Rep. Gene Ward
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Hunting. [HB-1921]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Sports ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires any hunting guide or hunter to obtain and submit to the Department of Land and Natural Resources written permission from any private landowner upon which the hunting guide or hunter is engaged in guide or hunting activities. Requires the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to create and make available to the public a written permission form to be completed and filed by any hunting guide or hunter engaged in guide activities or hunting on private lands. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Relating To Public Safety. [HB-1900]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires a defendant's incarceration history certificate be provided to a court prior to sentencing or resentencing. Requires a court to determine a defendant's credit time, compute the expiration date for a defendant's specified sentence, and include the expiration date in the court's judgment order.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Wildlife Preservation. [HB-1952]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
Designates all currently undeveloped watercourses and lands unsuitable for development as wildlife reserve sanctuaries for which development is prohibited so that those lands may serve as a permanent refuge to wildlife. Establishes procedures to obtain a variance to construct a structure within a wildlife reserve sanctuary. Prohibits the construction of wind turbines on mountain slopes or hillsides if the location of the wind turbine is within 1,000 feet of the center of a wildlife reserve sanctuary.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Measurement Standards. [HB-1923]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits certain food labeling practices with regard to foods with non-genetically-modified-organisms, organic foods, and gluten-free foods. Effective July 1, 2150. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To The Uniform Employee And Student Online Privacy Protection Act. [HB-1904]
[Data Privacy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishes The Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act that adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees, prospective employees, unpaid interns, applicants, students, and prospective students from employers and educational institutions. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Education. [HB-2012]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Establishes an Assistant Superintendent position within the Department of Education for Hawaiian language. Appropriates funds for the position.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Invasive Species. [HB-1922]
[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for efforts to substantially reduce and eradicate certain invasive species in the county of Maui. Effective 7/1/2150. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To World War Ii Commemoration. [HB-1947]
[Funding ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Appropriates funds for programs, ceremonies, and activities commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. Effective July 1, 2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Elections. [HB-1954]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Restores the conducting of elections at polling places operated by precinct officials. Repeals provisions under Act 136, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, that made voting by mail the primary and default method of voting. Repeals the establishment of voter service centers.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Proposing Amendments To Articles Ii, Iii, And Xvii Of The Constitution Of The State Of Hawaii To Provide For Initiative, Referendum, And Recall. [HB-2072]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Amends the state constitution to provide for direct initiative, popular referendum, and recall.