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The Legislative Reference Bureau assists the Hawai`i State Legislature by providing impartial research, consultation, and document drafting services, maintaining a research library, statutes revision and publication, operating a computerized legislative information system, and providing resources to enhance public participation in the legislative process.
see, §23G-3 HRS


 

Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau

What's New

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 .


Legislative Actions, Regular Session 2010.

The Legislative Reference Bureau - Systems Office complete reports on actions taken by the 2010 Legislature.

Currently available are Acts, Vetoes, and Vetoes Overridden,

View Session Reports by the LRB Systems Office.


Supplemental Information Relating to Bills Passed, 2010 Hawaii State Legislature

important information concerning the bills passed by the Hawaii State Legislature during Regular Session of 2010.

Download the Supplemental Information Related to Bills Passed(as of May 20, 2010; pdf)


2010 Legislative Statistics:

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

Download the most current update (pdf)


Legislative Actions, Regular Session 2010.

The Legislative Reference Bureau - Systems Office begins posting reports on actions taken by the 2010 Legislature.

Currently available are Bills Passed and Resolutions Adopted. As more actions are taken, the reports will be forthcoming.

View Session Reports by the LRB Systems Office.


Hawaii Directory of Officials, 2010 . (PDF, 1.5MB)

LRB Library publishes the 2010 Hawaii Directory and offers pdf downloads as a complete volume and by individual agency on the LRB website.

A companion volume to the Guide to Government in Hawaii, this annual publication provides directory information for government in Hawaii. Includes phone numbers, mail and email addresses, and web site URLs.

Available as PDF, 1.5MB


Crossover Bills– Regular Session 2010. (PDF, 1MB)

This publication includes all bills in the current legislature which passed Third Reading as of March 4, 2010. This publication has been created by the Legislative Reference Bureau - Systems Office.

Available as PDF, 1MB


Hawaii Teacher Standards Board – Is Oversight Needed?. (PDF, 1.25MB)

Reviews the Auditor's report on the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board and makes recommendations on (1) whether there is a need for oversight of the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, and how oversight is provided for similar boards; and (2) how to strengthen and clarify interagency roles, responsibilities, and relationships between the Board, Department of Education, and Teacher Education Coordinating Committee.

LRB Report No. 1, 2010. Available as PDF, 1.3MB


A Review of the Capital Improvement Project Allotment Process and the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Department of Education and the Department of Budget and Finance. (PDF, 1.66MB)

Reviews the memorandum of understanding between the Department of Education and the Department of Budget and Finance with regard to the capital improvement projects allotment process, with the goal of replicating the processes of the memorandum of understanding for use by other state agencies with many capital improvement projects that are predominantly funded by general obligation bonds.

LRB Report No. 3, 2009. Available as PDF, 1.7MB


Access, distribution, and security components of state medical marijuana programs.

Report to the Medical Cannabis Task Force "on the policies and procedures for access, distribution, security, and other relevant issues related to the medical use of cannabis for all the states that currently have a medical cannabis program."

LRB Report No. 2, 2009. Available as PDF, 1.8MB


Available for download, by agency or complete volume.


LRB Reports to the Legislature
LRB reports to the 2010 Legislature, requested in 2009 Session; complete volumes and factsheets available for download.


Legislative Aids and Manuals

The Bureau continues to make available online its many handbooks and guides to the legislative process. Including, How To Research Constitutional, Legislative, And Statutory History In Hawai`i, and the companion volumes, Directory and Guide to Government in Hawai`i, the documents are downloadable in pdf. Limited print copies are available from the Library.

Digital Services

First Reading
The Library publishes its newsletter blog, First Reading, to highlight the trends, issues and resources behind today's news of interest to our Hawaii legislative community. Updated with links to full-text documents, web sites, and news stories, FR is also available as an atom news feed.

iClips
Our news aggregator service updated each morning, iClips delivers selected daily news links harvested from online local and national news providers.


 
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