Notes	SSCR#	SB	No.	SD	Subject	Bill Description	Committee	Sponsor	Votes (No and WR)
		2549	SB	2886	SD1	Insurance Code; Housekeeping	Updates and streamlines insurance laws, and conforms to requirements of Producers License Model Act and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. (SD1)	CPH	Bunda BR
		2550	SB	2908	SD1	Business Registration; Housekeeping; Shareholder Consent	Clarifies ambiguities and corrects errors and inconsistencies in business registration laws. Allows shareholders to act by less than unanimous consent. Authorizes appointment of trustee for dissolved corporations. Clarifies merger provisions.	CPH	Baker BR
		2551	SB	2909	SD1	Small Public Utilities; Rate Filings; Procedures	Establishes rate filing procedures for public utilities with annual gross revenues under $2 million. Requires use of standard form application and public hearing. Requires utilities to file annual financial statements and updated chart of account.	CPH	Bunda BR
		2552	SB	2782	SD1	Habitat Conservation Plan	Provide DLNR with the same financial flexibility afforded through federal guidelines regarding habitat conservation plans and exempting moneys generated by implementing or securing funding for habitat conservation plans from central services fees and administrative expenses. (SD1)	WLA/ENE	Inouye, Aduja, English, Espero
		2553	SB	2816	SD1	Agribusiness Development Corporation.	Provides for staggered terms for the Board of Directors of the Agribusiness Development Corporation. (SD1)	WLA	Bunda BR
		2554	SB	2477	SD1	Plant and Non-Domestic Animal Quarantine	Authorizes the department of agriculture to restrict the entry into the State of any items originating from Guam that have not been certified as having been inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Wildlife Services or other approved agency prior to shipment from Guam. (SD1)	WLA/ENE	English
		2555	SB	2470	SD1	Energy; Performance Contracting	Updates energy performance contracting statute by reflecting current state financing practices, increasing the contract term limits from 15 to 20 years, including water saving technology, and limiting the amount payable under the contract to the verified energy cost savings amount. (SD1)	ENE/SAT	English, Baker, Tsutsui
		2556	SB	2863	SD1	Energy Conservation	Updates energy performance contracting statute by reflecting current state financing practices, increasing the contract term limits from 15 to 20 years, including water saving technology, and limiting the amount payable under the contract to the verified energy cost savings amount. (SD1)	ENE	Bunda BR
		2557	SB	2973	SD1	Department of Land and Natural Resources	Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt interim rules to protect native species threatened with imminent extirpation or extinction. (SD1)	ENE/WLA	Bunda BR
		2558	SB	2716	SD1	Candidate Advisory Council; UH; Board of Regents; Membership	Establishes a candidate advisory council for the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to assist the governor in determining criteria for, and identifying and recruiting qualified candidates for, membership on the board. (SD1)	EDU	Chun Oakland
		2559	SB	2174	SD1	Youth Involvement Recognition Week and Day	Establishes the last week and the last Thursday in March as Youth Involvement Recognition Week and Day to honor youth development programs and the youth who participate in and contribute to the success of such programs. (SD1)	TMG	Chun Oakland, Kanno, Aduja
		2560	SB	2244		Reconstructed Privately Owned Motor Vehicles	Changes exemption from law on reconstructed privately owned motor vehicles to counties with less than 150,000 population, rather than counties with less than 500,000 population.	TMG	Kokubun BR	TMG: wr-Baker
		2561	HB	1113		Drivers' Licenses	Restores language regarding the illegal display or possession of a fictitious or fraudulent driver's license and language regarding use of false or fictitious names in applications for driver's licenses that was mistakenly repealed.	TMG	Say BR
		2562	SB	2033	SD1	Public Contracts; Prevailing Wages	Requires contractors on public works construction contracts to comply with department of labor and industrial relations specifications for staffing requirements.	LBR, TMG	Kawamoto, Espero, Kanno	LBR: Slom
		2563	SB	267	SD2	Public Lands; Legislative Disapproval	Requires the governor or executive agency taking any action on transactions involving public lands that is subject to legislative disapproval, to provide reasonable and timely notice of that action to the legislature; allows legislative disapproval to be exercised in the legislative session in which an governor or executive agency action is taken. (SD2)	WLA	Hanabusa
		2564	SB	2417	SD2	Large Retailers; Backhaul	Requires large retailers and wholesalers to backhaul 75% their shipping materials and pallets. Effective 7/1/2030. (SD2)	TMG, CPH	Inouye
		2565	SB	2589	SD1	Managed Care Plan; Complaints; Notification of Decision	Expands from 45 days to 60 days the time period within which, a managed care plan, after receiving an enrollee complaint, must send notification to the enrollee of its decision. (SD1)	HTH, CPH	Baker
		2566	SB	2889		Dental Insurance	Delays the repeal of Act 132, SLH 2001, as amended by Act 219, SLH 2002, and Act 128, and allows the Insurance Division to continue liquidation efforts in the Hawaii Dental health Plan cax.	HTH, CPH	Bunda BR
		2567	SB	2899	SD2	Nurse Licensure; Housekeeping; CGFNS & English Proficiency Exam	Clarifies licensure, renewal, and reporting requirements. Repeals obsolete provisions. Requires Board of Nursing to report on findings regarding CGFNS and English proficiency examinations and their effect on nurse shortage and licensure. (SD2)	HTH, CPH	Bunda BR
		2568	SB	2950	SD1	Prescription Drug Products	Makes USFDA approved, therapeutically equivalent generic drug products substitutable upon approval by the Director of Health. (SD1)	HTH, CPH	Bunda BR
		2569	SB	3079		Pharmacy; Scope of Practice	Includes the intranasal delivery of vaccines within the scope of practice of pharmacists.	HTH, CPH	Kawamoto BR
		2570	SB	3222	SD2	Motor Veh. Insur.; PIP; Naturopathy	Limits naturopathic treatments provided as personal injury protection benefit under motor vehicle insurance policy. (SD2)	HTH, CPH	Bunda
		2571	SB	2902	SD2	Telemarketing; Do-Not-Call Provisions	Specifies that a violation of the federal Do-Not-Call provisions constitutes an unfair or deceptive trade practice under Hawaii law. Effective upon approval. (SD2)	SAT, CPH	Bunda BR
		2572	SB	2895	SD1	Pest Control	Specifies that a pest control operator obtain and maintain continuous coverage of workers' compensation and liability insurance for licensure, and sets forth the consequences for failing to do so. (SD1)	LBR, CPH	Bunda BR
		2573	SB	3172	SD1	Pest Control Operators; Sanctions	Clarifies grounds upon which pest control licensee may be disciplined, including for violation of law or rule rationally related to licensee's qualifications, functions, duties, and responsibilities, and for failure to complete work at the contract price.	ENE, CPH	Fukunaga	ENE: wr-Hooser
		2574	SB	3136		Medicaid; QUEST; Chiropractic Coverage	Requires coverage under medicaid and QUEST programs to include chiropractic services.	HMS, CPH	Chun Oakland
		2575	SB	2056	SD1	Auditor; Confidentiality of Records	Designates the auditor as authorized representative of the department of education and department of health for purposes of accessing student records. (SD1)	EDU/HTH, JHW	Sakamoto, Chun Oakland	HTH: wr-Hogue; EDU: wr-Hogue; JHW: wr-Hogue
		2576	SB	2061		Hawaii Teacher Standards Board	Makes technical conforming amendments to the interstate agreement on qualifications of educational personnel.	EDU, JHW	Sakamoto, Chun Oakland
		2577	SB	2200		DOE; UH; Running Start	Repeals administrative rulemaking requirements for the Running Start program.	EDU, JHW	Sakamoto, Kanno, Aduja
		2578	SB	2161		Caregiver Consent for Minor's Health Care	Authorizes a minor's caregiver to consent to health care services for the minor. Establishes requirements for caregiver consent affidavit.	HTH/HMS, JHW	Chun Oakland, Kanno, et al
		2579	SB	2978		Child Abuse	Clarifies that Department of Public Safety deputy sheriffs and narcotics enforcement officers, and Department of the Attorney General investigators are required to report child abuse cases. Allows these employees to take a child victim into protective custody.	HMS, JHW	Bunda BR
		2580	SB	2606	SD1	Brewpub Licenses; Sell Off-Premises	Amends brewpub licensing law to authorize brewpubs to sell beer for consumption off-premises. (SD1)	ECD/CPH, JHW	Baker, English, Tsutsui, Espero
		2581	SB	2377	SD1	Wireless Camera Phones; Privacy	Amends definition of "record" to include digital recordings for purposes of privacy violations; includes use of any device for recordings that constitute privacy violations; and exempts communication service providers and remote storage service from criminal liability arising under this Act. (SD1)	SAT, JHW	Ige
		2582	SB	2627		Consignment of Fine Art	Establishes the rights and duties of artists and art dealers under an agreement for the consignment of fine art.	SAT, JHW	Chun Oakland, English
		2583	SB	2405	SD1	Solid Waste; Disposal	Allows DOH to issue permits for new facilities conducting solid waste disposal activities without regard to existing resource recovery facilities. (SD1)	ENE, JHW	Hanabusa, Bunda	ENE: Hemmings
		2584	SB	2440	SD1	Homestead Leases	Allows nine hundred ninety-nine year homestead leases to be assigned to cousins. (SD1)	WLA, JHW	Hanabusa, Chun Oakland, et al	WLA: wr-Aduja; JHW: Fukunaga, Ihara
		2585	SB	3044		Misdemeanor Penalty And Fines For Obstructing Access To Public Areas	Instituting a misdemeanor penalty and fines for any person obstructing access to the sea, the shoreline, any inland recreational area, or any of the public rights-of-way, transit areas, or public transit corridors.	WLA/TMG, JHW	Hooser, Baker, English, Tsutsui, Chun Oakland, Kanno
		2586	SB	2294	SD1	Criminal Trespass; Illegal Campers or Squatters	Amends the criminal trespass laws to prohibit persons from entering or remaining unlawfully on certain public or private property for a specified time period, after a reasonable warning or request to leave the premises has been issued. (SD1)	JHW	Bunda
		2587	SB	2406		Administrative Rules; Public Hearing Process; Contested Cases	Establishes that the proceedings or decisions of a contested case hearing shall not be an adequate substitution for the public hearing process that is required to adopt, amend, or repeal an administrative rule. Disallows the reliance upon other decisions and orders when rendering a decision and order on a rule.	JHW	Inouye, Hanabusa, Kanno, et al
		2588	SB	2436		Sentencing; Habitual Violent Felons	Enacts a provision for special sentencing for habitual violent felons.	JHW	Hanabusa, Aduja, et al
		2589	SB	2922	SD1	Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, As Amended	Authorizes the DHHL to enter into business relationships with private companies. (SD1)	JHW	Bunda BR
		2590	SB	3113	SD1	Absentee Voting; Kalaupapa	Exempts the residents of Kalaupapa (Kalawao County) from the requirements for applying for absentee voting ballots prior to each election. (SD1)	JHW	English, Tsutsui, Baker
		2591	SB	2877	SD1	Unclaimed Property	Repeals statutory provisions that provide for the escheatment of unclaimed property to the State. (SD1)	WAM	Bunda BR
		2592	SB	2983	SD2	Conformity; Income Tax; Internal Revenue Code	Conforms the Hawaii income tax law to the Internal Revenue Code. (SD2)	WAM	Bunda BR
		2593	SB	2986	SD1	Income Tax Withholding	Conforms the state withholding tax remittance due date for employers with an annual state withholding tax liability that exceeds $20,000, to the remittance due date required under federal employment tax provisions. Also changes the state remittance due date from monthly to "semi-weekly" and lowers the electronic funds transfer threshold amount for withholding taxes to amounts that exceed $20,000. (SD1)	WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble, wr-Kim
