2008
April/May 2008 (Adobe PDF, 195K)
May 1: Adjournment Sine Die - So what happened?!
March 2008 (Adobe PDF, 150K)
PROS and CONS : Methods to Keep Track of your Bills
Jan 2008 (Adobe PDF, 140K)
- Find out about new resources that are available this session.
- Clip out the pocket-sized 2008 legislative calendar for your wallet or bulletin board.
- Sign up for a PAR workshop or forward the schedule to friends or colleagues who would like to get involved.
- And meet the folks staffing the office this session - ready to guide you through the legislative process, answer questions or point you to a computer.
2007
Mar 2007 (Adobe PDF, 436K)
It covers tracking measures with the Legislature's Website and our
remaining March workshops.
Jan 2007 (Adobe PDF, 194K)
Learning about bills and understanding bill structure; Legislative
timetable; meet the new PAR staff; and scheduled workshops for January and
February.
2006
May 2006 (Adobe PDF, 312K)
For those unprepared, looking at the "budget bills" (this year, HB1900 and SB2060) and "budget
worksheets" may be a bit daunting. Here are two tables to help you decipher the codes (i.e.
methods-of-funding codes) and acronyms (i.e. expanding agency codes)...certainly a first step to making the
reading of bills and worksheets less cumbersome.
Apr 2006 (Adobe PDF, 100K)
This month's issue will help those of you still a bit mystified by references to the
Hawaii Revised Statutes, Session Laws or Administrative Rules. The
newsletter's brief -- it's just 2-pages -- but it offers a concise
picture of the three primary collections of laws and rules in Hawaii.
Knowing the current state of affairs is certainly useful as you start to
form ideas for next year's legislative session.
Mar 2006 (Adobe PDF, 617K)
Take a moment to review the interesting, informative articles (learn
about lateral and decking deadlines, and the variety of amendments made
to legislation) and see if one of our scheduled workshops can help you
learn more.
Jan 2006 (Adobe PDF, 404K)
Schedule of free workshops; quick reference charts for Committee
Acronyms and the Legislative Timetable; articles on Bill Packages,
Companion Bills and Committee Assignments; and a useful 'how to' column
on finding committee rosters on-line.
2005
May 2005 (Adobe PDF, 235K)
An overview of the budget process; things to do during interim.
April 2005 (Adobe PDF, 210K)
It passed!...So, what happens now?; What to do when a measure reaches conference committee.
March 2005 (Adobe PDF, 220K)
More goodies for you!; I'd Like to Offer My Testimony; March Workshops.
January 2005 (Adobe PDF, 170K)
Hawaii's Biennial Legislature; Resignation from Political Office; Meet the PAR Staff.
2004
May 2004 (Adobe PDF, 2.55MB)
Constitutional Amendments; How to access the Office of Elections online.
April 2004 (Adobe PDF, 1.7MB)
Hot Bills of 2004; How to track bills that have passed a given legislative deadline.
March 2004 (Adobe PDF, 181K)
Resolutions & Certificates; How to get House and Senate Rules online.
January 2004 (Adobe PDF, 181K)
Registering As A Lobbyist; Meet the PAR Staff; How to sign up for hearing notices by email.
April 2003 (Adobe PDF, 176K)
2003 Issues and Measures; How to do a text search on measures for 2003.
2003
February 2003 (Adobe PDF, 411K)
Deadlines and the Timetable; How to find the status of a measure.
January 2003 (Adobe PDF, 200K)
2003 Legislature; Meet the new PAR Staff.
2002
April 2002 (Adobe PDF, 120K)
Conference Committee; What happens when a bill passes out of the legislature?
Feb/March 2002 (Adobe PDF, 530K)
Testimony - Some Helpful Hints and Guidelines; How to find a hearing notice on a specific measure through the internet.
January 2002 (Adobe PDF, 156K)
Kicking off 2002; New Innovation for Testimony by E-mail; Meet the PAR Staff.
2001
March 2001 (Adobe PDF, 84K)
Capitol 2001.
February 2001 (Adobe PDF, 163K)
PAR Website Overview; Did You Know?; ADA Compliance; Meet PAR's new staff.
January 2001 (Adobe PDF, 97K)
What's New?; Meet the PAR staff.
2000
April 2000 (Adobe PDF, 460K)
The Importance of the Interim.
February 2000 (Adobe PDF, 300K)
Capitol Commentary; The legislature celebrates ten years of Public Access!!!; PAR staff.
January 2000 (Adobe PDF, 60K)
Opening Day of the Hawaii State Legislature "PAR-Style"; Information on the web.
