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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

List of Bills Passed

Systems Office has prepared a list of all bills passed by the Hawaii State Legislature during the Regular Session of 2012. The list of bills passed by the Legislature contains the bill number, title, introducers, description, committee report numbers, current status, and the citation of any section of the Hawaii Revised Statutes affected by the bill.

Download the PDF (400kB).


List of Resolutions Adopted

The list of resolutions adopted by the Legislature contains the resolution number, title, introducers, and committee report numbers.

Download the PDF (100kB).


* NEW * Directory of State, County and Federal Officials, 2012

Download the complete volume or by agency. (PDF)


Hawaii State Legislature, Regular Session 2012: Legislative Statistics

Download the most current update.


Crossover Bills (Bills which passed Third Reading).

This publication includes such data as the bill number, title, introducer, description, and current status of the bill. It reflects data recorded up to and including March 8, 2012.

Download the PDF (1MB).


Agency Reports to the 2012 Legislature. (RSS).

Subscribe to the RSS feed for reports requested by the Legislature from state departments and agencies and recently submitted to the library. List is updated frequently and linked to the online documents.

Agency Reports to the Legislature. (RSS) rss


Updated Listing of Opinions Issued by the Attorney General, State of Hawai`i.

A digest of AG opinions since January 1985. Updated January 6, 2012. Adobe PDF, 376K.
* 2008 opinions also available as a separate file. PDF 32KB.
* 2011 opinions also available as a separate file. PDF 12KB.


Final Report of the Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force to the Legislature for the Regular Session of 2012

Pursuant to Act 162, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, the Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force has submitted its final report, with recommendations and proposed legislation, to the Legislature.

This report, entitled This report, entitled Final Report of the Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force to the Legislature for the Regular Session of 2012 can be accessed at:
http://lrbhawaii.info/reports/legrpts/2012/mort.pdf


Hawaii Health Connector Interim Board of Directors Report to the 2012 Legislature

Pursuant to Act 205, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, the Interim Board of Directors of the Hawaii Health Connector has submitted its final report, with recommendations and proposed legislation, to the Legislature.

This report, entitled Hawaii Health Connector Interim Board of Directors Report to the 2012 Legislature can be accessed at:
http://lrbhawaii.info/reports/legrpts/2012/connect.pdf


Searching for a particular report?

The LRB Library's online catalog contains records of Bureau and state reports with linked URL's for easy and immediate document downloads.

Search the Library's CARD catalog for document information and download.


2011 Legislative Reports:

The Legislative Reference Bureau – Systems Office has prepared the, Requests by the Hawaii State Legislature to Agencies and Officials of Federal, State and County Governments and Quasi-public and Private Agencies, Regular Session of 2011.

View Session Reports by the LRB Systems Office.


Legislative Actions, Regular Session 2011.

2011 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 2011.

The Legislative Reference Bureau - Systems Office complete reports on actions taken by the 2011 Legislature.

Currently available are Bills Passed and Resolutions Adopted.

View Session Reports by the LRB Systems Office.


Directory of State, County and Federal Officials in Hawaii, 2011

The Legislative Reference Bureau is pleased to bring you this preview edition of the DIRECTORY OF STATE, COUNTY AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS. The information set forth in this publication is current as of March 24, 2011.

Download the Directory of State, County and Federal Officials in Hawaii, 2011 (PDF, 1.5 MB)


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 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

Twitter
The Library publishes its twitter, @LRBlibrary, to highlight the trends, issues and resources behind today's news of interest to our Hawaii legislative community. Links to full-text documents, web sites, and news stories.

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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