March 12 — At The Legislature

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

• Senate Bill 331 Increases the minimum wage.

• Senate Bill 98 Reduced taxes for low-income earners.

• Senate Bill 532 Workplace breastfeeding accommodations.

• House Bill 1412 Mooring of Hawaiian canoes in boat harbors.

• House Bill 52 Prohibits biased-based policing.

• House Bill 1314 Liquor license for distillery pubs, beer-labeling.

• House Bill 369 Sets up a Residential Kitchen Fire Task Force.

• Senate Bill 967 Legislature must approval big UH salaries.

• House Bill 120 Post major patient care violations online. 

• House Bill 1432 Funds statewide aging and disability resource centers. 

• Senate Bill 883  Bargaining units for state cops and EMS.

• Senate Bill 286 Count military as residents for voting.

• Senate Bill 381 Public financing for Big Island elections.

• Several measures on recycling.

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Photo courtesy kretyen.

—Chad Blair

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