Hawaii Senator Henry Aquino [D]

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HISB116Enroll
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Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Duke Kahanamoku. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2119Enroll
75%
Authorizes out-of-state pharmacies to transfer prescription information for the initial fill of an out-of-state prescription in the State. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2079Enroll
75%
Allows the State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form to be distributed, completed, and transmitted electronically. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2132Enroll
75%
Amends the deadline related to the repair of conditions that constitute health or safety violations. Increases the amount deducted from a tenant's rent for the tenant's actual expenditures to correct health or safety violations and defective conditio...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2289Enroll
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Requires the Department of Health to include in its annual report regarding Kalaupapa Settlement details and updated information, as available, regarding the permanent transfer to other governmental or qualified non-governmental entities of the power...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2284Enroll
75%
Establishes a two-year program at the University of Hawaii to develop a wildfire forecast system for the State using artificial intelligence. Makes an appropriation. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2347Enroll
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Establishes the offense of habitual violent crime. Requires the Department of the Attorney General to submit a report to the Legislature before the Regular Sessions of 2025 and 2026. Requires the prosecuting attorney of each county to submit data to ...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2305Enroll
75%
Establishes a Silver Alert Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are sixty-five years of age or older, cognitively impaired, or developmentally disabled. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2443Enroll
75%
Establishes the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program, to be implemented by the State in only those locations where a photo red light imaging detector system has been implemented. Creates a new offense of noncompliance with maximum speed limit ...
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2512Enroll
75%
Establishes notice and reporting requirements for the expenditure or use of public resources by the Governor, pursuant to the Governor's emergency powers. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2600Enroll
75%
Authorizes the use of electronic mail to deliver certain documents when purchasing a condominium. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2532Enroll
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Clarifies that the definition of "dwelling", as it relates to offenses against property rights, includes multi-unit buildings and connected parking or storage areas that are restricted to residents. Allows the owner of a multi-unit building, an owner...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2504Enroll
75%
Repeals Part II of Act 66, SLH 2023, which requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to work with the University of Hawaii on workforce development activities that support the development of the Hawaii Pacific Hydrogen Hu...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2787Enroll
75%
Establishes within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Office of Community Services the Immigration Services and Access Unit. Makes appropriations for the unit, including funding for new positions. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2715Enroll
75%
Makes it unlawful for an employer to discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize or threaten any adverse employment action against an employee because the employee declines to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting that communicates ...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2782Enroll
75%
Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to develop multilingual accessibility standards. Appropriates funds to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position to develop multilingual accessibility standards within the Office of En...
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2718Enroll
75%
Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to admit and consider hearsay evidence. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2834Enroll
75%
Amends the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to provide for a process to dispose of the tenant's personal property and surrender the dwelling unit to a landlord when there is a death of a tenant. Takes effect 11/1/2024. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2841Enroll
75%
Designates May 15 of each year as Water Safety Day. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB3220Enroll
75%
Transfers the enforcement of the Motor Carrier Law from the Public Utilities Commission to the Department of Transportation. Makes conforming amendments. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB3312Enroll
75%
Adopts, establishes, and designates the shaka as the official gesture of the State. Authorizes the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to develop a public work of art related to the shaka and its history to be displayed in a prominent location i...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB3305Enroll
75%
Requires all public charter schools that exclusively offer prekindergarten programs to adhere to the public charter school law, with certain exceptions. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2287Enroll
75%
Requires the Information Technology Steering Committee to assist the Chief Information Officer to develop a plan to enhance the mobile application developed to enable the public to access the State's website. Requires the Chief Information Officer's ...
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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2337Enroll
75%
Expands the counties' authorization to exercise the same powers as the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for purposes of developing, constructing, financing, refinancing, or providing mixed-use developments. Applies to bond proceeds ...
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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2413Enroll
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Requires the Board of Agriculture to submit a report to the Legislature on the percentage of agricultural lands that are suitable for farming and actively farmed and certain dollar amounts relating to lease transfers between lessees. (CD1)
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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2475Enroll
75%
Establishes a harm to students registry, for all early learning programs or schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State, that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation,...
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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2526Enroll
75%
Requires the Technology Services Consolidation Working Group to assist the Office of Enterprise Technology Services in working with certain state agencies to inventory and categorize the business criticality of each major state information technology...
