodwater, storms, and other impacts of a rapidly changing climate. Appropriates funds.
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EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL. Appropriates funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services for the planning and design of enhanced security measures at the State Capitol and the surrounding capitol district.
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RELATING TO THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION. Exempts citizens from countries having a valid Compact of Free Association with the United States from the requirement that a driver's license expire no later than the person's authorized period of stay in the United States. Requires the person to provide proof of legal presence.
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Amends the definition of person under Hawaii's campaign finance laws to include sole proprietors and the officers or board members of the entities listed. Amends the prohibition of contributions by state and county contractors to include any person who enters into a contract to provide goods or utilities.
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Requires state and county law enforcement agencies to prioritize local use of law enforcement resources. Requires that the governor and the county mayors declare that crimes relating to property, methamphetamine use, and operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant are resolved in their respective jurisdictions before state or county law enforcement may assist with certain federal law enforcement matters. Authorizes state and county law enforcement officials to assist federal agencies possessing a warrant or when an individual has been charged with a felony under the Hawaii Penal Code.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL. Authorizes issuance of GO bonds to finance plans, design, construction, and equipment for new music facilities at President Roosevelt high school.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL. Authorizes issuance of GO bonds to finance plans, design, construction, and equipment for a new gymnasium at President Roosevelt high school.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for a capital improvement project for the benefit of Manoa elementary school in the 23rd Representative District.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 23rd Representative District.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 23rd Representative District.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Establishes the stadium development district, which includes all state property under the jurisdiction of the stadium authority, and that property under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii community development authority for development purposes. Requires that any state development in the district obtain a permit from the authority. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires DBEDT, under the Hawaii clean energy initiative program, to select and prioritize wind energy project sites using specified criteria.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS. Requires county police officers to remove criminal trespassers from state lands upon request from state departments and agencies.
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RELATING TO COUNTY ZONING. Limits the counties' authority to grant variances or exceptions to zoning ordinances and to waive or discount any fine or monetary penalty for violation of zoning ordinances. Limits judicial remedy for fines or penalties. Requires strict construction of zoning ordinances and county general plans.
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RELATING TO MOLOKAI RANCH. Appropriates moneys for the acquisition of Molokai Ranch. Requires that lands acquired pursuant to this Act be held in the public land trust.
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WLH, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Includes generalized anxiety disorder and socialized anxiety disorder as a debilitating medical condition for which medical cannabis may be certified for use.
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HLT, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a 2-year Agricultural Theft and Vandalism Pilot Project to examine the effectiveness of prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the County of Hawaii. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL HEMP. Makes void the existing administrative rules of the industrial hemp pilot program.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a Farmer Apprentice Mentoring Program to teach and train farmers to utilize a whole farm system approach to agriculture. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Agriculture to provide mentoring on a whole farm system approach to agriculture.
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RELATING TO VOTING. Allows incarcerated persons who were Hawaii residents immediately prior to incarceration to vote in Hawaii elections by absentee ballot.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes a three-year livestock wastewater treatment pilot program within HDOA for the application of the Ydro Process to livestock wastewater treatment facilities. Requires HDOA to report to the legislature before the regular session of 2022. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects of the Department of Agriculture.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO CIGARETTES. Progressively bans the sale of cigarettes by raising the minimum age of persons to whom cigarettes may be legally sold to 30 years of age in 2020, 40 years of age in 2021, 50 years of age in 2022, 60 years of age in 2023, and then 100 years of age in 2024.
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HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL VILLAGES. Authorizes an applicable county planning commission to issue special permits for agricultural villages without approval from the Land Use Commission.
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RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. Requires the Community-Based Economic Development Advisory Council to retain and oversee professional research and analysis services for the evaluation of the means or barriers for private for-profit start-up agricultural businesses to acquire funds for agriculture infrastructure projects.
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RELATING TO LIQUOR COMMISSIONS. Prohibits liquor commissions from creating or enforcing rules that relate to certain moral issues or sexual conduct. Requires that the term of any certificate of registration for a dancer employed by a liquor licensee be for the same length of time as any other employee of the licensee. Excludes lap dancing performed by a dancer registered with a liquor commission and performed on authorized liquor licensee premises from the offense of prostitution.
