SB1341 - Relating To The Department Of Education.

1 Co-Sponsor

Repeals the Department of Education's weekly report on schools that have reported positive COVID-19 cases.

SB1031 - Relating To The State Historic Preservation Division.

6 Co-Sponsors

Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources' state historic preservation division for a library digitization process and for the division's operations.

SB96 - Relating To Aquaculture.

8 Co-Sponsors

Establishes the Aquaculture Development Branch within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Transfers the rights, powers, functions, duties, employees, and other capital of the Aquaculture and Livestock Services Branch of the Department of Agriculture to the new Aquaculture Development Branch. Makes appropriations.

SB1058 - Relating To Collective Bargaining.

4 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.

SCR166 - Urging Pertinent State Agencies To Commit To Providing Culturally Appropriate Resources, Services, And Programs For Native Hawaiian Individuals With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities And Their Families And Care Providers.

2 Co-Sponsors

SB2135 - Relating To The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

4 Co-Sponsors

Expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to include any individual or household whose monthly income is equal to or less than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds.

SB503 - Relating To Climate Change Mitigation.

7 Co-Sponsors

Requires the department of health to establish a refrigerant management program to reduce emissions of high global warming potential refrigerants and any refrigerant that is an ozone depleting substance from operation of stationary, commercial, and industrial refrigeration equipment responsible and adopt rules for the regulation of the use of such refrigerants. Requires the state building code council to establish codes and standards consistent with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons when updating the state building code. Appropriates funds.

SB874 - Relating To School Impact Fees.

2 Co-Sponsors

Exempts certain housing developments from assessments of school impact fees. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

SB935 - Relating To Gambling.

1 Co-Sponsor

Establishes the Gambling Addiction Special Fund within the Department of Human Services for the treatment of gambling addiction for Hawaii residents. Imposes a general excise tax on persons engaged in the arrangement, provision, or sale within the State of vacation packages or other recreational services that promote gambling or gambling devices that is not prohibited by state law. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

SB771 - Relating To The Department Of Land And Natural Resources.

9 Co-Sponsors

Establishes a criminal penalty and monetary fines for aquarium fishing violations. Clarifies that each fish or aquatic life specimen taken in violation of certain fishing laws regarding aquarium fish and the possession and use of prohibited explosives, electrofishing devices, and poisonous substances constitutes a separate offense.

SB281 - Relating To The College Savings Program.

13 Co-Sponsors

Establishes a state income tax deduction for eligible contributions made to a college savings program established under chapter 256, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after an unspecified date. (HD1)

SB687 - Relating To Intoxicating Liquor.

5 Co-Sponsors

Increases the amount of malt beverages, wine, and alcohol that a small craft producer pub licensee may produce during the license year. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

SB305 - Relating To Career And Technical Education.

15 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.

SB59 - Relating To Hawaii Technology Development Corporation.

7 Co-Sponsors

Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation for its manufacturing assistance programs.

SB514 - Relating To Composting.

5 Co-Sponsors

Exempts artisan-scale composting operations from department of Health regulations to divert organic materials from Hawaii's landfills.