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SB1539 - Relating To The State Budget.
Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Appropriates moneys for grants pursuant to chapter 42F, HRS, for expenditure in fiscal year 2023-2024 for capital improvement projects.
STATUS
Introduced
SB342 - Relating To Paid Sick Leave.
Stanley Chang, Henry J.C. Aquino, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to conduct a study on paid sick leave. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the study. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB88 - Relating To Roads.
Lorraine Rodero Inouye, Henry J.C. Aquino, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Allows for a percentage of general excise and fuel taxes generated by the counties to be used for maintenance of private roadways that are open to the public.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1238 - Relating To Access To Health Care.
Herbert Richards, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Kupuna Rural Health Care Pilot Program within the Executive Office on Aging of the Department of Health to improve access to care in rural areas of Hawaii County and expand broadband internet access, provide at-home visits, and ground transportation for in-person health care services. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
SB155 - Relating To The University Of Hawaii.
Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran, Lynn Decoite, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Maui college's office of international and regional partnerships for students to participate in study abroad programs. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB951 - Relating To The Tax Credit For Research Activities.
Jarrett K. Keohokalole, Stanley Chang, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Adds a cap for the amount of tax credits for research activities that an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities may receive per taxable year. Requires a qualified high technology business to be registered to do business in the State and be a small business in order to be eligible for the tax credit. Consolidates the survey and certification requirements for tax credits for research activities. Amends the annual aggregate cap on tax credits for research activities that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism may certify. Requires certification of the tax credits for research activities on a first-come, firstserved basis to be based on the date that a complete application is received, subject to certain conditions. Extends from 12/31/2024, to 12/31/2029, the sunset date for tax credits for research activities. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1494 - Relating To Firearms Insurance.
Karl Rhoads, Stanley Chang, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Requires firearms owners to obtain firearms insurance. Effective 1/1/2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1117 - Relating To Tax Credits.
Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran, Henry J.C. Aquino, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Requires that income tax credits established or renewed after 12/31/2023 include a five-year sunset or an annual one-third reduction beginning with the sixth year of the credit.
STATUS
Introduced
SB510 - Relating To Infrastructure.
Mike Gabbard, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a Dam and Reservoir Working Group to ensure and enhance the continued availability and operation of dams and reservoirs in the State.
STATUS
Introduced
SB444 - Relating To Cannabis.
Jarrett K. Keohokalole, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran, Chris Kalani Lee
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes dispensaries to distribute medical cannabis propagules and cuttings. Authorizes only those persons who may cultivate medical cannabis to purchase the propagules and cuttings. Imposes quantity limits and quality requirements on medical cannabis propagules and cuttings. Authorizes the Department of Health to approve in-vehicle receipt of medical cannabis and manufactured cannabis products on or near the premises of dispensaries. Authorizes a non-registered qualifying patient to have immediate access to the medical use of cannabis for a period of one year from the date of the issuance of a medical provider's certification letter, given certain requirements. Provides senior citizens with greater access to the state medical cannabis program. Increases the number of medical cannabis dispensaries in the State by requiring the Department of Health to issue eight dispensary licenses to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Allows primary caregivers, qualifying out-of-state patients, and caregivers of a qualifying out-of-state patient to access the waiting room within a medical cannabis retail dispensary. Clarifies violations related to medical cannabis dispensaries. Increases the number of medical cannabis dispensaries the Department of Health is authorized to issue in the State.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Hawaii district SD-005
COMMITTEES
Hawaii Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Gil S. C. Keith-Agaran was born and raised on Maui. He graduated from the Kamehameha Schools and received his B.A. from Williams College in 1984. After earning his law degree in 1987 from the University of California, Berkeley, Keith-Agaran returned home to serve as a law clerk for Justice Steven Levinson of the Hawaii Supreme Court. He went into private practice before being elected to the State House of Representatives in 2000. He served for 12 years before being appointed to the State Senate in 2012.read less
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Hawaii Senate from Hawaii
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