Bills Pending Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee

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HIHB1968Engross
50%
Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. Effective 7/1/...
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2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISCR48Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Law Enforcement, Fire Departments And Police Departments Of Each County, Humane Societies In Each County, And Media Organizations Throughout The State To Collaborate To Create And Disseminate Public Service Announcements To H...
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2024-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISR36Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Law Enforcement, Fire Departments And Police Departments Of Each County, Humane Societies In Each County, And Media Organizations Throughout The State To Collaborate To Create And Disseminate Public Service Announcements To H...
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2024-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISCR56Intro
25%
Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Adopt Administrative Rules To Prohibit Rental Housing Revolving Fund Loan Forgiveness Unless The Corporation Repossesses The Project.
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2024-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISCR196Intro
25%
Applying To The United States Congress To Call An Article V Convention To Propose Certain Limited Amendments To The United States Constitution.
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2024-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISR45Intro
25%
Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Adopt Administrative Rules To Prohibit Rental Housing Revolving Fund Loan Forgiveness Unless The Corporation Repossesses The Project.
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2024-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISCR95Intro
25%
Encouraging The United States Congress To Pass The Nurture Originals, Foster Art, And Keep Entertainment Safe Act Of 2023 (no Fakes Act) And The No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications Act Of 2024 (no Ai Fraud Act).
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2024-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISR168Intro
25%
Applying To The United States Congress To Call An Article V Convention To Propose Certain Limited Amendments To The United States Constitution.
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2024-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISR81Intro
25%
Encouraging The United States Congress To Pass The Nurture Originals, Foster Art, And Keep Entertainment Safe Act Of 2023 (no Fakes Act) And The No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications Act Of 2024 (no Ai Fraud Act).
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2024-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISR136Intro
25%
Requesting That State And County Departments And Agencies Meet Certain Guidelines Before Passing Any Ordinance Or Rule That Restricts Subsistence Fishing.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB2089Engross
50%
Requires the State Building Code Council to adopt, amend, or update the International Building Code and International Residential Code within two years of every other official publication date of the applicable code or standard. Provides that if a co...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB2579Engross
50%
Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources shall not unilaterally amend the terms and conditions of any lease of public lands being extended pursuant to Act 149, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, except as otherwise provided therein; and if th...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB2758Engross
50%
Facilitates the control and eradication of invasive species and pests. Establishes a plant nursery registration program. Requires the Board of Agriculture to designate certain species as pests for control or eradication. Imposes certain limits on imp...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISCR162Intro
25%
Requesting That State And County Departments And Agencies Meet Certain Guidelines Before Passing Any Ordinance Or Rule That Restricts Subsistence Fishing.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB2174Engross
50%
Repeals the existing conditions under which government entities may seek reimbursement for search or rescue expenses and instead requires a government entity of the State to impose and collect a fee for search or rescue expenses for persons who requi...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB2382Engross
50%
Clarifies the Employees' Retirement System's eligibility requirement definitions for service-connected disability and accidental death benefits. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-20
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HIHB2353Engross
50%
Establishes the Criminal Justice Data Sharing and Research Group to consolidate the efforts of the Criminal Justice Data Sharing Working Group and the Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission. (SD1)
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2024-03-20
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HIHB2683Engross
50%
Makes permanent the exemption of laboratory school programs of the Hawaiian language college at the University of Hawaii at Hilo from state English-medium standards, assessments, performance ratings, staff qualifications, and staff training requireme...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISR48Intro
25%
Recognizing The Importance Of Using Pronouns And Gender-affirming Language.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISCR86Intro
25%
Requesting The United States Attorney For The District Of Hawaii And Prosecuting Attorney Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Prosecute All Cases Within The Weed And Seed Sites In Hawaii.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB2515Engross
50%
Clarifies the types of events that constitute disasters and emergencies for the purposes of emergency management. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1)
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISCR59Intro
25%
Recognizing The Importance Of Using Pronouns And Gender-affirming Language.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISR72Intro
25%
Requesting The United States Attorney For The District Of Hawaii And Prosecuting Attorney Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Prosecute All Cases Within The Weed And Seed Sites In Hawaii.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISCR36Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of The Attorney General To Conduct A Study To Determine If Xylazine Testing Strips Should Be Excluded From The State's Definition Of Drug Paraphernalia.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISR24Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of The Attorney General To Conduct A Study To Determine If Xylazine Testing Strips Should Be Excluded From The State's Definition Of Drug Paraphernalia.
