Hawaii Bills

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All 53,153 Active 37,441 In committee 35,403 Passed 13,465 Signed 1,935 Failed 186

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 24, 2019

HB 694: RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Authorizes general obligation bonds for the design and construction of a new athletic facility for the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Requires a one-third private sector funding match. Appropriates funds.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 24, 2019

SB 448: RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Allows the counties to set a county minimum wage at a rate higher than the state minimum wage rate.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 24, 2019

HB 663: RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes the Department of Education to use licensed professionals other than applied behavior analysts, where appropriate, to meet the department's needs for students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 24, 2019

SB 845: RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Enacts voting by mail uniformly statewide for all elections commencing with the 2020 primary. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers that would remain open from the tenth business day preceding an election through the day of the election to receive personal delivery of mail-in ballots, accommodate voters with special needs, and provide other election services. Allows for additional places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program. Requires the office of elections to submit a report to the legislature prior to the convening of each regular session from 2020 through 2025, regarding the implementation of a vote by mail system.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 24, 2019

SB 683: RELATING TO GENETIC ENGINEERING.

Prohibits the planting of a genetically engineered seed or plant part in an open field. Allows the chairperson of the board of agriculture to grant an exception where such planting is done in a controlled environment.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 24, 2019

HB 677: RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS.

Expands the pool of orthodontists who are eligible to perform medically necessary orthodontic services for treatment of certain orofacial anomalies covered by health insurance.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 24, 2019

SB 1004: RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Includes felons in the exception to the minimum wage category.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 24, 2019

SB 724: RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.

Amends the requirements for a condominium association's standard proxy form by deleting the option for a condominium owner to give the proxy to the board as a whole.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 24, 2019

SB 461: RELATING TO VIDEOCONFERENCING.

Requires LRB to conduct a feasibility study associated with the implementation of audiovisual technology in both chambers of the legislature and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature. Makes an appropriation.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 24, 2019

HB 691: RELATING TO HEALTH.

Makes financial exploitation of an elder by a caregiver a Class A felony.

in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 24, 2019

HB 611: PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO LOWER THE QUALIFYING AGE OF VOTERS FOR ANY STATE OR LOCAL ELECTION.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the qualifying age of voters for any state or local election to seventeen years of age.

in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 24, 2019

SB 682: RELATING TO FOOD LABELING.

Establishes, beginning January 1, 2020, labeling requirements for any food or raw agricultural commodity sold in the State that contains a genetically engineered material, or was produced with a genetically engineered material; establishes exceptions; establishes violations; and requires director of health to adopt rules.

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