		2594	SB	2990		Tax Info Mgnt Systems Acquisition by Dept of Taxation	Extends the current "drop dead" date of July 1, 2004, to July 1, 2005, for the Integrated Tax Information Management Systems Special Fund to provide additional time for the remaining work on the project to be completed.	WAM	Bunda BR
		2595	SB	3180	SD1	State Agencies; Dep Director; Special Assistant; Appointment	Establishes that deputy directors and special assistant positions of executive departments not specifically authorized by statute are subject to position justification requirements and legislative review. (SD1)	WAM	Bunda	WAM: Hammings, Slom
		2596	SB	2207	SD1	Motor Veh. Insur.; Premium Nonpayment; Cancellation; Notice	Reduces from 30 to 20 days the amount of notice an insurer is required to give an insured for cancellation of a policy due to nonpayment of premiums. (SD1)	CPH	Menor BR
		2597	SB	2296	SD1	Plumber Licensing; Continuing Education	Requires continued competency in the plumbing code as a condition of license renewal for plumbers. Establishes a triennial license renewal schedule. (SD1)	CPH	Menor, Kanno	CPH: wr-Whalen
		2598	SB	2530	SD1	Public Accountancy;	Repeals Board of Public Accountancy's authority to accept experience in private or government accounting as a substitute for professional experience in public accounting for licensing purposes. (SD1)	CPH	Taniguchi	CPH: wr-Whalen
		2599	SB	2612	SD1	Pharmacists; Mandatory Continuing Education	Establishes pharmacist license renewal requirement of 30 continuing education credit hours, beginning with renewals for the licensing biennium beginning on 1/1/08. (SD1)	CPH	Chun Oakland
		2600	SB	3190	SD1	PUC; Motor Carriers	Requires the public utilities commission to revoke the certificates and permits of motor carriers who knowingly and willfully engage the services of commercial drivers who are not licensed as commercial drivers. (SD1)	CPH	Kawamoto
		2601	SB	3062	SD1	Impact Fees; Public Facilities	Clarifies that schools and transportation infrastructure are included within public facilities towards which impact fees must be applied. (SD1)	CPH/TMG	Menor
		2602	SB	1268	SD1	Child Support Enforcement	Authorizes the issuance of income withholding orders in situations where the obligor or obligee makes a request to the Child Support Enforcement Agency for income withholding. Allows CSEA to notify employers of the medical insurance coverage provision requirement by regular mail or transmission by electronic means. (SD1)	JHW	Bunda BR
		2603	SB	2170	SD1	Firearms; Purchase of Ammunition	Prohibits sale of ammunition unless purchaser shows registration for the firearm for which the ammunition is to be purchased. (SD1)	JHW	Chun Oakland, Fukunaga	JHW: wr-Kawamoto
		2604	SB	2482	SD1	Prohibited Activities in State Offices and Buildings	Includes private citizens and entities in prohibition of campaign communications in state offices and buildings. (SD1)	JHW	Ihara
		2605	SB	2647	SD1	Hawaii Paroling Authority; Nominating Panel	Replaces the Hawaii Council of Churches with the Interfaith Alliance Hawaii and the Hawaii Correctional Association with the Hawaii Criminal Justice Association on the nominating panel of the Hawaii paroling authority. (SD1)	JHW	Chun Oakland
		2606	SB	2810		Relating to the Office of Information Practices.	Authorizes the Office of Information to civilly enforce the "Sunshine Law". Clarifies and expands OIP's other powers and duties.	JHW	Bunda BR
		2607	SB	2842	SD1	Relating to Chapter 846E, HRS	Requires child pornographers to register as sex offenders. (SD1)	JHW	Bunda BR
		2608	SB	2846	SD1	Amendments to the Hawaii Constitution	Proposes constitutional amendment to allow legislature to pass legislation to: (1) provide that prior sexual history of alleged sexual assault victim is inadmissible in court; and (2) establish inadmissibility of privileged confidential communications between alleged crime victim and alleged victim's physician, psychologist, counselor, or licensed mental health professional.	JHW	Bunda BR	JHW: wr-Ihara
		2609	SB	2848	SD1	Offenses Against Public Administration	Creates 2 new offenses related to illegal compensation of public servants: (1) bribery in the second degree; and (2) unlawful gifts to public servants by persons subject to their jurisdiction. (SD1)	JHW	Bunda BR
		2610	SB	3009	SD1	Office of Information Practices	Allows the OIP to issue an administrative fine of $50 for each violation of the uniform information practices act (open records law) by a state or county agency; attaches the office of information practices to DAGS for administrative purposes; allows the office of information practices to speak directly with the governor and legislature and make its own personnel decisions. (SD1)	JHW	Ihara
		2611	SB	3030	SD1	Campaign Spending	Amends campaign-spending laws to conform to law; allows campaign spending commission to communicate directly with legislature and governor and make personnel decisions without approval of department head; clarifies registration requirements, campaign spending and contribution provisions, and penalties.	JHW	Hanabusa	JHW: Kawamoto
		2612	SB	2843	SD1	Proposing an Amendment to Article I of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii	Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide the public with the right of access to registration information regarding persons convicted of crimes against children and persons convicted of sexual offenses. Allows the legislature to define registration. (SD1)	JHW	Bunda BR	JHW: wr-Ihara
		2613	SB	1271		The Definition of Sexual Conduct	Deletes a duplicate definition of "sexual conduct" from section 712-1210.	JHW	Bunda BR
		2614	SB	2447	SD1	Crime; Illicit Drugs; Law Enforcement	Updates wiretapping statutes. (SD1)	JHW	Hanabusa, Aduja, et al
		2615	SB	2512	SD1	Special Purpose Revenue Bonds; Schools	Amends article VII, section 12, and article X, section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds and use the proceeds from the bonds to assist not-for-profit private elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities. (SD1)	JHW	Aduja BR
		2616	SB	2844	SD1	Criminal Law	Adds offense of "habitual property crime." Specifies when deferred acceptance of nolo contendere and deferred acceptance of guilty pleas do not apply. (SD1)	JHW	Bunda BR
		2617	SB	2851	SD1	Felonies; Prosecution; Amendment to the State Constitution	Proposes to amend article 1, section 10 of the Hawaii Constitution to allow a felony prosecution to be initiated by a criminal prosecuting officer through the filing of a signed written information setting forth the charge. (SD1)	JHW	Bunda BR	JHW: wr-Ihara
		2618	SB	2856	SD1	State Tort Liability Act	Reiterates the underlying intent of the discretionary function exception and the intentional tort exception to the State's waiver of sovereign immunity for the torts of its employees. (SD1)	JHW	Bunda BR
		2619	SB	2858		TORT ACTIONS	Clarifies provisions which limit the liability of government entities to that percentage share of damages attributable to the government entities, Hawaii Revised Statutes.	JHW	Bunda BR
		2620	SB	2861	SD1	Criminal Procedure	Allows certain class B and class C felony charges to be initiated by information charging. (SD1)	JHW	Bunda BR
		2621	SB	3185	SD1	Information Practices; Vexatious Requests	Enacts an abuse of process law for vexatious requesters of public records. (SD1)	JHW	Kim, Slom, Hanabusa, et al
		2622	SB	183	SD2	Campaign Spending Commission; Office of Elections; Autonomy	Allows campaign spending commission and office of elections to communicate directly with the legislature and the governor, to make all personnel decisions, and purchase equipment without the approval of the dept head.	JHW	Hanabusa	JHW: wr-Kawamoto
		2623	SB	195	SD2	Confidentiality of Trade Secrets; Proprietary Info	Protects trade secrets and other confidential proprietary information contained within records pertaining to tenants and prospective tenants of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority from public disclosure. (SD2)	JHW	Hanabusa
		2624	SB	2023	SD2	Driver Licensing; Provisional Licenses; Persons Under 18	Establishes a 3stage graduated driver licensing program for persons under the age of 18. Requires them to be accompanied by a licensed parent or guardian when driving between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., with limited exceptions. Requires temporary instruction permit holders to be accompanied by a person who is at least 21, rather than 18, when driving. (SD2)	TMG, JHW	Kawamoto, Espero, Kanno	TMG: wr-Menor; JHW: wr-Ihara, wr-Hogue
		2625	SB	2090	SD2	Prescription Drug Repository	Provides for a prescription drug repository to receive and dispense donated prescription drugs to needy persons. (SD2)	HTH/CPH, JHW	Baker
		2626	SB	2994	SD1	The Use Tax	Clarifies when a seller is subject to the 0.5 per cent use tax; restores the imposition of taxes on goods purchased both within and outside the State; clarifies that the use tax applies to sellers who acquire goods from outside the State and import the product for resale in the State. (SD1)	JHW/WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: Hemmings
		2627	SB	3017	SD1	Law Enforcement Officers; Bill of Rights	Establishes the law enforcement officers' bill of rights. (SD1)	LBR, JHW	Kanno	LBR: wr-Ihara; JHW: wr-Ihara, wr-Hogue
		2628	SB	3125	SD2	Candidate Advisory Council; UH; BOR; Const. Amend.	Amends article X, section 6 of the Hawaii Constitution to allow modifications to the UH board of regents appointment process. (SD2)	JHW	Hooser, Baker, Chun Oakland	EDU: Hogue; JHW: Hogue
		2629	SB	2209	SD2	Boxing; Commission	Amends the boxing commission laws. Broadens the definition of "club", replaces the secretary with an executive officer, modifies the composition of the boxing commission, modifies the appointment procedures for deputy commissioners, broadens the powers and duties of the commission, denies promoter's licenses to convicted gamblers, establishes requirements to hold a boxing contest, increases the required number of physicians at contests, prohibits commission members from receiving compensation from promoters, increases penalties to $5,000, and makes other changes. (SD2)	ECD, CPH	Menor BR
		2630	SB	2586	SD2	Professional and Vocational Licensing; Dental	Provides for renewable special purpose licensing of persons working at federally qualified health centers or Native Hawaiian Health System sites. (SD2)	HTH, CPH	Baker, English, Hooser, Tsutsui, Kokubun
		2631	SB	2682	SD2	Energy Efficient Water Heating for New Construction	Requires energy efficient water heating in new construction of dwelling units. Defines "dwelling unit". Effective date of July 1, 2030. (SD2)	ENE, CPH	Hooser, English, Chun Oakland, Aduja, Kanno	CPH: wr-Whalen
		2632	SB	2903	SD2	Registration of Money Transmitters	Creates a new chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes to register and regulate persons providing money transmission services. (SD2)	ECD, CPH	Bunda BR
		2633	SB	2498	SD2	Metropolitan Planning Organization; Autonomy	Allows the metropolitan planning organization to communicate directly with the legislature and governor, purchase equipment, rent space, and make employment decisions without the approval of the department head. (SD2)	TMG	Hanabusa
		2634	SB	2080	SD1	Alternative Energy; Tax Credit; Hydrogen	Provides a tax credit for the total cost of a hydrogen system placed into service after 12/31/04 and before 1/1/14 that has an unspecified nameplate capacity. (SD1)	ENE, WAM	Hemmings, English
