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HB1743PassIncreases the gross vehicle weight rating of category (3) motor vehicle driver licenses to eighteen thousand pounds or less.
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2012-04-04
(S) Act 010, 4/4/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1110).
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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2012-04-04
(S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HB254Engross

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Prohibits urination and defecation in public places in the Waikiki area. Act to sunset December 31, 2014. Effective January 1, 2059. (HB254 HD1)
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2012-04-03
To Senate Health Committee
HB636Intro

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Requires a legislator to disclose each source of annual income derived from a single source that is $25,000 or more, or that represents an amount equal to 25% or more of the legislator's total annual income from all sources, excluding legislative sal...
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2012-04-03
(S) 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-12.
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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2012-03-30
(S) The committee(s) on JDL deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 04-02-12 10:00AM in conference room 016.
HB2267Engross

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Authorizes the issuance of $100,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Clearcom, Inc., or a partnership headed by Clearcom, Inc., with planning, permitting, designing, constructing, equipping, and operating broadband infrastructure throug...
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2012-03-29
(S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HB2808Engross

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Provides an additional period of ten years within which lessees of the Kikala-Keokea homestead may construct dwellings, as required in their leases, commencing upon the effective date of this Act.
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2012-03-28
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB1454Engross

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Requires motor vehicle fuel wholesalers and similar entities that offer volume discounts to any retail service station to offer the same volume discounts to all retail service stations. Allows gasoline dealers to enter into cooperative purchasing agr...
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2012-03-28
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
HB2368Engross

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Appropriates funds to establish a medical residency program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective July 1, 2050. (HB2368 HD1)
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2012-03-28
(S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HB1926Engross

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Expands the offense of assault in the second degree to include harm to certain medical services providers engaged in the performance of duty. (SD1)
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2012-03-27
(S) The committee on JDL deferred the measure.
HB1112Engross

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Authorizes the issuance of a temporary license to solemnize marriages and civil unions. Effective 01/07/59. (SD1)
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2012-03-27
(S) Recommitted to JDL.
HB2773Engross

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Establishes the Weed and Seed program under the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Appropriates an unspecified amount to the Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu as a grant to support the Weed and Seed program on Oahu. Appropriate...
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2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
HB2274Engross

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Establishes a nursing facility sustainability fee and a special fund to receive moneys from the nursing facility sustainability fee to receive federal medicaid matching funds under the QUEST expanded medicaid section 1115 demonstration waiver. Requir...
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2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
HB2122Engross

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Temporarily authorizes the governor or a county mayor to exempt a construction or design-build procurement from protest concerning the procurement and administrative review of a non responsible offeror determination. Requires, as a condition of the e...
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2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.
HB1457Engross

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Extends eligibility for state financial aid and resident tuition to students of the University of Hawaii without lawful immigration status who meet certain specified criteria. (SD1)
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2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
HB1840Engross

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Establishes a task force to review, investigate, and study the feasibility and cost of establishing: (1) A state-owned bank; and (2) Other programs or options that would serve the purposes and goals of a state-owned bank. Requires a report to the Leg...
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2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
HB1947Engross

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Authorizes the department of agriculture to establish a good agricultural practices audit and certification program. Authorizes the department of agriculture to conduct audit and certification services. Specifies that the audit and certification prog...
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2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
HB2228Engross

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Requires an employer with twenty or more employees to make reasonable efforts to provide a clean location for breastfeeding employees to express breast milk in privacy. Requires covered employers to post a notice pertaining to this provision in a con...
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2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
HB1730Engross

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Requires the land use commission to adopt rules specifying its processes when considering its members' conflicts of interest. (SD1)
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2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
HB2358Engross

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Establishes the natural disaster preparedness commission. Makes appropriation for the Hawaii state building code council. Makes appropriation for the natural disaster preparedness commission. (SD1)
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2012-03-23
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
HB2481Engross

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Clarifies notice requirements for Hawaii Community Development Authority public hearings. (HB2481 HD1)
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2012-03-22
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL.
HB1083Engross

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Clarifies that all costs and expenses associated with the disposal of an impounded unauthorized vessel by the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall be borne by the vessel owner. (HB1083 HD1)
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2012-03-22
To Senate Water, Land, and Housing Committee
HB2411Engross

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Expressly authorizes the use of capital improvement project appropriations and revenue bond proceeds for contracting costs. Effective July 1, 2012. (HB2411 HD1)
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2012-03-22
(S) The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HB1723Engross

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Extends the general excise tax exclusion for amounts received by a managed care support contractor of the TRICARE program for the actual cost or advancement to third party health care providers pursuant to a contract with the United States. Effective...
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2012-03-22
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
HB2334Engross

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Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs to assist the Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation to construct an adult day care facility in Hilo, Hawaii. Effective July 1, 2030. (HB2334 HD2)
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2012-03-21
(S) The committee on HMS deferred the measure.
HB2613Engross

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Amends chapter 266, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exempt the Department of Transportation, Harbors Division, from the permit and site plan approval requirements relating to submerged lands within the conservation district. (HB2613 HD1)
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2012-03-21
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL.
HB2007Engross

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Requires the Department of Education to devise four bell schedules each for elementary, middle, and high schools, except for charter schools and public multi-track schools. Repeals the general requirement that all public schools except charter school...
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2012-03-21
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
HB2277Engross

