HB2179 - Relating To Equitable Gender Representation On Corporate Boards.

7 Co-Sponsors

Requires publicly held domestic corporations to have gender-diverse boards of directors. Establishes reporting requirements for the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes penalties.

HB2228 - Relating To The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation.

9 Co-Sponsors

Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a pilot program to allow inmates to perform work for the State. Sunsets on 6/30/2026.

HB2286 - Relating To Condominium Associations.

7 Co-Sponsors

Requires fees for attorneys retained by a condominium association to be paid from the association's funds or reserves, except in matters involving the collection of delinquent assessments. Prohibits associations from assessing, demanding, or seeking reimbursement from unit owners for legal fees that are in excess of twenty-five per cent of the original debt. Requires attorneys retained by an association to confine their communications to the board, except when requesting essential information from unit owners, and refrain from billing unit owners directly. Requires attorneys retained by an association for debt collection purposes to abide by the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Requires certain information to be included in each billing statement sent by the attorneys retained by an association. Clarifies that costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of an association for foreclosing on a lien must be promptly paid on demand, as long as thirty days have elapsed since a notice of default and intention to foreclose has been served on a unit owner.

HB2269 - Relating To Fireworks.

2 Co-Sponsors

Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conduct a study on the potential impacts of permitting the sale of aerial devices in the State.

HB2273 - Relating To Crime.

6 Co-Sponsors

Requires special sentencing of habitual violent felons. Requires the Department of Law enforcement, in collaboration with the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions, to work with Weed & Seed Hawaii, Inc., to expand Weed & Seed Hawaii, Inc.'s site programs statewide, beginning with the Waianae Coast of Oahu.

HB2165 - Relating To Rent Control.

5 Co-Sponsors

Prohibits a landlord from renting or leasing, or offering to rent or lease, a dwelling unit in the district described in section 4-1(2)(D), HRS, at a rate that exceeds the rate for which that dwelling unit was rented or leased or offered for rent or lease on 8/7/2023. Sunsets on 7/1/2025.

HB1965 - Relating To Abusive Litigation.

30 Co-Sponsors

Establishes a court's authority to issue an order restricting abusive litigation.

HB2126 - Relating To Income Tax Credits.

7 Co-Sponsors

Establishes a tax credit for small businesses who provide bonuses for their employees.

HB2252 - Relating To Crime.

10 Co-Sponsors

Establishes the offense of habitual violent misdemeanor crime.

HR1 - Urging Retail Stores And Pharmacies Doing Business In The State To Adopt A Policy On A National And Local Level Guaranteeing An Individual's Unhindered Access To All United States Food And Drug Administration-approved Contraceptives.

25 Co-Sponsors