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SB1353 - Relating To Housing.
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Exempts gross income from the planning, design, financing, or construction of any development of homestead lots or housing for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise and use taxes. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB1550 - Relating To Collective Bargaining.
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Allows telecommunications and emergency dispatchers and employees who perform similar functions employed by the State and counties to collectively bargain.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1270 - Relating To The Animal Industry Special Fund.
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adds new sources of revenue generated by the State Veterinary Laboratory and Animal Disease Control Branch as sources for the Animal Industry Special Fund and clarifies that the funds from the special fund may be expended to make laboratory improvements.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1349 - Relating To Natural Resources Management.
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources the visitor green fee program to collect a fee from visitors through an environmental license and allocate the revenue to protect, restore, and manage natural and cultural resources. Establishes the visitor green fee special fund. Establishes the Environmental Legacy Commission to make recommendations to the Board of Land and Natural Resources regarding the use of revenues in the special fund. Requires a report to the legislature, including a visitor green fee strategic plan. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
SB198 - Relating To Organizational Reports.
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends sections 11-322 and 11-333, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the Campaign Spending Commission ("Commission") to publish on its website the names of candidate and persons who qualify as noncandidate committees who fail to file an organizational report or a corrected organizational report with the Commission.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1413 - Relating To The University Of Hawaii Resident Tuition Fee.
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requires the University of Hawaii to grant resident tuition fees for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus to individuals who have graduated from a Hawaii high school and are enrolling in an undergraduate degree program, under certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1398 - Relating To Conformity To The Internal Revenue Code.
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2022. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1351 - Relating To Infant And Early Childhood Mental Health.
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishes the infant and early childhood mental health program within the department of health to provide and coordinate mental health services for children from birth up to age five. Appropriates funds for the establishment of the program, including for an unspecified number of permanent full-time equivalent (FTE) positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1404 - Relating To Aeronautics.
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizes the department of transportation airports division to demand and collect reimbursement from any airport contractor, tenant, or user for the entire amount of fines and penalties levied for the violation of federal, state, or county laws related to environmental protection or the United States Department of Homeland Security. Allows the department of transportation airports division to enter into a capital advancement contract with a private party for certain public improvement or construction projects at Hawaii's airports under certain circumstances. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB187 - Relating To Record Disposition.
Ronald D. Kouchi
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Provides the State Ethics Commission with the discretion to maintain or destroy records of financial disclosure statements beyond the current 6-year statutory requirement. Applies retroactively to applicable disclosures that are in the Commission's possession and control.
STATUS
Introduced
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