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HB2119 - Relating To Criminal Littering.
Cedric Asuega Gates, Elle Cochran, Daniel Holt
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the fine for individuals convicted of criminal littering to $1,000 instead of a range of $500 to $1,000.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2613 - Relating To Agriculture.
Nicole E. Lowen
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Expands the criminal offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include roasted coffee. Imposes a $10,000 fine for each separate offense of false-labeling of Hawaii-grown roasted coffee. Makes an appropriation for 1.0 FTE enforcement position within the Department of Agriculture. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB2178 - Relating To Taxation.
Amy A. Perruso, Elle Cochran, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated 20 days ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to address carbon emissions. Incrementally increases the tax rate over time. Establishes a refundable tax credit to mitigate the effect of a carbon emissions tax on taxpayers. Requires reports to the Legislature.
STATUS
Tentative
HB2230 - Relating To Law Enforcement.
Ernesto M. Ganaden, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 7 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Law Enforcement Standards Board to develop, and each department employing law enforcement officers to implement, a structured health intervention program to support law enforcement officers' physical and mental health. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2644 - Relating To Little Fire Ants.
Lisa C. Kitagawa, Cory M. Chun, Andrew Takuya Garrett
Last updated 7 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii Ant Lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2196 - Relating To Public Employment.
Andrew Takuya Garrett, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 7 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Removes requirement of a college degree for any state position, unless the degree is relevant to licensing or certification as it relates to the duties and responsibilities of the position or when the position requires specialized knowledge, skills, or subject-matter expertise relevant to the degree. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2647 - Relating To Pesticides.
Elle Cochran, Terez Amato, Nicole E. Lowen
Last updated 20 days ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the definition of "restricted use pesticide" to include malathion.
STATUS
Tentative
HB2689 - Relating To Zero-emission Vehicles.
Scott K. Saiki, Nicole E. Lowen
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requires rental motor vehicle lessors with more than two hundred light duty passenger vehicles to expedite the incorporation of zero-emission vehicles, as a percentage, into the lessor's fleet by certain dates. Requires all rental motor vehicle lessors to report a list of the make, model, license plate number, and fuel type of each rental motor vehicle in the lessor's fleet to the director of commerce and consumer affairs.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2622 - Relating To Firearms.
Ernesto M. Ganaden, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 7 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement for the State's Gun Buyback Program. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2190 - Relating To The Right To Garden.
Terez Amato, Della au Belatti, Elle Cochran
Last updated 20 days ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits any articles of incorporation, declaration, bylaws, administrative rules, house rules, or association documents of a condominium property regime, planned community association, or homeowners' association from prohibiting or restricting the cultivation of vegetable gardens within any of its units.
STATUS
Tentative
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
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