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

• SB 331 Raises the minimum wage.

• HB 735 Prohibits genetically engineered Hawaiian taro.

• SB 619 Bans use of Styrofoam by restaurants; SB 620 requires giving customers container options.

• SB 25 Requires publishers of phone books to pick up unused copies.

• HB 1365 Creates a rooftop garden on the 5th floor of the State capitol.

• HB 1195 Transfers elections to the lieutenant governor’s office.

• HB 360 Changes funding for public funding pilot project for county district races.

• HB 443 Prohibits lobbyists from contributing to legislators, the governor and the lieutenant governor while Legislature is in session.

 • SB 565 Requires most businesses in tsunami evacuation areas to close following first sounding of tidal wave or tsunami warning sirens.

• SB 514 Funds housing pilot program on homestead lands to deal with homelessness.

• SB 998 Makes DAGS responsible for management and operations of Washington Place.

• SB 88 Bans alcohol on sidewalk and common areas within state public housing projects.

• SB 1260 Requires beer sold in Hawaii whose labels convey impression they were produced in Hawaii to indicate otherwise if not. 

• Decision making on gun buyback plan, legalizing pakalolo and GMO labeling.

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