		2635	SB	2128		Worldwide Energy Group; SPRBs; Hawaii Sugar Ethanol Project	Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds on behalf of Worldwide Energy Group, Incorporated from 6/30/04 to 6/30/08.	ENE, WAM	Hooser
		2636	SB	2134		Emergency Environmental Workforce	Establishes the emergency environmental workforce to assist the counties in their fight against invasive species. Appropriates funds.	ENE/TMG, WAM	Kokubun, Aduja, Chun Oakland, English
		2637	SB	2247	SD1	Appropriation; Invasive Species	Appropriates funds to fight specific types of invasive species that are impacting the agricultural industry. (SD1)	ENE/WLA, WAM	Inouye, English, Aduja
		2638	SB	2469	SD2	SPRB; HPOWER Plant Boiler Addition	Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs for the planning, design, construction, and installation of a third boiler at the HPOWER waste-to-energy plant on the island of Oahu. (SB2469 SD2)	ENE, WAM	English
		2639	SB	2949	SD2	Voluntary Response Program	Clarifies waiver of requesting party fees and liability exemption provision of the program. (SD2)	ENE, WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: wr-Trimble, wr-Inouye
		2640	SB	2996	SD2	Fuel Tax Law	Reduces fuel taxes on alternative fuels by an unspecified amount from 7/1/04 to 6/30/09. Effective 7/1/20. (SD2)	ENE, WAM	Bunda BR
		2641	SB	3092	SD1	Solid Waste Mngt Expansion of Duties; Appropriation	Appropriates funds to the department of health to expand its solid waste management enforcement and monitoring capabilities. (SB3092 SD1)	ENE, WAM	Aduja	ENE: Hemmings; WAM: Slom, Trimble
		2642	SB	3153	SD2	Bioremediation of Agr Lands; Appropriation	Appropriates funds for bioremediation pilot project on agricultural lands in West Maui. (SD2)	ENE/WLA, WAM	Baker, Tsutsui, English, Hooser
		2643	SB	3162	SD1	Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credit	Allows, when tax credits for installation of renewable energy technology systems exceed a taxpayer's income tax liability, the excess to be carried over and used as credit toward the taxpayer's liability in subsequent years, until the credit is exhausted. Applies the credit to all taxable years beginning after 12/31/02. Makes the tax credit operative for purposes of banks and financial corporations tax. (SD1)	ENE, WAM	English
		2644	SB	3207	SD2	Ethanol; Facility Tax Credit	Changes the ethanol investment tax credit to the ethanol facility tax credit (EFTC); bars other credits if EFTC is claimed; clarifies definitions; limits EFTC to investment amount; and allows EFTC only in years that the facility is operating at 75% of nameplate capacity or more and if production commences on or before 1/1/12. Effective 12/31/30. (SD2)	ENE, WAM	Tsutsui, English, Baker, Hooser	ENE: Hemmings; WAM: Hemmings, Slom
		2645	SB	2748	SD1	Fines; Drug Treatment	Adds to the offenses for which an offender must pay the drug demand reduction assessment used to fund drug treatment. Amends priority of payment to require payment of restitution, probation fees, and crime victim compensation fees before assessment. Places burden on offender to show inability to pay. (SD1)	JHW, WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2646	SB	2758	SD1	Public Land Trust; Ceded Lands; Inalienable	Prohibits the State from selling, exchanging, or otherwise alienating lands contained in the public land trust. (SD1)	JHW/WLA, WAM	Bunda BR	WLA: Whalen; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2647	SB	2763		Judiciary; Judges; Pay Raise	Provides a vehicle to pay judges any raises authorized by the Judicial Salary Commission.	JHW, WAM	Bunda BR	JHW: wr-Hogue; WAM: Slom, Trimble
		2648	SB	2834	SD2	Claims Against the State; Appropriations	Appropriates funds for the payment of claims against the State for: refunds of taxes; judgments and settlements; and other miscellaneous payments. (SD2)	JHW, WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: Slom
		2649	SB	2840	SD2	Relating to Tobacco	Prohibits the distribution of untaxed cigarette via telephone, mail order, the Internet, or other on-line sources. Revises provisions relating to the AG's seizure and confiscation authority. Addresses the availability of low-priced cigarettes to underage smokers concern. (SD2)	JHW, WAM	Bunda BR
		2650	SB	2841	SD1	Relating to Tobacco	Requires businesses engaged in the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products at the retail level to acquire a retail tobacco permit from DOTAX. Provides criminal penalties for the retail sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products without a valid retail tobacco permit, and the seizure and forfeiture of cigarettes and other tobacco products sold, possessed, kept, acquired, distributed, or transported without a valid retail tobacco permit. (SD1)	JHW, WAM	Bunda BR
		2651	SB	2975		Hawaii Paroling Authority	Converts the 2 part-time members of the Hawaii Paroling Authority to full-time members.	JHW/LBR, WAM	Bunda BR
		2652	SB	2976	SD1	Department of Public Safety	Appropriates emergency funds to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of transferring additional inmates to the Federal Detention Center or Mainland facilities. (SD1)	JHW, WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: wr-Slom
		2653	SB	2989	SD2	Tax Administration	Allows the department of taxation to impose civil penalties and injunctions on tax return preparers who support unrealistic positions on tax returns and on promoters of abusive tax shelters. (SB2989 SD2)	JHW, WAM	Bunda BR	JHW: wr-Kawamoto; WAM: Kim, Slom, Trimble
		2654	SB	2992	SD1	Tax Administration	Allows the department of taxation to recover costs associated with prosecutions. (SD1)	JHW, WAM	Bunda BR
		2655	SB	3069	SD2	State Capitol; Management Transfer	Transfers exclusive management of the entire state capitol building and grounds, including parking facilities, to the joint legislative management committee. (SB3069 SD2)	JHW, WAM	Taniguchi	JHW: Hogue, wr-Ihara; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, wr-Trimble
		2656	SB	3098		Kikala-Keokea; Home Loans; Self-help; GO Bonds	Clarifies loan limits and borrower qualifications for Kikala-Keokea housing revolving fund. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds to fund low interest home construction loans for Kikala-Keokea lessees and self-help housing project.	JHW, WAM	Kokubun
		2657	SB	3104	SD2	Elections; Comprehensive Public Funding	Establishes a comprehensive public funding program for state house of representatives candidates who agree to abide by campaign contribution and expenditure limits and meet other criteria. (SD2)	JHW, WAM	Ihara	JHW: wr-Kawamoto, wr-Hogue; WAM: Kawamoto, Hemmings, Slom, wr-Kim
		2658	SB	3198	SD1	Campaign Spending	Deletes censure provision for candidates failing to comply with code of fair campaign practices; prohibits donations in cash over $100; prohibits government contractors from contributing to any candidate or committee for a period before and after completion of the contract; requires moneys from the Hawaii election campaign fund used for the campaign spending commission operations to be appropriated by a budget appropriation act. (SD1)	JHW, WAM	Ihara, Baker, Espero	JHW: wr-Kawamoto; WAM: Slom, wr-Kawamoto
		2659	SB	2242	SD1	Employee Stock Ownership Plans	Creates an exemption from the general excise tax for a management company that contracts to provide managerial and operational services to companies that engage in the provision of medical services in order to facilitate the creation of an employee stock ownership plan. (SD1)	CPH, WAM	Kokubun, Tsutsui, Hanabusa
		2660	SB	2105	SD2	Condo Mngt Dispute Reso.; Mediation; Admin. Hrg.	Provides procedures for mediation of condominium management disputes, that includes: mediation, administrative hearing through DCCA, and judicial review. Requires DCCA to adopt implementing rules by 7/1/05. (SD2)	CPH, WAM	Espero	CPH: wr-Ige; WAM: Slom, Trimble
		2661	SB	2210	SD2	Condominium Property Regime; Recodification; Appropriation	Repeals and recodifies condominium property regimes law and conforms related statutory provisions. Appropriates funds for post-bill enactment educational activities. (SB2210 SD2)	CPH, WAM	Menor BR
		2662	SB	2528	SD1	Loss Mitigation Grants; Reduced State Match; Appropriation	Reduces grant reimbursement from 50% to 35% of costs incurred for wind resistive devices and their installation. Repeals authorization for reimbursement of inspection costs. Appropriates $1 million in general funds. (SD1)	CPH, WAM	Taniguchi, Chun Oakland	WAM: Hemmings
		2663	SB	2595	SD2	Mental Health Counselors; Licensure	Establishes licensure for mental health counselors effective 7/1/05, but exempts government employees. Allows licensing of counselors with current national certification who pass exam and pay fees within year of program commencing. Assesses surcharges to fund start-up costs. Appropriates general funds. (SD2)	CPH, WAM	Baker, Menor	WAM: Trimble
		2664	SB	2839	SD2	Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes	Clarifies provisions regarding professional solicitors and professional fundraising counsel who contract with charitable organizations to conduct fundraising campaigns. Transfers responsibility for the oversight of such persons from DCCA to the AG. (SD2)	CPH/JHW, WAM	Bunda BR
		2665	SB	2890	SD1	Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act	Authorizes the payment of a flat fee of $200 for a physician member appointed by the insurance commissioner for service on each review panel under the Patients' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act. Exempts the payment and selection of the physician from the state procurement code. (SD1)	CPH, WAM	Bunda BR
		2666	SB	2906	SD1	Certificates of Good Standing: Fees	Reduces filing fees charged for certificates of good standing. (SD1)	CPH, WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: wr-Slom
		2667	SB	2926	SD1	Housing Loan and Mortgage Programs	Increases the bond authorization amount under the Hula Mae Multi-Family Housing Program from $200,000,000 to $250,000,000 to facilitate the development or rehabilitation of affordable rental housing projects. (SD1)	CPH, WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: Hemmings
		2668	SB	2927	SD2	Foreclosure of Government-Assisted Properties	Strengthens foreclosure notification requirements for affordable housing properties subject to buyback restrictions, clarifies the priority of a housing agency's liens in a foreclosure, and authorizes the agency to purchase a foreclosed property by credit bid at public auction. Effective 7/1/2020. (SD2)	CPH/TMG, WAM	Bunda BR
		2669	SB	2928		Rental Housing Trust Fund Advisory Commission	Eliminates the Rental Housing Trust Fund Advisory Commission.	CPH, WAM	Bunda BR
		2670	SB	3049	SD2	Charitable Gift Annuities; Nonprofit Organizations	Reduces minimum net worth requirement from $5 million to $100,000 for nonprofit organizations that issue charitable gift annuities. Requires segregation of assets required to pay annuities and disclaimers in annuity agreements. (SD2)	CPH, WAM	Espero	WAM: wr-Trimble
		2671	SB	1302	SD1	Appropriations; Collective Bargaining Cost Items; Unit 10	Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 10 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2003-2005. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Bunda BR
