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SB3094Intro

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Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the operations of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission and for 2 full-time equivalent positions on the Commission.
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2020-02-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
SB2551Intro

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Requires transient accommodations operators to provide training, signage, and reporting policies to employees regarding human trafficking awareness.
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2020-02-07
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HB2566Intro

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Requires vehicles on any two-lane roadway that provides for two-way movement of traffic, proceeding at less than the speed limit, where passing or overtaking another vehicle is not possible or permitted, and a line of five or more vehicles has formed...
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2020-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee
HB2248Intro

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Establishes a task force within the department of health to conduct a study on sun protection factor ingredients and the feasibility of further limiting their use in sunscreens in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB2244Intro

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Reactivates the individual development account contribution income tax credit for the five-year period from 2021 through 2025. Amends provisions regarding state-funded individual development accounts. Appropriates funds to the department of human ser...
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2020-02-07
To House Human Services & Homelessness Committee
HB2201Intro

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Requires the Board of Massage Therapy to adopt rules to set qualifications for license and licensure renewal. Prohibits advertising as a massage therapist without a valid massage therapy license or from using advertisements on the internet and social...
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2020-02-07
To House Intrastate Commerce Committee
HB1843Intro

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Authorizes the manufacture and distribution of cannabis seeds and cannabis clones by medical cannabis dispensary licensees. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB1813Intro

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Authorizes the examiner of drivers to accept driver's license renewal applications from civilian employees and contractors of the federal Department of Defense more than six months prior to the date of expiration under certain conditions.
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2020-02-07
To House Transportation Committee
HB1881Intro

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Establishes billing requirements for unanticipated medical billing and unanticipated coverage gaps of patients for out-of-network emergency services received from nonparticipating providers. Specifies the circumstances in which health care providers ...
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB1052Intro

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Limits electric vehicles' (EV) parking fee exemption to four hours. Excludes airports from the EV parking fee exemption. Extends sunset date of Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, until EVs are 10 percent of registered vehicles in the State. Requir...
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2020-02-07
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HB2580Intro

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Requires the judiciary to establish a mental health first aid training program that provides mandatory eight-hour sessions triennially for personnel in the district and family courts whose duties include proceedings for restraining or protective orde...
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2020-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee
SB213Intro

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Repeals the requirement for special inspection and certification of reconstructed vehicles prior to operation upon a public highway. Makes conforming amendments. (SD1)
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2020-02-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HB1865Intro

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Requires the executive office on aging to convene a working group. Requires a report to the legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB2166Intro

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Makes permanent the law exempting the University Laboratory School from the public charter school enrollment policy so that it may conform its student enrollment profile to the standard prescribed by the University of Hawaii college of education in o...
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2020-02-07
To House Lower and Higher Education Committee
SB2597Intro

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Appropriates funds for the renovation and repurposing of the Guensberg building at the Hawaii state hospital for a secure residential co-occurring treatment program.
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2020-02-07
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee
HB2264Intro

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Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for cable landing infrastructure. Takes effect on 7/1/2112. (HD1)
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB2209Intro

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Appropriates funds to upgrade the sound system in the auditorium and conference rooms at the state capitol. (SD1)
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2020-02-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HB1787Intro

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Allows child custody appeals to be transferred from the Intermediate Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court, except in cases brought under the Child Protective Act.
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2020-02-07
To House Legislative Management Committee
SB2002Intro

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Prohibits any person from possessing a loaded firearm while intoxicated, unless the person is in their own dwelling. Violation is a petty misdemeanor.
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2020-02-07
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HB1739Intro

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Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu for the Career Criminal Prosecution Unit. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-02-07
To House Legislative Management Committee
SB3053Intro

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Amends HRS 134-8 to include fifty caliber guns in the list of prohibited weapons.
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2020-02-07
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
SB2232Intro

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Creates a new chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes regulating peer-to-peer vehicle sharing in Hawaii.
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2020-02-07
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee
HB2159Intro

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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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2020-02-07
To House Lower and Higher Education Committee
HB2595Intro

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Amends the factors the director of commerce and consumer affairs must consider when determining whether cable service should be made available upon a new application of a cable franchise. Requires that the director require cable operators make cable ...
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB1863Intro

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Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to conduct a study to provide recommendations for a comprehensive approach to the development of electric vehicle infrastructure. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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2020-02-07
To House Transportation Committee
SB2226Intro

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Establishes business practice and transparency reporting requirements for pharmacy benefit managers. Replaces the registration requirement for pharmacy benefit managers with a licensing requirement. Increases penalties for violations of the pharmacy ...
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2020-02-07
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee
HB2518Intro

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Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds to the County of Maui for the upgrade of that county's R-1 water delivery systems and the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the upgrade of certain water reservoirs locate...
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2020-02-07
To House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB2720Intro

