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HIHB2125Intro
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Requires a mandatory minimum period of imprisonment of one year without the possibility of parole for persons found in possession of an unregistered or prohibited firearm.
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2024-01-24
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HIHB1978Intro
25%
Establishes that House of Representative members of the same political party as the prior incumbent, not the Governor, shall make appointments for vacancies in the House of Representatives.
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2024-01-24
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HIHB1712Intro
25%
Requires that all moneys in the pro rata portion of the Public Land Trust be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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2024-01-24
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HIHB1987Intro
25%
Permits a contractor, developer, or owner of affordable housing to employ a construction crane or other machinery that temporarily intrudes into a neighboring landowner's airspace, under certain conditions.
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2024-01-24
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HIHB2121Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Law enforcement to provide security twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for all state buildings. Appropriates funds.
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2024-01-24
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HIHB1173Intro
25%
Adds new sections to the Hawaii Constitution. Allows for amendments by initiative to prevail and reserves the powers of initiative and referendum to the people. Specifies a procedure for vote recalls.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB904Intro
25%
Exempts active members of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and county emergency management agencies from jury duty.
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2023-12-11
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HISB81Engross
50%
Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources' authority shall supersede the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority for all lands designated under the state conservation district. Specifying that the Chairperson of the University of H...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1168Intro
25%
Proposes a constitutional amendment to specify that reapportionment shall be based on the resident population, as counted in the most recent decennial United States census.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB810Intro
25%
Specifies that a person may be tried and sentenced for certain alleged felony offenses through the complaint and preliminary hearing process, indictment by grand jury, or by written information. Specifies that multiple attempts to initiate a felony p...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB219Intro
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Requires the Judiciary to increase the hourly fees, mileage reimbursement rate, and commuter-time compensation rate for court interpreters. Appropriates funds.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB733Intro
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Increases the amount of the fine for campaign spending law violations that may be assessed against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures and that has received at least one contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than ...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1512Intro
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Limits the civil liability of good Samaritans who render emergency nonmedical care and emergency nonmedical assistance to animals during an emergency. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
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HIHB728Intro
25%
Provides grants in aid to several counties' boards of ethics.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB706Intro
25%
Requires all members of the legislature to disclose certain relationships with lobbyists or lobbying organizations in their financial disclosures.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB731Intro
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Provides that a person waives the right to a contested case hearing if the person fails to request a contested case hearing within twenty days of receipt of the commission's preliminary determination. Provides that a final order of the commission may...
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2023-12-11
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HISB734Engross
50%
Establishes an inter-division program between the State Historic Preservation Division, Land Division, Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands, Island Burial Councils, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs that addresses the location, movement, and res...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB123Intro
25%
Allows for noise control infractions to be processed under the traffic and emergency period infractions adjudication process. Grants the district court concurrent jurisdiction over noise control infractions committed by minors.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1335Intro
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Provides that after making an arrest, a police officer may issue to the arrestee an appearance ticket that states the date and time of the initial court appearance, and thereafter release the arrestee from custody. Broadens the range of offenses for ...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1111Intro
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Requires operators and passengers of motorcycles, motor scooters, to wear a helmet secured by a chin strap. Requires operators of a moped to wear a helmet with a chin strap.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB716Intro
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Requires the office of elections to prepare a voter information guide that includes candidate statements and statements on ballot questions. Appropriates funds to the department of the attorney general, legislative reference bureau, and counties for ...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB96Intro
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Extends the ban on campaign contributions from state and county contractors to grantees of the State under Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and to the owners, officers, employees and immediate family of the government contractor or state grantee...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB715Intro
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Prohibits lobbyists from making prohibited gifts to legislators and state employees. Imposes administrative fines for violations.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB231Intro
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Proposes an amendment to article X, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to modify the appointment process for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. Repeals the requirement that the governor shall only appoint from pools of candida...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB208Intro
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Appropriates funds to the department of the attorney general to collect data and conduct a study on how to reduce criminal activity in Waikiki.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB245Intro
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Prohibits a vessel from being fumigated on ocean waters. Allows an owner whose vessel is required to be fumigated on ocean waters to apply for an exemption from the division of boating and ocean recreation. Requires any vessel granted an exemption to...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1014Engross
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Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to retain independent legal counsel where the opposing party to the reasonably anticipated litigation is the State or another state agency. Provides that fees owed to independent legal counsel shall be pai...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1220Engross
50%
Prohibits persons convicted of certain felony offenses against public administration from becoming a candidate for or holding public office for ten years after the person's final discharge. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1057Intro
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Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to issue interim rules that shall be exempt from the public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, after beneficiary consultation is conduct...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1461Intro
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Allows cases within the jurisdiction of the Intermediate Court of Appeals that involve a family court judgment, order, or decree affecting the custody of a child or minor to be transferred to the Supreme Court.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1425Intro
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Legalizes, regulates, and taxes cannabis and manufactured cannabis products for adult use. Establishes the Hawaii cannabis commission to oversee the regulation of adult use cannabis manufacturers and retailers. Appropriates funds.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB829Intro
25%
Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents.
