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SB683Engross

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Allows the conveyance of transferable development rights from landowners in Kakaako makai to landowners in Kakaako mauka, subject to approval by the Hawaii community development authority. Requires the Hawaii community development authority to adopt ...
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2011-03-10
To House Water, Land, & Ocean Resources Committee
SB871Engross

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Requires DOE and BOE to develop policies and procedures to allow home-schooled students to participate on an equal basis in extracurricular activities offered at the public school they would otherwise be required to attend. Requires a report to the l...
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2011-03-10
To House Education Committee
SB1553Engross

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Makes permanent statutory provisions that: (1) reduced the maximum employment period for teachers hired on an emergency basis by DOE from 4 years to 3 years; and (2) require those unlicensed teachers hired on an emergency basis prior to 7/1/08, to at...
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2011-03-10
To House Education Committee
HB250Engross

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Allows the state ethics commission to employ or retain its own attorneys.
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2011-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
SB690Engross

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Specifies that a landlord and tenant may agree that duly apportioned rent shall be due at intervals more frequent than monthly.
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2011-03-10
To House Housing Committee
HB466Engross

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Requires independent medical examinations and permanent impairment rating examinations for workers' compensation claims to be performed by physicians mutually agreed upon by employers and employees or appointed by the director of the Department of La...
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2011-03-10
To Senate Health Committee
SB879Engross

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Repeals the uniform maintenance allowance for enlisted personnel. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Public Safety & Military Affairs Committee
SB882Engross

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Requires the Office of Veterans' Affairs, Department of Accounting and General Services, and Department of Defense to establish a memorial to the veterans of the Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Fr...
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2011-03-10
To House Public Safety & Military Affairs Committee
HB260Engross

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Provides procurement authority to the director of a semi-autonomous county public transit agency. Effective July 1, 2112. (HB260 HD1)
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2011-03-10
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee
HB878Engross

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Amends the Hawaii nonprofit corporations act to permit member actions by ballot and electronic voting, use of electronic notice, and conduct of meeting by teleconference. (HB878 HD1)
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2011-03-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HB1139Engross

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Clarifies the circumstances under which a district court may serve a summons or other writ outside of the State.
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2011-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
SB26Engross

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Eliminates some fees for licensure, renewal of license, and prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered nurses. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB705Engross

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Amends the definition of "the practice of nursing as a registered nurse" to require registered nurses to carry out the orders of physicians that are delivered by licensed physician assistants practicing with physician supervision. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
HB884Engross

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Amends the family leave requirement to permit an employee to use family leave time to care for a sibling. Adds definition of "sibling". (HB884 HD1)
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2011-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
HB1141Engross

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Clarifies circumstances under which complaints submitted to agencies shall be made available to the public on the agencies' websites. Effective date July 1, 2050. (HB1141 HD2)
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2011-03-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
SB132Engross

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Prohibits the use of leaf blowers for more than fifteen minutes per day per one-quarter acre per parcel of property. (SD1)
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2011-03-10
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB715Engross

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Repeals the ten per cent ethanol by volume requirement for gasoline sold in Hawaii for use in motor vehicles. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2011-03-10
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HB139Engross

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Expands the scope of the current law to include the regulation of real estate appraisal management companies in order to comply with the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the federal rules adopted thereu...
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2011-03-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
SB141Engross

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Expands the authority of counties to use land-based financing to support operating costs for certain county services provided within improvement districts and community facilities districts. Adds county maintenance of the capital improvements to be l...
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2011-03-10
To House Water, Land, & Ocean Resources Committee
SB722Engross

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Changes the tax on a barrel of petroleum to an unspecified amount. Requires unspecified sums of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to be deposited into the energy security special fund, the agricultural development and food sec...
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2011-03-10
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HB756Engross

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Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to charge fees to defray expenses of reviewing construction plans to ensure compliance with law and establishes a fee schedule. Establishes an Accessible Building Design Special Account for plan ...
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2011-03-10
To Senate Human Services Committee
HB1384Engross

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Requires a working group to discuss potential improvements to the current prior authorization process for prescription medications. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB1384 HD2)
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2011-03-10
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HB908Engross

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Provides that the single school calendar for all public schools does not apply to schools designated by BOE in furtherance of a plan to improve educational outcome in students.
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2011-03-10
To Senate Education Committee
SB1115Engross

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Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Saint Louis School. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Education Committee
SB918Engross

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Makes an appropriation to the department of education for positions to support suicide prevention services: a peer education program resource teacher and a full-time clerk-typist. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB922Engross

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Specifies additional elements of Hawaii's existing sexuality health education law and its implementation. Requires the department of education (DOE) to provide certain types of information to the public and to parents. Allows parents to opt out of th...
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB1120Engross

