SB659 - Relating To Single-use Plastics.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Gabbard
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibits lodging establishments from providing personal care products in small plastic containers within sleeping room accommodations, any space within sleeping room accommodations, or bathrooms used by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties.
STATUS
Introduced
SB416 - Relating To Firearms.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Karl Rhoads
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the requirements for licenses to carry firearms concealed or unconcealed. Requires possession and display of a valid license when publicly carrying firearms.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2343 - Relating To Long-term Care.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated 8 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Executive Office on Aging to create a comprehensive long-term care master plan to accomplish long-term care policy goals that, when implemented, ensure the availability of a full continuum of institutional and community-based services. Establishes a long-term care planner position within the EOA to oversee the development and implementation of the long-term care master plan. Requires the EOA to submit a report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1578 - Relating To Cable Television Systems.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Glenn Wakai
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adds additional considerations for the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to take into account when ensuring that the terms and conditions required for operation of an access organization are fair to the public in its designated service area. Requires cable operators to include viewership numbers for channels designated for public, educational, and government access use in its reports to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1072 - Relating To Courts Of Appeal.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran, Angus L.K. McKelvey, Karl Rhoads
Last updated over 1 year ago3 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits the State's Supreme Court and Intermediate Appellate Court from affirming, modifying, reversing, or vacating a matter on grounds other than those raised by the parties to the proceeding, unless the parties are provided the opportunity to brief the court. Requires a rehearing upon timely petition of any party, if the courts fail to afford the opportunity for parties to submit supplemental briefing.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1380 - Relating To Medical Cannabis.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requires that written certifications for a patient with a chronic condition be valid for three years. Removes the requirement that a certifying physician or advanced practice registered nurse have a "bona fide" physician-patient or advanced practice registered nurse-patient relationship to certify that a patient has a debilitating medical condition pursuant to chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Defines "waiting room" within a medical cannabis retail dispensary and allows primary caregivers, qualifying out-of-state patients, and caregivers of a qualifying out-of-state patient to access the waiting room; clarifies that each day of a violation of chapter 329D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is a separate violation; and amends the rule-making authority for dispensary-to-dispensary sales. Requires medical cannabis dispensaries, in conjunction with physicians and advanced practice registered nurses who issue written certifications pursuant to section 329-123, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to conduct the continuing education and training program required by section 329D-26, Hawaii Revised Statutes, rather than the Department of Health. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SR155 - Urging Turo, Inc., To Immediately Cease And Desist Listing Any State Airport Parking Lot As A Vehicle Pick-up Site On Turo's Digital Platform.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Herbert Richards, Michelle N. Kidani, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated 7 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
SB1432 - Relating To Social Media Censorship.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Brenton Awa
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibits social media platforms from engaging in censorship of candidates for elected office and other users.
STATUS
Introduced
SB988 - Relating To Condominiums.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Karl Rhoads
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requires associations of condominium owners to purchase earthquake insurance for their entire buildings.
STATUS
Introduced
SB847 - Relating To Professional Engineers.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Brandon Jc Elefante, Stanley Chang, Lynn Decoite
Last updated over 1 year ago5 Co-Sponsors
Allows a person to be eligible for a license as a professional engineer if the person has completed four years of full-time or equivalent part-time professional level government employment performing lawful experience in review of engineered plans and calculations under the direct supervision of an applicably licensed engineer.
STATUS
Introduced
SB443 - Relating To Tax Credits For Research Activities.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jarrett K. Keohokalole, Henry J.C. Aquino, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago4 Co-Sponsors
Limits the tax credits for research activities each taxpayer may receive to $1,500,000 per taxable year. Requires that every qualified high technology business be registered to do business in the State and occupy a business location and address in the State where at least seventy-five per cent of the company's employees are located to be eligible to receive tax credits for research activities. Increases the amount of available certified credits from $5,000,000 per year to $15,000,000 per year. Extends the sunset date for tax credits for research activities from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2029.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1229 - Relating To Grants.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dru Kanuha
Last updated over 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Relating To Grants. Short form bill.
STATUS
Introduced
SB294 - Relating To The Child Welfare Services.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Donovan Dela Cruz, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated over 1 year ago11 Co-Sponsors
Establishes under the Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Coalition a collective impact program called the Malama Ohana Program to seek, design, and recommend transformative changes to the State's existing child welfare system. Requires the Malama Ohana Program to report to the legislature before the Regular Session of 2025. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2064 - Relating To The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Stanley Chang, Kurt Fevella, Troy Hashimoto
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Grants the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation the right of first refusal for the development of property for all development on state lands, excluding the Stadium Development District and lands under the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Department of Hawaiian Home Land lands, that are within county-designated transit-oriented development zones, or within a one-half mile radius of a proposed or existing transit station if the county has not designated transit-oriented development zones, which shall be triggered by a proposed development or proposed transfer of fee simple or leasehold property interest. Requires state departments or agencies to provide sixty days advance written notice of any approval of a proposed development or proposed transfer of lands. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB1094 - Relating To Government.
Hawaii - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran, Stanley Chang, Maile S L Shimabukuro
Last updated over 1 year ago3 Co-Sponsors
Expands the jurisdiction of county land use decision-making authorities, enabling them to amend the district boundaries of lands less than fifty acres, from lands less than fifteen acres. Limits the Land Use Commission's authority over special permits for housing that includes workforce or affordable housing units with a minimum twenty-five per cent of market units on land the area of which is greater than fifty acres or for lands designated as important agricultural lands, by providing that the Land Use Commission shall only add additional restrictions or disapprove a petition. Requires the Land Use Commission to run its special permit process concurrently with the appropriate county Land Use Commission for these special permits.
STATUS
Introduced