1. Which of the following bills did NOT recently pass the Hawaii House of Representatives, according to a Mar. 3 press release from the state House?
A. HB 1814: Appropriates funds to provide training and track data on public school pupil punishment and use of restraints restrictions.
B. HB 1958: Provides a General Excise Tax exemption for low-income rental subsidies including those from the Housing First programs.
C. HB 2252: Requires hospitals to adopt and maintain discharge policies.
D. HB 2397: Creates a commission to study the popular election of judges.
E. HB 2491: Appropriates funds for programs, ceremonies and activities commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War.
2. Last week, a 66-year-old Maui resident “was cleaning a weapon when he accidentally shot himself,” according to a Mar. 2 Maui Police press release. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. In which town did this shooting occur?
A. Kihei
B. Kahului
C. Pukalani
D. Makawao
E. Wailuku
3. Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa wants the county to make it illegal for people to sit and/or lie on public sidewalks–a measure the ACLU’s Hawaii office “strongly opposes,” according to the Mar. 5 Maui News. Honolulu already passed a similar law in what year?
A. 2015
B. 2014
C. 2013
D. 2012
E. 2011
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1: D–HB 2397: Creates a commission to study the popular election of judges.
2: C–Pukalani
3: B–2014
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