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HISB237Intro
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Requires certain individuals attempting to serve as child custody evaluators to complete a training course on the dynamics of domestic violence every three years and submit a letter or certificate of completion of the training course to the Family Co...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1516Intro
25%
Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide for a citizens assembly and to authorize the citizens assembly to propose to the Legislature constitutional and statutory revisions or amendments to the laws governing elections, political campaigns, cam...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1544Intro
25%
Establishes the offense of fraud as a class B felony. Disqualifies a person from holding elective public office for a period of ten years upon conviction of fraud.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1424Intro
25%
Proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit a person from serving as a member of the legislature for more than sixteen years during the person's lifetime.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1410Intro
25%
Prohibits operation of a pickup truck with any passengers seated in the bed or load-carrying area unless in an emergency or an officially authorized parade caravan, or exhibition. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
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HISB124Intro
25%
Prohibits the possession of firearms on school property and school buses and at school-sponsored functions. Exempts certain law enforcement officers and instructors and participants of certain educational or training programs. Establishes that violat...
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2023-12-11
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HISB960Intro
25%
Repeals the University of Hawaii Board of Regents Candidate Advisory Council. Authorizes the Governor to directly appoint members to the University of Hawaii Board of Regents. Effective upon ratification of a constitutional amendment.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1406Intro
25%
Amends the law relating to vehicle weight violations by replacing the fine schedule and increasing the potential fines based on multitude and magnitude of vehicle weight violations.
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2023-12-11
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HISB189Intro
25%
Prohibits lobbyists from making gifts that are prohibited under state ethics law.
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2023-12-11
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HISB484Intro
25%
Enacts portions of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017 to replace the Uniform Parentage Act of 1973. Takes effect 1/1/2024.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1077Intro
25%
Requires the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to establish a ballot-tracking system that allows all voters to receive alerts regarding the mailing, receipt, and counting of their ballots returned by mail. Requires the counties to immediately notify ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1072Intro
25%
Prohibits the State's Supreme Court and Intermediate Appellate Court from affirming, modifying, reversing, or vacating a matter on grounds other than those raised by the parties to the proceeding, unless the parties are provided the opportunity to br...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1425Intro
25%
Limits the permitted uses of campaign funds to only those purposes that are directly related to the campaigns of candidates.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1283Intro
25%
Adds a new section to chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to establish the class C felony offense of government fraud.
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2023-12-11
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HISB871Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to employ an Executive Director to be nominated by the Governor, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers the duties and powers of the Board of Directors of the Hawaii ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB635Intro
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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2023-12-11
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HISB495Intro
25%
Extends the time each county has to amend and adopt the Hawaii state building codes from two years to six years.
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2023-12-11
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HISB904Intro
25%
Establishes a statewide program modeled after the Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program that was implemented in the City and County of Honolulu from 2004 through 2019. Requires the Judiciary to administer the program.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1452Intro
25%
Establishes a six-year term and the selection process for the Director of the Office of Information Practices.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1186Intro
25%
Authorizes write-in voting. Allows voters to vote for declared candidates other than those listed on preprinted ballot through write-in voting procedure. Applies to elections conducted on or after 7/1/2023.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1092Intro
25%
Makes driving without a license a civil violation. Establishes fines. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
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HISB196Intro
25%
Amends section 11-410, HRS, by: (1) amending subsection (b) to provide that a person waives the right to a contested case hearing if the person fails to request a contested case hearing within 20 days of receipt of the Commission's preliminary determ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1451Intro
25%
Limits compelled disclosure of sources or unpublished information for journalists, newscasters, and persons participating in collection or dissemination of news or information of substantial public interest. Establishes exceptions.
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2023-12-11
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HISB408Intro
25%
Authorizes any candidate committee, under certain circumstances, to expend campaign funds to purchase a ticket for a candidate to attend a nonprofit organization's event.
