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HB2075 - Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Daniel Holt, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 10 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to further reduce its homestead program applicant waitlist.
STATUS
Introduced
HB469 - Relating To A Permanent Hawaii State Dividend.
Adrian Tam, Terez Amato, Jeanne Kapela
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a permanent Hawaii state dividend special fund to collect and disburse annual Hawaii state dividend fund payments. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1658 - Relating To Family Leave.
Jeanne Kapela, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to establish and administer a family leave insurance program. Provides family leave insurance benefits and extends the period of family leave to 16 weeks for businesses that employ one or more employees who meet the hourly qualifications. Eliminates the previous threshold of 100 employees for employers to be subject to the family leave law. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1127 - Relating To Taxation.
Bertrand Kobayashi, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated almost 2 years ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Increases the standard deduction amounts for taxpayers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022. Requires biannual increases to the standard deduction amounts to match any increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Honolulu over the most recent two year period.
STATUS
Introduced
HB389 - Relating To Taxation.
Justin H. Woodson, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a carbon sequestration income tax credit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Introduced
HB537 - Relating To Electronic Smoking Devices.
Scot Z. Matayoshi, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Includes electronic smoking devices and e-liquids under the definition of "tobacco products" for purposes of cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Repeals the electronic smoking device retailer registration unit under the department of the attorney general. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB195 - Relating To Renewable Energy.
Nicole E. Lowen, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distributed energy resource systems in real time by 1/1/2024. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to adopt self-certification for solar distributed energy resource systems of 250 kilowatts or less that are not SolarAPP+ compatible. Makes the professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects licensure law inapplicable to work with respect to residential distributed energy resource systems and increases the estimated cost of work on certain structures below which that licensure law is inapplicable. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB2078 - Relating To Education.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated 10 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to ensure that inclusive curricula are available to all students at public schools. Makes it a discriminatory practice to refuse to approve, remove, or prohibit the use or access of inclusive or diverse materials in schools and public libraries on the basis of materials featuring or written by LGBTQ+ individuals.
STATUS
Introduced
HB620 - Relating To School Meals.
Mahina M. Poepoe, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires public schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB735 - Relating To An Interstate Compact To Phase Out Corporate Welfare.
Natalia Hussey-Burdick, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Adopts the Interstate Compact to Phase Out Corporate Welfare.
STATUS
Introduced
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