SB1006 - Relating To Coastal Roads.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Karl Rhoads, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago2 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds for the Department of Transportation to engage climate change adaptation measures for the State's low-lying roads and highways. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB2154 - Relating To The Transfer Of Non-agricultural Park Lands.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lorraine Rodero Inouye, Kurt Fevella, Stanley Chang
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Before the transfer of non-agricultural park lands, authorizes the Department of Agriculture to request information from the Department of Land and Natural Resources related to the establishment of necessary and reasonable easements upon the lands. Amends legislative findings regarding non-agricultural park lands. Requires the Department of Agriculture to accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands. Requires the Department of Agriculture, prior to offering a lease, to inquire with the Department of Land and Natural Resources regarding any easements required for access to landlocked forest reserves or other assets on the lands subject to the lease. Continue to require the lessee to maintain a conservation plan. Requires approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Board of Agriculture before removing pasture lands for reforestation, or other public purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1306 - Relating To Public Employment Cost Items.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (9) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2160 - Relating To Sustainable Food Systems.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lorraine Rodero Inouye, Stanley Chang, Kurt Fevella
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Sustainable Food Systems Working Group within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop a plan for a more sustainable, resilient local food economy and to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to establish the working group, develop the plan, and fund an unspecified number of sustainability specialist positions within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development's Statewide Sustainability Program.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1058 - Relating To Collective Bargaining.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris Kalani Lee, Stanley Chang, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago4 Co-Sponsors
Requires the employer to initiate negotiations on repricing of classes within a bargaining unit within 30 days of its receipt of the exclusive representative's written request to negotiate. Establishes that the employer's failure to initiate the negotiation within such time frame and the parties' failure to reach an agreement within ninety day of the exclusive representative's written request to negotiate or by January 31 of a year in which the collective bargaining agreement is due to expire, whichever is earlier, constitute an impasse to which the impasse procedures in section 89-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall apply.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1510 - Relating To University Of Hawaii Astronomy Engineering And Instrumentation.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Donna Mercado Kim, Stanley Chang, Lynn Decoite
Last updated over 1 year ago11 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a center for the design, development, and fabrication of astronomical instruments within the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds for the center's planning and design and 10 full-time equivalent faculty positions within the center. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1198 - Relating To The Hawaii Tourism Authority.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Donna Mercado Kim, Angus L.K. McKelvey, Glenn Wakai
Last updated over 1 year ago4 Co-Sponsors
Reduces the number of members on the Hawaii Tourism Authority Board of Directors and number of members that constitute a quorum. Prohibits holdover board members of the Hawaii Tourism Authority from holding office beyond the commencement of the next legislative session following the expiration of the member's term of office. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB2146 - Relating To Declaration Of Water Shortage And Emergency.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lorraine Rodero Inouye, Kurt Fevella, Sharon Y. Moriwaki
Last updated 8 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources can declare and provide notice of water shortages and emergencies.
STATUS
Introduced
SB616 - Relating To Public Transportation.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Kurt Fevella
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requires the counties, before implementing any new mass transit fare or increasing any existing fare to first seek revenues from alternative sources, including transit-based advertisements. Requires a county that decides, after seeking alternative revenue sources, to implement a new or increased mass transit fare to submit a justification report to the Department of Transportation. Requires the Department of Transportation to reject or approve the proposed new mass transit fare or fare increase within 30 days of receiving a county's justification report.
STATUS
Introduced
SB932 - Relating To Shoreline Setbacks.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Karl Rhoads, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated over 1 year ago2 Co-Sponsors
Increases shoreline setback requirements.
STATUS
Introduced
SB432 - Relating To The Designation Of Hawaii Coral Reefs As Critical Natural Infrastructure.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Gabbard, Stanley Chang, Karl Rhoads
Last updated over 1 year ago9 Co-Sponsors
Designates Hawaii coral reefs as critical natural infrastructure.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB507 - Relating To Wetland Preservation.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Gabbard, Michelle N. Kidani, Maile S L Shimabukuro
Last updated over 1 year ago3 Co-Sponsors
Adds definitions for "floodway", "natural stormwater infrastructure", and "wetlands" to section 343-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires a proposed housing project of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation that is exempt from all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules of any government agency relating to planning, zoning, and construction standards to ensure that the proposed housing project does not have a significant adverse impact on wetlands or natural stormwater infrastructure. Requires an environmental assessment for actions under the environmental impact statements law that propose any development that would impact wetlands or natural stormwater infrastructure. Takes effect 3/22/2075. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB305 - Relating To Career And Technical Education.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Donovan Dela Cruz, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated over 1 year ago15 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a career and technical education working group to strengthen career and technical education in the State's public schools. Makes an appropriation.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1477 - Relating To Government Property.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Transfers from the Department of Land and Natural Resources certain wharfs, launching ramps, and small boat harbors on Maui to the County of Maui with the corresponding revenue from those harbors. Appropriates funds. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB2177 - Relating To Schools.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lorraine Rodero Inouye, Stanley Chang, Maile S L Shimabukuro
Last updated 8 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Lengthens the contracts for charter schools from five years to ten years.
STATUS
Introduced