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2018 Acts

ACT 060, SB2297 HD2 CD1, 6/27/2018
RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS. Extends the sunset date of Act 65, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, which provides a limited exemption to the licensing requirements for certain individuals in situations when […]
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ACT 059, SB2556 SD1 HD1 CD1, 6/27/2018
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an Industrial Hemp Special Fund within the Department of Agriculture to deposit fees and expend funds necessary for the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program.
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ACT 058, SB2053 SD1 HD1 CD1, 6/27/2018
RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS. Makes permanent the regulation of athletic trainers.
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ACT 057, HB2306 HD1 SD2 CD1, 6/27/2018
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates $500,000 of general revenues of the State for the Food Safety Certification Costs Grant Program for fiscal year 2018-2019. Effective June 29, 2018.
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ACT 056, HB1932 HD1 SD1 CD1, 6/27/2018
RELATING TO EMERGENCY RULES BY AGENCIES. Authorizes agencies to adopt emergency rules to account for changes in controlling and superseding federal statutes or state or federal case law, subject to public […]
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ACT 055, HB694 HD2 SD1 CD1, 6/27/2018
RELATING TO HEALTH. Establishes the Health Analytics Program in the Med-QUEST Division of the Department of Human Services and authorizes the Department of Human Services to maintain an all-payers medical claims […]
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ACT 054, HB1604 SD1 CD1, 6/22/2018
RELATING TO STATE BONDS. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13, of the State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds […]
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ACT 053, HB1900 HD1 SD2 CD1, 6/22/2018
RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET. To adjust and request appropriations for Fiscal Biennium 2017-19 funding requirements for operations and capital improvement projects of Executive Branch agencies and programs.
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ACT 052, HB2697 HD2 SD1 CD1, 6/22/2018
RELATING TO VETERANS.  Requires the Office of Veterans’ Services to organize, coordinate, and conduct a biennial Hawaii Veterans Summit. Appropriates funds. 
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ACT 051, HB2607 HD1 SD2 CD1, 6/21/2018
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide computer science curricula plan for public school students in K-12 that may include design thinking as […]
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ACT 050, HB2352 HD1 SD1 CD1, 6/21/2018
RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD. Increases membership on the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to include a member of the Native Hawaiian Education Council and a non-voting public university […]
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ACT 049, HB2651 HD2 SD1 CD1, 6/21/2018
RELATING TO WIRELESS BROADBAND FACILITIES. Establishes a process to upgrade and support next-generation wireless broadband infrastructure throughout the State. Establishes a permitting, application, review, and approval process for small wireless […]
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ACT 048, HB2442 HD2 SD2 CD1, 6/20/2018
RELATING TO ABANDONED VEHICLES. Requires the counties to take into custody any abandoned vehicle on a public road within ten business days. Amends the conditions that constitute a derelict vehicle. […]
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ACT 047, HB2215 HD1 SD1 CD1, 6/20/2018
RELATING TO BICYCLES. Requires the driver of a vehicle passing and overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction to allow at least three feet of separation between the right […]
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ACT 046, HB2596 HD2 SD1, 6/20/2018
RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR VESSELS ACT. Requires certain vessel owners to apply for a certificate of title within twenty days of becoming an owner or within […]
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ACT 045, SB3095 SD1 HD1 CD1, 6/13/2018
RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Beginning 1/1/2019, requires all users of restricted use pesticides to be subject to a requirement to report on their use of restricted use pesticides to the […]
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ACT 044, SB2653 SD1 HD1 CD1, 6/13/2018
RELATING TO CHAPTER 453, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Establishes requirements for licensure by endorsement for physicians, surgeons, and osteopathic physicians beginning on 12/31/2018. Appropriates moneys.
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ACT 043, SB2298 SD2 HD3 CD1, 6/13/2018
RELATING TO HEALTHCARE PRECEPTOR TAX CREDITS. Allows advanced practice registered nurses, pharmacists, and physicians to receive income tax credits for acting as preceptors in volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotations provided […]
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ACT 042, SB2831 SD2 HD1 CD1, 6/12/2018
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. Reinstates the authority of the University of Hawaii President as the Chief Procurement Officer for contracts for construction and construction-related professional services […]
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ACT 041, SB2514 SD1 HD1 CD1, 6/12/2018
RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides that a person is engaging in business in the State for the purpose of the general excise tax law if, in the current or immediately preceding […]
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