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Requires publicly held domestic and foreign corporations to include certain numbers of females among their boards of directors. Authorizes administrative fines for noncompliance. Takes effect on January 1, 2050. (HD1)
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB2712Intro

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Clarifies the duties and responsibilities of a pharmacy benefit manager. Establishes quarterly reporting requirements to the Insurance Commissioner by pharmacy benefit managers. Authorizes audits of pharmacy benefit managers by the Insurance Commissi...
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
SB2220Intro

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Expands the circumstances where a minor may consent to no cost emergency shelter and related services to include cases where the provider is coordinating with child welfare services.
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2020-02-07
To Senate Human Services Committee
HB2524Intro

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Requires PSD to establish a mental health first aid training program that provides mandatory eight-hour sessions triennially for law enforcement, correctional officers, and other public safety officials under PSD.
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2020-02-07
To House Public Safety, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee
HB2355Intro

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Requires the fire chief and the ocean safety director of each county, in addition to the Director of Public Safety and the police chief of each county, to transmit to the Department of Land and Natural Resources a copy of every report relating to boa...
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2020-02-07
To House Transportation Committee
HB1992Intro

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Requires depth gauge signs to be posted on any portion of a public highway that lies within a special flood hazard area and is prone to flooding. Appropriates funds.
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2020-02-07
To House Transportation Committee
HB1812Intro

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Specifies that the driver's license of a civilian employee or civilian contractor of the United States Department of Defense that expires while the employee or contractor is stationed outside the United States remains valid for ninety days after the ...
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2020-02-07
To House Transportation Committee
HB2017Intro

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Allows the Hawaiian homes commission or the department of Hawaiian hone lands to retain independent legal counsel as needed. Authorizes the Hawaiian homes commission and the department of Hawaiian home lands to use the services of the attorney genera...
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2020-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee
HB1848Intro

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Requires new developments to plan for the impacts of projected sea level rise and restricts development in areas significantly affected by projected sea level rise. Amends policies and objectives related to coastal zone management to reduce residenti...
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2020-02-07
To House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HB2706Intro

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Requires the Department of Health to promote food donation during normal, routine inspections of food establishments. Permits the donation of food. Expands liability protection for the donation of food. Authorizes the donation of food directly to the...
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2020-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee
SB2462Intro

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Requires, by September 1, 2020, that the department of health request the Drug Enforcement Administration to grant a federal schedule I exemption for the medical use of cannabis in Hawaii.
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2020-02-07
To Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health Committee
HB2593Intro

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Prohibits the sale of new motor vehicles that are solely powered by fossil fuels and designed for personal use beginning January 1, 2030, by motor vehicle dealers and salespersons.
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2020-02-07
To House Transportation Committee
HB2416Intro

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Appropriates funds to create a full-time internship coordinator and cultural resource specialist positions with the Hawaii institute of marine biology at the Heeia estuarine research reserve.
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2020-02-07
To House Lower and Higher Education Committee
HB2190Intro

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Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to plan, design, construct, operate, manage, maintain, repair, demolish, and remove infrastructure or improvements on any lands under the jurisdiction of the department, to support and promote agriculture. Est...
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2020-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee
HB2003Intro

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Establishes a state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund. Deposits into the fund fines for repeat offenders, habitual offenders, and offenders who operate a vehicle after their license and privilege have been suspended or revok...
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2020-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee
HB2338Intro

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Clarifies certain requirements regarding licensure of child care facilities, including exemptions from licensure, health and safety standards, and investigations of violations. Effective 12/31/2059. (HD1)
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB2564Intro

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Establishes an organized research unit for cancer research within the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.
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2020-02-07
To House Lower and Higher Education Committee
SB2943Intro

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Makes it a Class C felony to purchase, manufacture, or otherwise obtain firearm parts for the purpose of assembling a firearm with no serial number. Amends certain requirements relating to firearms registration.
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2020-02-07
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HB2698Intro

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Requires the Department of Health to convene a construction waste reuse and recycling working group to determine how to implement a requirement for the reuse, recycling, or donation of construction waste. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (...
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HB2049Intro

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Authorizes public school teachers and educators to confiscate electronic smoking devices and electronic smoking device products. Requires public schools to coordinate with the appropriate county police departments for the proper disposal of confiscat...
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2020-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee
SB2332Intro

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Establishes an old government roads commission to address the issue of jurisdiction between the State and the counties over disputed roads. Appropriates funds.
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2020-02-07
To Senate Transportation Committee
HB2238Intro

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Requires that a child consult with legal counsel or with a parent, guardian, or legal custodian prior to any custodial interrogation and prior to waiving any rights against self-incrimination. Provides that statements obtained in violation of these r...
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2020-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee
HB2141Intro

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Requires the DOH to convene a working group to examine increasing the number of accessible parking stalls based on various cost versus need factors. Requires DOH to report to the legislature prior to the 2021 regular session. Takes effect on 12/31/20...
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2020-02-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
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