SB1411 - Relating To The Drug And Alcohol Toxicology Testing Laboratory.

1 Co-Sponsor

Amends the name and administration of the drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund. Appropriates funds. Requires a report to the legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

SB1430 - Relating To Motor Vehicles.

2 Co-Sponsors

Repeals motor vehicle safety inspection requirements for certain motor vehicles.

SB251 - Relating To Explosion Detection Technology.

3 Co-Sponsors

Requires the county police departments to purchase and deploy explosion detection technology to assist in the location of and response to explosions caused by the illegal use of firearms and fireworks. Appropriates moneys to the counties as a grantinaid.

SB1028 - Relating To Vessels.

4 Co-Sponsors

Beginning 1/1/2024, requires rental kayaks to be registered and numbered with the Department of Land and Natural Resources and have the identification number affixed to the rental kayak. Requires the Department to establish fees for registration and registration renewal of rental kayaks. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

SB2128 - Relating To Deannexation Of Real Property.

1 Co-Sponsor

Requires condominium homeowner associations to include in their bylaws an option for a unit owner to opt-out of a condominium. Establishes a procedure for a unit owner of a condominium, planned community association, or cooperative housing corporation to opt-out of their respective private community.

SB1458 - Relating To Waste Management.

1 Co-Sponsor

Establishes an Extended Producer Responsibility Program. Requires certain producers of fast-moving consumer goods to register with the Department of Health and pay an annual fee based on the amount of packaging volume the covered producer places on the market each calendar year. Provides for the deposit of fees into an Extended Producer Responsibility Special Fund. Provides for the expenditure of moneys from the Extended Producer Responsibility Special Fund for the creation of a report that assesses the resources needed to reduce the volume of packaging waste sent to landfills or power plants that burn municipal solid waste as a fuel by fifty per cent and eighty per cent by a date to be determined by rule. Appropriates funds. (SD1)

SB2369 - Related To Toxic Chemicals.

8 Co-Sponsors

Establishes a working group to investigate the existence and environmental dangers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and related chemicals. Requires reports to the Legislature. (SD1)

SB1194 - Relating To Education.

3 Co-Sponsors

Establishes a financial literacy pilot project within the elementary, intermediate, and high schools in the Castle-Kahuku complex area during the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years.

SB2542 - Relating To The University Of Hawaii Maui College, Molokai Education Center.

8 Co-Sponsors

Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii for the relocation and expansion of the University of Hawaii Maui College, Molokai Education Center.

SR154 - Urging The State To Prohibit The Introduction Of Biocontrol Agents That Might Threaten Economically Important Forage Grass Species.

1 Co-Sponsor

SB2867 - Relating To The Transfer Of Land.

1 Co-Sponsor

Temporarily transfers certain lands in West Maui to the Department of Accounting and General Services.

SB2688 - Relating To Information Accessibility.

2 Co-Sponsors

Establishes the Access Hawaii Advisory Committee to advise the Access Hawaii Committee on how to improve accessibility to government information for people with diminished access to government information arising from disabilities. Requires the Access Hawaii Committee to review the recommendations of the Access Hawaii Advisory Committee, implement appropriate action to improve access to the government, and include in its annual report the Access Hawaii Advisory Committee's recommendations and the Access Hawaii Committee's actions relative to the Access Hawaii Advisory Committee's recommendations.

SB781 - Relating To Renewable Energy.

6 Co-Sponsors

Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distributed energy resource systems in real time by 1/1/2024. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits in territories served by an investor-owned electric utility to adopt self-certification for residential and commercial on-site solar distributed energy resource systems that are not SolarAPP+ compatible. Makes the professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects licensure law inapplicable to work with respect to residential distributed energy resource systems. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)

SB2634 - Relating To Health Care Education.

7 Co-Sponsors

Makes appropriations for the expansion of the certified nurse aide to practical nurse bridge program at the University of Hawaii Maui College, including funding for instructional costs and student aid.

SB2508 - Relating To The University Of Hawaii Revenue Bonds.

5 Co-Sponsors

Authorizes the University of Hawaii to issue $300,000,000 in revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the construction, maintenance, and modernization of qualifying capital improvement projects.