SB2784 - Relating To Tipped Employees.

9 Co-Sponsors

Repeals the authority of employers to pay tipped employees less than the minimum wage.

SB3354 - Relating To Kawehewehe Beach.

0 Co-Sponsors

Appropriates funds for a capital improvement project to plan, design, and reconstruct a public access route between Fort DeRussy Beach and Waikiki Beach.

SCR4 - Requesting The Hawaii State Public Library System To Establish A Hawaii Deaf Culture Digital Library For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community.

4 Co-Sponsors

SB2360 - Relating To Cesspool Conversions.

6 Co-Sponsors

Requires the Department of Health to submit a report to the Legislature on the cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project prior to the Regular Session of 2025. Establishes three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) positions to implement the Cesspool Compliance Pilot Grant Project established by Act 153, SLH 2022. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes appropriations. (SD1)

SB3311 - Relating To Civil Rights.

0 Co-Sponsors

Establishes that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for public accommodations to deny a person with a disability full and equal enjoyment of information related to their services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations using information and communication technology intended for use by the general public as applicants, participants, customers, clients, or visitors. Establishes exceptions.

SB3134 - Relating To The Testing Of Cannabis And Manufactured Cannabis Products.

1 Co-Sponsor

Requires the Department of Health to implement a post-market testing program to verify the labeling on cannabis and manufactured cannabis products and monitor the shelf lives of cannabis and manufactured cannabis products.

SB3186 - Relating To Pupil Transportation Safety.

1 Co-Sponsor

Amends sections 286-102 and 286-181, HRS, to allow the exemptions to include use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for the school bus services, which may not meet school bus regulations but which shall otherwise meet vehicle requirements and qualifications set forth in chapter 19-143, Hawaii Administrative Rules, to the extent required by the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education, with the Department of Education providing Department of Education adult staff chaperone escorts of students while students are being transported between designated locations off-campus and designated locations on-campus.

SB1049 - Relating To Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund Contributions.

2 Co-Sponsors

Sets the amount of the employer contribution to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund as a fixed percentage of the health benefits plan or life insurance plan premium cost. Makes conforming amendments to remove the amount of contributions by the State and counties to the Hawaii employerunion health benefits trust fund from the scope of collective bargaining negotiations.

SB3341 - Relating To Reusables.

8 Co-Sponsors

Establishes the Upcycled Mobile Dishwashing System Pilot Program within the Department of Health. Requires a report to the Legislature. Establishes two full-time positions within the Department of Health. Declares the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.

SB2463 - Related To Mental Health.

6 Co-Sponsors

Authorizes examination of defendants via telehealth. Amends conditions for a defendant's release or examination of fitness to proceed. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)

SB2863 - Relating To Public Moneys.

3 Co-Sponsors

Requires that a portion of state moneys be deposited in a financial institution chartered or authorized to do business in the State. Takes effect 7/1/2040; provided that a financial institution chartered or authorized to do business in the State is established. (SD1)

SB129 - Relating To Minors.

7 Co-Sponsors

Requires providers of no cost emergency shelter and related services to take steps to ensure pertinent youth obtain and receive services from the juvenile justice or child welfare systems and maintain separation for unrelated adults and minor children. Makes permanent the amendments to the definition of "provider" as it relates to entities eligible to provide no cost emergency shelter and related services to consenting minors. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)

SB2819 - Relating To Traffic Safety.

10 Co-Sponsors

Requires vehicles traveling ten miles per hour or more below the posted speed limit on a two-lane highway, behind which five vehicles are formed in a line, to pull over where possible to let the trailing vehicles pass or overtake. (CD1)

SB218 - Relating To Public Notice.

1 Co-Sponsor

Allows government agencies to publish public notices on their official websites as an alternative to publishing them in the newspaper.

SB2130 - Relating To Unclaimed Property.

1 Co-Sponsor

Before filing a report of abandoned property with the Department of Budget and Finance, requires a financial organization to provide to each person listed on the organization's records as potentially having an interest in the property notice that the financial organization has the property and that custody of the property will transfer to the State if the property is not claimed. Requires notice to be given to all persons listed in the financial organization's records, regardless of whether the person is an apparent owner of the property.