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RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Repeals or amends various criminal offenses relating to prostitution.
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Replaces the option for a taxpayer to indicate on an income tax form a contribution to the Hawaii election campaign fund with an option for a taxpayer to apply any amount to the fund. Amends provisions relating to the ability of publicly-funded candidates to receive and expend campaign funds.
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RELATING TO MARIJUANA. Prohibits the provision of marijuana and related compounds to minors under 18. Prohibits minors under 18 from purchasing marijuana or related compounds. Prohibits cultivation of marijuana on state or county property. Authorizes cultivation of marijuana on private property under certain conditions. Prohibits sharing proceeds from marijuana cultivation with criminal groups. Establishes fines for violations. Repeals other criminal penalties related to possession, cultivation, distribution, and use of marijuana and related compounds.
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RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS. Repeals certain prohibitions and amends certain penalties pertaining to medical cannabis.
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HLT, JUD |
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RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Provides immunity for certain violators of prostitution laws if they report or serve as witnesses to the commission of felony offenses by others.
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PVM, JUD |
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RELATING TO MOTIONS TO VACATE CONVICTIONS FOR PROSTITUTION-RELATED OFFENSES. Allows a defendant convicted of one of certain prostitution offenses to file a motion to vacate the conviction if the defendant is not subsequently convicted of any offense under the penal code within twelve months after the date of the original conviction. Repeals provisions allowing a motion to vacate when the convicted person was a victim of trafficking, and related procedural requirements.
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RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Clarifies the definition of "advances prostitution" to apply to abusive or harmful behavior.
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PVM, JUD |
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RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. Requires energy consumption benchmarking for all nonresidential buildings. Requires disclosure of resulting benchmarking data to a prospective property buyer, lessee, or lender.
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EEP, CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the University of Hawaii under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the University of Hawaii under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Education and certain programs of the Department of Accounting and General Services under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget Department of Education programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Hawaii State Public Library System, which is under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE STATE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget for Department of Education programs relating to charter schools under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ON EARLY LEARNING BUDGET. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Education's Executive Office on Early Learning program under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Lower and Higher Education.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to suspend all fees relating to the licensing or registration of persons under its jurisdiction, from the fiscal year beginning in 2021 to the fiscal year ending in 2029.
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IAC, CPC/JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO STUDENT JOURNALISTS. Allows student journalists at public schools to exercise freedom of speech and freedom of the press in school-sponsored media.
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LHE, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION. Establishes the Teacher Mentor Incentive Program within the Department of Education.
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LHE, FIN |
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RELATING TO FIREARMS. Prohibits any person from distributing, transporting, importing, bringing, or causing to be brought into the State; keeping for sale, or offering or exposing for sale; or transferring, manufacturing, possessing, selling, bartering, trading, gifting, or acquiring any assault weapon. Defines assault weapon. Authorizes the courts to impose an extended term of imprisonment for an offender who uses an assault weapon in the course of committing certain crimes.
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RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. Allows the Hawaii labor relations board to admit and consider hearsay evidence in unfair labor practices proceedings.
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LAB, JUD |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Establishes a historic preservation tax credit for qualified construction expenses incurred in rehabilitation of historic structures that produces affordable housing units.
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RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Requires that workers registered with the department of health's medical cannabis program be reimbursed for the out of pocket cost of medical cannabis through the workers' compensation system in certain circumstances.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE KUNOA CATTLE COMPANY. Appropriates $400,000 for a capital improvement project for Kunoa Cattle Company.
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RELATING TO EQUAL PAY. Prohibits the disclosure of an employee's wages by any person other than the employee.
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF MAUNA KEA MANAGEMENT. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for (8.0) FTE positions within the Office of Mauna Kea Management.
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RELATING TO DAMS AND RESERVOIRS. Establishes standards for the permitting, inspection, and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, and their appurtenant structures. Establishes the dam rehabilitation loan revolving fund and loan program. Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds to fund the dam rehabilitation loan program.
