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SB170Engross

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Authorizes the Department of Transportation and state civil defense to inspect shipping containers for dangerous materials, including explosives. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB170 HD1)
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2011-03-22
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1443Engross

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Requires the departments of agriculture and land and natural resources to identify and map certain public lands to be considered for transfer from the department of land and natural resources to the department of agriculture. Establishes a timetable ...
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2011-03-21
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1276Engross

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Updates the Insurance Code and related provisions. (SB1276 HD1)
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2011-03-21
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Carroll, McKelvey, Saiki, Wooley excused (4).
SB1506Engross

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Establishes the Childhood Obesity Pilot Program and requires insurers to cover childhood obesity as a billable provider visit for services rendered by participating health care providers. Requires the Department of Health to work with Hawaii Primary ...
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2011-03-21
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB30Engross

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Extends the time period during which the legal and registered owner of an abandoned vehicle may repossess the vehicle before it may be subject to disposal. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
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2011-03-21
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB897Engross

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Establishes the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness under the Department of Human Services for administrative purposes. (SB897 HD1)
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2011-03-21
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Carroll, McKelvey, Saiki, Wooley excused (4).
SB209Engross

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Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Palolo Chinese Home in financing the capital costs related to the expansion, construction, and rebuilding of its facilities. (SD1)
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2011-03-18
(H) Re-referred to FIN, referral sheet 41
SB77Engross

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Allows a plaintiff to file court documents as "Jane Doe" or "John Doe" under certain circumstances in seeking an injunction in harassment cases. Requires that certain types of powers of attorney be signed by two qualified witnesses and acknowledged b...
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2011-03-18
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Chang, Coffman, Herkes, Keith-Agaran, Nakashima, Wooley excused (6).
SB582Engross

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Establishes a mutual aid agreement of assistance among the counties to provide potable water and non-potable water to another county during times of emergency. Establishes the Hawaii statewide mutual aid system to provide integrated statewide mutual ...
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1481Engross

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Amends the offense of obstructing access to public property to include the installment of certain visual impediments. Creates a private right of action for a person to enforce the prohibition of obstruction. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1063Engross

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Appropriates funds for Hawaii employees in collective bargaining unit (13). (SD1)
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1064Engross

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Appropriates funds for Hawaii employees in collective bargaining unit (4). (SD1)
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1498Engross

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Requires each state agency with rules affecting small businesses to submit an annual report to the Small Business Regulatory Review Board (Board) regarding the statutory changes that impact these rules, and the status of each amended or new rule for ...
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2011-03-18
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting no (0) and Chang, Coffman, Herkes, Keith-Agaran, Nakashima, Wooley excused (6).
SB1075Engross

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Appropriates funds for Hawaii employees in collective bargaining unit (8). (SD1)
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1077Engross

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Appropriates funds for Hawaii employees in collective bargaining unit (6). (SD1)
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1081Engross

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Appropriates funds for Hawaii employees in collective bargaining unit (2). Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1082Engross

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Appropriates funds for Hawaii employees in collective bargaining unit (3). Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1090Engross

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Converts a number of civil service exempt positions to civil service positions. Clarifies that certain positions shall be filled according to the state civil service law. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1096Engross

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Appropriates funds for Hawaii employees in collective bargaining unit (9). (SD1)
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1521Engross

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Allows UH to use staff of DLNR for security for coconut island. Exempts Hawaii marine laboratory refuge from obtaining state and county permits for repair and maintenance of facilities on coconut island. Effective 7/1/2050 and repeals 7/1/2016. (SD2)
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2011-03-18
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB414Engross

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Authorizes the Hawaii health systems corporation to mortgage its real property, with some restrictions, and clarifies that the dollar cap on municipal leasing authority applies to each regional system. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB414 HD1)
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2011-03-18
(H) Re-referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 42
SB4Engross

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Amends definition of advance gambling activity to clarify that purchase of sweepstakes entry that also provides nominal non-gambling value advances gambling even if sweepstakes entry can be obtained without payment of consideration. Eliminates free p...
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2011-03-18
(H) Re-referred to ERB/JUD, FIN referral sheet 41
SB957Engross

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Creates a domestic violence and citizen's family law advisory task force. (SB957 HD1)
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2011-03-18
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Chang, Coffman, Herkes, Keith-Agaran, Nakashima, Wooley excused (6).
SB776Engross

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Establishes a task force to identify barriers that Hawaii businesses and university professors face in developing entrepreneurial business models in biotechnology, and to recommend specific actions to address these barriers. Effective July 1, 2112. (...
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2011-03-18
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, Coffman, Herkes, Keith-Agaran, Nakashima, Wooley excused (6).
SB110Engross

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Establishes immunity from prosecution for consumption of intoxicating liquor by a minor if the minor summons medical treatment for another minor who requires such treatment as a result of consuming liquor. Also provides that immunity may be provided ...
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2011-03-17
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB640Engross

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Requires the independent audit of the wireless enhanced 911 fund to be conducted annually rather than biannually. Requires that information on the status of projects undertaken or planned by public safety answering points, and the results of the annu...
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2011-03-17
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1084Engross

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Appropriates funds for Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for bargaining unit (6) and its excluded counterparts for fiscal biennium 2011-2013. (SD1)
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2011-03-17
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Pine, Saiki, Say excused (4).
SB1085Engross

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Appropriates funds for Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for bargaining unit (3) and its excluded counterparts for fiscal biennium 2011-2013. (SD1)
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2011-03-17
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Pine, Saiki, Say excused (4).
SB425Engross

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Creates a wellness pilot program within medicaid; appropriates funds. Establishes a joint legislative task force to examine issues relating to medicaid shortfalls. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD3)
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2011-03-17
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1361Engross

Sine Die
Amends the definition of community care foster family home to require that a community care foster family home be certified and in operation for not less than one year prior to being certified for a third client. (SD1)
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2011-03-17
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB171Engross

Sine Die
Bans the ignition, possession, selling, and use of aerial luminaries. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-17
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB958Engross

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Establishes a program in the Family Court for the registration of child custody evaluators; allows Board of Family Court Judges to establish a program for certification of child custody evaluators. Effective July 1, 2075. (SB958 HD1)
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2011-03-17
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Har, Pine, Saiki, Say excused (4).
SB284Engross

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Establishes and appropriates funds for a program within DPS that assigns non-violent inmates to a work detail that restores historical sites selected by OHA. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-16
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB643Engross

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Authorizes the court to order forfeiture of any vehicle owned by the defendant if it was used in the commission of the excessive speeding offense and if the defendant has at least two prior excessive speeding convictions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-16
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1337Engross

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Provides a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, HRS, to the Hawaii Livestock Cooperative to stabilize operations at the cooperative's slaughter facility. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-16
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB8PassEstablishes implementing legislation for the appointment of Board of Education members. Establishes considerations for the Senate during the advise and consent process. (SB8 HD2)
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2011-03-16
(S) Act 005, 3/14/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1105).
SB750Engross

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Permits members of condominium associations to make audio recordings of association meetings for personal use or use of another member with prior notice to the board; provided that the bylaws of the association do not prohibit such recording; specifi...
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2011-03-16
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB1384Engross

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Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, requires children in public or private kindergarten programs to be assessed by an early learning educator prior to entering first grade to ensure the child is qualified to enter the first grade. Requires any ...
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2011-03-16
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB796Engross

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Requires a business that maintains personal information about residents of Hawaii to implement a comprehensive written information security program; exempts financial institutions subject to certain federal guidelines; requires that a consumer credit...
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2011-03-15
(H) Re-referred to ERB, CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 38
SB775Engross

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Reauthorizes the construction site inspection task force and narrows its focus to unlicensed contractor activity. Establishes a fee and surcharge to offset the costs of task force activities to be added to license application and renewal fees. Requir...
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2011-03-15
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB646Engross

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Requires every person subject to section 454F-1.5 to include the person's unique identifier on every residential mortgage loan application submitted to an escrow depository in a real estate transaction; requires escrow depositories to report invalid ...
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2011-03-14
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB785Engross

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Appropriates funds to the department of human services to match the federal disproportionate share hospital allowance allocated to the State. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB788Engross

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Establishes presumptive medicaid eligibility for waitlisted patients until 7/1/2016. Requires DHS to conduct a study of a computerized medicaid applications system. Appropriates funds for reimbursements for services provided during the time that wait...
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2011-03-10
To House Human Services Committee
SB218Engross

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Requires hospitals to provide survivors of sexual assault with medically and factually accurate and unbiased information regarding emergency contraception and to make emergency contraception immediately available to survivors of sexual assault upon r...
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB798Engross

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Expands definition of "quality assurance committee" to include interdisciplinary quality assurance committees composed of members from various health care organizations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB224Engross

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Requires the director of health to establish a working group to develop a plan to increase education and awareness of lupus. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Health Committee
SB994Engross

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Prohibits a public official or public employee from appointing, employing, promoting, or advancing a relative within an agency over which the public official or public employee exercises control or the relative of another public official or employee ...
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2011-03-10
To House Labor & Public Employment Committee
SB808Engross

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Caps the salaries for the deputy superintendent, assistant superintendents, and complex area superintendents at the salary of the superintendent. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-10
To House Education Committee
SB1195Engross

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Requires the affirmative vote of at least fifty percent of ballots that are voted either YES or NO (which do not include blank votes) and at least forty percent of all ballots that are voted at a general election (which do include blank votes) or an ...
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2011-03-10
To House Judiciary Committee
SB1426Engross

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Returns a portion of the county surcharge on GET and use taxes to the state general fund. Authorizes general obligation bonds to reimburse the city and county of Honolulu in fiscal year 2011-2012. Extends county surcharge for two years. Requires a me...
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2011-03-10
To House Finance Committee
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