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SB3248 - Relating To The Hawaii Broadband And Digital Equity Office.
Mike Gabbard
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishes the Digital Equity Grant Program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State. Establishes the Broadband and Digital Equity Special Fund.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3273 - Relating To Climate Change.
Karl Rhoads, Mike Gabbard
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to develop strategies for vehicle miles traveled reduction in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3238 - Relating To The Aquaculture Investment Tax Credit.
Lorraine Rodero Inouye, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated 10 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024, provides an aquaculture investment tax credit for investments into a qualified aquaculture business.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3244 - Relating To Resilience Hubs.
Mike Gabbard
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishes the Resilience Hubs Program within the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency. Establishes the Resiliency Hubs Revolving Fund to accomplish provisions of the Resilience Hubs Program. Allots money from and renames the environmental response, energy, food security, and resilience tax into the Resiliency Hubs Revolving Fund.
STATUS
Introduced
SB507 - Relating To Wetland Preservation.
Mike Gabbard, Michelle N. Kidani, Maile S L Shimabukuro
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Adds definitions for "floodway", "natural stormwater infrastructure", and "wetlands" to section 343-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires a proposed housing project of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation that is exempt from all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules of any government agency relating to planning, zoning, and construction standards to ensure that the proposed housing project does not have a significant adverse impact on wetlands or natural stormwater infrastructure. Requires an environmental assessment for actions under the environmental impact statements law that propose any development that would impact wetlands or natural stormwater infrastructure. Takes effect 3/22/2075. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB521 - Relating To Military Land Use.
Mike Gabbard, Henry J.C. Aquino, Brenton Awa
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a Surplus Military Land Task Force within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to plan for the remediation and restoration of lands currently under federal control that are anticipated to be returned to the State, consider potential alternative uses, and identify any lands that should continue under federal control for the next ten years. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3264 - Relating To Recycling.
Lynn Decoite, Stanley Chang, Troy Hashimoto
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes manufacturers of electronic devices to coordinate collection activities for the purpose of recycling electronic devices.
STATUS
Introduced
SB651 - Relating To Hemp.
Mike Gabbard, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated almost 2 years ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the definition of "hemp product" to exclude delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol. Prohibits the sale of food products and hemp products that contain delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol. Allows the sale of food products infused with cannabinoid, hemp extract, hemp derivatives, or other hemp products. Allows the sale of hemp leaves and hemp floral material. Requires the identity statement used for labeling or advertising of hemp products to clearly identify the hemp's place of origin. Effective 6/29/2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2370 - Relating To Wastewater Management.
Mike Gabbard, Kurt Fevella, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated 10 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requires a wastewater treatment plant to test sewage sludge and any other residual material for the presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Requires the Department of Health to adopt administrative rules for the safe disposal and sequestration of sewage sludge and other residual material that contain any amount of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Prohibits the issuance or renewal of permits if testing yields perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in sewage sludge or other residual material on land used for agronomic purposes, on land where drainage tiles have been installed, on land that drains into waters of the State, or land in a five hundred-year floodplain.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2426 - Relating To Cesspools.
Mike Gabbard
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Part II: Requires certain priority level 1 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2035, and priority level 2 cesspools to be upgraded, converted, or connected before 1/1/2045, rather than before 1/1/2050. Part III: Appropriates funds to implement the cesspool compliance pilot grant project established pursuant to Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022. Declares that the general expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Part IV: Establishes an income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a director of health-approved wastewater system or connecting to a sewerage system. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Hawaii district SD-021
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