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WLH, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION. Integrates the Oahu regional health care system into the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation board.
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HLT, FIN |
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RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SCHOLARSHIPS. Establishes the Hawaii travel industry management promise program to provide scholarships to certain community college graduates enrolled in the bachelor of science program of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Travel Industry Management.
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RELATING TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. Establishes the Hawaii Gun Violence Prevention Center in the AG's office to research strategies to prevent gun violence. Creates a special fund to support the Center. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO BAIL. Incorporates the statutory revisions suggested by the Criminal Pretrial Task Force established by House Concurrent Resolution No. 134, 2017 Regular Session.
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PVM, JUD, FIN |
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RELATING TO GUN VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDERS. Establishes a process allowing law enforcement officers and family or household members to obtain a court order to prevent a person from accessing firearms and ammunition where the person poses a danger of causing bodily injury to oneself or another.
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PVM, JUD |
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RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Beginning on 1/1/2020, requires that any person who is eligible to vote and submits a state tax return or application for public assistance shall be automatically registered to vote if that person is not already registered to vote; provided that, upon receipt of notification from the respective county clerk, the applicant shall have 21 calendar days to opt out of automatic voter registration. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Beginning on 1/1/2020, requires that any person who is eligible to vote and submits a high school graduation voter registration form shall be automatically registered to vote if that person is not already registered to vote; provided that, upon receipt of notification from the respective county clerk, the applicant shall have 21 calendar days to opt out of automatic voter registration. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Requires the University of Hawaii to develop a plan to be implemented for the statewide eradication of mosquitos. Appropriates funds.
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to provide all student-athletes enrolled at the university with two additional meals per day.
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RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to study and combat rapid ohia death.
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires an environmental assessment for any new or expanded proposed power-generating facility that sells electricity to a utility through a power purchase contract regardless of whether the facility is fueled by fossil fuels.
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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 PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes a minimum-security housing program in a county with a population of more than 750,000 for short-term adult offenders. Provides capacity for a furlough program. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. Establishes the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission and transfers all rights, powers, functions, and duties of the Reentry Commission and Corrections Population Management Commission to the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission.
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RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. Establishes the Hawaii State Fusion Center as a program under the Office of Homeland Security and establishes the position of Hawaii State Fusion Center Director who shall be state-funded, responsible to the Director of Homeland Security, and accountable to manage the operations of the Center.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES OPERATING BUDGET. Relates to the Department of Human Services operating budget.
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HSH, FIN |
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RELATING TO SOCIAL MEDIA. Establishes a task force to study the uses of social media platforms in the legislative process.
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATIONS. Prohibits a court from committing a defendant to a suitable facility for a mental health examination for more than 30 days. Provides that if the required examinations cannot be conducted within 30 days, the court shall determine whether the defendant is eligible for supervised pretrial release or should be remanded to the custody of the Department of Public Safety. Provides that the court has continuing discretion to approve any agreement or stipulation of the parties to determine the fitness of a defendant to proceed with less than the number of required examinations.
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RELATING TO UNOCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. Imposes fines on a homeowner, foreclosing party, or prevailing purchaser in foreclosure auctions when a vacant residential property subject to foreclosure remains unoccupied during the foreclosure process. Establishes conditions under which a property may be rented.
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Requires the office of planning to update the Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan and submit the updated plan to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2021 and every tenth session thereafter, using the goals and priority guidelines of the state plan and the Hawaii climate change mitigation and adaptation initiative as guiding principles.
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RELATING TO THE KAKAAKO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. Authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority to permit one building of up to 768 feet within each approved master plan area for the Kakaako Mauka area of the Kakaako Community Development District.
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RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. Expands the scope of practice of licensed physician assistants in the State.
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RELATING TO AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Agribusiness Development Corporation under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Agriculture.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OPERATING BUDGET. Makes appropriations relating to the Department of Agriculture operating budget.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM. Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economic Development and Business.
