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HISB2971Intro
25%
Raises the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent exposure from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor if the victim is less than sixteen years of age. Provides that the state of mind requirement is not applicable to the fact that the victim is l...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB3035Intro
25%
Amends the offense of manslaughter to include cases where a person knowingly and unlawfully distributes a dangerous drug in any amount and thereby recklessly causes the death of another person who ingested that drug.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2689Intro
25%
Creates a state-initiated process to expunge records of arrests and convictions pursuant to section 712-1249, Hawaii Revised Statutes, at no cost to the record holder. Requires the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to submit biannual reports to the...
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2024-01-26
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HISB2138Intro
25%
Requires that each vote cast for a question on a ballot for the ratification of a constitutional amendment be counted in the negative only if the ballot properly indicates that the vote is in the negative.
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2024-01-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2724Intro
25%
Requires defendants convicted of causing the death of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle in a negligent manner while under the influence of drugs or alcohol to make restitution in the form of financial support t...
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2024-01-24
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HISB2868Intro
25%
Establishes an online fantasy sports contests registration and monitoring program under the Department of the Attorney General. Imposes an online fantasy sports contests tax on the gross revenues of registrants. Establishes the Online Fantasy Sports ...
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2024-01-24
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HISB2704Intro
25%
Prohibits civil asset forfeiture unless the covered offense is a felony for which the property owner has been convicted. Excludes the forfeiture proceedings for an animal pending criminal charges. Requires the Attorney General to deposit the net proc...
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2024-01-24
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HISB2612Intro
25%
Establishes the offense of habitual runaway.
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2024-01-24
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HISB2884Intro
25%
Proposes a constitutional amendment to ensure that the basis to marriage shall not be denied or abridged on the basis of race or sex.
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2024-01-24
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HISB2929Intro
25%
Lowers the blood alcohol concentration threshold for driving while under the influence of alcohol from 0.08 to 0.05.
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2024-01-24
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HISB2953Intro
25%
Abolishes the boards of registration.
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2024-01-24
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HISB2705Intro
25%
Prohibits civil asset forfeiture unless the covered offense is a felony for which the property owner has been convicted. Excludes the forfeiture proceedings for an animal pending criminal charges. Requires the Attorney General to deposit the net proc...
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2024-01-24
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HISB2604Intro
25%
Establishes a court's authority to issue an order restricting abusive litigation.
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2024-01-24
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HISB2190Intro
25%
Appropriates moneys to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 20242025.
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2024-01-24
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HISB2378Intro
25%
Updates the Uniform Probate Code by reducing the number of required publications of a notice to creditors by a trustee to once a week for two successive weeks, consistent with amendments made by Act 158, SLH 2023, to publication requirements applicab...
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2024-01-22
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HISB2393Intro
25%
Proposes to amend article XVI, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to more closely reflect the language of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (ConAm)
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2024-01-22
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HISB2415Intro
25%
Imposes new security requirements for voting systems. Deems certain acts relating to election tampering or security breaches as acts of election fraud. Appropriates moneys for video security surveillance recording equipment for the state's voting sys...
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2024-01-22
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HISB2453Intro
25%
Requires certain solicitations that reference disasters to include a disclosure. Deems violators guilty of a class C felony.
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2024-01-22
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HISB2268Intro
25%
Relating To The Judiciary. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2267Intro
25%
Relating To Sentencing. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
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HISB2266Intro
25%
Relating To Crime. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
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HISB2269Intro
25%
Relating To Exoneration. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
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HISB2270Intro
25%
Relating To Redress For Wrongful Conviction And Imprisonment. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
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HISB2232Intro
25%
Provides that certain information to be included in any digital voter information guide shall not be released to any requestor in whole or in part before the public release of the entire guide.
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2024-01-18
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HISB2212Intro
25%
Amends section 11-357, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to prohibit state and county elected officials as defined in section 11-342(d), HRS, from soliciting and accepting campaign contributions during any regular session or special session of the state...
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2024-01-18
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HISB2192Intro
25%
Increases penalties for bribery, under certain circumstances.
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2024-01-18
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HISB2211Intro
25%
Amends section 11-381, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to eliminate the use of campaign funds to purchase up to 2 tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee.
