Feb. 14 — At The Legislature

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A selective digest of bills and briefings of interest Thursday at the state Capitol. Click on the links for times, locations and details.

• HB 361 Requires government branches to ensure public access to information, services and proceedings.

• HB 1027 Helps ensure absentee voter ballots are completed without influence from others.

• SB 1317 Fund a Nisei Veterans Legacy Center and a Honouliuli Internment Camp Educational Center. 

• SB 1383 Repeals the UH president’s procurement authority.

• HB 506 Prohibits the state from paying contractors’ GET.

• HB 762 Puts DAGS in charge of Washington Place.

• HB 868 Eliminates assets limit for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

• Decision making on taro security, jailing 18-year-olds, conveyance tax and public funding of elections.

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Photo courtesy Leader Nancy Pelosi.

—Chad Blair

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