Monday, February 7, 2011

Bills of interest for TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION & BUSINESS
8:00 A.M.
ROOM 312

HEARING NOTICE

HB1533 RELATING TO A NON-BINDING REFERENDUM ON GAMBLING
Proposes a non-binding referendum to permit gambling in the State, in accordance with law. (SOUKI)

HB1651 RELATING TO SHIPBOARD GAMING
Authorizes shipboard gaming on vessels in state waters. Establishes the Hawaii gaming board within DBEDT, an admission tax and a wagering tax, and a gaming fund for the deposit of fees, taxes, and fines. (CHANG)

HB364 RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Creates annual exemption from general excise tax on purchase of: school supplies of less than $15 per item; computers, computer software, and computer supplies of less than $1,500 per purchase; clothing of less than $100 per item; and books of less than $50 per item, made beginning on Wednesday of the last full week of July and ending in 5 days on the following Sunday. (MCKELVEY)

HB1642 RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY
Extends the income tax credit for qualified research activities for five years and places an annual aggregate cap on the tax credit. (YAMASHITA)


COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
9:30 A.M.
ROOM 329

HEARING NOTICE

HB606 RELATING TO MILK LABELING
Requires milk beverages to be labeled with the date of pasteurization or the date of packaging. Effective 1/1/12. (YAMANE)


COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
2:15 P.M.
AUDITORIUM

HEARING NOTICE

HB1244 RELATING TO SOLEMNIZATION
Allows for the refusal of services or accommodations related to the solemnization of same-sex marriages, civil unions, and other same-sex unions on religious grounds. (SOUKI BR)

HB1453 RELATING TO LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS
Establishes civil unions and provides to civil union partners the benefits and obligations conferred upon a couple by marriage. Provides for termination of civil unions through the judicial system. (SAIKI)

SB232, SD1 RELATING TO CIVIL UNIONS
Extends the same rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities of spouses in a marriage to partners in a civil union. Takes effect 1/1/2012. (SD1) (GALUTERIA)

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