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2023-12-11
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HISB610Engross
50%
Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB366Intro
25%
Repeals the statutory requirement that no person be subject to trial and sentencing for an alleged offense unless upon indictment or information.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1507Intro
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Ensures that the $600,000,000 appropriated to the department of Hawaiian home lands in Act 279, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, is available for expenditure until June 30, 2025.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB795Intro
25%
Repeals the duty to retreat or take over evasive action with respect to the use of deadly force as a justifiable means of self-protection.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB411Intro
25%
Provides that in a primary election for a legislative seat, the 2 candidates who receive the highest number of votes, regardless of political party, shall be the only two candidates to advance to a general election; provided that when a candidate rec...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1495Intro
25%
Allows the Intermediate Appellate Court to review orders issued by the Hawaii Paroling Authority.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB373Intro
25%
Beginning 07/01/2024, establishes the office of administrative hearings to conduct contested case hearings in the department of budget and finance, department of land and natural resources, and department of taxation. Appropriates funds to establish ...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB574Intro
25%
Specifies that the registration fee for mopeds shall not exceed $100 per year, as determined by the counties' director of finance. Specifies that the issuance fee for a tag or emblem shall be no more than $20.
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2023-12-11
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HISB591Engross
50%
Establishes the operation of an illegal gambling business as a class C felony. Takes effect 03/22/2075. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1152Intro
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Amends the period in which the supreme court and intermediate appellate court are in session to June 1 of each year through April 1 of the following year. Specifies that the Hawaii supreme court and intermediate appellate court shall issue decisions ...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1187Intro
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Specifies that a government agency does not assume ownership or jurisdiction over a disputed road solely through maintenance or repair activities. Authorizes the State to transfer ownership of roads in favor of counties by quitclaim if requested by t...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB447Intro
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Repeals referral and reporting requirements for the Family Courts and the Department of Human Services that apply to cases in which a temporary restraining order is sought for alleged domestic abuse involving an incapacitated or minor family or house...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB86Intro
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Clarifies that a person who uses deadly force in self-defense does not have a duty to retreat if they are in their dwelling or on their property, unless they are the initial aggressor. Repeals statutory language that permits a person to use deadly fo...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB725Intro
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Establishes the office of the public advocate. Establishes rights for members of the public with respect to the conduct and operation of the legislature and its members. Specifies procedures for the investigation and reporting of alleged violations o...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB459Intro
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Prohibits the possession and ownership of gambling machines larger than one cubic foot.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB742Intro
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Proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the qualifying age of voters for any state or local election to sixteen years of age.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1468Intro
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Establishes statewide electronic citation program under the Judiciary. Appropriates funds.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB1220Intro
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Prohibits cyber harassment and cyberstalking. Allows for civil liabilities and injunctions for cyber harassment and cyberstalking.
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2023-12-11
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