		2672	SB	2541	SD1	Salary Increases; Bargaining Unit (13)	Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for bargaining unit (13). Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2673	SB	2542	SD1	Salary Increases; Bargaining Units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), and (13)	Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for bargaining units (2), (3), (4), (6), (8), and (13). Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2674	SB	2543	SD1	Salary Increases; Bargaining Unit (2)	Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for bargaining unit (2). Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2675	SB	2544	SD1	Salary Increases; Bargaining Unit (3)	Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for bargaining unit (3). Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2676	SB	2545	SD1	Salary Increases; Bargaining Unit (4)	Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for bargaining unit (4). Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2677	SB	2546	SD1	Salary Increases; Bargaining Unit (6)	Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for bargaining unit (6). Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2678	SB	2547	SD1	Salary Increases; Bargaining Unit (8)	Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for bargaining unit (8). Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2679	SB	2548	SD1	Salary Increases; Bargaining Unit (9)	Appropriates funds to pay for the arbitrated salary increases for bargaining unit (9). Includes appropriations for state employees assigned to the Hawaii health systems corporation and employees excluded from collective bargaining. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2680	SB	2549	SD1	Collective Bargaining Cost Items; Unit 1	Provides fund authorization and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 1 and their excluded counterparts. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2681	SB	2550		Collective Bargaining Cost Items	Appropriates funds to pay for raises for bargaining unit 5 (teachers).	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2682	SB	2551		Collective Bargaining Cost Items; Unit 7; Appropriation	Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for unit 7 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the state and the exclusive bargaining representative for fiscal year 2004-2005.	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2683	SB	2552	SD1	Appropriations for Collective Bargaining Cost Items; Unit 9	Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for Unit 9 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the exclusive bargaining representative for fiscal year 2004-2005. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2684	SB	2554		Collective Bargaining; Cost Items; Unit 11; Appropriation	Provides fund authorizations and appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for bargaining unit 11, firefighters, and its excluded counterpart.	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2685	SB	2556		Legislative Agencies; Salary Increases; Cost Adjustments	Appropriates funds for salary increases and makes other cost adjustments for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining.	LBR, WAM	Taniguchi
		2686	SB	2355	SD2	Employer-Union Hlth Benefits Trust Fund; Benefit Status Upon Retn to Svc	Clarifies that a public employee with credited service prior to 7/1/96, who transfers employment or suffers a break in service before or after 7/1/96, shall qualify for the retirement health benefits plan as it existed prior to 7/1/96; provided that the public employee meets certain requirements. (SD2)	LBR, WAM	Kanno	LBR: wr-Slom; WAM: wr-Slom
		2687	SB	2424	SD2	DOE; New Century Conversion Charter Schools; Personnel	Continues existing civil service rights, privileges, and benefits to applicable personnel in new century conversion charter schools; allows employees hired subsequent to conversion to enjoy civil service status; authorizes employees of new century conversion charter schools to retain civil service status upon transfer back to noncharter DOE schools. Requires the department of human resources development to develop and implement procedures to ensure employees hired after conversion are provided the choice of civil service status.	LBR/EDU, WAM	Sakamoto
		2688	SB	2593		Indebtedness to the Government; Repayment Procedures	Enables public employees who are indebted to the government due to an alleged overpayment of salary or wages and who request a hearing on the matter to structure a repayment schedule rather than having one-quarter of their salary or wages immediately withheld.	LBR, WAM	Baker, English, Kanno	LBR: wr-Slom; WAM: Hemmings, wr-Slom, wr-Trimble
		2689	SB	2718	SD1	Legislative Officers; Salaries	Amends the salaries of officers of the legislative service agencies. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Bunda BR	LBR: Slom; WAM: Slom, Trimble
		2690	SB	2873	SD1	Employees' Retirement System	Establishes the employer contributions to the Employees' Retirement System at 15.75% of the member's compensation for police and firefighters and 13.75% of the member's compensation for all other employees beginning in FY 2005-2006. Eliminates the separate computation of contributions for the Early Incentive Retirement Plan and includes in the total contributions computed as a stated percentage of compensation payment for the remaining amounts due for the plan as of June 30, 2005. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Bunda BR
		2691	SB	2878	SD2	Employees Retirement System; Federal Tax Limit	Applies the federal tax limits on pension compensation effective 7/1/96, and adds a non-tax-qualified arrangement to protect benefits accrued in excess of the federal tax limits for the period 7/1/96, through 6/30/04. Appropriates $357,350 to pay the non-tax-qualified benefits. (SD2)	LBR, WAM	Bunda BR
		2692	SB	2879	SD2	Employees' Retirement System; Federal Tax Qualifications	Incorporates federal tax provisions relating to pension plans of state and local government. Incorporates some of the required provisions into ERS law, and authorizes the board of trustees to adopt as rules the remainder of the required provisions that are not presently part of the ERS law rules. Provides the board of trustees the power of expedited rulemaking authority for the limited purpose of adopting rules to comply with the requirements of IRC section 401(a). (SD2)	LBR, WAM	Bunda BR
		2693	SB	2921		Appropriation for collective bargaining increases	Appropriates emergency funds ($7,417,636) for collective bargaining increases for DOE employees who are members of units 1 & 5.	LBR, WAM	Bunda BR
		2694	SB	2941		Emergency appropriation for state workers' comp prog	Appropriates additional emergency funds ($4,993,726) for the state workers compensation program, for FY 2003-2004.	LBR, WAM	Bunda BR
		2695	SB	3018	SD2	Employees' Retirement System; Police Officers	Provides that if a police officer who suffers from a service-connected disability continues public service in any position other than as a police officer, the member's retirement allowance shall be 2-1/2% of the member's average final compensation for each year of credited service as a police officer. (SD2)	LBR, WAM	Kanno
		2696	SB	3019	SD1	Police Officers	Provides members of collective bargaining unit 12 (police officers) with a tax credit for health insurance premiums. Provides credit of up to $960 per year for single coverage and $2,400 per year for family coverage. (SD1)	LBR, WAM	Kanno	LBR: Slom, wr-Ihara; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2697	SB	3106	SD1	Mandatory Deferred Compensation Retirement Plan For County Employees	Allows Honolulu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii counties to enter into an agreement with State to extend State's mandatory deferred compensation retirement plan to part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual public employees of the counties. Requires county to designate a county agency to coordinate the plan.	LBR/TMG, WAM	Tsutsui BR
		2698	SB	3175	SD2	Federal Social Security for Public Employees; Coverage	Authorizes the governor, on behalf of the State, to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the extension of benefits of the hospital insurance system to employees of the State and its political subdivisions. Extends the benefits of Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to employees of the political subdivisions of State. Requires the EWC to fund costs associated with the purposes of this Act as it applies to EWC employees.	LBR/TMG, WAM	Espero, Kanno
		2699	SB	3226	SD2	Government Pension Benefits; Surviving Spouse Benefits	Allows a surviving spouse or surviving reciprocal beneficiary of a police officer, firefighter, deputy sheriff, or public safety officer to remarry, marry, or enter into a new reciprocal beneficiary relationship and to continue to receive pension and other retirement benefits arising from their former spouse's employment. (SD2)	LBR, WAM	Kanno	LBR: wr-Ihara, wr-Slom; WAM: Trimble, Kim, wr-Aduja, wr-Espero, wr-Tsutsui
		2700	SB	2077	SD2	State Planning; Functional Plans; Preparation and Implementation	Requires 10-year interval updates of state plans from state agencies. Requires legislative approval of updates. Directs state agencies to prepare new functional plans for implementation no later than 6/30/06, and to review and incorporate previous plans as appropriate. (SD2)	ECD/TMG, WAM/WLA	Kokubun	WAM: Slom
		2701	SB	2269	SD2	Enterprise Zones	Removes provisions that restrict telecommunications from being designated a qualified business for enterprise zone purposes. Effective 7/1/2030. (SD2)	ECD/SAT, WAM	Fukunaga
		2702	SB	2563	SD2	Business Assistance for Sustainable Economic Dev.; Appropriation	Appropriates funds for various programs through the Small Business Development Center. (SD2)	ECD, WAM	Fukunaga, Aduja, Baker
		2703	SB	3170	SD2	Petroleum Industry Reporting; Ethanol Content in Gasoline	Establishes new requirements for the blending of ethanol in gasoline. (SD2)	ECD/CPH, WAM	Fukunaga	WAM: Hemmings, Slom, wr-Kawamoto
		2704	SB	2281	SD1	High Technology Development Corporation; Special Fund	Allows moneys collected into the high technology special fund to be deposited into a private trust account in any bank or financial institution. Deletes the fund's $3 million cap. (SD1)	SAT/ECD, WAM	Bunda	ECD: wr-Kawamoto; WAM: wr-Slom, wr-Trimble
		2705	SB	2392	SD2	High Technology Dev Corp; SPRBs; Electricore Inc.	Authorizes the high technology development corporation to issue special purpose revenue bonds on behalf of Electricore, Inc., to produce unmanned vehicle and aerial systems and related technologies. (SD2)	SAT, WAM	Espero	WAM: wr-Trimble
		2706	SB	2380	SD1	State Art Museum; Operational Funding	Provides statutory authority for the establishment of the state art museum and continuing operational funding; conforms chapter 9, HRS, with the duties of the state foundation on culture and the arts concerning the art in public places and relocatable works of art program and the state art museum. Establishes the friends of Hawaii state art museum citizens group. (SD1)	SAT, WAM	Ige, Aduja, Chun Oakland
		2707	SB	2955	SD1	Public Meetings	Allows public meetings by video teleconference to continue even if the video connectivity is interrupted or stopped. (SD1)	SAT, WAM	Bunda BR
		2708	SB	2972	SD1	Hawaii Historic Preservation Special Fund	Authorizes the deposit of penalties, fines, and other administrative charges into the Hawaii Historic Preservation Special Fund. Allows moneys from the fund to be used to pay for permanent and temporary staff positions, and administrative and operational costs for the historic preservation program. (SD1)	SAT, WAM	Bunda BR
		2709	SB	3002		Project EAST; Appropriation	Makes an appropriation for the continuation and expansion of the project east (environmental and spatial technology) initiative in Hawaii's public schools.	SAT/ECD, WAM	Fukunaga, Baker	SAT: Hemmings; WAM: Hemmings
		2710	SB	3021	SD1	Pilot Project; Open Source Software; DOE; Appropriation	Establishes an open source software pilot project within dept of education to establish a policy on the purchase and use of open source software applications within department; makes an unspecified appropriation for the dept of education. (SD1)	SAT/EDU, WAM	Ige, Aduja
