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SB2943 - Relating To Workforce Development.
Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang, Lynn Decoite
Last updated 5 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a commercial drivers workforce working group within the Department of Transportation to address the workforce shortage of commercial drivers in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
SB2981 - Relating To Contractors.
Angus L.K. McKelvey, Stanley Chang, Troy Hashimoto
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Establishes as a class B felony the unlicensed performance of contractor work, during or within 5 years following a national emergency, state of emergency, or disaster proclamation, in an affected political subdivision.
STATUS
Introduced
SB80 - Relating To Search And Rescue.
Lorraine Rodero Inouye, Dru Kanuha, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated almost 2 years ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Makes a person or entity liable for all or a portion of search or rescue expenses when the person or entity knowingly enters state, county, or private property, knowingly enters a hiking trail that is closed to the public, or violates applicable laws, provided that the closure is posted by sign, barricade, or other device that gives reasonable notice of the closure. Requires counties and the State Fire Council to adopt rules as necessary to pursue reimbursements.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3237 - Relating To Agriculture.
Jarrett K. Keohokalole, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Agriculture to designate certain species as pests, and periodically update taxa designated as pests, for control or eradication and develop and implement a control or eradication program for each designated pest but, if the Department fails to do so, authorizes the applicable county to develop or implement the program. Establishes a plant nursery licensing program to regulate the sale of nursery stock. Prohibits the import of any material infested or infected with a pest or that is a pest unless imported under an appropriate permit or compliance agreement and amends the Department of Agriculture's authority to impose other limits on imports and transportation. Amends the method by which the Board of Agriculture makes and updates noxious weed designations and clarifies responsibilities for the control or eradication of noxious weeds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3232 - Relating To Teacher Loans.
Angus L.K. McKelvey, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a teacher loan program to encourage individuals to become teachers in hard-to-fill positions of Department of Education schools. Allows a loan to be forgiven for teachers who become a licensed teacher in Hawaii or for teachers who will commit to teach for seven years at a Hawaii public school or public charter school.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3257 - Relating To The University Of Hawaii.
Donna Mercado Kim, Stanley Chang, Lynn Decoite
Last updated 10 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requires the establishment of a One-Stop Student Service Center at each University of Hawaii campus with student enrollment greater than five thousand students beginning in the Fall 2025 semester. Requires that services provided by the One-Stop Student Service Center not reduce existing services or resources. Requires a report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2985 - Relating To Water Systems.
Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to acquire all West Maui water systems by eminent domain and hold the water systems in trust for the County of Maui to manage.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2964 - Relating To Renewable Energy.
Glenn Wakai, Stanley Chang, Lynn Decoite
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable energy transmitted and used to produce hydrogen, subject to certain conditions determined by the Public Utilities Commission. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB3252 - Proposing A Constitutional Amendment To Protect The Right To Reproductive Freedom.
Joy A. San Buenaventura, Stanley Chang, Lynn Decoite
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Hawaii State Constitution to prohibit the State from denying or interfering with an individual's reproductive freedom, including the right to choose or obtain an abortion or to choose to obtain or use contraceptives.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3228 - Relating To Government.
Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requires the Office of the Attorney General to identify all administrative rules, statutory provisions, accounts, special funds, and other legal provisions that require amendment to redesignate the Department of Health as the Department of Environmental Protection and Public Health and transfer responsibility for certain health delivery services from the Department of Health to the Department of Human Services. Requires a report to the Legislature.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Hawaii district SD-006
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