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RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Establishes the Hawaii beach preservation revolving fund within the state treasury. Establishes a low-interest contingent mortgage financing pilot program to encourage certain shoreline property owners to relocate mauka of expected sea level rise and erosion hazard zones. Increases the conveyance tax rates for oceanfront properties with a value of $10,000,000 or higher and for which the purchaser is ineligible for a county homeowner's exemption on property tax. Allocates for deposit into the Hawaii beach preservation revolving fund 100% of conveyance tax revenues collected on oceanfront property that is not owner-occupied. Amends coastal zone management laws to further protect against impacts of sea level rise and coastal erosion. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 10th Representative District.
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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 2021. Sunsets on 8/31/2025.
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes the fifteen-year Hale Kokua Project and Hale Kokua Special Fund under the Department of Human Services with the aim of incentivizing homeowners to provide rental units to homeless persons. Amends the basis and rate of tax, and disposition of the conveyance tax to support the Hale Kokua Special Fund.
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RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Establishes a pilot program at UH to offer assistance and support to students of Pacific Islander ancestry in obtaining their general educational development diplomas, completing vocational training at a UH community college, and obtaining employment. Appropriates funds.
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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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RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN CROSSWALKS. Requires the department of transportation to establish a policy that prioritizes improvements to crosswalks located in areas with frequent pedestrian injuries and fatalities and considers installing additional safety features.
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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 THE HAWAII COMMERCIAL HARBORS AUTHORITY. Establishes the Hawaii Commercial Harbors Authority. Transfers jurisdiction and functions relating to commercial harbors and commercial maritime operations from the Department of Transportation to the Hawaii Commercial Harbors Authority. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO PROTECTION OF STREAMS. Prohibits dispositions that authorize diverting water from East Maui county streams for commercial purposes, except for existing water uses by the Maui County Department of Water Supply.
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RELATING TO ELECTRONIC SMOKING PRODUCTS. Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of e-liquid products. Includes e-liquid within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Allocates a portion of funds collected excise taxes on tobacco products to health education and prevention programs about the risks and dangers of the use of electronic smoking devices for youth. Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices.
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RELATING TO PESTICIDES. Prohibits the use of any pesticide use unless the user is certified by the Department of Agriculture. Requires DOA to include an educational component in the pesticide use certification process.
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RELATING TO SOLID WASTE. Requires a retailer of certain batteries to implement a program in which the retailer accepts used batteries for reuse, recycling, or other means of disposal. Requires the Department of Health to expand its recycling operations to accommodate the recycling of batteries. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO DETECTOR-DOGS. Appropriates funds for detector-dogs for the State's biosecurity program. Authorizes and funds a pilot program using dogs to detect fireworks in inbound cargo from state harbors and inter-island transport.
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RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE. Requires that mandatory seller disclosures in real estate transactions include identification of residential real properties lying within a sea level rise exposure area. Establishes shoreline setback restrictions.
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RELATING TO STATEWIDE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES. Imposes a tax of $15 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted from the use of fossil fuel. Establishes various state and county sustainability initiatives. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING. Establishes the ranked choice voting method of tabulation for all elections for elected office to ensure that elected officials received the majority of votes cast by the electorate.
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RELATING TO CANNABIS. Legalizes the personal use of cannabis for persons twenty-one years of age or older. Requires licensing to operate cannabis establishments. Subjects cannabis establishment to excise taxes. Authorizes the interisland transportation of cannabis. Decriminalizes possession of cannabis. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO CONCESSIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. Allows proposals to be submitted for concessions on public property. Establishes criteria for acceptance and awarding of proposals for concessions on public property. Specifies advertising requirements for bids or proposals and allows for online advertising. Requires that concession contracts be awarded by a procurement officer based on the rankings of a committee of a minimum of 3 individuals designated by the procurement officer to review and evaluate proposals from offerors. Requires that all persons involved in the review, evaluation, or awarding of concession contracts adhere to all requirements of ethical public procurement under section 103D‑101, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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RELATING TO ELECTRIC GRID RESILIENCY. Requires the Department of Education to establish a pilot program in which various schools are provided with renewable energy systems that are capable of providing backup power in the event of a natural disaster or other similar emergency. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to open a proceeding to incentivize the implementation of these systems.