		2711	SB	1615		North Kohala	Preserves a cluster of historical sites in North Kohala on the island of Hawaii by authorizing the department of land and natural resources to condemn the land adjacent to the Kohala historical sites state monument. Allows the Mo`okini Luakini Corporation to protect and care for the Mo`okini Heiau.	WLA, WAM	Bunda
		2712	SB	2280	SD1	Local Flood Warning System	Appropriates funds for local flood warning system for Lake Wilson. Requires matching federal funds. (SD1)	WLA, WAM	Bunda	WAM: Aduja, Hemmings
		2713	SB	2400	SD1	Appropriation; Kapoho Bay; State Recreation Area	Directs the department of land and natural resources to establish the Kapoho Bay recreation area as part of the conservation district. Appropriates funds for designation of a state recreation area, including restroom facilities for Kapoho Bay Conservation District. (SD1)	WLA, WAM	Kokubun
		2714	SB	2413	SD1	State Enterprise Zones; Agribusiness	Changes qualifications for an agricultural business in state enterprise zone: (1) substitutes 2% cumulative average annual gross revenue increase for 10% average annual increase in employment; (2) allows additional 7 years participation; (3) invokes force majeure to prevent disqualification. (SD1)	WLA/ECD, WAM	Inouye	ECD: wr-Trimble
		2715	SB	2438	SD2	Aquaculture; Sharks; Leeward Coast	Provides a vehicle to appropriate funds to the department of agriculture's aquaculture development program to conduct a study on shark migratory activity along the Leeward coast of Oahu from Ewa Beach to Kaena Point by tagging and monitoring shark movement. (SD2)	WLA, WAM	Hanabusa, Espero, Inouye, Aduja	WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble, wr-Aduja, wr-Hooser, wr-Kim, wr-Tsutsui
		2716	SB	2441	SD1	Agricultural Land Preservation; Waialua; Land Exchange	Requires the department of land and natural resources to enter into land exchange negotiations with private landowners in the Waialua area. Transfers control and title to the lands to the agribusiness development corporation. Also, establishes regional agricultural subcommittee to advise the corporation on management of the lands. (SD1)	WLA, WAM	Hanabusa, Bunda, Espero, Kawamoto, Aduja, Inouye	WLA: wr-Whalen
		2717	SB	2818	SD1	Agricultural Commodities	Moves coffee weighing provisions which were never implemented, and provisions regulating the advertising of fresh fruit and vegetables and coffee to the chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes dealing with agricultural grades and standards. Allows the fees paid to Certification Services Revolving Fund temporary employees to remain in the Fund. (SD1)	WLA, WAM	Bunda BR
		2718	SB	2820		Relating to Agricultural Lands.	Revises provisions that impair the transfer of agricultural land from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture.	WLA, WAM	Bunda BR
		2719	SB	2869	SD2	Kalaeloa Community Development Dist; Maintenance of Properties	Clarifies the responsibility of the Hawaii community development authority to act as an ombudsman for issues of concern within the Kalaeloa community development district. (SD2)	WLA/ECD, WAM	Bunda BR
		2720	SB	3025		Office of Planning; Required to Report to Director of DBEDT	Requires the office of planning to report to the director of the department of business, economic development, and tourism; clarifies that DBEDT has sole jurisdiction over the land use commission, office of state planning, and state functional plans.	WLA/ECD, WAM	Kokubun, Inouye, Bunda, English	ECD: Trimble, wr-Kawamoto; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2721	SB	3052	SD2	Important Agricultural Lands; Identification and Management; Agricultural Tourism	Sets forth policies and procedures for identifying and managing important agricultural lands (IAL); directs the creation of a task force to develop incentives for IAL; allows agricultural tourism, holiday, and agriculture-related special events on agricultural district lands. (SD2)	WLA, WAM	Inouye, English, Aduja	WAM: wr-Hooser, wr-Kim
		2722	SB	3129	SD1	Lake Wilson Flood Mitigation; Appropriation	Appropriates moneys for the study of the best mitigation measures to control peak flows from storms into Lake Wilson; Appropriates moneys for planning, design, and construction of the best mitigation measure. (SD1)	WLA, WAM	Bunda	WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble, wr-Aduja
		2723	SB	53	SD1	Ambulance Services; South Maui (Kihei/Wailea)	Appropriates funds to provide 24-hour ambulance services for the Kihei/Wailea region of Maui. (SD1)	HTH, WAM	Baker, English, Tsutsui
		2724	SB	2399	SD2	Emergency Ambulance Service; Hawaiian Ocean View Estates; Appropriation	Appropriates funds to staff the emergency ambulance service crew for donated ambulance at Hawaiian Ocean View Estates. (SD2)	HTH, WAM	Kokubun, Aduja
		2725	SB	2578		Bonds; Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific	Authorizes the issuance of $20,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds for construction improvements and expansion for Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific.	HTH, WAM	Baker, Chun Oakland, Inouye	WAM: wr-Trimble
		2726	SB	2591	SD2	Family and Caregiver Support; DOH Services	Requires department of health to provide certain family and caregiver support services to persons aged 60 and older and their families and caregivers. (SD2)	HTH/HMS, WAM	Baker, Chun Oakland, Inouye	HTH: wr-Hogue; HMS: wr-Trimble
		2727	SB	2592	SD2	Sexual Assault; Services; Appropriation	Makes an appropriation to department of health to fund sexual assault services. (SD2)	HTH, WAM	Baker, Aduja, Chun Oakland, Inouye
		2728	SB	2686	SD2	Cancer Detection and Treatment; Appropriation	Provides a vehicle to appropriate funds to support Hawaii-based development of healthcare and biomedical technology to detect and treat the early stages of cancer. (SD2)	HTH, WAM	Baker	HTH: wr-Hogue
		2729	SB	2721	SD2	Emergency Medical Services	Appropriates funds for FY 2004-2005 as grants-in-aid for emergency medical services in the Waianae-Nanakuli, Kahaluu-Kaaawa, and urban Honolulu areas. (SD2)	HTH, WAM	Bunda BR
		2730	SB	2948	SD2	Public Health Nursing Services	Establishes the public health nursing services program, and sets forth the roles and functions of the program in the delivery of direct clinical nursing services. (SD2)	HTH, WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: Trimble
		2731	SB	2957	SD2	Hospital and Professional Liability Risk Financing	Permits Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to create a captive insurance company to provide malpractice coverage to DOH, UH School of Medicine, and other governmental or quasi-governmental entities providing health care. Requires each insured to be represented on the board; Appropriates $    . (SD2)	HTH/CPH, WAM	Bunda BR
		2732	SB	2979	SD2	Security at Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Hospitals	Transfers the functions and authority of the department of public safety relating to uniformed security employees and security contracts at Hawaii health systems corporation facilities to the Hawaii health systems corporation. (SD2)	HTH/JHW, WAM	Bunda BR
		2733	SB	3114	SD2	Kalaupapa Settlement	Requires the department of health to submit an annual report to the legislature to report initiatives and improvements at Kalaupapa settlement and to separately track patient and nonpatient costs. (SD2)	HTH, WAM	English, Baker, Tsutsui
		2734	SB	3135	SD1	Special Purpose Revenue Bonds; St. Francis Healthcare	Issues special purpose revenue bonds to assist St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii and its affiliates in financing equipment purchases and the construction and improvement of health care facilities. (SD1)	HTH, WAM	Chun Oakland	WAM: wr-Trimble
		2735	SB	3156	SD1	Emergency Medical Services; Professional Dev Training	Appropriates funds for professional development and training for Hawaii's paramedics. (SD1)	HTH, WAM	Baker, English, Tsutsui
		2736	SB	2165	SD1	Drug Abuse and Prevention; Drug Affected Newborns	Requires the department of human services to implement a program to conform to the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide drug affected newborns and their families with referral services, safe care, and triage procedures. Requires DHS to seek federal grants. Allows DHS to adopt necessary rules to obtain federal grants. (SD1)	HMS/HTH, WAM	Chun Oakland, Kanno, Aduja, Ige
		2737	SB	2226	SD1	Homeless Services; Unclaimed Property Trust Fund	Earmarks up to $          annually in unencumbered and unexpended funds from the unclaimed property trust fund for homeless services. (SD1)	HMS, WAM	Chun Oakland, Baker, Fukunaga	WAM: Slom
		2738	SB	2349	SD2	Incarcerated Parents; Programs and Services	Establishes a task force to develop a pilot program for a child-friendly visitation center at a state correctional facility. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/30. (SD2)	HMS, WAM	Kanno
		2739	SB	2605		Adult Residential Care Homes; Level of Care Payment	Amends level of care payment as determined by the director of human services; appropriates funds.	HMS, WAM	Baker, Espero, Chun Oakland	WAM: Hemmings, Slom
		2740	SB	2608	SD1	Critical Access Hospitals	Makes permanent definition of "critical access hospital", payment methodology to these hospitals using medicare reasonable cost principles, and exemption of these hospitals from medicaid reimbursement equity. (SD1)	HMS/HTH, WAM	Baker BR
		2741	SB	2621	SD2	Trust Fund; Medically Fragile Children; Special Needs Children	Creates the medically fragile children's trust fund that helps pay for the medically fragile child's medical and caregiver's expenses. Creates advisory board. (SD2)	HMS, WAM	Chun Oakland, Kanno	HMS: wr-Trimble
		2742	SB	2630	SD1	Foster Custody; Effort to Make Extended Family Placement	Requires department of human services to establish a protocol to implement a good faith and diligent effort to identify and locate extended family members for possible foster custody placement for a child. (SD1)	HMS, WAM	Chun Oakland
		2743	SB	2929	SD1	Medicaid Reimbursement	Changes the effective start date of the revised reimbursement methodology for long-term care services from 7/1/03 to 7/1/08. Eliminates the "sunset" provision of the original act to enable the new reimbursement methodology to continue. (SD1)	HMS/HTH, WAM	Bunda BR
		2744	SB	2930	SD2	Home and Community-Based Services	Extends statutory authority for licensing of home and community-based case management agencies and certification of community care foster family homes until 6/30/06. Makes Dept of Human Services or its designee, responsible for certifying any community care foster family homes. Requires adult protective services perpetrator checks as a requirement for certification.	HMS/HTH, WAM	Bunda BR
		2745	SB	2931	SD1	Background Checks	Requires the Department of Human Services to establish standards, which shall include criminal history record, Adult Protective Service, and Child Protective Service checks, to ensure the reputable and responsible character of service providers who have direct contact with individuals receiving services. (SD1)	HMS/JHW, WAM	Bunda BR
		2746	SB	3036	SD2	Child Abuse; Minors; Social Workers	Requires the department of human services to adopt child welfare social worker caseload standards. Requires child welfare social workers to be reclassified to achieve a two salary range upgrade. Effective 7/1/30. (SD2)	HMS, WAM	Chun Oakland	HMS: Trimble; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2747	SB	3134	SD2	Appropriation; Reimbursements; Nursing Dialysis Patients	Appropriates funds to DHS for necessary reimbursements to long-term care providers for dialysis patients. (SD2)	HMS, WAM	Chun Oakland
		2748	SB	3230	SD2	Early Childhood Care; Appropriation	Establishes a pilot project providing community-based, collaborative, and comprehensive early childhood care direct services for children under age five and their families in critical need areas as determined by the department of human services. Appropriates $        . (SD2)	HMS/EDU, WAM	Sakamoto
