Bills Pending Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee

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HISB495Intro
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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Limits compelled disclosure of sources or unpublished information for journalists, newscasters, and persons participating in collection or dissemination of news or information of substantial public interest.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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HIHB352Engross
50%
Authorizes the family courts to allow petitioners to attend TRO hearings remotely upon request. Requires the courts to consider certain factors. Requires the courts to allow petitioners who allege domestic abuse to attend TRO hearings remotely. Effec...
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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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HIHB670Engross
50%
Specifies that a simple majority of affirmative votes of the members of the Land Use Commission present at a meeting and qualified to vote is required for any boundary amendment. Reduces the number of days within which the Land Use Commission must ac...
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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
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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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HIHB792Engross
50%
Grants a circuit court, when sentencing a minor for a criminal offense or adult convicted of a felony criminal offense that was committed before reaching the age of majority, the discretion to impose a sentence that includes a period of incarceration...
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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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HIHB1266Engross
50%
Allows wild game to be donated as food. (HD2)
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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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HISB1037Intro
25%
Designates Limu Kala (Sargassum echinocarpum) as the official Hawaii state limu. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
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HISB1198Intro
25%
Reduces the number of members on the Hawaii Tourism Authority Board of Directors and number of members that constitute a quorum. Prohibits holdover board members of the Hawaii Tourism Authority from holding office beyond the commencement of the next ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1284Intro
25%
Adds a new section to chapter 710, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to establish the class C felony offense of official misconduct.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1514Intro
25%
Requires at least one individual from each candidate and noncandidate committee to complete mandatory training on key campaign spending laws, reporting requirements, and deadlines at least once every election cycle.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1526Intro
25%
Explicitly provides that a patient has a right to choose to obtain an abortion, or terminate a pregnancy if the termination is necessary to protect the patient's life or health. Repeals criminal penalties for violations of certain abortion provisions...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1278Intro
25%
Allows notice of a bond or recognizance forfeiture to be sent to either the surety (bond company) or surety insurer (insurance company), by certified mail, to start the thirty-day forfeiture countdown for the surety or surety insurer to locate and su...
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2023-12-11
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HIHB752Engross
50%
Expands the jurisdiction for a petition for a domestic abuse protective order to be in the family court in which the nonresident is located; the respondent resides; the subject of a petition that is a minor, incapacitated person, or person who is phy...
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2023-12-11
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HISB249Intro
25%
Prohibits the President of the University of Hawaii from serving concurrently as a campus chancellor. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
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HISB437Intro
25%
Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to issue interim rules exempt from the public hearing and gubernatorial approval requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, after beneficiary consultation is conducted by the Department of Hawaii...
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2023-12-11
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HISB808Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Transportation to amend its administrative rules to repeal any provisions requiring the furnishing of evidence of registration as a condition precedent to receiving a certificate of inspection.
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2023-12-11
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HISB766Intro
25%
Beginning 7/1/2025, requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Division to contract its review of proposed state projects, and projects affecting historic properties to third party consultants if the projects in...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1043Intro
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Decriminalizes and legalizes the personal use, possession, and sale of cannabis in a specified quantity. Entitles persons arrested or convicted of certain marijuana offenses from custody or incarceration. Entitles certain persons to the expungement o...
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2023-12-11
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