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2024-03-14
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HIHB1602Engross
50%
Authorizes a forty-eight-hour grace period after a missed initial court appearance. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB1664Engross
50%
Increases the penalties for bribery offenses under certain circumstances by establishing new offenses for bribery in the first and second degrees. Defines "bribery" for the purposes of these offenses. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB2470Engross
50%
Clarifies that a contested case hearing is not required when an identical or substantially similar administrative matter has been finally adjudicated. Includes administrative contested case proceedings within the scope of the vexatious litigant statu...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB1766Engross
50%
Prohibits the distribution of synthetic media messages in advertisements before an election that a person knows or should have known are deceptive and fraudulent deepfakes of a candidate. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB1845Engross
50%
Increases the amount of partial public campaign financing available for all elective offices. Adjusts the minimum amount of qualifying contributions certain candidates must receive to participate in the program. Increases the matching fund payments f...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2702Intro
25%
Specifies that the practice of election fraud intimidation includes carrying any firearm or weapon and photographing the face of any voter without permission from both the voter and an appropriate election official when those actions occur at or near...
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2024-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2684Intro
25%
Creates penalties relating to the fighting of birds.
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2024-02-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2226Intro
25%
Authorizes each county to adopt ordinances to regulate or restrict motor vehicle access to certain streets, highways, thoroughfares, or roads. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB3042Intro
25%
Amends the Criminal Justice Data Sharing Working Group to combine its members and functions with certain members and functions of the Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission to increase efficiency and effectiveness and eliminate redundancy. Repeal...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2636Intro
25%
Requires a board to offer remote testifiers an option to be seen and heard by the board and the public when offering remote testimony. Authorizes a board to remove or block any persons who intentionally disrupt or compromise the conduct of a meeting.
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2589Intro
25%
Increases the penalty for the desecration of Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian burial sites from a misdemeanor to a felony for second or subsequent offenses. (SD1)
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2994Intro
25%
Requires the State Building Code Council to adopt, amend, or update the International Building Code and the International Residential Code within two years of its official publication date. Clarifies that the Hawaii State Building Code acts as the in...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2103Intro
25%
Expands the criminal offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include roasted coffee. Imposes a $10,000 fine for each separate offense of false-labeling of Hawaii-grown roasted coffee. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is ...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB3230Intro
25%
Makes an appropriation for the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, in collaboration with the University of Hawaii, to procure expertise and develop a physical risk model to assess risk in the State for insurance rat...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2111Intro
25%
Under certain conditions, limits the payment of any delinquent tax and penalty required by the Director of Finance of a county as a condition precedent to the transfer of ownership of a vehicle to the aggregate amount of delinquent taxes and penaltie...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB3349Intro
25%
Establishes the Office of Gun Violence Prevention within the Department of the Attorney General for administrative purposes only. Repeals the Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. ...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB3307Intro
25%
Authorizes representatives of the news media to be allowed to attend executive meetings held by a board under section 92-4, HRS. (SD1)
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2517Intro
25%
Requires appointments and selections of heads of state divisions and agencies that require a board approval to be made through a publicly established process and timeline. Requires the approval of the process and timeline to appoint or select a new h...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2933Intro
25%
Proposes a constitutional amendment to ensure that the inherent and inalienable right of the people, including future generations, to clean water and air, a healthful environment and climate, healthy native ecosystems, and beaches, shall be protected...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2139Intro
25%
Establishes provisions regarding the fees and other costs charged to reproduce certain government documents during a nationally declared disaster. Requires the Office of Information Practices to adopt certain rules regarding the fees and other charge...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB263Intro
25%
Requires council members to receive annual training on topics related to Native Hawaiian healing and health. (SD1)
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2024-02-16
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HISB3229Intro
25%
Establishes a working group to identify, assess, and recommend certain risk transfer market mechanisms. Establishes requirements for insurers relating to claims for additional living expenses under homeowners insurance policies, including situations ...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2570Intro
25%
Requires a protest based on the content of the solicitation to be submitted a minimum of one day business before the date set for the receipt of offers, and all other protests be submitted within seven calendar days after the posting of award of the ...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2078Intro
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. (SD1)
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB3315Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Agriculture to use consistent units of measurement in its summary to the public on the amounts of restricted use pesticides used. Establishes a one-half mile buffer zone for pesticides around schools and state and county pu...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
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