2012 General Elections Results

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2012 Primary Elections

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Candidate Questionnaires - 7/30 - 8/3

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Brittany Smart
Carole Kaapu
Derek Kawakami
Edward Kaahui
Joe Rattner
Julian Allen
Kurt Lajala
Nadine Nakamura
Roy Ebert
Simon Russel
Michael Victorino

Candidate Questionnaires - Received 7/23 - 7/25

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Bill Sanborn
Calvin Say
Charles Djou
Clayton Hee
Garner Shimizu
Rosalyn Baker
Sharon Har

Candidate Questionnaires - Received 7/9 - 7/13

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Jake Bradshaw
K. Mark Takai
Linda Ichiyama
Ty Cullen
Ann Kobayashi
Antonio Gimbernat
Bucky Leslie
John Roco
Liz Larson
Matt LoPresti
Mike Greco
Miles Shiratori
Nicole Lowen
Russell Rudermat
Sy Cullen
Takashi Ohno
Wendell Kaehuaea
Zach Tomson

Candidate Questionnaires (Received 7/5 - 7/6)

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Angus McKelvey
Bob Herkes
Corinne Ching
Dru Kanuha
Hope Louise Cermel
Isiah Sabey
Joe Pontanilla
Karl Rhoads
Keiko Bonk
Kyle Yamashita
Manuwai Peters
Margaret Wille
Michael Last
Netra Halperin
Romy Cachola
Ross Kagawa
Scott Nishimoto
William Georgi

Candidate Questionnaires (Received 6/28 - 7/2)

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Alan Fukuyama
Brian Yamane
Danielle Beirne-Keawe
David Bateman
Eric Paul D'Almeida
George Fontaine
Glenn Butler
Ken Goodenow
Lei Ahu Isa
Lori Wingard
Malama Solomon
Marlene Hapai
Mel Rapozo

HCUL 2012 Candidate Questionnaires

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Ben Cayetano
Bob McDermott
Brian Kim
Chayne Marten
Colleen Meyer
Cynthia Thielen
Daniel Cunningham
Denny Coffman
Eloise Yamashita Tungpalan
Faye Hanohano
Fred Fogel
Fred Hemmings
Gil Keith-Agaran
Gladys Baisa
Glenn Wakai
Gregg Takayama
Hanalei Aipoalani
Harry Kim
Henry Vincent II
J. Kalani English
Jeremy Low
Joe Souki
Joey Manahan
John Totten
K. Mark Takai
Ken Ito
Larry Fenton
Les Ihara Jr.
Lorraine Inouye
Marilyn Lee
Michelle Kidani
Mike Gabbard
Nicole Velasco
Ollie Lunasco
Rida Cabanilla
Romy Mindo
Sam Kong
Sam Slom

End of Session Report

The 2012 State Legislature adjourned on May 3, 2012. 

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Foreclosure Bills - 2/29/12

HB1875 HD1 - Relating to Foreclosures. This bill would implement the recommendations of the 2011 Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force, and make substantive changes to the existing Act 48.

Testimony here.

HB2018 HD1 - Relating to Foreclosures. This bill would address the unfair and deceptive act or practice issue, by repealing the UDAP provisions in Act 48, and then placing them back into effect after the sunset date of the mortgage foreclosure dispute resolution program that was enacted in Act 48.

Testimony here.

HB2019 - Relating to Mortgages. This bill would prohibit deficiency judgements to recover the remaining balance on a short sale.

Testimony here.

Foreclosures: Act 48 Revamp

SB 2429 SD1 - Relating to Foreclosures.

This bill would, among other things, repeal Part I of Chapter 667, dealing with non-judicical foreclosures, and remove the sunset from Act 48, making permanent the dispute resolution program.

Read our testimony here.

Unemployment Contribution Rates

HB 2096 HD1 - Relating to Employment Security.

This bill would adjust the current unemployment contribution rate for employers.

Read our testimony here.

Mortgage Loan Originators

SB 2763 SD1 - Relating to Mortgage Loan Origination.

This bill would remove the exemption for entities subsidized by federally-insured financial institutions from registering as mortgage loan originators.

Read our testimony here.

Miscellaneous

Testimony on HB 466 HD3 - Relating to Workers Compensation.

Testimony on HB 2103 HD1 - Relating to the Bank of the State of Hawaii.

Testimony on HB 2175 - Relating to Ethics.

Sick Leave

HB 2089 HD1 / SB 2507 - Relating to Health. Requires employees to provide a minimum amount of paid sick/safe leave for an employee to use to care for a family member who is sick, needs medical care, or is a victim of domestic violence, sexual abuse, or stalking.

Read House testimony here.

Read Senate testimony here.

Ethics

Testimony on HB 2455: Excepts members of groups formed by statute or resolution from the state code of ethics. This bill seeks to "fix" the HRS with regards to ethics and state employees, due to a recent opinion by the Hawaii State Ethics Commission that said members of the Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force are considered state employees, therefore violated ethics laws by lobbying.

Current Bill Tracking List

Click on the links to view and explore the current list of bills being tracked by HCUL this legislative session. Please contact Legislative Officer Stefanie Sakamoto if there are questions: ssakamoto@hcul.org.

House Bills

Senate Bills

Elder Financial Abuse Testimony - 1/30/12

HB 2190 - Requires financial institutions to report suspected cases of elder financial abuse to law enforcement.

HB 2192 - Creates crime of financial exploitation of a dependent elder.

Testimony on Foreclosure Bills - 1/25 Hearing

HB1875 - Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force Bill

HB2018 - Amends unfair & deceptive acts or practice provisions in Act 48.

HB2019 - Deficiency judgments in short sales / foreclosures.

HB2020 - Repeals Chapter 667, Part I.

Bills Update

House Bills.

Senate Bills.

Bills, Bills, Bills

With the start of the 2012 Legislative Session comes a new crop of bills potentially affecting credit unions.

To view House Bills tracked, click here.

To view Senate Bills tracked, click here.