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HB429 - Relating To Firearms.
David Tarnas, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated almost 2 years ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Requires individuals to complete a firearms skills assessment, safety course, and education course prior to being granted a license to carry a pistol or revolver.
STATUS
Introduced
HB639 - Relating To Insurance.
Mark M. Nakashima, Della au Belatti, Daynette Morikawa
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Clarifies when the termination of peer-to-peer car-sharing occurs for purposes of motor vehicle insurance. Clarifies the application of the peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance laws as to other entities that make available rental vehicles under state law. Repeals the sunset of the peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance requirements. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB587 - Relating To Wastewater Management.
Nicole E. Lowen, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Requires each county to submit to the Legislature a comprehensive integrated wastewater management plan report that addresses and identifies the county's wastewater management needs, including financial needs. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB647 - Relating To Alcohol.
Mark M. Nakashima, Scott Y. Nishimoto, Jackson Sayama
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a definition of "low alcohol by volume spirits beverage". Establishes a tax on low alcohol by volume sprits beverages at a rate of $1.98 per wine gallon. Expands the definition of "beer" under the State's liquor tax and liquor regulatory laws, to specify that the term includes an alcohol by volume of no less than 0.5 per cent, but excludes certain other forms of distillation. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB606 - Relating To Meat Processing.
Cedric Asuega Gates, Elle Cochran, Daniel Holt
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with other state agencies, to develop and implement a plan by 7/1/2025 to expand the meat processing capacity in the State to allow for meat from axis deer and other wild game to be processed for distribution by nonprofit food distribution services. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB259 - Relating To Consumer Protection.
Kirstin Ak Kahaloa, Cory M. Chun, Andrew Takuya Garrett
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than a certain percentage of coffee by weight from that geographic origin, phased in to a minimum of fifty-one per cent on or after 7/1/2026. Excludes roasted or instant coffee produced in whole or in part from Hawaii-grown green coffee beans that are not offered for retail sale directly to consumers from labeling requirements. Prohibits use of the term "All Hawaiian" in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee not produced entirely from green coffee beans grown and processed in the State. Authorizes retailers who, by 6/30/2024, purchase roasted or instant coffee blends that use a geographic origin in labeling or advertising containing less than twenty per cent Hawaii-grown coffee by weight to sell-off coffee inventory until 12/31/2024. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB651 - Relating To Care Facility Inspections.
Troy Hashimoto, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated almost 2 years ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Health to post on its website separate reports for various visits, violations, plans, and confirmations the Department performs or issues of certain care facilities. Establishes deadlines for each report type. Requires the Department of Health to log all reports in a database designed for easy public posting. Requires all facilities inspected by the Department of Health to maintain certain records and notify the Executive Office on Aging, Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, and appropriate county offices on aging of initial inspection visit dates.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1194 - Relating To An Economic Development District Planning Organization.
Daniel Holt, Della au Belatti, Cedric Asuega Gates
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization. Designates the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization as the district organization for purposes of implementing the United States Economic Development Administration-approved comprehensive economic development strategy. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1584 - Relating To Agriculture.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a two-year agricultural crime pilot project to examine the effectiveness of prosecuting agricultural crimes, including agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism, in the City and County of Honolulu and County of Kauai. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB394 - Relating To The Festival Of Pacific Arts.
Daniel Holt, Cory M. Chun, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the Commission on the Thirteenth Festival of Pacific Arts to plan for the Festival of Pacific Arts to be held in Honolulu from June 6 to June 16, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
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