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HB1405PassRequires the Public Utilities Commission to include a summary of the power purchase agreements in effect during the fiscal year in its annual report to the Governor. Clarifies the use of the public benefits fee under section 269-121, Hawaii Revised S...
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2013-07-09
Act 260, 7/3/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1363).
HB1396PassAppropriates funds for the planning and design of the Nisei Veterans Legacy Center, subject to matching funds. Requires a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2014. Effective July 1, 201...
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2013-07-09
Act 275, 7/9/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1381).
HB811PassAmends the responsibilities and powers of the Public Utilities Commission in receiving energy industry data information registrations, and authorizes the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to receive such registrations; and eli...
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2013-07-09
Act 259, 7/3/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1362).
HB417PassAddresses primary care physician shortages by appropriating funds for the interdisciplinary Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program at Hilo Medical Center. Appropriation. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB417 CD1)
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2013-07-09
Act 271, 7/9/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1377).
HB858PassAppropriates funds to the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation for the HI Growth Initiative, an investment program to develop an ecosystem to support high-growth entrepreneurial companies in the State. Requires report to Legislature. Appropriatio...
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2013-07-09
Act 274, 7/9/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1380).
HB424PassAuthorizes the governor to appoint commissioners of deeds to administer oaths, take acknowledgements, and take proofs of execution outside of the United States in connection with the execution of conveyance documents relating to a time share interest...
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2013-07-09
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 277, 7/9/2013, (Gov. Msg. No. 1383).
HB430PassExempts charitable income tax deductions from the itemized deduction caps. (HB430 CD1)
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2013-07-09
Act 256, 7/2/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1359).
HB1130PassMakes the five regional chief executive officers on the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) Board, ex-officio, nonvoting members. Adds five regional system board members appointed by the governor to serve as voting members on the HHSC Board. (SD...
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2013-07-09
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 278, 7/9/2013, (Gov. Msg. No. 1384).
HB635PassRequires the State and the counties to take action within sixty days for broadband-related permit applications, or the application will be deemed approved. Requires the State to take action within one hundred forty-five days for use applications for ...
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2013-07-09
Act 264, 7/3/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367).
HB632PassRequires executive branch departments to make electronic data sets available to the public. Absolves the State from liability for certain deficiencies or incomplete data. Requires the Chief Information Officer to develop policies and procedures to im...
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2013-07-09
Act 263, 7/3/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1366).
HB619PassCreates feeding of feral birds as a nuisance, which the director of health is authorized to examine and order to be abated, destroyed, removed, or prevented. Allows the public to report a nuisance to the department of health. (SD1)
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2013-07-09
Act 269, on 7/8/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1375).
HB1149PassRequires a wind energy facility owner to be responsible for facility decommissioning and to provide evidence of financial security unless the owner has an existing lease or other agreement that provides for decommissioning. Effective upon approval. (...
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2013-07-09
Act 262, 7/3/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1365).
HB1059PassRequires the court to advise a criminal defendant of the effects of a guilty or no contest plea on alien status in certain criminal proceedings at the commencement of arraignment and plea hearings and prior to the commencement of trial. (SD2)
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2013-07-09
Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 279, 7/9/2013, (Gov. Msg. No. 1385).
HB587PassAmends the penal code to include persons in a dating relationship as family or household members for purposes of prohibiting physical abuse of family or household members. Increases the period of separation from twenty-four to forty-eight hours that ...
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2013-07-09
Act 251, 7/1/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1354).
HB1187PassDesignates January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Specifically includes minor victims of sex and labor trafficking within the scope of the Child Protective Act and laws relating to the State's child abuse law. (HB1187 CD1)
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2013-07-09
Act 246, 7/1/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1349).
HB1068PassRequires certain employers to display a poster that provides specified information relating to human trafficking and the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline. Establishes penalties for violations of the poster requirement. (HB1068 CD1)
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2013-07-09
Act 245, 7/1/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348).
HB546PassEstablishes the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund (EUTF) task force to examine the unfunded liability of the EUTF. Requires the EUTF to establish a separate trust fund for public employer contributions with separate accounts for each p...
