State of HawaiiLegislative Reference Bureau
The State of Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau is a nonpartisan legislative service agency, that provides a wide variety of services to legislators, legislative committees, and members of the public.
What's New
The LRB staff are working to prepare for the upcoming legislative session.
New Publications
- 2023 Admin Rules – Supplement
- AG Opinions – 1985 to Present
- Amendments to Session Laws 1982 to 2023
- Pistol Premiums: Firearm Insurance Mandates and Related Issues
- 2022 Admin Rules – Supplement
- Hawaii Legislative Drafting Manual
- 2021 Admin Rules – Supplement
- 2020 Admin Rules – Supplement
- Guide to Government in Hawaii
- 2019 Admin Rules – Supplement
- Hear Here or Hear There? A Review of Centralizing Administrative Hearing Functions
- Blast from the Past: An Update to the Report of the Illegal Fireworks Task Force to the Legislature for the Regular Session of 2011
- Paid Family Leave Program Impact Study
- The Complexities of Enforcing Title IX and Related Laws: Past History, Current Status, and Future Directions
- 2018 Admin Rules – Supplement
LRB’s Guide to Government
& Hawaii Government Directory
The fifteenth edition of Guide to Government in Hawaii, is a periodic companion volume to the Directory of State, County and Federal Officials. This fifteenth edition revises and updates the earlier edition. The Guide provides an overview of state government and describes state and county departments and their organization and the agencies of the federal government having offices in Hawaii. Organizational charts of the state government, state departments, and the counties are also included.