SB2930 - Relating To Employee Benefits.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Karl Rhoads, Maile S L Shimabukuro
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Extends, under certain conditions, the family leave period that employees are entitled to under state law for up to eight additional weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Requires the Civil Rights Commission to amend its rules to include neonatal care as a related medical condition whenever certain phrases are used. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB2057 - Relating To Beach Park Restoration.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dru Kanuha, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated 8 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to the County of Hawaii to hire an engineering firm to study, plan, assist, and conduct preliminary design and concept work for a two-phase project to restore the Kahaluu Beach Park in the County of Hawaii. Conditions the appropriations on the County of Hawaii's contribution of matching funds. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB2135 - Relating To The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Karl Rhoads, Stanley Chang, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated 8 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to include any individual or household whose monthly income is equal to or less than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
SB560 - Relating To Labor.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dru Kanuha
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Transfers the Workforce Development Division from being directly part of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to the Workforce Development Council, an entity that is administratively attached to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Takes effect of 7/1/3000. (SD2)
STATUS
Introduced
SB879 - Relating To The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Stanley Chang, Dru Kanuha
Last updated over 1 year ago7 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds for the retention of employees of the unemployment insurance division of the department of labor and industrial relations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2487 - Relating To Marijuana.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Joy A. San Buenaventura, Stanley Chang, Chris Kalani Lee
Last updated 7 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Exempts drug paraphernalia for marijuana from certain penalties under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. Lowers the penalties for the possession and transfer without remuneration of certain amounts of marijuana, marijuana concentrate, and marijuana-infused products. Makes smoking marijuana in a public place a violation under the offense of promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR174 - Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Twenty-first Century Data Governance Task Force To Assess Current Demographic Data Collection, Processing, Retention, And Sharing Procedures Utilized By All State Agencies.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Henry J.C. Aquino
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR165 - Requesting The Department Of Transportation To Conduct A Study On The Feasibility Of Bringing Other Airlines To The Molokai Airport.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lynn Decoite, Kurt Fevella, Troy Hashimoto
Last updated 6 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2517 - Relating To Public Agency Meetings.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Donovan Dela Cruz
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requires appointments and selections of heads of state divisions and agencies that require a board approval to be made through a publicly established process and timeline. Requires the approval of the process and timeline to appoint or select a new head of a division or agency to be determined in an open meeting. Requires that votes to appoint or select a head of state divisions and agencies to be conducted in an open meeting. Provides that any vote to appoint or select a head of a state division or agency cast in violation of the foregoing shall be invalid. Requires that a vote by a board to appoint or select hire a head of a division or agency be conducted in an open meeting. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB3090 - Relating To Workers' Compensation.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Allows newly graduated high school students to be eligible for workers' compensation coverage during the summer following their high school graduation while participating in Department of Education sponsored work-based learning programs. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB3064 - Relating To Funds.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Reinstates the Governor's authority to transfer funds to cope with the effects of natural disasters, for operating purposes, or to supplement the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Firefighter's Contingency Fund.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2843 - Relating To Emergency Management.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Glenn Wakai, Kurt Fevella, Michelle N. Kidani
Last updated 8 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Clarifies that the Governor's and mayors' emergency management powers shall be consistent with the Hawaii State Constitution. Clarifies the scope of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or terminate a state of emergency. Shortens the duration of price control periods from ninety-six hours to seventy-two hours. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB2230 - Relating To Fireworks.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for use at cultural events.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2423 - Relating To Agriculture.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Gabbard
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a Healthy Soils Program. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB1580 - Relating To Labor Standards At Health Care Facilities.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang, Lynn Decoite
Last updated over 1 year ago11 Co-Sponsors
Establishes within the Department of Health, the Health Care Facilities Labor Standards Working Group to research, assess, and make recommendations on the best practices in labor standards that can be implemented at hospitals, care homes, and dialysis facilities in the State, including the establishment and enforcement of minimum staffing standards, hospital staffing committees, and mandatory meal breaks, rest breaks, and overtime standards. Requires a report to the Legislature. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced