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| HI H 257 |
Tax Exemptions for Non Profit Corporations Exempts all income-producing activities of non-profit corporations from general excise tax. |
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| Arakaki (D) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Provides additional tax relief for religious organizations and houses of worship consistent with established court interpretation. SUPPORT. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HI HB 261 |
Child Abuse Reports Requires child abuse reports to be made by clergy. |
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Assemblymember Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley) |
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| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Clergy are not government agents. This measure violates the separation of church and state and undermines the ability of clergy to perform their religious duties. OPPOSE. | ||||
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| HI H 335 |
Kindergarten Entrance Minimum Age Requirement Requires a child to be at least 5 years old on or before 12/31 of the school year in order to attend kindergarten, regardless of when the school convenes. Changes minimum age requirement for kindergarten entrance to October 1 for 2006-2007 school year and July 1 for 2007-2008 school year. |
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| Takai (D) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Sets minimum age for kindergarten without mandated attendance. NO POSITION | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HI H 537 |
Anti-discrimination on Housing Adds sexual orientation as a protected status for laws prohibiting discrimination in housing; Creates an additional exemption to discrimination in housing law; Adds sexual orientation and familial status as protected statuses in anti-blockbusting law. |
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| Schatz (D) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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NO POSITION | ||||
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| HI H 1024 |
Civil Unions Establishes civil unions; allows two persons who live together, consider themselves to be members of each others immediate family, agree to be jointly responsible for each others basic living expenses, not married, not related by blood, and at least 18 years of age, to file a declaration of civil union with the director of health; extends same rights and obligations as spouses in a marital relationship to civil union partners. |
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| Hamakawa (D | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Does not require recognition from church or religious organizations. NO POSITION | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HB 1324 |
Student transportation Allows the Department of Education to provide suitable student transportation to and from not-for-profit private and sectarian elementary schools and secondary schools, provided that eligibility for such transportation has been determined in a nondiscriminatory manner on the basis of neutral, secular criteria. |
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Magaoay,MichaelY.(D) 46 - Kaena Point, Wheeler AFF, Schofield Barracks, Mokuleia, Waialua, Haleiwa, Waimea, Pupukea, Sunset Beach, Kahuku, Laie |
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| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Consistent with Supreme Court decisions regarding transportation for private school students. NO POSITION. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HI H 1377 |
Marriage Requires an applicant for a marriage license to provide a certificate of completion of a premarital preparation course. Requires the course instructor to register with the Department of Health. |
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| Meyer (R) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Clergy with "relevant training" are required to register with the Health Department indicating their training in order to be officially sanctioned by the State of Hawaii to provide premarital counseling which creates a separation of church and state concern. OPPOSE. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HB 1502 |
Religious Freedom, Guarantees Enacts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which provides that the State and counties cannot enact laws that substantially burden the exercise of religion in the absence of a compelling state interest and a showing that the law is the least restrictive one to accomplish that interest. |
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| Pendleton, David A. (R) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Important remedy for the current lack of adequate constitutional protections for religious free exercise under Federal Law since the Smith decision (1990). SUPPORT. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HI S 17 |
Kindergarten Entrance Age Changes the minimum age for entering kindergarten from age 5 by 12/31 to age 5 before 10/16 beginning with the 2005-2006 school year and age 5 before 8/1 beginning with the 2006-2007 school year; requires cost savings to be used to expand or supplement early education programs. |
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| Sakamoto (D) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Sets minimum age for kindergarten without mandated attendance. NO POSITION. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HI S 167 |
Short Form Marriage (Short Form Bill) relates to marriage |
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| Hanabusa (D) | |||||
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| Bill | Description | ||||
| HI S 194 |
Short Form Individual Rights (Short Form Bill) Relates to individual rights. |
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Hanabusa (D) |
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| SB 428 |
Special Education Scholarship Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to provide scholarships for public elementary school and secondary school students with a disability to enroll in and attend not-for-profit private nonsectarian and sectarian elementary schools and secondary schools of choice in Hawaii, as provided by law. |
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Ige, David Y. (D) 16 - Portion of Aiea, Halawa Heights, Aiea Heights, Newtown, Waiau, Momilani, Pacific Palisades, portion of Pearl City, Waimalu
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| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: NO POSITION. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HI S 452 |
Nonprofit Organizations Exempts nonprofit organizations from the GET. |
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| Slom (R) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Creates additional tax relief for houses of worship and religious organizations. This is in keeping with constitutional interpretations that tax exemptions do not constitute funding of religion by government. SUPPORT. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HI S 620 |
Discrimination Housing Public Accommodations Prohibits discrimination in real property transactions and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation. Defines "sexual orientation" as having a preference for heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality, having a history of any one or more of these preferences, or being identified with any one or more of these preferences. |
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| Hanabusa (D) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: NO POSITION. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| SB 701 |
Mandatory kindergarten Lowers the compulsory education age from 6 to 5 years old, making attendance in kindergarten mandatory. |
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Kokubun, Russell S. (D) 2 - Portion of Waiakea Uka, Keeau, Kurtistown, Mountain View, Glenwood, Pahoa, Hawaiian Acres, Orchid Land Estates, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Pohoiki, Opihikao, Kehena, Kaimu, Kalapana, Volcano, Pahala, Punaluu, Ninole, Honuapo, Naalehu, Kahuku |
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| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Violates the free exericse rights of parents who for religious convictions choose to have their children remain in the home environment. OPPOSE. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
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HI S 908 |
Non-profit Corporations; General Excise Tax Exempt Exempts all income-producing activities of non-profit corporations from general excise tax |
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| Chun Oakland (D) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Creates additional tax relief for houses of worship and religious organizations. This is in keeping with constitutional interpretations holding that tax exemptions do not constitute funding of religion by government. SUPPORT. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HI S 995 |
Minimum Age Requirement for Kindergarten Requires a child to be at least 5 years old on or before 12/31 of the school year in order to attend kindergarten, regardless of when the school convenes; changes minimum age requirement for kindergarten entrance to October 1 for 2006-2007 school year and July 1 for 2007-2008 school year. |
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| Author | |||||
| Chun Oakland (D) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Sets minimum age for kindergarten without mandated attendance. NO POSITION. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| SB 1000 |
Child Abuse Reports Requires child abuse reports to be made by clergy. |
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| Author | |||||
| Chun Oakland (D) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Clergy are not government agents. This measure violates the separation of church and state and undermines the ability of clergy to perform their religious duties. OPPOSE. | ||||
| Bill | Description | ||||
| HI S 1486 |
Tax Credit; Scholarships Provides a tax credit for scholarship donations made to not-for-profit scholarship organizations. |
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| Slom, Sam (R) | |||||
| Status | Religious Liberty Principle at stake: | ||||
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Religious Liberty Principle: Promotes private scholarship funding through tax laws. SUPPORT. | ||||
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