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Addresses the conditions under which a minor may operate an all-terrain vehicle. Establishes requirements and prohibited acts for owners and operators. (SD1)
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2012-03-20
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
HB2736Engross

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Extends prohibition of promoting a controlled substance in, on, or near schools, school vehicles, or public parks to include federal or state public housing projects and complexes. (HB2736 HD1)
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2012-03-20
(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL.
HB2324Engross

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Exempts the upgrading and new construction of broadband facilities on state property from state and county permitting processes. Requires report to the legislature. Effective July 1, 2012. Sunsets on June 30, 2017. (HB2324 HD2)
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2012-03-19
(S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure.
HB2325Engross

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Requires the State and counties to approve, approve with modification, or disapprove all broadband related permits within forty-five business days. Provides that if no action is taken, the application will be deemed approved on the forty-sixth busine...
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2012-03-19
(S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure.
HB2438PassMakes emergency appropriations for claims against the State or its officers or employees that were submitted during the Regular Session of 2011 but for which funds were not appropriated. (HB2438 HD2)
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2012-03-19
(S) Act 008, 3/19/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108).
HB2437PassMakes an emergency appropriation of $1,725,000 for fiscal year 2011-2012 to fund the voting system contract for conducting of the 2012 elections and ensure compliance with federal law. (HB2437 HD1)
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2012-03-19
(S) Act 007, 3/19/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1107).
HB1756Engross

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Amends the campaign spending law to: (1) Define "matching payment period"; (2) Change filing deadlines and requirements; and (3) Require a noncandidte committee to identify the candidate committee or noncandidate committee and the amount and date of ...
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2012-03-15
To Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
HB2018Engross

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Repeals the provision automatically making all violations of the mortgage foreclosure law an unfair or deceptive act or practice. Following the expiration of the mortgage foreclosure dispute resolution program in 2014, specifies certain foreclosure v...
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2012-03-14
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
HB2268Engross

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Authorizes the small business regulatory review board to require an agency to conduct another public hearing on a rule change when the rulemaking agency declines to make changes requested at the first hearing and the agency's small business statement...
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2012-03-14
(S) The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Wakai, Baker, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Solomon.
HB2874Engross

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Creates the broadband special fund to support funding public school broadband and laptop initiatives. Freezes appropriations of moneys derived from cable fees at the lesser of the 2011 appropriation or the amount that a recipient would otherwise rece...
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2012-03-14
(S) The committee(s) on EDT deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-16-12 1:30PM in conference room 016.
HB1758Engross

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Authorizes the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to issue revenue bonds for qualified media infrastructure projects. Creates a special fund for disbursement of funds. Requires matching funds and post-audits. Effective July 1, 21...
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2012-03-14
(S) The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Wakai, Baker, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Solomon.
HB2401Engross

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Proposes a constitutional amendment to require that the members of the Reapportionment Commission selected by the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the members selected by each of the legislators from the party or part...
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2012-03-13
(S) The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be HELD. The votes in JDL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hee, Shimabukuro, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Ihara, Slom; and 0 Excused: none.
HB2359Engross

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Establishes provisions for the sale of portable electronics insurance. Requires vendors to hold a limited lines license to sell or offer coverage under a policy. Effective January 1, 3000. (HB2359 HD2)
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2012-03-13
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HB1969Engross

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Shortens the time by which subcontractors are to receive progress and final payments from contractors on government and private construction projects. Provides interest penalties for late payments. Effective July 1, 2112. (HB1969 HD1)
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2012-03-13
(S) The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
HB1776Engross

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Allows electronic communication service providers to voluntarily disclose electronic communications to a governmental agency where an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires such disclosure without delay....
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2012-03-12
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee
HB2820Engross

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Directs Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish the east Honolulu fishpond heritage area. Provides state lease preferences for the reconstruction, restoration, repair, or use of Hawaiian and kanaka maoli fishponds. Creates a preference ...
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2012-03-12
(S) The committee on WLH deferred the measure.
HB2096PassSets the maximum weekly benefit amount at seventy-five per cent of the average weekly wage from April 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012. Sets, for calendar year 2012, the employer contribution rate at schedule F. Authorizes the Department of Labor and Ind...
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2012-03-09
(S) Act 006, 3/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106).
HB2642Engross

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Amends the definition of "display fireworks". Amends fireworks shipment documentation requirements. Amends labeling requirements for imported display fireworks. (HB2642 HD2)
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2012-03-08
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee
HB2567Engross

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Raises the marriage license fee from $60 to $100. Specifies that $40 for each marriage license shall be issued to the credit of the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund under section 338-14.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (HB2567 HD1)
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2012-03-08
To Senate Health Committee
HB2183Engross

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Establishes the convention center district to develop uses and activities to promote use of the convention center. Establishes policies to guide development within the district. Establishes the convention center district revolving fund. Effective Jul...
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2012-03-08
To Senate Tourism Committee
HB578Engross

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Establishes administrative fines for shark feeding. Effective January 7, 2059. (HB578 HD2)
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2012-03-08
To Senate Water, Land, and Housing Committee
HB2555Engross

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Raises the fees associated with vital statistics certified copy and expedited and correction services. (HB2555 HD1)
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2012-03-08
To Senate Health Committee
HB1768Engross

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Amends the Public Procurement Code to permit an additional post-award remedy through rescission of the award and application of pre-award remedies, including contract reevaluation and the award to the next lowest responsive and responsible bidder or ...
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2012-03-08
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee
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