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2013-07-09
Act 268, 7/3/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1371).
HB1412PassRequires DLNR to accommodate mooring of native Hawaiian canoes owned or leased by nonprofit entities and used for educational purposes in small boat harbors. (SD2)
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2013-07-02
Act 243, on 6/28/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346).
HB398PassEstablishes a working group to: (1) review issues relating to the transition of oversight of home and community-based facilities from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Health; and (2) submit a report prior to the 2014 Regular Sess...
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2013-07-02
Act 215, 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1318).
HB672PassProhibits the sale and purchase of electronic smoking devices to minors under eighteen years of age. Requires retailers to sell tobacco only in a direct face-to-face exchange between the retailer and consumer, except for in-bond concessions (duty-fre...
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2013-07-02
Act 227, on 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330).
HB62PassProhibits pharmacy benefits managers, or their partially or wholly owned subsidiaries, from using a patient's medical health information to market or advertise to that patient the services of a preferred pharmacy network that is owned by the pharmacy...
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2013-07-02
Act 225, on 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328).
HB1374PassAllows procurement officials to choose the appropriate source selection method to meet the circumstances of each procurement. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB1374 CD1)
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2013-07-02
Act 239, on 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1342).
HB65PassSpecifies that an otherwise qualified retail community pharmacy that requests to enter into a contractual retail pharmacy network agreement shall be considered part of a pharmacy benefit manager's retail pharmacy network for purposes of a beneficiary...
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2013-07-02
Act 226, on 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329).
HB847PassAuthorizes the Hawaii medical board to summarily suspend a license and order a licensee to submit to a physical and mental examination under specific circumstances. Specifies immunities for licensees who provide certain information to the Hawaii medi...
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2013-07-02
Act 219, 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1322).
HB1328PassMakes permanent the exemption for the procurement of food or fuel products necessary for the Kahoolawe island reserve commission. Effective June 30, 2013. (SD1)
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2013-07-02
Act 244, on 6/28/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1347).
HB120PassRequires the Department of Health to post on its website reports of all inspections at state-licensed care facilities occurring on or after January 1, 2015. Establishes a Working Group on Licensed Care Facilities. Appropriates funds. Effective July 1...
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2013-07-02
Act 213, 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316).
HB266PassEstablishes and provides appropriations for a Statewide Language Access Resource Center and Multilingual Website Pilot Project to be administered by the Office of Language Access. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB266 CD1)
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2013-07-02
Act 217, 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1320).
HB235PassAmends the definition of "victim" in the victim restitution law to include certain duly incorporated humane societies or duly incorporated societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals for the purpose of receiving restitution except where restit...
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2013-07-02
Act 207, 6/26/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310).
HB899PassRestores the exemption from the central services fee deduction for the deposit beverage container deposit special fund. Effective upon its approval. (HB899 CD1)
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2013-07-02
Act 228, on 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1331).
HB1268PassAllows 999-year homestead leases to be assigned to trustees of land trusts that are created for managing and holding the homestead leasehold estate for the benefit of the lessee and lessee's family members. (SD1)
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2013-07-02
Act 236, on 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1339).
HB1263PassAppropriates funds to finance improvements to various irrigation systems. Effective July 1, 2013. (HB1263 CD1)
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2013-07-02
Act 199, 6/26/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302).
HB529PassRequires all operators of adult foster homes, assisted living facilities, expanded adult residential care homes, community care foster family homes, and developmental disabilities domiciliary homes to hold a sufficient amount of liability insurance a...
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2013-07-02
Act 212, 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315).
HB536PassClarifies preference in state low-income housing for disabled veterans. Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to disqualify any applicant or tenant from state low-income housing if the applicant, tenant, or a household member owns or acquire...
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2013-07-02
Act 223, 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326).
HB1207PassRequires Department of Human Services to submit to Legislature interim reports on program integrity prior to 2015 and 2016 Regular Sessions and a final report prior to 2017 Regular Session on its compliance with the federal Patient Protection and Aff...