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2024-01-18
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HISB2137Intro
25%
Requires defendants convicted of causing the death or disability of a parent or legal guardian of a minor child by the operation of a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant to make restitution in the form of financial support to each chil...
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2024-01-18
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HISB2233Intro
25%
Reschedules the post-election assembly of presidential electors to the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election.
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2024-01-18
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HISB2124Intro
25%
Restricts civil asset forfeiture to cases involving the commission of a felony offense where the property owner has been convicted of an underlying felony offense. Directs forfeiture proceeds to the general fund. Amends the allowable expenses for mon...
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2024-01-18
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HISB2115Intro
25%
Specifies that a recount of all ballots cast for any election shall occur if the official tabulation of all of the returns for that office or ballot question reveals that there is a difference equal to or less than one hundred votes, one-quarter of o...
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2024-01-18
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HISB2210Intro
25%
Increases the amount of partial public campaign financing available for all state and county elective offices. Amends section 11-425, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), by increasing the maximum amount of public funds available for all offices by 50%. In...
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2024-01-18
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HISB2214Intro
25%
Prohibits state or county grantees, officers and immediate family members of state or county contractors, and officers and immediate family members of state or county grantees, from contributing to candidate committees or noncandidate committees for ...
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2024-01-18
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HISB2218Intro
25%
Clarifies disclosures required from members of the Legislature.
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2024-01-18
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HISB2196Intro
25%
Removes the possibility of probation or suspension of sentence for the offenses of fraud, false claims, and false statements.
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2024-01-18
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HISB2009Intro
25%
Authorizes election officials to disclose driver's license and state identification information in association with membership in nonprofit organizations for election related purposes. Requires the office of elections to join a voter registration sha...
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2024-01-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2007Intro
25%
Expands eligibility for, and automates, the expungement of arrest and conviction records for certain misdemeanors, crimes as a result of being a victim of human trafficking, and crimes relating to possession or use of controlled substances if certain...
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2024-01-17
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HISB198Intro
25%
Amends sections 11-322 and 11-333, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the Campaign Spending Commission ("Commission") to publish on its website the names of candidate and persons who qualify as noncandidate committees who fail to file an organizatio...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB1108Intro
25%
Establishes an online fantasy sports contests registration and monitoring program under the Department of the Attorney General. Exempts registered online fantasy sports contests from state gambling laws. Appropriates funds.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB1253Intro
25%
Defines "guidance", "opinion", and "ruling". Requires the Director of the Office of Information Practices to provide either a ruling or guidance in writing on open records responses and open meetings complaints. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
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HISB472Intro
25%
Requires the family court to amend its rules to require that service upon a party who is not a resident of or found within the island or circuit with jurisdiction over the proceeding may be effectuated by a declaration of the petitioner that states t...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB188Intro
25%
Requires each state legislator to include within the legislator's disclosures of financial interest the names of certain lobbyists with whom the legislator has a relationship.
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2023-12-11
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HISB52Intro
25%
Amends the process for electing members to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees. Requires the Reapportionment Commission to establish a reapportionment plan for five members of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs so th...
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2023-12-11
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HISB997Intro
25%
Requires notice and identification of certain top donors who contributed to a noncandidate committee. Changes the requirement of certain information from the schedules filed with the noncandidate committee reports. Removes certain information require...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB557Intro
25%
Relating To Ethics. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
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HISB226Intro
25%
Adds a new section to Chapter 801, Hawaii Revised Statutes, establishing circumstances in which the presence of a defendant is required for court proceedings or may be waived.
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2023-12-11
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HISB719Intro
25%
Gives the Office of Information Practices the discretion to resolve disputes about open records or open meetings either through an opinion or, when the opinion would likely be in favor of the agency, through informal written guidance. Appropriates fu...
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2023-12-11
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HISB199Intro
25%
Amends section 11-381, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to disallow the use of campaign funds to purchase up to two tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB97Intro
25%
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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2023-12-11
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HISB204Intro
25%
Limits to $100 the total amount of cash a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee may accept from a single person during each election period.
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2023-12-11
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