ShareThisState lawmakers are considering 32-hundred bills this session… with public testimony numbering in the hundreds for legislation relating to the budget and civil unions. As HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka reports … animal cruelty legislation is receiving equal attention in committee hearings …. TAG: U-S and State Humane Societies are scheduled to present awards Friday at the State Capitol to Senator Clayton Hee and Representative Angus McKelvy for their efforts in passing Hawaii’s Shark Fin law last year.