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SB2435 - Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Maile S L Shimabukuro, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to administer an undivided interest Lease Award Program for beneficiaries on the homestead lease waiting list who are sixty years old or older or terminally ill, under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to adopt rules by a certain date. Takes effect on either the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification that congressional approval of this Act is unnecessary, or on the date of consent by the United States Congress. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB2480 - Relating To Coral.
Joy A. San Buenaventura
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Repeals the designation of black coral as the official gem of the State.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2523 - Relating To Child Care.
Karl Rhoads, Joy A. San Buenaventura
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Judiciary to conduct a study to determine how to implement a program that provides free child care services to minor children of parties and witnesses who are attending court hearings in the First Circuit Family Court. Requires the Judiciary to submit a report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB2730 - Relating To Transparency.
Carol Fukunaga, Angus L.K. McKelvey, Sharon Y. Moriwaki
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to disclose records, including but not limited to Supplemental Compensation Exhibits, submitted to the Insurance Commissioner that describe the name, title, or compensation of the directors, trustees, officers, or employees of insurers, mutual benefit societies, health maintenance organizations, or dental insurers. Provides that the disclosure of the records shall not constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy under section 92F-13, HRS. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3290 - Relating To American Sign Language.
Joy A. San Buenaventura, Troy Hashimoto, Dru Kanuha
Last updated 4 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Disability and Communication Access Board to convene a working group to study the state of American Sign Language interpretation services in Hawaii. Requires a report to the Legislature, with the assistance of the Department of Health. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
SB516 - Relating To Hemp.
Mike Gabbard, Stanley Chang, Joy A. San Buenaventura
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Requires that the identity statement used for labeling or advertising hemp products identify the percentage of Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed hemp and hemp of other origins contained in hemp products. Allows the use of the term "All Hawaiian" for hemp products in which one hundred per cent of the hemp is grown and processed in the State. (CD1)
STATUS
Enrolled
SB2817 - Relating To The University Of Hawaii College Of Tropical Agriculture And Human Resources.
Herbert Richards, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii to establish five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) faculty positions at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3292 - Relating To Cigarette Taxes.
Joy A. San Buenaventura, Stanley Chang, Lynn Decoite
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Beginning 7/1/2024, increases the cigarette tax rate and amends the disposition of the cigarette tax revenues by increasing the amount allocated to the Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2819 - Relating To Traffic Safety.
Herbert Richards, Stanley Chang, Kurt Fevella
Last updated 5 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Requires vehicles traveling ten miles per hour or more below the posted speed limit on a two-lane highway, behind which five vehicles are formed in a line, to pull over where possible to let the trailing vehicles pass or overtake. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
SB2973 - Relating To Economic Development.
Lynn Decoite, Stanley Chang, Kurt Fevella
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a three-year child care pilot grant program to provide grants to employers to assist in offering child care or caregiving support for their employees.
STATUS
Introduced
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