SB851 - Relating To Capital Improvement Projects For The Benefit Of The Sixteenth Senatorial District.

1 Co-Sponsor

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the sixteenth senatorial district.

SB2321 - Relating To Health Insurance.

4 Co-Sponsors

Establishes the public employee health benefits working group to investigate the feasibility of establishing and offering a fully self-insured health benefits plan with no deductible or monthly premium cost to state and county public employees. Requires a report to the Legislature.

SB2757 - Relating To Sex Trafficking.

1 Co-Sponsor

Aligns state sex trafficking laws with federal law by making the commercial sexual exploitation of a minor a form of sex trafficking. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

SB2413 - Relating To Agriculture.

8 Co-Sponsors

Requires the Board of Agriculture to submit a report to the Legislature on the percentage of agricultural lands that are suitable for farming and actively farmed and certain dollar amounts relating to lease transfers between lessees. (CD1)

SR62 - Acknowledging And Urging Turkey And Iraq To Recognize The Genocide Committed Against Assyrians Between 1915-1933.

1 Co-Sponsor

SB3184 - Relating To Procurement.

1 Co-Sponsor

Establishes a three-year pilot program that allows the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct emergency procurement in certain districts under certain circumstances. Requires reports to the Legislature. Takes effect 7/1/2112. (SD1)

SB2813 - Relating To Meat Processing.

9 Co-Sponsors

Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish industry standards for processing meat and conduct a survey on slaughterhouse operations. Establishes a tax credit for processing meat. Declares that the general expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)

SB480 - Relating To Alcohol.

1 Co-Sponsor

Expands the definition of "beer" under the liquor regulatory laws to mean any alcoholic beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume obtained by fermentation of any infusion or decoction of malt or any substitute, including alcohol seltzer beverages and excluding sake, cooler beverages, and other distilled products. Authorizes brewpubs to sell beer they manufacture, or beer manufactured on their premises, subject to certain conditions. Effective 1/1/2024.

SB2787 - Relating To Immigration.

9 Co-Sponsors

Establishes within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Office of Community Services the Immigration Services and Access Unit. Makes appropriations for the unit, including funding for new positions. (CD1)

SB1476 - Relating To Special Purpose Revenue Bonds.

1 Co-Sponsor

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist West Maui Hospital Foundation, Inc. in the construction of West Maui Hospital and Medical Center in the County of Maui, including any necessary infrastructure. Requires the County of Maui to serve as guarantor of any debt service on the special purpose revenue bonds. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD2)

SB649 - Relating To Packaging Waste.

4 Co-Sponsors

Requires the Department of Health, with assistance from each county, to develop a statewide needs assessment to determine resources necessary to reduce packaging waste by seventy per cent from the baseline amount. Requires the Department of Health to establish an advisory council by 1/1/2024 to advise the Department on how to structure a producer-funded packaging waste reduction and reuse program. Requires the Department of Health to: (1) develop a packaging waste reduction and reuse program by December 31, 2025, and (2) publish and implement a packaging waste reduction and reuse plan, beginning July 1, 2026. Establishes the Packaging Waste Special Fund. Makes appropriations.

SB559 - Relating To Penal Code.

1 Co-Sponsor

Relating To Penal Code. Short form bill.

SB3289 - Relating To Taxation.

1 Co-Sponsor

Amends the definition of Hawaii taxable estate to provide that the marital deduction under section 2056 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to the passage of any interest in property to any immediate family member. Amends the state generation-skipping transfer tax law to provide that a transfer to any immediate family member shall not be considered a distribution to a skip person, as defined in section 2613 of the Internal Revenue Code. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

SB3329 - Relating To Little Fire Ants.

12 Co-Sponsors

Requires the disclosure of any little fire ant infestation as part of any sale of residential real property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

SCR66 - Requesting Elected Officials Of Hawaii To Live Within The Spirit Of Aloha.

3 Co-Sponsors