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SCR51Intro

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Requesting The Auditor To Assess The Social And Financial Effects Of Requiring Health Insurers To Provide Coverage For Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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2011-04-01
(S) Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SCR63Intro

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Urging The United States Congress To Uphold The Citizenship Clause Of The Fourteenth Amendment Of The United States Constitution.
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2011-04-01
(S) Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
SCR108Intro

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Requesting Application For, Granting Of, And Fiscal Support For Emergency Relief And Emergency Prevention Efforts For The County Of Hawaii And The County Of Maui In The Wake Of The March 2011 Tsunami.
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2011-03-31
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure.
SCR24Intro

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Requesting The Auditor To Assess The Social And Financial Effects Of Requiring Health Insurers To Provide Coverage For Certain Tobacco Use Cessation Methods.
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2011-03-31
(S) Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
SR64Intro

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Requesting The Attorney General To Assess The Impact Of Diverting Drug Possession Offenders From The Criminal Justice System To Drug Treatment Programs.
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2011-03-31
To Senate Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs Committee
SR71Intro

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Requesting The Convening Of A Task Force To Consider The Feasibility Of Opening A Wellness Center That Focuses On Community Reentry Programs Near Hilo International Airport.
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2011-03-31
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure.
SR62Intro

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Requesting Application For, Granting Of, And Fiscal Support For Emergency Relief And Emergency Prevention Efforts For The County Of Hawaii And The County Of Maui In The Wake Of The March 2011 Tsunami.
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2011-03-31
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure.
SB671Engross

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Exempts from restrictions on gifts under the ethics code invitations or tickets for a charitable event from a charitable entity, whether or not the charitable entity is the host of the charitable event. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2011-03-31
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SCR123Intro

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Requesting The Convening Of A Task Force To Consider The Feasibility Of Opening A Wellness Center That Focuses On Community Reentry Programs Near Hilo International Airport.
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2011-03-31
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure.
SB1190Engross

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Requires a record reviewer for medical treatment provided for an injury covered by a motor vehicle insurance policy to possess sufficient specialized knowledge to assess the specific treatment at issue; makes the record review available upon request....
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2011-03-30
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB815Engross

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Requires the forfeiture of any equipment, article, instrument, aircraft, vehicle, vessel, business record, or natural resource used or taken in violation of the laws or rules applicable to the Kahoolawe Island Reserve. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2011-03-29
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SCR154Intro

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Requesting The Attorney General To Assess The Impact Of Diverting Drug Possession Offenders From The Criminal Justice System To Drug Treatment Programs.
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2011-03-28
(S) The committee(s) on PGM/JDL deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-31-11 2:50PM in conference room 224.
SCR21Engross

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Declaring February 6, 2011 As Ronald Reagan Day In Honor Of The Centennial Anniversary Of His Birth.
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2011-03-28
To House Culture & the Arts Committee
SB1173Engross

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Appropriates funds to be used by the department of education for a grant to provide space education programming services at the Barbers Point elementary school for fiscal year 20112012. Requires Challenger Center Hawaii to submit a plan to the legisl...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB981Engross

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Requires certain council, board, and commission members to take a training course offered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs relating to native Hawaiian traditional and customary rights, natural resource protection and access rights, and the public tr...
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2011-03-24
(H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused.
SB810Engross

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Requires the department of education to establish high school diploma requirements that aim to establish college and career readiness. Requires the department of education to report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2012. (SD1)
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB824Engross

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Makes null and unenforceable any portion of a motor carrier transportation services contract or agreement that requires the carrier to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless the other party from any liability for that party's negligence or intentional a...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC/JUD with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB1220Engross

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Designates the Lanai community-based fishery resource management area. Establishes the Lanai community-based fishery resource management area advisory committee to develop a community-based fishery resource management area program to implement tradit...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB261Engross

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Establishes the Museum of Music, Dance, and Cultural Arts design committee. Authorizes the committee to invite developers to prepare plans, specifications, and designs for the construction of a museum, and to review for approval the proposed museum d...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB1453Engross

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Authorizes a working group composed of stakeholders and convened by the Healthcare Association of Hawaii to consider issues relating to prior authorization for prescription medication and to make recommendations for future legislation. Effective July...
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2011-03-24
(H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused.
SB595Engross

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Establishes a tax credit equal to per cent of the amount of medical malpractice insurance premium paid by a physician or clinic if at least per cent of their total patient caseload consists of patients on Medicaid. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB595 HD1)
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2011-03-24
(H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting no and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused.
SB116Engross

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Authorizes the Hawaii Tourism Authority to support traditional Hawaiian arts and cultural activities. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB116 HD2)
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2011-03-24
(H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting no and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused.
SB605Engross

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Restructures the Department of Education into two major divisions the academic achievement division and the administration division and establishes two senior deputy superintendent positions to head the divisions. Changes the salary cap for certain...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB1487Engross

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Authorizes the department of education to close or consolidate existing schools in conformance with applicable administrative rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, HRS. Requires the department of education to give notice to affected schools of closur...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB1066Engross

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Amends the appointment, composition, size and quorum requirements of the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund (EUTF). Permits the EUTF board of trustees to retain an attorney independent of the attorney general's ...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB654Engross