		2749	SB	1060	SD2	Hui Malama Learning Ctr; Alternative Education Programs; GIA	Makes an appropriation for a grant-in-aid to Hui Malama Learning Center for alternative education programs. (SD2)	EDU, WAM	Baker, Tsutsui
		2750	SB	2044	SD1	Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program	Appropriates funds for the junior reserve officers' training corps program at Waipahu high school. (SD1)	EDU/TMG, WAM	Kawamoto, Espero, Kanno	WAM: English
		2751	SB	2054	SD1	Education; Annual School Textbook List; Annual Fees	Authorizes schools to assess and collect annual fees for textbooks. Requires schools to compile annual list of textbooks to be used during that school year and to be made available upon request of student, parent, or guardian of student. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto	EDU: Hogue; WAM: Slom, Trimble
		2752	SB	2058	SD1	DOE; Repairs and Maintenance; Hawaii 3R's	Appropriates funding for Hawaii 3R's, a non-profit organization. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Aduja, Kanno, Chun Oakland	WAM: wr-Trimble
		2753	SB	2065	SD2	DOE; Teachers; Hiring	Requires public schools to finalize teacher hiring before the end of the preceding fiscal year. (SD2)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Chun Oakland	EDU: wr-Menor; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2754	SB	2108	SD1	DOE; Coaches; Trainers; Appropriation	Provides a vehicle to appropriate funds to hire additional athletic health care trainers in public schools. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Aduja	WAM: Trimble
		2755	SB	2113	SD1	DOE; Equipment, Supplies, and Transportation; Appropriation	Provides an appropriation vehicle to fund equipment, supplies, and transportation for department of education athletic programs. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Aduja	WAM: wr-Trimble
		2756	SB	2114		University Of Hawaii; Public Safety; Security	Makes an appropriation to improve safety and security measures on the University of Hawaii campuses.	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Aduja	WAM: Trimble
		2757	SB	2115	SD1	DOE; Athletic Hlth Care Trainer Specialist Coord; Approp	Appropriates funding for an athletic health care trainer specialist coordinator in the department of education. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto	WAM: Trimble, wr-Tsutsui, wr-Slom
		2758	SB	2171	SD2	School Supplies; Textbooks	Appropriates $          for the DOE to purchase more new and recently published textbooks in order to update the textbooks periodically and to provide a sufficient number of textbooks for every student enrolled in the public schools.	EDU, WAM	Chun Oakland, Kanno, et al	WAM: Trimble, wr-Slom
		2759	SB	2175	SD1	Education; Trust Fund; GEAR UP	Authorizes the University of Hawaii to create a trust fund to dispense scholarships as a requirement of the State's participation in the federal Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program. (SD1	EDU, WAM	Chun Oakland, Kanno, Sakamoto, Aduja
		2760	SB	2197	SD1	School Work-Study Program; DOE; Education	Establishes the school work-study program to provide students with paid work experience and employers with reliable entry-level workers. Gives first priority for participation in the program to students with a disability who are eligible for post-secondary transition services. (SD1)	EDU/LBR, WAM	Sakamoto
		2761	SB	2201	SD2	Parent Project; DOE; Parent-Community Networking Center Program	Appropriates funds to the DOE to enable the parents of strong-willed or out-of-control adolescents to change their childrens' destructive behavior through effective prevention and intervention techniques. Requires this activity (named the "parent project") to be administered by the PCNC program. (SD2	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Kanno, Aduja	WAM: wr-Trimble
		2762	SB	2222	SD1	Bridge to Hope; Appropriation	Appropriates funds to the Bridge to Hope Program. Expands eligibility to include Temporary Assistance to Other Needy Families. (SD1)	EDU/HMS, WAM	Chun Oakland, Baker, Fukunaga	WAM: wr-Slom
		2763	SB	2256		DOE; Personnel Clerk Positions; Appropriation	Appropriates funds for personnel clerk positions within the DOE to ensure the timely processing of the reclassification of teachers.	EDU/LBR, WAM	Kanno	LBR: wr-Slom; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2764	SB	2264	SD1	UH; School of Social Work; Distance Learning Masters Program	Appropriates funding to establish a distance learning program for a masters degree in social work from the University of Hawaii. (SD1)	EDU/SAT, WAM	Hooser, Chun Oakland, Kokubun, English
		2765	SB	2320	SD2	DOE; Vice Principals; Appropriation	Appropriates funding to provide ten additional permanent vice principal positions to be assigned to Department of Education schools based upon greatest need as determined by the department according to special education needs and other applicable criteria. (SD2	EDU, WAM	Hooser, Chun Oakland	EDU: wr-Hogue
		2766	SB	2379	SD2	Construction Research Program; University of Hawaii	Establishes a construction research program within the University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Engineering. Appropriates funds to be used for the center's programs and functions. (SD2	EDU/SAT, WAM	Ige, Aduja, Chun Oakland
		2767	SB	2425	SD1	DOE; New Century Charter Schools; Funding	Expedites funding for new century charter schools; allows the legislature to adjust the most recent DOE annual financial report; raises the amount of funding from the charter school administrative office and requires funds by July 20 each year. (SD1	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto
		2768	SB	2426	SD2	Education Reform; University of Hawaii	Establishes the center for school redesign as part of the college of education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus. Makes a $          appropriation for the center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto	WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2769	SB	2429	SD1	UH; Hawaii Student Caucus; Appropriation	Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii student caucus. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto
		2770	SB	2478	SD2	DOE; Impact Fees; Collection	Authorizes the department of education to assess and collect impact fees by intergovernmental agreement with a county, as fair share contributions of developers for the construction of state public school facilities. (SD2)	EDU/TMG/WLA, WAM	Sakamoto	WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2771	SB	2538	SD1	Special Purpose Revenue Bonds; Education	Authorizes the issuance of $30,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to finance or refinance the construction or improvements to educational facilities at Iolani School. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Taniguchi	EDU: wr-Hooser; WAM: wr-Tsutsui, wr-Trimble
		2772	SB	2613	SD1	Families for Resources for Early Access to Learning; Appropriation	Appropriates funds for the Families for Resources for Early Access to Learning Program (R.E.A.L.). (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Chun Oakland, Kanno
		2773	SB	2671	SD1	Damien Memorial High School; SPRB	Authorizes the issuance of SPRBs for Damien Memorial High School to finance or refinance the planning, acquisition, construction, or improvement of its educational facilities. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Chun Oakland	EDU: wr-Hooser; WAM: wr-Tsutsui, wr-Trimble
		2774	SB	2790	SD1	Haleakala Waldorf School; Special Purpose Revenue Bonds	Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Haleakala Waldorf School to finance or refinance the planning, acquisition, construction, or improvement of its educational facilities. (SD1	EDU, WAM	English	EDU: wr-Hooser; WAM: wr-Tsutsui, wr-Trimble
		2775	SB	2791	SD1	Montessori School of Maui; Special Purpose Revenue Bonds	Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Montessori School of Maui to finance or refinance the planning, acquisition, construction or improvement of its educational facilities. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	English	EDU: wr-Hooser; WAM: wr-Tsutsui, wr-Trimble
		2776	SB	3011	SD1	DOE; Retired Teachers; Coursework Waiver; Substitute Teachers	Exempts licensed and certified retired teachers from any prerequisite coursework that the department may require of other substitute teachers for ten years. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Tsutsui, English, Kanno	WAM: Trimble
		2777	SB	3013	SD2	UH Foundation; Reports	Specifies elements required of the University of Hawaii foundation's annual report to the legislature. (SD2)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto
		2778	SB	3039	SD1	Commission for National and Community Service; Appropriation	Appropriates $           in state matching funds to the Hawaii commission for national and community service. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Chun Oakland
		2779	SB	3086		SPRBs; Island Pacific Academy	Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for Island Pacific Academy for the planning and construction of its educational facilities.	EDU, WAM	Kanno	EDU: wr-Hooser; WAM: wr-Tsutsui, wr-Trimble
		2780	SB	3112	SD2	DOE; Teacher Shortage; Exceptional Hires; Alternative Licensing	Allows the department of education to hire professionals as exceptional teachers. Authorizes alternative routes to licensing based on performance-based standards and experience. (SD2)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto
		2781	SB	3148	SD2	Host Culture Charter Sch. Dist.; Noncontiguous Charter Sch. Dist.; Pilot Demonstration Proj.	Allows the establishment of a noncontiguous host culture charter school district under the board of education to be monitored by a host culture district council as a 5-year pilot demonstration project. Allows the establishment of a noncontiguous charter school district under the board of education. (SD2	EDU/JHW, WAM	Hanabusa
		2782	SB	3231	SD2	DOE	Provides stipends for tutors and other volunteers who help schools before, during, and after school hours. Establishes that stipends are not income for income tax determinations and that tutors and other volunteers are not state employees.	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto	WAM: Trimble
		2783	SB	1362	SD2	Mental Health	Allows the department of health to expand its capacity to obtain verifiable information regarding the criminal history of potential employees and contract providers to both mental health divisions. (SD2)	HTH, JHW	Bunda BR
		2784	SB	2017	SD2	Racing on Highways; License Suspension; Fine	Imposes stricter penalties on persons convicted of racing on highways at greater than thirty miles per hour over speed limit. (SD2)	TMG, JHW	Kawamoto, Kanno	JHW: wr-Hogue, wr-Hanabusa, wr-English
		2785	SB	2018	SD1	Child Passenger Safety Seats; Mandatory Use	Strengthens child safety seat law by requiring child safety seat or booster seat usage for children over four years, but less than eight years old; defines "restrained".	TMG, JHW	Kawamoto, Espero, Kanno
		2786	SB	2024	SD1	Pedestrian Safety; Pedestrian Procedures; Vehicle Operator Procedures; Penalties	Amends traffic code to increase pedestrian safety. Increases penalties for failure to comply with pedestrian safety laws. (SD1)	TMG, JHW	Kawamoto, Espero, Kanno
		2787	SB	2088	SD1	Emergency Medical Services	Deletes terminal condition as the sole circumstance when "comfort care only-do not resuscitate" protocols may be initiated by in-the-field emergency response personnel to persons whose heart or breathing has stopped. Allows a person, a person's guardian, agent, or surrogate with legal authority to make health-care decisions on behalf of the person to allow the withholding of cardiac resuscitation and artificial breathing or to revoke CCO DNR documents. (SD1)	HTH, JHW	Baker
