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

House Bill 174 GMO labeling for imported food.

• Senate Bill 839 Misconduct reports by police officers.

Senate Bill 515 Funds homeless program, treatmentrental housing.

Senate Bill 312 Security for Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

House Bill 494 An urban art pilot program.

Senate Bill 1045 Regarding electric utility coops.

House BIll 106 Geothermal permitting process.

Senate Bill 880 Stiff penalty for rape of minors.

Senate Bill 1016 More registration of sex offenders.

House Bill 509 Establishes Makua Valley Reserve Commission. 

House Bill 1227 Funds master plans for Iolani Palace.

Senate Bill 893 Ethics code exemption for some task forces.

Senate BIll 848 More financial disclosure for legislators.

House BIll 632 Executive branch must make electronic data public.

• House Bill 1396 Funds Nisei Veterans Legacy Center and Honouliuli Internment Camp Education Center.

Decision making on candidate residency, human trafficking hotline, legislative broadcasts and hydrogen fueling stations.

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—Chad Blair

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