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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.
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Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau

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Supplemental Information Relating To Bills Passed By The Hawaii State Legislature Regular Session Of 2009

This publication sets forth important information concerning the bills passed by the Hawaii State Legislature during the Regular Session of 2009, which adjourned sine die on May 8, 2009. This publication supplements the publication entitled "Bills Passed by the Hawaii State Legislature, Regular Session of 2009" which was issued by the Legislative Reference Bureau in early May 2009. That publication contains a brief description of each bill passed during the 2009 session.

Available as pdf, 396KB.

2009 Legislative Statistics:

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

Download the most current update (as of July 2, 2009; pdf)

Regular Session stats available also as an RSS subscription. rss


Directory of State, County and Federal Officials, 2009

Hawaii's Legislative Reference Bureau Library has recently made available its annual, Directory of State, County and Federal Officials. A companion volume to the Guide to Government in Hawaii, the Directory contains department and agency directory listings, including office, title, phone & fax numbers, and mail and email addresses. The information set forth in this publication is current as of February 1, 2009.

Available for download, by agency or complete volume.


LRB Reports to the Legislature
LRB reports to the 2009 Legislature, requested in 2008 Session; complete volumes and factsheets available for download.


Newly Added LRB Studies from the Archives (1950 - 1995)

The Bureau is making available online digital versions of their older reports. Beginning from the Hawaii territorial days and up to 1995 when the Bureau began directly putting reports online, this project attempts to provide a more complete history of public policy in Hawaii and perhaps offer recommendations of value even today.

The reports will be added as they are digitized and optimized for network access.


Cost Estimates For A Constitutional Convention
This report estimates costs of a constitutional convention held on Oahu in 2010 or 2012:

House Concurrent Resolution No. 231, House Draft 1, adopted during the Regular Session of 2008, directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to study the costs of convening a constitutional convention and provide an estimate of the projected total cost. This report contains the results of our study and our estimate of the total projected cost of a constitutional convention, including consideration of various alternatives.


Hawaii Administrative Rules 2008 Table of Statutory Sections Implemented and Directory

This publication displays in tabular form administrative agency rules that implement or interpret specific statutory provisions. Users of this publication will be able to tell at a glance whether any rules implementing a particular statutory section are on file with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and, if so, which state department adopted them. This publication replaces all of the Tables of Statutory Sections Implemented published concurrently with the 1995 cumulative edition and subsequent supplements of the Hawaii Administrative Rules Directory.


Guide to Government in Hawaii, Thirteenth Edition, December 2007
A companion volume to the Directory of State, County and Federal Officials, revises and updates the earlier edition. Following the twelfth edition's basic format, this Guide describes state and county departments and their organization and the agencies of the federal government having offices in Hawaii. Organizational charts of the state government, state departments, and the counties are also included.

Available as complete volume download or by agency.


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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