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2013-07-02
Act 240, on 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1343).
HB560PassAuthorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and Hawaii Community Development Authority to develop programs that provide incentives for the development of housing projects that incorporate urban gardening programs. (HB560 CD1)
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2013-07-02
Act 202, 6/26/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305).
HB656PassEstablishes the health care transformation program within the Office of the Governor. Requires a progress and final report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Sessions of 2014 and 2015, respectively. Eff...
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2013-07-02
Act 224, 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1327).
HB353PassAppropriates $250,000 in matching funds for each year of the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium for the Department of Agriculture to research and develop methods for the prevention and treatment of coffee berry borer infestations. Appropriates $300,000 in mat...
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2013-07-02
Act 198, 6/26/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1301).
HB1430PassAppropriates funds to establish and operate a comprehensive service center for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind individuals. Appropriates $400,000 for fiscal year 2013-2014. (HB1430 CD1)
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2013-07-02
Act 218, 6/27/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1321).
HB1424PassRequires DLNR, in consultation with the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust, to engage to acquire the parcel of land located at Lipoa Point, identified as TMK 2-4-1-001-010-0000. Requires DLNR to ensure to the maximum extent practicable that the seller of th...
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2013-07-02
Act 241, on 6/28/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1344).
HB25PassAllows a condominium association, as a junior lienholder, to commence or continue a nonjudicial foreclosure action on a property subject to a judicial foreclosure even if the lender has filed for foreclosure. Preserves the right of owner-occupants to...
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2013-06-26
Act 197, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1300).
HB21PassPermits the board of directors of a condominium association to collect a six-month special assessment from the mortgagee or other purchaser of a unit with a recorded lien for delinquent common assessments. Specifies how excess rental income received ...
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2013-06-26
Act 196, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299).
HB1381PassLimits licensure by endorsement or reciprocity for military spouses to those spouses who are present in the State for at least one year pursuant to military orders. Specifies that a license issued to a military spouse by endorsement or reciprocity sh...
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2013-06-26
Act 185, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288).
HB841PassUpdates the Insurance Code by streamlining and improving the operations of the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and ensuring that the Insurance Division retains its accreditation with the National Association of I...
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2013-06-26
Act 190, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293).
HB848PassCreates a uniform network adequacy standard to be applied to all health insurers doing business in the State. For consistency with federal health insurance laws, defines "small employer" in the Hawaii insurance code to consist of employers with fifty...
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2013-06-26
Act 192, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1295).
HB1287PassAllows a business to scan an individual's driver's license or Hawaii identification card to verify age when providing age-restricted goods or services if the business has a reasonable doubt of the individual having reached the minimum age required fo...
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2013-06-26
Act 195, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1298).
HB144PassRepeals chapter 373K, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Clarifies professional employer organization responsibilities with respect to meeting the statutory requirements of the repealed chapter 373K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the nexus between the registrat...
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2013-06-26
Act 174, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277).
HB1202PassClarifies that a professional or vocational licensee who inadvertently fails to maintain licensing requirements but who subsequently corrects the failure so that there was no lapse in licensure shall not be guilty of unlicensed activity. Clarifies th...
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2013-06-26
Act 182, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1285).
HB652PassProhibits remote dispensing pharmacies from operating within the State, excepting the two existing remote dispensing pharmacies operated by the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center in Nanakuli and Waianae until June 1, 2014. Extends the repeal d...
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2013-06-26
Act 184, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287).
HB178PassRequires licensed social workers to complete a minimum of 15 credit hours of continuing education courses for the licensing renewal period beginning 07/01/2013, through 06/30/2016, and 45 credit hours of continuing education courses during each licen...
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2013-06-26
Act 183, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286).
HB668PassAuthorizes transfer of the medical use of marijuana program from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Health. Requires joint reports to the Legislature. Establishes Medical Marijuana Registry Special Fund. Makes appropriation. (HB668 ...
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2013-06-26
Act 177, 6/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280).
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