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LRB Systems Session 2013 Reports

BILLS PASSED BY THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE

includes such data as the bill number, title, introducer, description, committee reports, current status, and sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes affected by the bill. For your information, under Article III, Section 16 of the Hawaii State Constitution, the Governor has 45 days after adjournment sine die (not counting Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays), to consider bills for approval.

Download the BILLS PASSED (pdf).

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE

includes such data as the resolution number, title, introducer, and identification of committee reports on the resolution. This publication reflects data recorded up to and including May 2, 2013, which is the date that the Legislature adjourned sine die.

Download the RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED (pdf).

Index to LRB Publications

A cross reference subject index to all LRB reports, 1944 - current, is now available as a pdf document for download. All titles which have digital copies are linked.

Download the Index to LRB Publications (pdf).

2013 Legislative Statistics

LRB Systems Office begins publication of their session action updates reports.

Latest updates are published often and include:

• Number of Bills Introduced, Passed, Enacted, and/or Vetoed.
• Number of Resolutions Introduced and Adopted.

Download the most current update (pdf).

Autism Spectrum Disorders and Mandated Benefits Coverage in Hawaii

Print copies now available for distribution. Please contact the LRB Library (State Capitol, rm 005; 808-587-0690) for information and copies.

Interim Report Of The Medicaid Buy-In Task Force to the Legislature for the Regular Session of 2013

Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau on behalf of The Medicaid Buy-In Task Force State of Hawaii. PDF (500 kB).

Download the complete report. (PDF, 500 kB)

Autism Spectrum Disorders and Mandated Benefits Coverage in Hawaii

- studies multiple impacts of a state mandate requiring insurers in Hawaii to provide benefits for treatments for autism spectrum disorders. PDF (6.2 MB).

Download the complete volume. (PDF, 6.2 MB)

*NEW* Hawai`i Legislative Drafting Manual (Tenth Edition)

- furnishes general guidelines for agencies and individuals who prepare measures for introduction in the Hawai`i Legislature. PDF (1.7 MB).

Download the complete volume. (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Commercial Leases: The Case for an Economic Analysis. (2013)

Download the complete volume. (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Update to the 2003 report analyzing the major problems faced by commercial lessees by incorporating an economic analysis to determine if there is a nexus between the existence of high lease rents in Hawaii and the stagnation of Hawaii's economy.

Report of The Insurance Verification Working Group. (2012)

Download the complete volume. (PDF, 7.8 MB)

a final report of the Working Group's findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, regarding the creation of a web services-based database program to track uninsured motorists.

Hawaii Administrative Rules Table of Statutory Sections Implemented, 2012

Download the complete volume. (PDF)

Includes all of the rules of Hawaii state government agencies filed with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in the Hawaii Administrative Rules format prior to May 1, 2012. All prior versions of the Table are superseded. This publication also contains a partial directory of the State's administrative rules listing all of the chapters organized under each of the titles of the Hawaii Administrative Rules.

Supplemental Information Relating to Bills Passed by the Hawaii State Legislature Regular Session of 2012

Important information concerning the bills passed by the Hawaii State Legislature during the Regular Session of 2012, which adjourned sine die on May 3, 2012. This publication supplements the publication entitled "Bills Passed by the Hawaii State Legislature, Regular Session of 2012" which was issued by the Legislative Reference Bureau in early May 2012.

Download the PDF (460kB).

List of Bills Passed

Systems Office has prepared a list of all bills passed by the Hawaii State Legislature during the Regular Session of 2012. The list of bills passed by the Legislature contains the bill number, title, introducers, description, committee report numbers, current status, and the citation of any section of the Hawaii Revised Statutes affected by the bill.

Download the PDF (400kB).

List of Resolutions Adopted

The list of resolutions adopted by the Legislature contains the resolution number, title, introducers, and committee report numbers.

Download the PDF (100kB).

Directory of State, County and Federal Officials, 2012

Download the complete volume or by agency. (PDF)

Hawaii State Legislature, Regular Session 2012: Legislative Statistics

Download the most current update.

Updated Listing of Opinions Issued by the Attorney General, State of Hawai`i.

A digest of AG opinions since January 1985. Updated January 6, 2012. Adobe PDF, 376K.
* 2008 opinions also available as a separate file. PDF 32KB.
* 2011 opinions also available as a separate file. PDF 12KB.

Searching for a particular report?

The LRB Library's online catalog contains records of Bureau and state reports with linked URL's for easy and immediate document downloads.

Search the Library's CARD catalog for document information and download.

Hawaii Revised Statutes - how to get the text within a chapter .

Obtaining text of the invidual sections within chapters of the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) on the capitol.hawaii.gov website. Because there isn't a way to look at the whole chapter at once, you must view each section within the chapter separately. These instructions will show you step by step how to get to the statutes, volume, chapter and then section.

How to get the section text within a chapter of the online Hawaii Revised Statutes .

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