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RELATING TO CARBON EMISSIONS. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii to conduct a comprehensive study of a statewide carbon tax.
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Establishes an electric vehicle charging system rebate program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism that provides rebates to persons who install a new electric vehicle charging system or upgrade an existing electric vehicle charging system. Caps the total value of rebates issued each year at an unspecified sum. Creates, and appropriates moneys out of, the electric vehicle charging station rebate program special fund. Amends the distribution of revenue from the environmental response, energy, and food security tax. Prohibits the use of moneys from the energy security special fund to support the state energy office.
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RELATING TO THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT. Establishes and transfers to a Department of Environment certain agencies and programs administered by the Department of Health (the Office of Environmental Quality Control and the Environmental Council) and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (the Energy Office and programs relating to sustainability and climate adaptation planning in the Office of Planning).
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE EIGHTEENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the 18th Representative District.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Allows a voter to vote for any primary election candidate, regardless of the candidate's party or status as a nonpartisan candidate. Provides that if there are 2 or more candidates for a state public office, and a candidate receives the majority of votes for that office in the primary, that candidate shall be elected, but if no candidates receive a majority, the 2 candidates receiving the highest vote totals shall advance to the general election. Takes effect upon the ratification of a corresponding constitutional amendment.
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PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION REGARDING THE ELECTION OF STATE OFFICIALS. Provides that if there are 2 or more candidates for a state public office, and a candidate receives the majority of votes for that office in the primary election, that candidate shall be elected. Provides that if none of the candidates receives a majority of votes cast in a primary election for a state public office, the 2 candidates who receive the highest number of votes for that office shall advance to a general election. Repeals constitutional requirements that a candidate for lieutenant governor be elected at the same time and on the same party ticket as a candidate for governor.
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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 TAXES. Eliminates the individual income tax for single filers and heads of households making less than $20,000 or joint filers making less than $40,000 and increases the income tax rate more slowly for low- and medium-income filers. Increases the general excise tax by 0.15 percent, the transient accommodations tax by 0.50 percent, the liquor tax, and the cigarette and tobacco tax.
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RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS. Exempts certain foods, medical services, and feminine hygiene products from the general excise tax.
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RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Requires the Department of Budget and Finance, in consultation with the Department of Accounting and General Services and the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, to develop and procure a uniform financial database for use by all state agencies. Appropriates moneys.
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RELATING TO LICENSED CRISIS RESIDENTIAL SHELTERS. Appropriates funds to increase the number of residential beds available for those experiencing mental health crisis. Gives the department of health the funds to expand these programs to all counties.
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RELATING TO GENDER EQUALITY. Establishes the advisory commission on gender equity in sports to evaluate the rules and procedures for gender equity enforcement mechanisms and make recommendations to the Department of Education. Requires the Superintendent of Education to submit a Title IX compliance report to the Legislature and the advisory commission.
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RELATING TO SUBSTITUTE CAREGIVERS. Authorizes certain substitute caregivers in certain care facilities to serve in that capacity for a maximum of 6 hours per day.
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RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for the establishment of a long-term care facility that admits and treats non-forensic mental health patients for in-patient or out-patient temporary case management and requires that homeless patients receive priority admission for treatment.
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RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS. Makes it a misdemeanor for a hosting platform to collect a fee for booking services regarding transient vacation rentals that are not lawfully certified, registered, or permitted under applicable county ordinance.
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RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for containment and prevention of the spread of pathogens causing rapid ohia death in Kauai county, including funds to be used in collaboration with the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii and the Kauai Invasive Species Council.
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires a manual recount of election votes when the margin of victory is equal to or less than one hundred votes cast or equal to or less than one-half of one per cent of the votes cast, whichever is less.
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Requires new developments to plan for the impacts of projected sea level rise and prohibits development in areas significantly affected by projected sea level rise.
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Establishes the invasive species rapid response special fund. Establishes procedures for emergency declarations and expenditures. Appropriates money.
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