A selective digest of bills and briefings of interest Tuesday at the state Capitol. Click on the links for times, locations and details.
• House Bill 1132 Requires legislative financial disclosures Jan. 1-31.
• House Bill 785 Amends definition of “qualified” Native Hawaiian.
• Senate Bill 9 Cruel people can’t own pets.
• Senate Bill 328 Security deposits for pet damage.
• Senate Bill 848 State employee disclosure of big incomes.
• Senate Bill 68 Makes public commission financial disclosures.
• Senate Bill 4 Seat belts for all passengers.
• Senate Bills 1082 and 1083 School bus contracts.
• Senate Bill 244 Charter school audits.
• Senate Bill 1084 Public funds for private early childhood education.
• Senate Bill 1095 Establishes early childhood education program.
• Senate Bill 946 Creates EUTF Captive Insurance Company.
• Senate Bill 102 Reporting elder financial abuse.
• House Concurrent Resolution 217 Study gay marriage impacts.
• Confirmation hearings for UH Regents.
• Decision making on the media shield law.

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—Chad Blair
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