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SB1433 - Relating To Sentences Of Imprisonment.
Sharon Y. Moriwaki
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Increases the maximum sentence of imprisonment from one year to two years for a misdemeanor and thirty days to one year for a petty misdemeanor.
STATUS
Introduced
SB417 - Relating To Coral Reef Ecosystems.
Mike Gabbard, Stanley Chang, Karl Rhoads
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in consultation with the Department of Health, to prepare a report making recommendations on the establishment of a Hawaii Near Shore Waters Quality Program to monitor and test for the quality of waters near coral reefs to assess and ensure health of reef ecosystems. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB584 - Relating To Condominium Proxy Voting.
Sharon Y. Moriwaki
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Removes from the standard condominium proxy form the option of giving a proxy vote to the board of directors of a condominium association as a whole. Removes the authority of a board to use association funds to solicit proxies as part of the distribution of proxies.
STATUS
Introduced
SB861 - Relating To Housing Savings Accounts.
Stanley Chang, Henry J.C. Aquino, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to propose and conduct a study of a housing savings account system. Authorizes the Legislative Reference Bureau to contract for services to develop the proposed system and program and conduct a study. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB901 - Relating To Care Facility Inspections.
Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Stanley Chang, Lynn Decoite
Last updated over 1 year ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Health to post on its website separate reports for various visits, violations, plans, and confirmations the Department performs or issues of certain care facilities. Establishes deadlines for each report type. Requires the Department of Health to log all reports in a database designed for easy public posting. Requires all facilities inspected by the Department of Health to maintain certain records and notify the Executive Office on Aging, Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, and appropriate county offices on aging of initial inspection visit dates.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2108 - Relating To Renewable Energy Tax Credits.
Jarrett K. Keohokalole, Stanley Chang, Kurt Fevella
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Allows a condominium association that claims a Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credit under section 235-12.5, HRS, to transfer the credit, or a portion thereof, to another individual or corporate taxpayer that is not related to the condominium association. Requires the Director of the Department of Taxation to prepare forms necessary for the transfer of Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credits. Provides that condominium association unit owners shall not be entitled to any apportionment or distribution of a transferred Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credit when a condominium association transfers the tax credit. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB2111 - Relating To Motor Vehicles.
Jarrett K. Keohokalole, Stanley Chang, Kurt Fevella
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Under certain conditions, limits the payment of any delinquent tax and penalty required by the Director of Finance of a county as a condition precedent to the transfer of ownership of a vehicle to the aggregate amount of delinquent taxes and penalties accumulated by the previous registered owner over the preceding five-year period. Establishes a fine of not more than $5,000 for a person that transfers ownership of a vehicle and thereafter reobtains ownership by subsequent transfer for the primary purpose of evading delinquent taxes and penalties. Requires the respective counties to amend any applicable ordinances. (SD1)
STATUS
Introduced
SB1019 - Relating To Health.
Gil S Coloma Keith-agaran, Henry J.C. Aquino, Angus L.K. McKelvey
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging for an Alzheimer's disease and related dementias public health campaign.
STATUS
Introduced
SB298 - Relating To The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.
Donovan Dela Cruz, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to acquire any real, personal, or mixed property for immediate or future use; own, hold, improve, rehabilitate, sell, assign, exchange, transfer, convey, lease, or dispose of any real, personal, or mixed property acquired; and acquire by condemnation real property for immediate or future use. Amends the definition of "public lands" to exclude non-ceded lands to which the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency holds title. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2099 - Relating To School Zones.
Glenn Wakai, Henry J.C. Aquino, Stanley Chang
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits loitering at schools and public property within 200 feet of a school. Prohibits obstructing a building, walkway, public passage, road, highway, sidewalk, or structure of a school or a public property within 200 feet of a school.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Hawaii district SD-012
COMMITTEES
Hawaii Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Sharon Y. Moriwaki is running for Hawaii State Senate District 12. Moriwaki graduated from Punahou School in 1977. She received her B.A. from Stanford University in 1981 and her J.D. from University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law in 1985. Moriwaki was a litigation attorney before serving as a part-time District Court judge since 2011. She serves on non-profit boards supporting healthcare and justice reforms. Moriwaki resides in Liliha with her husband and has a daughter.read less
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