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HB501 - Relating To Transportation.
Jackson Sayama, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Beginning 7/1/2024, subjects all electric vehicles to a state mileage-based road usage fee instead of paying a registration surcharge. Requires a vehicle inspection certificate to state the odometer reading of the vehicle. Clarifies that the type of fuel required on applications for vehicle registration includes batteries or electricity. Requires the department of transportation to develop a long-term mileage-based usage fee implementation plan for all passenger vehicles and light duty trucks by 2033. Requires the department of transportation to seek federal funding. Appropriates American Rescue Plan Act funds for the state mileage-based road usage fee program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB309 - Relating To Irrigation.
Cedric Asuega Gates, Elle Cochran, Daniel Holt
Last updated almost 2 years ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to various irrigation systems. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB1404 - Relating To The Community Court Outreach Project.
David Tarnas, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated almost 2 years ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Makes the community court outreach project permanent. Amends the project to address homeless defendants and expand the opportunities for eligible defendants to participate. Appropriates funds for additional personnel and enhanced security services. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB246 - Relating To Education.
Lisa C. Kitagawa, Cory M. Chun, Jeanne Kapela
Last updated almost 2 years ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requires the department of education to employ one full-time equivalent counselor, vice principal, and media specialist at each department school. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1394 - Relating To The Department Of Land And Natural Resources.
Nadine K. Nakamura, Cory M. Chun, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for operating costs and personnel to manage certain trailheads as part of the Na Ala Hele trail and access program. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB239 - Relating To Clean Energy.
Jeanne Kapela, Elle Cochran, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated almost 2 years ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Requires the clean energy initiative program to design, implement, and administer a plan to increase jobs aligned with the State's transition to a clean energy economy and strategies for evaluating and supporting a transition to a clean energy economy that advances social equity. Authorizes the use of the energy security special fund to create jobs that advance the State's goals of achieving greater energy security and adapting to climate change, expand workforce development and training programs for workers transitioning to a clean energy economy, and strengthen social equity in the adoption of clean energy technology. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB82 - Relating To Health Care Preceptors.
Jeanne Kapela, Elle Cochran, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated almost 2 years ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based clinical training rotation" to allow for improved accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits. Adds dieticians, physician assistants, and social workers to the list of preceptors. Includes the director of health on the preceptor credit assurance committee. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB1368 - Relating To The Hospital Sustainability Program.
May Besario Mizuno, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Makes various updates to the hospital sustainability program, including amending the definition of "private hospital"; clarifying the uses of the hospital sustainability program special fund; increasing various hospital sustainability fee caps; requiring DHS to consult and negotiate with the hospital trade association regarding fee participation and rates; clarifying when the hospital sustainability fee shall be discontinued and the distribution of remaining funds; repealing the sunset dates of Act 217, SLH 2012, and Act 123, SLH 2014, to make the program permanent and permanently exempting the program from the central service and administrative expenses assessments; and appropriating funds out of the special fund. Effective 06/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB905 - Relating To Sustainable Groundwater Yields.
Mahina M. Poepoe, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Requires the University of Hawaii, in consultation with the commission on water resource management, to develop a scope of work and cost analysis to complete a flexible groundwater model that proposes methods for determining the needs of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian practices, climate change projections, and groundwater dependent ecosystems. Requires a joint report to be submitted to the legislature by 11/1/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB432 - Relating To Appeals.
David Tarnas, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Allows parties aggrieved by an order of the Hawaii Paroling Authority to appeal to the intermediate appellate court within 90 days of issuance and service of the order fixing the minimum term of imprisonment. Establishes the standard of judicial review for an order of the Hawaii Paroling Authority.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Hawaii district HD-014
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Hawaii House
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