		2788	SB	2091	SD2	Involuntary Medication	Authorizes DOH to adopt administrative rules to establish an administrative process allowing involuntary medication of psychiatric patients institutionalized at the Hawaii state-operated or funded psychiatric facility in order to alleviate mental illness and restore competency while protecting the rights of patients. Requires report after three years. Effective 7/1/2010. (SD2)	HTH, JHW	Baker
		2789	SB	2237	SD2	Motor Vehicles; Driving With Illegal Drugs in Blood	Establishes a new offense of operating a vehicle with a measurable amount of illegal drugs in a person's blood or urine, without the need to show that the drug must have impaired the person's ability to operate a vehicle in a careful and prudent manner. Requires drug testing for anyone arrested for DUI. (SD2)	TMG, JHW	Aduja	JHW: wr-Hanabusa, wr-English, wr-Kawamoto, wr-Hogue
		2790	SB	2358	SD2	Construction Defect; Contractor's Opportunity to Repair	Allows contractors the opportunity to repair construction defects prior to litigating construction disputes. Establishes procedures for notice of claim, rejection of claim, offer to repair, acceptance of offer, and submission of claim to mediation. (SD2)	CPH, JHW	Sakamoto
		2791	SB	2395	SD2	Information Practices; Hawaii Convention Center	Exempts booking business records of the Hawaii convention center from the freedom of information law under certain circumstances. (SD2)	TSM, JHW	Kim BR	TSM: Slom; JHW: Ihara, wr-Fukunaga
		2792	SB	2448		Mental Health Compensation For Family Members Of Slain Victims	Compensates family members of murder, manslaughter, and negligent homicide victims for mental health counseling services.	HTH/HMS, JHW	Hanabusa, Espero, Inouye, Aduja
		2793	SB	2560	SD1	Right of Publicity	Creates a right of publicity law to allow recording artists, TV personalities, and other media celebrities to control the use of their identity for commercial uses during their life and after their death. Effective date of July 1, 2020. (SD1)	ECD, JHW	Fukunaga, Aduja, Inouye, etc
		2794	SB	2577	SD1	Peer Review; Medical Errors; Protections	Provides protections for physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers relating to review of medical errors. Defines "health care review organization."	HTH, JHW	Baker, Inouye	HTH: wr-Hogue
		2795	SB	2607	SD1	Adoption of Marshallese Children; State Law Inapplicable	Precludes the Hawaii courts from adjudicating adoption proceedings involving Marshallese children.	HMS, JHW	Baker, Chun Oakland	JHW: wr-Kawamoto, wr-Hogue
		2796	SB	2704		Real Estate Disclosure; Release or Waiver of Liability	Requires disclosure of any release or waiver of liability for a construction defect.	CPH, JHW	Espero	JHW: wr-Hogue
		2797	SB	2779	SD2	Traditional Hawaiian Healing Practices	Changes "panel" to "Elders' Council" in relation to regulating traditional native Hawaii healing practices. Makes the Elders' Council independent from the State and authorizes any individual regardless of race or ethnic origin to be certified by the Elders' Council as a traditional native Hawaiian healer. (SD2)	HTH, JHW	Kawamoto	JHW: wr-English
		2798	SB	2933	SD1	Child Welfare Services	Clarifies that DHS require a parent, legal custodian, guardian, or caregiver, in cases where appropriate, to participate in diversion and other supportive services, in lieu of taking custody of a child. (SD1)	HMS, JHW	Bunda BR
		2799	SB	2968	SD1	Natural Resource Violations	Establishes a civil natural resource violations system within DLNR to process violations of departmental regulations. (SD1)	WLA, JHW	Bunda BR
		2800	SB	3041	SD2	Voluntary Admission for Nonemergency Treatment	Allows parents or guardians to admit individuals under the age of eighteen to nonemergency treatment facilities without the consent or countersignature of the individual. (SD2)	HMS/HTH, JHW	Hogue
		2801	SB	2092	SD2	Physician Licensure; Canadian Residency Programs Recognized	Recognizes Canadian medical residency programs and licensing exam for physician licensure purposes. Repeals BME's authority to recognize equivalent residency programs on a case-by-case basis. (SD2)	HTH, CPH	Baker, Tsutsui
		2802	SB	2474	SD2	Renewable Energy; Renewable Portfolio Standards; PUC Study	Requires electric utilities to establish renewable portfolio milestones for 2015 and 2020. Directs the PUC to study the feasibility of implementing a rate structure and incentives program to encourage the use of renewable energy. (SD2)	ENE, CPH	English
		2803	SB	2579	SD2	Alcohol and Drug Dependence Benefits; Serious Mental Illness	Increases minimum coverage for alcohol and drug dependence benefits to two episodes per year. Includes obsessive compulsive disorder, dissociative disorder, delusional disorder, and major depression within definition of "serious mental illness". (SD2)	HTH, CPH	Baker	CPH: wr-Ige, wr-Whalen
		2804	SB	2670	SD2	Physicians; Pain Management	Authorizes the board of medical examiners to establish pain management guidelines for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and physician assistants.	HTH, CPH	Chun Oakland
		2805	SB	2897	SD2	Dental Examination	Authorizes acceptance of dental, dental hygienist, and restorative technique examination results from regional or state testing agencies if state constructed exams cannot be administered. (SD2)	HTH, CPH	Bunda BR
		2806	SB	3085	SD2	Prescriptive Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Advisory Committee	Establishes a joint formulary advisory committee to advise the board of nursing on issues relating to the formulary composed of three persons licensed as advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority under chapter 457, three persons licensed as physicians under chapter 453, and three persons licensed as pharmacists under chapter 461. (SD2)	HTH, CPH	Kanno, Baker
		2807	SB	2004	SD1	Veterans Cemeteries; Maui County; Appropriation	Appropriates an unspecified amount, for fiscal year 2004-2005 for maintenance of veterans cemeteries in the county of Maui. (SD1)	TMG, WAM	Baker, English, Tsutsui
		2808	SB	2043	SD1	Aviation Museum of the Pacific; Appropriation	Provides a vehicle to appropriate funds for the restoration and exhibits for a new air museum for the Aviation Museum of the Pacific. Requires funds to be matched by museum. (SD1)	TMG/SAT, WAM	Kawamoto
		2809	SB	2045	SD2	Hawaii Civil Air Patrol; Appropriation	Appropriates matching funds to the Hawaii civil air patrol for operational expenses. (SD2)	TMG, WAM	Kawamoto, Espero, Kanno
		2810	SB	2131	SD1	Appropriation; Department of Defense	Appropriates money for the department of defense to publish the Hawaii veterans' newsletter. (SD1)	TMG, WAM	Hooser
		2811	SB	2364	SD1	Natl Guard and Reservists; Active Duty; Income Tax Deduction	Provides a vehicle to change the income tax deduction provided to national guard members and reservists. (SD1)	TMG, WAM	Sakamoto, Kawamoto
		2812	SB	2404	SD2	Counties; National Association of Counties Meeting	Appropriates funds to the city and county of Honolulu to host the 2005 National Association of Counties meeting in Honolulu. Requires matching funds. (SD2)	TMG/TSM, WAM	Bunda	TSM: Slom; WAM: Slom, Trimble
		2813	SB	2746	SD2	Motor Vehicles; DUI; Habitual Offenders	Requires habitual DUI offender to pay driver education assessment, to be assessed for substance abuse or dependence, and to obtain treatment if necessary. Prohibits issuance of new license to habitual DUI offender until period of license revocation expires. Permits court to order offender to reimburse cost of blood or urine testing. Adds conforming references to habitual DUI offenders to use of intoxicants law; effective January 1, 2005.	TMG/JHW, WAM	Bunda BR
		2814	SB	2914	SD1	Civil Defense Sirens	Expedites the construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of civil defense warning or signal devices and sirens by exempting these items from the definition of "development" for purposes of coastal zone management.	TMG, WAM	Bunda BR
		2815	SB	2919	SD1	Adjutant General	Allows the Adjutant General to appoint and Assistant Adjutant General of the Army and Air component and the joint headquarters, in a federally recognized grade no higher than major general of the joint command. (SD1)	TMG, WAM	Bunda BR
		2816	SB	2997	SD2	UH; DOT; Engineering Scholarship Program	Establishes a civil engineering scholarship program in the department of transportation. (SD2)	TMG/EDU, WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: Slom, Trimble
		2817	SB	2998	SD1	Passenger Facility Charge Special Fund	Exempts the passenger facility charge special fund from transfers to pay for central service and administrative expenses. Also exempts the fund from transfers to fund the works of art special fund and from deposit into the airport revenue fund. Changes the name of the fund from the passenger facility charge revenue fund to the passenger facility charge special fund. (SD1)	TMG, WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2818	SB	3080	SD2	Transportation; Airport Concessions	Provides further economic relief for airport concessions that have not yet received relief. (SD2)	TMG/TSM, WAM	Kawamoto	TSM: Slom, wr-Kim, wr-Tsutsui; WAM: Slom, Trimble, wr-English, wr-Kim, wr-Tsutsui
		2819	SB	3189	SD2	Telecommunications; 911	Establishes a monthly surcharge on mobile phone connections to fund implementation of wireless enhanced 911 by wireless providers and county public safety agencies. Creates wireless enhanced 911 board under DAGS to oversee collection and distribution of surcharge funds. Requires reports to legislature, protection of proprietary provider information, and regular audits of the fund.	TMG/CPH, WAM	Kawamoto
		2820	SB	2835	SD1	Attorney General; Litigation Deposits Trust Fund	Streamlines the administration of the litigation deposits trust fund. Allows the attorney general to retain and deposit into the litigation deposits trust fund 33% of any recovery from any civil action or settlement of a civil claim. (SD1)	JHW, WAM	Bunda BR	WAM: wr-Trimble
		2821	SB	2904	SD2	Escrow Depositories; Licensing and Regulation	Amends and updates procedures for the licensing and regulation of escrow depositories. Allows licensing as LLC, strengthens confidentiality requirements, allows criminal background checks of license applicants, increases bonding requirement, and establishes receivership procedures. Effective 7/1/35. (SD2)	CPH, WAM	Bunda BR
		2822	SB	1206	SD1	Taxation; Aircraft Leases	Provides an aircraft operating lease investment income tax credit for lessee's of aircraft with reduced noise levels. (SD1)	ECD/ENE, WAM	English	ECD: wr-Trimble
		2823	SB	2558	SD2	Film, Television, and Music Labor Expenditure Tax Credit	Increases the tax credit for performing arts products, sound recordings, and digital media products produced in the State, provided that certain expenditure levels and below-the-line hiring requirements are met. (SD2)	ECD/SAT, WAM	Fukunaga, Aduja, Espero, Kanno, Chun Oakland, Baker, Ige	ECD: Trimble; WAM: Trimble
		2824	SB	2302	SD2	Filipino Centennial Celebration	Appropriates matching funds to the Filipino centennial celebration commission for the Filipino centennial celebration. (SD2)	TSM, WAM	Menor, Bunda, Aduja, Espero, Inouye	TSM: wr-Slom
		2825	SB	2396	SD1	General Excise Tax Exemption	Exempts certain charitable groups from the GET for certain convention, conference, and trade show fees. Also exempts the contribution to such groups from the GET. (SD1)	TSM, WAM	Kim BR	WAM: Trimble