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Appropriates funds to implement the requirements of sections 304A-1861, 304A-1862, and 304A-1863, Hawaii Revised Statutes; appropriates funds for the STEMworks project-based, service learning model; appropriates funds for projects demonstrating cost-...
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2011-03-10
To House Higher Education Committee
SB58Engross

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Increases the amount of cannabis that constitutes an adequate supply by allowing a qualifying patient to possess 10 cannabis plants and 5 ounces of cannabis at any given time. Makes identification of the site where cannabis is grown confidential. Pro...
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB925Engross

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Establishes a hospital-based screening and assessment and intensive home visitation program under the department of health; appropriates funds from the tobacco settlement special fund and from the federal appropriation of temporary assistance for nee...
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB166Engross

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Establishes a task force, within the department of health, to regulate clean and sober homes and halfway houses. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB747Engross

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Requires department of agriculture to adopt rules to require retail gas and diesel dealers to post the amount of federal, state, and local taxes paid on each gallon of fuel by 1/1/12.
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2011-03-10
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB935Engross

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Appropriates moneys from the emergency and budget reserve fund to maintain funding levels of programs for public health, safety, welfare, and education. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
HB927Engross

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Clarifies that state agencies may purchase roadway materials with a minimum recycled glass content. Allows use of minimum glass of ten per cent crushed glass aggregate in all basecourse and subbase. (HB927 HD1)
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2011-03-10
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee
HB527Engross

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Disallows workers' compensation benefits for an existing, work-related injury from voluntary participation in recreational or social activities that takes place after regular work hours, where the employee disregarded the restrictions placed on the e...
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2011-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
SB939Engross

Sine Die
Establishes a position of statewide fall prevention and early detection coordinator under the department of health and makes an appropriation for the position. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB175Engross

Sine Die
Transfers departmental jurisdiction of the medical marijuana laws from the department of public safety (DPS) to the department of health (DOH) and requires DPS to assist with the transfer. To facilitate the transfer, requires the DPS to continue to m...
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2011-03-10
To House Public Safety & Military Affairs Committee
SB1142Engross

Sine Die
Creates the food safety and security program within the department of agriculture. Makes an appropriation for the food safety and security program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Agriculture Committee
SB179Engross

Sine Die
Removes the exemption for dietary supplements from the deposit beverage container program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2011-03-10
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
SB1145Engross

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Requires the State to attain certain food sustainability standards by enumerated deadlines. Requires DOA to monitor the State's progress in achieving the food sustainability standards. Requires DOA to report to the legislature annually. Appropriates ...
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2011-03-10
To House Agriculture Committee
SB1381Engross

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Extends by one year the deadline for the Hawaii health authority to submit to the legislature a comprehensive health plan for all individuals in the State.
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB1155Engross

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Establishes the long-term agricultural lease task force in the department of agriculture. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Agriculture Committee
HB290Engross

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Establishes the Agriculture Inspection and Certification Special Fund under the Department of Agriculture for the inspection, certification, weighing, or grading of agricultural commodities that are to be imported into, exported from, or shipped with...
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2011-03-10
To Senate Agriculture Committee
HB952Engross

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Establishes the public school lands trust to provide for the maximum use of public school lands to generate income to improve public school facilities and infrastructure to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century and beyond. Effective July 1,...
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2011-03-10
To Senate Education Committee
HB549Engross

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Requires notice of state and county board meetings to be posted on the appropriate internet website, and eliminates the requirement that notice be filed in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Effective January 7, 2050. (HB549 HD1)
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2011-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
HB805Engross

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Repeals the income tax exemption for income derived from stock options or stock from a qualified high technology business.
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2011-03-10
To Senate Economic Development and Technology Committee
SB962Engross

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Changes references in the Hawaii Revised Statutes by substituting "intellectual disabilities", or like term, wherever the term "mental retardation", or like term, appears. (SD1)
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
HB808Engross

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Temporarily suspends the distribution of a portion of the conveyance tax to the land conservation fund. Effective June 30, 2011. (HB808 HD1)
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2011-03-10
To Senate Water, Land, and Housing Committee
SB1162Engross

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Requires government agencies to develop mandatory training programs for agency personnel to whom disclosures of personal information are made or to whom access to the personal information may be granted; requires reports of security breaches to be su...
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2011-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee
HB297Engross

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Imposes a probation services fee on any defendant granted a deferred acceptance of guilty or no contest plea. Effective January 7, 2059. (HB297 HD1)
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2011-03-10
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
HB809Engross

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Temporarily increases from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2015, the transient accommodations tax rate on time share units by two percent. Effective July 1, 2011. (HB809 HD2)
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2011-03-10
To Senate Tourism Committee
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