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2023-12-11
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HISB184Intro
25%
Requires the statement of expenditures filed with the State Ethics Commission to include information on the identity, by bill number, resolution number, budget cost or program identification number, or other identifier, of the legislative or administ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1168Intro
25%
Expands eligibility for, and automates, the expungement of arrest and conviction records if certain criteria are met, including the lack of a conviction record for a specified time period following the date of an arrest, conviction, or release from i...
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2023-12-11
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HISB227Intro
25%
Increases the penalties for bribery under certain circumstances. Amends the offense of obstruction of justice to include obstruction by force, threat of force, coercion, fraud, or deception.
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2023-12-11
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HISB807Intro
25%
Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes to replace the word "marijuana" and related terms with the term "cannabis" or related terms, as appropriate.
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2023-12-11
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HISB202Intro
25%
Provides for the service of the commission's preliminary determination of probable cause via first-class mail.
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2023-12-11
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HISB897Intro
25%
Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to provide individuals with the right to marry any human being and for that right not to be abridged by the State.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1312Intro
25%
Clarifies the Employees' Retirement System's eligibility requirement definitions for service-connected disability and accidental death benefits. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
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HISB981Intro
25%
Extends the time period that a family court may order continued assisted community treatment. Reduces the time period that a family court needs to determine whether assisted community treatment should continue.
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2023-12-11
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HISB559Intro
25%
Relating To Penal Code. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1075Intro
25%
Repeals the cap on the amount of campaign funds candidates may donate to any community service, educational, youth, recreational, charitable, scientific, literary organization, public school, or public library.
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2023-12-11
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HISB401Intro
25%
Authorizes the use of ranked-choice voting for all partisan primary elections, special elections, and nonpartisan general elections with more than two candidates held in this State.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1562Intro
25%
Requires that the Reapportionment Commission apportion the House of Representatives among multi-member districts of not more than three members that conform to the boundaries of the Senate districts, unless not practicable
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2023-12-11
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HISB1604Intro
25%
Authorizes certain criminal offenders to undergo anger management counseling in lieu of domestic violence intervention as part of their sentences.
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2023-12-11
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HISB631Intro
25%
Proposes an amendment to article X, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to modify the appointment process for the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. Repeals the requirement that the governor shall only appoint from pools of candida...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1483Intro
25%
Prohibits cyber harassment and cyberstalking. Allows for civil liabilities and injunctions for cyber harassment and cyberstalking.
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2023-12-11
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HISB365Intro
25%
Establishes the offense of operating a vehicle while impaired, and penalties. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to take administrative action. Takes effect 1/1/2024. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
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HISB1178Intro
25%
Modernizes the definition of "personal information" for the purposes of notifying affected persons of data and security breaches. Includes licensees subject to the Insurance Data Security Law pursuant to article 3B, chapter 431, Hawaii Revised Statut...
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2023-12-11
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HISB194Intro
25%
Amends section 11-357, HRS, to prohibit 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 Legislature, including any extension of an...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1558Intro
25%
Provides that in the case of an unopposed candidate in the primary election, the candidate's name shall not appear on the primary election ballot but shall instead appear on the general election ballot.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1565Intro
25%
Requires that the person or organization that filed an ethics charge to the Ethics Commission be informed of the status of the charge upon request, including the final disposition.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1380Intro
25%
Requires that written certifications for a patient with a chronic condition be valid for three years. Removes the requirement that a certifying physician or advanced practice registered nurse have a "bona fide" physician-patient or advanced practice ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1363Intro
25%
Adds additional circumstances in which family courts may expunge juvenile arrest records.
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2023-12-11
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HISB836Intro
25%
Authorizes the Agribusiness Development Corporation to acquire property through condemnation.
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2023-12-11
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HISB315Intro
25%
Classifies certain former military vehicles as special interest vehicles. Enables owners of former military vehicles to apply for registration. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
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HISB1395Intro
25%
Updates the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make it consistent with amendments in the federal controlled substances law as required by section 329-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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2023-12-11
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HISB79Intro
25%
Repeals the requirement for Board of Land and Natural Resources approval for lease extensions in the Hilo Community Economic District. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use the current tax assessed value when offering lease ext...
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2023-12-11
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