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SB169 - Relating To Health.
Karl Rhoads
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requires Medicaid and private insurance coverage of ambulance services. Authorizes Medicaid programs, and requires private insurers, to cover community paramedicine services rendered statewide by emergency medical technicians or paramedics. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
SB26 - Relating To The Landlord-tenant Code.
Karl Rhoads
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibits a landlord from recovering possession of a dwelling unit from a tenant if the habitability of the premises is significantly impaired. Caps a tenant's liability for rent if the habitability of the premises is significantly impaired. Provides remedies for retaliatory evictions. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2332 - Relating To The Penal Code.
Karl Rhoads
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requires the Judicial Council to conduct a comprehensive review of the Hawaii Penal Code and to recommend proposed changes. Requires the Judicial Council to appoint an advisory committee to assist in the review, and allows the Council to also appoint a reporter and other staff as necessary. Requires the advisory committee to report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2334 - Relating To Election Audits.
Karl Rhoads
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Reduces the number of randomly selected precincts employing an electronic voting system that the Chief Election Officer is required to conduct a post-election, pre-certification audit of from ten per cent to five per cent. Clarifies that the Chief Election Officer must audit all elections in the randomly selected precincts as a condition of using an electronic voting system to create an electronic tally of ballots. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2456 - Relating To Licensing.
Karl Rhoads
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Includes the prevention of activities within an applicant's premises and adjacent areas that are potentially injurious to the health, safety, and welfare of the public and neighborhood as a factor for determining whether a controlled substances registration is in the public interest.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2396 - Relating To Elections.
Karl Rhoads, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits the distribution of electioneering communications before an election that a person knows or should have known are deceptive and fraudulent deepfakes of a candidate or party.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2389 - Relating To Beverage Containers.
Karl Rhoads
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Allows for the establishment of additional regional centers for the redemption of refillable beverage containers. Repeals exemptions for certain beverage dealers.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2452 - Relating To Corrections.
Karl Rhoads
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Restricts the use of solitary confinement in state-operated and state-contracted correctional facilities, with certain specified exceptions. Prohibits the use of solitary confinement and requires the use of appropriate alternatives for committed persons who are members of a vulnerable population. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop written policies and procedures regarding solitary confinement by 7/1/2025. Requires the Department to develop policies and procedures to review committed persons placed in solitary confinement and develop a plan for committed persons currently in solitary confinement by 4/1/2025. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2381 - Relating To Public Financing For Candidates To Elected Office.
Karl Rhoads, Stanley Chang, Kurt Fevella
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State of Hawaii, to begin with the 2028 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a progress and final report to the Legislature. (SD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2454 - Relating To Mail.
Karl Rhoads, Carol Fukunaga, Chris Kalani Lee
Last updated 10 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits certain entities from distributing unsolicited mail that is reasonably likely to cause the recipient to believe that a governmental agency has approved of the distribution.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Hawaii district SD-013
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