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HB2122 - Relating To Transportation.
Cedric Asuega Gates, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a private roads task force to identify and facilitate the repair and transfer of certain private or disputed roads to the appropriate government agency.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2329 - Relating To Rose-ringed Parakeets.
Nadine K. Nakamura, Cory M. Chun, Elle Cochran
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a 1-year pilot program to reduce the population of rose-ringed parakeets on Kauai and Oahu using past research and on-the-ground experience to guide future strategies. Appropriates funds. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Sunsets 6/30/2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1840 - Relating To The Environment.
Scott K. Saiki, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, David A. Alcos
Last updated 7 months ago
49 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to support long-term water quality monitoring and pollution source detection. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2099 - Relating To An Environmental Toxins Laboratory.
Nicole E. Lowen, Elle Cochran
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Health to construct, establish, and operate an environmental toxins testing laboratory to test samples submitted by the public for diseases; water, air, and soil quality; and complex testing. Allows the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2166 - Relating To The Hawaii Environmental Protection Agency.
Elle Cochran, Terez Amato, Jeanne Kapela
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Hawaii environmental protection agency within the department of land and natural resources. Transfers jurisdiction of certain functions and employees of the department of agriculture and department of health to the Hawaii environmental protection agency. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2030 - Relating To School Impact Fees.
Daniel Holt, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Andrew Takuya Garrett
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Makes permanent the exemption from school impact fees of housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2711 - Relating To Conservation Mitigation Banks.
Lisa Marten, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and operate conservation mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve conservation habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract a third-party administrator for the operation of the mitigation banks. Clarifies the sale of credits involved in conservation mitigation banking. Defines "conservation mitigation bank".
STATUS
Introduced
HB783 - Relating To Fireworks.
May Besario Mizuno, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the 2023 illegal fireworks task force within the department of the attorney general to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control law; and ensure the safety and security of airports, harbors, and other facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives. Requires a report to the legislature.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2256 - Relating To School Meals.
Scot Z. Matayoshi, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 8 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to students enrolled in a public school who meet certain requirements. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2264 - Relating To Cesspools.
Luke A. Evslin, Nicole E. Lowen, Nadine K. Nakamura
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a three-year new wastewater system demonstration and implementation pilot program within the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Hawaii district HD-007
COMMITTEES
Hawaii House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Nicole E. Lowen is a member of the Hawaii State House, representing District 6. She assumed office in 2013. Lowen's professional experience includes working as a legislative analyst for the Hawaii State Senate from 2003 to 2012. Lowen earned her BA in environmental studies and planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2001. She went on to earn her Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2003.read less
OFFICES HELD
Hawaii House from Hawaii
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