		2826	SB	2711	SD2	Hawaii Tourism Authority; Use of Attorneys; Appropriation	Authorizes the Hawaii Tourism Authority to employ its own attorneys. Appropriates $          to the HTA from the tourism special fund for FY 2004-2005. (SD2)	TSM/JHW, WAM	Kim	JHW: Hogue, wr-Ihara; TSM: Slom; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2827	SB	3043	SD1	Aloha Aina Patrol; Established	Requires the chief of police in any county having a population in excess of 500,000 to establish an aloha aina patrol to provide security and assistance to tourists; makes appropriation. (SD1)	TSM/TMG, WAM	Kim, Hanabusa	TSM: Slom; WAM: Slom, Trimble
		2828	SB	3116	SD2	Water Pollution; Cruise Ships; Commercial Passenger Vessels; DOH	Establishes standards for the discharge of graywater, other wastewater, and air emissions from cruise ships and commercial passenger vessels into the marine waters of the State. Provides for recordkeeping and monitoring. Provides criminal penalties. (SD2)	TSM/ECD/ENE, WAM	English, Baker, Tsutsui, Chun Oakland, Kokubun	ENE: Hemmings; ECD: wr-Ige, wr-Kawamoto; TSM: Slom; WAM: Kawamoto, Hemmings, Slom, Trimble, wr-Espero
		2829	SB	2063	SD2	School Textbooks, Instructional Materials, Library Books, Equipment, or Supplies; Cost Recovery	Holds public school students accountable financially for loss or damage to school textbooks, instructional materials, library books, equipment, or supplies. (SD2)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Kanno, Chun Oakland
		2830	SB	2066	SD2	Hawaii Medical Education Special Fund	Places the Hawaii Medical Education Special Fund under the control of UH administration. (SD2)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Aduja
		2831	SB	2067	SD1	National Science Foundation; Appropriation	Appropriates matching funds to the University of Hawaii for the National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research grant application. (SD1)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Aduja, Hooser
		2832	SB	2072		Center for Nursing Special Fund	Places the Center for Nursing Special Fund under the control of UH administration.	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Aduja, Kanno
		2833	SB	2428	SD2	DOE; Educational Administrators; Hawaii Administrator Stds Bd	Establishes the Hawaii administrator standards board. (SD2)	EDU, WAM	Sakamoto	EDU: wr-Hogue; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble
		2834	SB	2789	SD1	Public School Teachers; Annual Salary Increases	Appropriates funding for teacher annual increment step increases. (SD1)	EDU/LBR, WAM	Tsutsui, English	WAM: Slom, Trimble
		2835	SB	3012	SD2	DOE; Hawaii Educational Policy Center; Accountability; Report Cards	Requires the Hawaii educational policy center to conduct an annual assessment of the educational accountability system. (SD2)	EDU/TMG, WAM	Sakamoto, Hooser
		2836	SB	3020		DOE; Multi-Track Schooling; Appropriation	Provides funding for the staffing and facilities needed to ensure that the intent of multi-track schooling approach does not result in lesser quality education for communities with high population growth.	EDU/LBR, WAM	Kanno, Espero
		2837	SB	1556	SD2	Shoreline Certification; Appropriation	Changes shoreline certification process definition of "shoreline"; requires state shoreline locators and private land surveyors to determine and certify shorelines; specifies qualifications for shoreline locators; requires public notice when a locator goes onsite; appropriates funds for a videographic study; and develops guidelines for identifying the shoreline. (SD2)	WLA, WAM	Inouye	WAM: wr-English, wr-Hooser, wr-Slom, wr-Trimble
		2838	SB	2097	SD1	Boating Law	Caps mooring fees for a use permit at small boat harbors at 3% of gross revenues. Allows the department of land and natural resources to adopt rules covering fees and penalties. (SD1)	WLA/TMG, WAM	Kawamoto	WLA: Aduja; TMG: Aduja; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble, wr-Aduja
		2839	SB	2125	SD1	Conveyance Tax Rate	Provides for a sliding conveyance tax rate scale on conveyances of realty by maintaining the 10 cents per $100 rate for property conveyed at up to $500,000; and adding the rates of 20 cents per $100 for property conveyed at $500,001 to $1,000,000; and 50 cents per $100 of for property conveyed at over $1,000,000. The Act (sliding scale) is repealed after five years. (SD1)	WLA, WAM	Hooser	WLA: Whalen, wr-Aduja; WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble, wr-Aduja
		2840	SB	2516	SD2	Kahuku Agricultural Park; G.O. Bonds; Appropriation	Authorizes the issuance of an unspecified amount of general obligation bonds and appropriates an unspecified amount of funds to the department of agriculture to acquire land to expand the Kahuku agricultural park. (SD2)	WLA, WAM	Aduja	WLA: wr-Whalen
		2841	SB	2693	SD1	Sustainable Flood Project; Appropriation	Requires DLNR to research the development of a sustainable flood project sponsorship prior to Helemano-Paukauila-Kaukonahua watershed management project. Appropriates funds for a university graduate assistantship to develop and transfer watershed stewardship information and technologies. (SD1)	WLA, WAM	Bunda
		2842	SB	3051	SD2	Agriculture; State Agricultural Land Protection Program	Establishes the state agricultural land protection program; makes appropriation to Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation for research and marketing. Makes an appropriation for University of Hawaii for development of new agricultural products, revitalization of Hawaii cattle industry, and bioremediation programs.	WLA, WAM	Inouye, Espero
		2843	SB	2573	SD2	Tax Credit; Long-term Care	Provides a $500 tax credit for caregivers of "eligible care recipients", requires annual report to the legislature, repeals Act after five years, and imposes criminal sanctions for falsifying tax status. (SD2)	HTH/HMS, WAM	Baker, Chun Oakland, Inouye	HMS: Trimble; WAM: Trimble
		2844	SB	2654	SD2	Health Care; Immigrants; Appropriation	Appropriates $           for health care services for low-income, uninsured immigrants. (SD2)	HMS/HTH, WAM	Chun Oakland	HMS: wr-Trimble
		2845	SB	2936	SD2	Medical Assistance for Pregnant Legal Immigrants	Provides state-funded medical assistance for pregnant legal immigrants who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996, who are age 19 or older, and whose countable family income does not exceed 185% of the federal poverty level for Hawaii. (SD2)	HMS, WAM	Bunda BR
		2846	SB	607	SD1	Tax Credit; Federally Qualified Health Centers	Provides a tax credit for improvements made to federally qualified health centers. (SD1)	HTH, WAM	Hanabusa	WAM: Trimble
		2847	SB	2385	SD2	HIV/AIDS Programs; Appropriation	Appropriates $         for the Hawaii seropositivity and medical management program, and $          for the HIV drug assistance program. (SD2)	HTH, WAM	Espero, Baker
		2848	SB	2641	SD2	Controlled Substances	Transfers administration of medical marijuana program from the department of public safety to the department of health. Changes certain definitions and procedures to make the program more efficient and easier for seriously ill patients. (SD2)	HTH/JHW, WAM	Chun Oakland	HTH: wr-Inouye; WAM: Kawamoto, wr-Aduja, wr-Inouye, wr-Trimble
		2849	SB	2690	SD2	EMS; Enhancement for Neighbor Islands and Rural Areas	Establishes an emergency medical services special fund to be funded by fee on registration for motor vehicles. Appropriates funds for additional ambulance services for parts of Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii, and for professional development and training for paramedics on Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii. (SD2)	HTH, WAM	Baker, English, Tsutsui	WAM: Hemmings, Slom, Trimble, wr-Aduja, wr-Kawamoto, wr-Kim
		2850	SB	3024	SD2	State Private Investment Fund	Adopts new capital formation incentives; provide tax credits for qualifying research activities; technology infrastructure renovations; and high technology business investments; and appropriates funds for the state private investment fund. Repeals sunset of the Hawaii strategic development corporation. (SD2)	SAT/ECD, WAM	Ige, Fukunaga, Aduja, Hooser, English	ECD: Trimble; WAM: Trimble
		2851	SB	214	SD3	Workforce Development; Services for Freely Associated States Immigrants	Requires leeward community college to establish a program to provide cultural education and integration, language, employment, training, and legal services for Micronesian, Marshallese, and Palauan immigrants in Hawaii in order to assist them in becoming gainfully employed members of the community. Appropriates funds out of any available federal funds for the establishment of pilot programs. (SD3)	LBR/EDU, WAM	Hanabusa	LBR: wr-Slom; EDU: wr-Hogue; WAM: wr-Slom
		2852	SB	2002	SD1	ERS Benefits; DOCARE Officers; Deputy Sheriffs	Provides conservation and resources enforcement officers, deputy sheriffs, and noncontributory class C corrections officers with the ability to retire after 25 years of credited service, regardless of age without reduced benefits. (SD1)	LBR/WLA, WAM	Kokubun	LBR: wr-Slom; WLA: wr-Whalen; WAM: Trimble
		2853	SB	2073	SD2	University of Hawaii; Retirement	Allows UH to implement an optional retirement system in lieu of the ERS. Fixes the State's contribution at six per cent. Allows the employee and employee organization to negotiate an amount above six per cent. Clarifies that part-time or temporary employees are not eligible for the optional retirement system. (SD2)	LBR/EDU, WAM	Sakamoto, Aduja	LBR: wr-Slom
		2854	SB	2995	SD2	Commercial Driver Licensing	Revises standards, requirements and penalties, makes improvements to the commercial driver's license program, and imposes a disqualification on CDL drivers who have been convicted of traffic offenses while operating a noncommercial motor vehicle. (SD2)	TMG/JHW, WAM	Bunda BR
		2855	SB	3186		Theft; Public Funds; Public Contracts	Requires certain state procurement contracts to be reviewed and approved by the attorney general to ensure expenditure safeguard provisions are included; clarifies theft offense to include unauthorized expenditure of public moneys by persons entrusted with expenditure of those moneys.	TMG/JHW, WAM	Kim
		2856	SB	2887	SD2	Interstate Insurance Compact	Adopts the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Interstate Insurance Compact while exempting long-term care insurance from the provisions of the compact. Effective 7/1/2030. (SD2)	CPH, WAM	Bunda BR
		2857	SB	2911	SD1	Advisory Committees; Payments	Authorizes $100 per completed consultation or case review to advisory committee members helping in licensing investigations. Requires members to consult to the director of DCCA in addition to the health care professionals regulatory boards. Requires boards to submit lists of potential members for appointment biennially rather than annually. (SD1)	CPH, WAM	Bunda BR
		2858	SB	2912	SD2	Cable Television; Additional Funding	Authorizes DCCA to implement a 3-year pilot program to provide additional funding to support public, educational, and governmental cable television access in underserved areas. Appropriates $1 for the initial year of the pilot	SAT/CPH, WAM	Bunda BR
		2859	SB	3228	SD2	Emergency Relief for Natural Disasters; Rainy Day Fund	Authorizes the governor to order the immediate release of up to ten per cent of moneys in the emergency and budget reserve fund for emergency assistance to residents and businesses sustaining damage from natural disasters; makes an appropriation for emergency assistance.(SD2)	CPH, WAM	Sakamoto	WAM: Hemmings, wr-Slom
		2860	SB	3193	SD2	Consumers	Amends the proposed maximum pre-tax wholesale price of regular unleaded gasoline by determining the baseline price according to the national spot price, as reported by the Oil Price Information Service; repeals the maximum pre-tax retail gasoline price; and establishes maximum pre-tax wholesale prices for mid-grade and premium gasoline and diesel fuel. (SD2)	CPH, WAM	Menor, Kim, Espero, Baker, Kanno, Tsutsui, English, Hooser, Aduja, Fukunaga, Hanabusa	CPH: wr-Baker, wr-Ige; WAM: Inouye, Kawamoto, Slom, Hemmings, wr-Hooser, wr-Kim, wr-Sakamoto