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SB640 - Relating To Agriculture.
Mike Gabbard
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishes the Hawaii Agricultural Investment Program to support local agricultural producers. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB634 - Related To Renewable Energy.
Mike Gabbard
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Removes biomass from the renewable portfolio standard definition of renewable energy.
STATUS
Introduced
SB431 - Relating To Construction Waste.
Mike Gabbard, Stanley Chang, Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Requires recycling of construction and demolition materials and use of recycled materials to factor into priority offeror selections for competitive procurements of construction or demolition services by the State or any county. Requires the State Building Codes to incorporate the International Green Construction Code and set specified targets for the recycling, reuse, donation, and resale of nonhazardous construction waste.
STATUS
Introduced
SB648 - Relating To Aquaculture.
Mike Gabbard, Angus L.K. McKelvey, Les S. Ihara
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and administer an aquaculture disease diagnostic laboratory. Appropriates funds for the laboratory. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions within the Department of Agriculture. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB1262 - Relating To Organic Waste.
Mike Gabbard, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated almost 2 years ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Establishes statewide goals for solid waste reduction and organic waste diversion. Requires each county to incorporate into its next integrated solid waste management plan revision a plan to reduce all organic waste produced within the county by facilities generating more than a specified amount of organic waste per year in alignment with established state benchmarks. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
SB514 - Relating To Composting.
Mike Gabbard, Stanley Chang, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Exempts artisan-scale composting operations from department of Health regulations to divert organic materials from Hawaii's landfills.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2115 - Relating To Elections.
Jarrett K. Keohokalole, Stanley Chang, Lynn Decoite
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Specifies that a recount of all ballots cast for any election shall occur if the official tabulation of all of the returns for that office or ballot question reveals that there is a difference equal to or less than one hundred votes, one-quarter of one per cent of the total number of ballots cast for the contest, or the margin of error for the tabulation method utilized, whichever is greater.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1555 - Relating To General Excise Tax.
Mike Gabbard, Henry J.C. Aquino, Brenton Awa
Last updated almost 2 years ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Exempts the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children and the sale of nonprescription drugs from the general excise tax.
STATUS
Introduced
SB423 - Relating To The Employees' Retirement System.
Mike Gabbard, Karl Rhoads, Maile S L Shimabukuro
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Requires the employees' retirement system to divest its investment portfolio of coal, oil, and gas companies within an unspecified number of years and to report certain information to the legislature.
STATUS
Introduced
SB71 - Relating To Environmental Impact Statements.
Lorraine Rodero Inouye, Mike Gabbard
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Exempts the proposed drilling, construction, or use of a well and well appurtenances on lands leased from the Department of Agriculture from environmental review requirements, provided that the land is being used to support agriculture and food production. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Hawaii district SD-021
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