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SB1535 - Relating To Transportation.
Chris Kalani Lee
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Allows the director of transportation to exempt certain ground transportation facility projects from historic preservation review and the environmental impact statement law, subject to certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB150 - Proposing An Amendment To The Hawaii State Constitution To Amend The Qualifying Age Of Voters For Any State Or Local Election.
Stanley Chang, Chris Kalani Lee, Brandon Jc Elefante
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Proposes a constitutional amendment to lower the qualifying age of voters for any state or local election to sixteen years of age.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1088 - Relating To Paid Leave.
Chris Kalani Lee, Stanley Chang, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Provides public employees with up to 2 hours of paid leave each calendar year to attend a scheduled physical examination with a licensed physician.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1080 - Relating To Collective Bargaining.
Chris Kalani Lee, Stanley Chang, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establishes that the representative of labor on the Hawaii Labor Relations Board be a person selected by a majority of the exclusive representatives of the collective bargaining units.
STATUS
Introduced
SB11 - Relating To Firearms.
Karl Rhoads, Stanley Chang, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Adds the requirement of notifying the Terrorist Screening Center administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of the gun permit application background check process.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1480 - Relating To The Environment.
Maile S L Shimabukuro, Brandon Jc Elefante, Jarrett K. Keohokalole
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishes within the Department of the Attorney General, an Environmental Crimes Unit, which shall be a cooperative effort between the Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Health to investigate and prosecute crimes that pose substantial risks to the environment and public health. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
SB441 - Relating To Taxation.
Jarrett K. Keohokalole, Chris Kalani Lee, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishes an excise tax of 25 cents for e-liquid cartridges and fifteen per cent of the wholesale price of open system eliquid sold, used, or possessed by a wholesaler or dealer on or after 7/1/2023. Defines and amends related terms. Makes conforming amendments.
STATUS
Introduced
SB385 - Relating To Transportation.
Chris Kalani Lee, Stanley Chang, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishes registration and driver's licensing requirements for operation of electric rickshaws. Defines electric rickshaw. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB376 - Relating To The Environment.
Chris Kalani Lee, Stanley Chang, Dru Kanuha
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits the mining, extraction, and removal of minerals from the seabed in all state marine waters. Prohibits the issuance of any permit for or in connection with the development or operation of any facility or infrastructure associated with the mining, extraction, or removal of minerals from the seabed within state marine waters. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1147 - Relating To Motor Vehicles.
Angus L.K. McKelvey, Stanley Chang, Chris Kalani Lee
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Requires condominium associations and planned community associations that have a service agreement with a towing company to maintain and provide to the towing company a "do not tow" list of authorized resident vehicles. Prohibits authorized vehicles that are on the "do not tow" list from being towed, unless authorized by certain individuals.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Hawaii district SD-025
COMMITTEES
Hawaii Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Chris Kalani Lee earned his undergraduate degree in Chemistry and his law degree cum laude from the Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii in Hawaii. He has worked as a deputy prosecutor in Honolulu for over 3 decades. He started prosecuting misdemeanors and traffic offenses and then prosecuted sex crimes before moving to the arson and homicide unit. He helped establish Honolulu's first senior victim-witness counseling program to help elderly victims of crime navigate the justice system.read less
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Hawaii Senate from Hawaii
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