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Establishes a non-refundable ohana residential housing income tax credit that includes a residential construction and remodeling tax credit, as well as a new home purchase tax credit. (SB654 HD1)
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB1538Engross

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Directs the Department of Health, State Civil Defense, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii's Emergency Management Program, and the emergency services departments of the respective counties to report to the Legislature on the progress of implementing...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB420Engross

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Appropriates funds to the Department of Health and Department of Human Services to expand certain health care services to qualified individuals and to finance projects at designated federally qualified health centers throughout the State. Effective J...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB1106Engross

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Creates a workplace wellness pilot program. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB1106 HD1)
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB154Engross

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Permits a licensed real estate broker or real estate sales person to prepare broker price opinions for use in real estate transactions where an appraisal is not required by law or otherwise; clarifies that recovery from the real estate recovery fund ...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB926Engross

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Appropriates funds for various early childhood and school readiness programs. Prioritizes, for purposes of procurement, projects that also receive non-state funding. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB926 HD1)
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB931Engross

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Requires the early learning council, with assistance from the department of education, the department of health, and the department of human services, to develop a fiscal mapping study. Requires a report to the legislature no later than twenty days p...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB745Engross

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Includes the production of air conditioning from a seawater air conditioning district cooling system within the definition of "eligible business activity" under the State's Enterprise Zone program. Stipulates that gross proceeds received by a contrac...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB934Engross

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Requires establishment and implementation of a bullying and cyberbullying policy for all public schools and charter schools. Establishes bullying and cyberbullying reporting requirements for all public schools and charter schools. Defines "bullying",...
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2011-03-24
(H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting no and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused.
SB169Engross

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Permits the establishment of a pilot program to use dogs to inspect incoming cargo for illegal fireworks and explosives, before the cargo has been transported from the harbors. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB169 HD1)
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB755Engross

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Authorizes events featuring peer-to-peer entertainment, including poker, in which each player receives the player's personal winnings but in which no other person or entity derives any proceeds based on the outcome. Authorizes issuance of not more th...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Aquino, Ching, Cullen, Fontaine, Johanson, M. Lee, Marumoto, Pine, Rhoads, Saiki, Takumi, Thielen, Ward, Yamane voting no (14) and Representative(s) Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB769Engross

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Provides a tax credit for qualified hotel and resort property construction and renovations costs incurred after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2015. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB777Engross

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Establishes a prompt payment task force attached to DAGS to examine and resolve issues relating to state agencies' payments for goods and services purchased through nonprofit organizations. Effective 07/01/2112. (HD1)
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on LMG with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB1164Engross

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Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" in Hawaii's enterprise zone program to include the production of electric power from renewable energy and owning, controlling, operating, or managing a seawater air conditioning district cooling p...
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2011-03-24
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
SB1178Engross

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Exempts mortgage services licensed as mortgage loan originators pursuant to chapter 454F from additional licensure under chapter 454M; provides for voluntary surrender of a license through notice to the commissioner and compliance with applicable fed...
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2011-03-23
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SB814Engross

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Converts certain revolving funds of the University of Hawaii into special funds; repeals or amends certain funds of the University of Hawaii and transfers the remaining balances of other specified funds. Effective July 1, 2030. (SB814 HD1)
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2011-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Belatti, Chang, Tokioka excused (3).
SB238Engross

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Allows the University of Hawaii to retain up to five per cent of its appropriated general funds and carry it over to the subsequent fiscal year. Requires reports to the Department of Budget and Finance and the Legislature. (SB238 HD1)
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2011-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Belatti, Chang, Tokioka excused (3).
SB1108Engross

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Clarifies guidelines for individual development accounts and appropriates funds for fiduciary organizations to operate individual development account programs. Effective July 1, 2075. (SB1108 HD1)
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2011-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Belatti, Chang, Tokioka excused (3).
SB1357Engross

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Directs the Department of Public Safety to develop a master plan for the return of Hawaii inmates housed in mainland prisons. Report to 2012 legislature. Effective July 1, 2050. (SB1357 HD1)
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2011-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Belatti, Chang, Tokioka excused (3).
SB757Engross

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Reestablishes the Hawaii Capital Loan Revolving Fund; requires that principal and interest payments being made on outstanding loans be deposited into the fund; authorizes the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to contract with ...
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2011-03-23
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Belatti, Chang, Tokioka excused (3).
SB985Engross

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Appropriates funds for the operating budget of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for fiscal years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. Effective July 1, 2011. (SB985 HD1)
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2011-03-22
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Har excused (2).
SB1187Engross

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Proposes amendment to article V, section 6, of the state constitution to provide that the attorney general be elected as a nonpartisan elected official rather than appointed by the governor. (SD1)
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2011-03-22
(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
SCR58Intro

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Requesting The State Building Code Council To Adopt The Requirement That Automatic Fire Sprinklers Be Installed In New One- And Two-family Dwellings.
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2011-03-22
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure.
SR32Intro

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Requesting The State Building Code Council To Adopt The Requirement That Automatic Fire Sprinklers Be Installed In New One- And Two-family Dwellings.
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2011-03-22
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure.
SR13Intro

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Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources And The City And County Of Honolulu To Agree To A Final Determination Regarding The Ownership And Jurisdiction Of An Unimproved Section Of Kaimakani Street.
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2011-03-22
(S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure.
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