SB2856 - Relating To Transportation.

1 Co-Sponsor

Increases the Rental Motor Vehicle Surcharge from $2 to $7. Includes the operation and maintenance costs of the Lahaina Bypass North as a permissible use of the State Highway Fund.

SB2792 - Relating To Meat Processing.

7 Co-Sponsors

Establishes a working group to develop a plan that creates an educational pathway in the University of Hawaii community college system that equips interested students with the necessary entry level knowledge, skill set, expertise, and advancement potential in the field of meat processing. Requires a report to the Legislature twenty days before the Regular Sessions of 2025 and 2026.

SB2908 - Relating To Emergency Management.

1 Co-Sponsor

Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or terminate a state of emergency. Clarifies when proclamations take effect. Prohibits residential rent increases in areas subject to emergency declarations or severe weather warnings. Shortens and clarifies the duration of price control periods and the prohibition against residential-tenancy terminations. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD2)

SB2911 - Relating To State Snails.

6 Co-Sponsors

Designates certain snail species as official state snails.

SB2901 - Relating To Public Access.

6 Co-Sponsors

Provides that where public access is required as a condition of a subdivision, the county shall either accept dedication of and maintain the access or identify an entity to own and maintain the access. Authorizes the county to require the subdivider to establish a stewardship fund for maintenance purposes.

SB2920 - Relating To The Public Utilities Commission.

1 Co-Sponsor

Clarifies that the Public Utilities Commission shall consider the effect of the State's reliance on fossil fuels on generation-based greenhouse gas emissions and may require a greenhouse gas emissions analysis for certain energy projects.

SB2910 - Relating To The Department Of Law Enforcement.

1 Co-Sponsor

Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement for an additional fifteen full-time equivalent deputy sheriff positions for law enforcement officer activities in Lahaina and Maui. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 1/1/2042. (SD1)

SB2923 - Relating To Water Quality.

8 Co-Sponsors

Clarifies the level of environmental restoration owners and operators of underground storage tanks or tank systems that had a confirmed release must satisfy by requiring the removal of all jet fuel, including fuel additives and all compounds resulting from the degradation of jet fuel or jet fuel additives or the reaction of jet fuel or jet fuel additives with water or other chemicals. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that the detection of these contaminants in the vicinity of an underground storage tank or a tank system after a confirmed release is a result of the confirmed release.

SR3 - Urging The United States Geological Survey To Conduct Topographical Surveys, Particularly Within Lava-flow Hazard Zones 1 And 2, To Update Its Long-term Lava-flow Hazard Map Of Hawaii Island.

6 Co-Sponsors

SB2909 - Relating To Emergency Management.

1 Co-Sponsor

Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to lead the State's emergency management activities in a federally declared disaster.

SB2916 - Relating To Health.

7 Co-Sponsors

Requires the Department of Human Services to amend its rules, policies, and plan amendments necessary to ensure that medically necessary services, including applied behavior analysis services, for individuals twenty-one years of age or older with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder are covered under the state's medical program. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.

SB2921 - Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands.

6 Co-Sponsors

Amends the appropriation of Act 279, SLH 2022, to conform its lapsing provision by 1 year, to conform to constitutional limitations. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for fiscal year 2024-2025 to give practical effect to the legislative intent behind Act 279. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling will be exceeded.

SB3236 - Relating To The Land Trust Act.

3 Co-Sponsors

Clarifies that if no personal property designation appears in a recorded instrument, the interests of the beneficiaries shall be real property. (CD1)

SCR27 - Encouraging The United States Navy To Eradicate Octocoral And Other Invasive Species From The Waters Of Pearl Harbor.

8 Co-Sponsors

SB3047 - Relating To Environmental Impact Statements.

1 Co-Sponsor

Codifies the exemption from environmental impact statements for affordable housing projects that meet certain criteria. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)