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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2943Enroll
75%
Establishes a commercial drivers workforce working group within the Department of Transportation to address the workforce shortage of commercial drivers in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB3364Enroll
75%
Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to develop destination management action plans for each county and to perform specific actions in each plan. Expands the powers and duties of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Repeals the exemption of the Hawaii Tour...
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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISCR81PassUrging The Governor To Ensure That Relevant State Agencies, Including The Department Of Health And Department Of Human Services, Collaborate To Explore Avenues To Ensure Continued Access To Affordable Medications For The State's Underserved Populatio...
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2024-04-30
Received notice of Senate agreement and Adoption (Sen. Com No. 795).
HISB2285Engross
50%
Amends the functions and duties of the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Clarifies the definition of "health care". Establishes a task force known as the Hui Hoomana. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
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2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 329.
HISB2322Engross
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Requires the Department of Health to continue water sampling and analysis of Tier 1 beaches during brown water advisories, with certain exceptions and under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:25 PM; CR 329.
HISB2345Engross
50%
Authorizes the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:45 PM; CR 016.
HISB2520Engross
50%
Requires the State to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees from civil actions or proceedings, under certain circumstances. Clarifies that the employee may employ their own attorney at the employee's own expense. Establishes a p...
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:35 PM; CR 325.
HISB2556Engross
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Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 5:40 PM; CR 325.
HISB2615Engross
50%
Authorizes the counties to require contractors to disclose information regarding its employees' wages, benefits, hours, and employment status and deny, revoke, or suspend a building permit application for violating laws relating to wages, benefits, h...
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 5:20 PM; CR 016.
HISB2502Engross
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Requires the University of Hawaii to establish and implement a two-year program to develop web-GIS wildfire susceptibility and vulnerability maps for the State to determine which communities, landscapes, buildings, and infrastructure are most vulnera...
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-24 3:30PM; Conference Room 229.
HISB1590Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Agriculture to assess the steps necessary for the State to supplement federal authority to perform meat inspections within the State. Requires the Department of Agriculture to assess the steps necessary to transfer full aut...
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2024-04-23
Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 768).
HISB2245Enroll
75%
Adds a definition for "exigent circumstances" and amends the definitions of "harm" and "imminent harm" under the Child Protective Act. Clarifies when the police may take protective custody of a child and when the Department of Human Services may assu...
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2024-04-23
Enrolled to Governor.
HISCR33PassRequesting The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Convene An Interagency Task Force To Combat The Underground Economy And Employee Misclassification In The State's Construction Industry.
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2024-04-23
Resolution adopted in final form.
HISCR143PassRequesting The University Of Hawaii To Develop A Comprehensive Plan To Address Student And Faculty Housing Facility Needs At The Manoa Campus.
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2024-04-23
Resolution adopted in final form.
HISCR142PassUrging The Department Of Education To Study The Impact Of Teacher Salary Step Movements On Salary Schedule Compression.
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2024-04-23
Resolution adopted in final form.
HISB2505Engross
50%
Establishes system resilience as a metric to be monitored and considered by the Public Utilities Commission. Authorizes the use of amounts collected through the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge by the Commission to perform certain duties. Eff...
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2024-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 729).
HISCR34PassRequesting The Hawaii Medical Association And Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association To Convene A Roundtable To Establish Medical Protocols To Ensure That An Individual's Thyroid Function Is Tested Before Psychotropic Medications For Mental Illness A...
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2024-04-22
Resolution adopted in final form.
HISCR43PassUrging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Amend The Priority For Which Low-income Housing Tax Credits Are Allocated And Monies In The Rental Housing Revolving Fund Are Used And Adopt Certain Administrative Rules That Incentiviz...
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2024-04-22
Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 730).
HISB2652Engross
50%
Expands items that may be contained in the state budget to include information related to vacant positions for reclassification or abolishment. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-19
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 704).
HISB2503Engross
50%
Requires all places of public accommodation and state building constructions constructed after 7/31/2025, to provide universal changing accommodations that are equally accessible regardless of gender. Beginning 7/1/2025, requires bids for state build...
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2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694).
HISB1594Engross
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Establishes an expanded crisis intervention and diversion activities program within the department of health to expand existing activities to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Defines "crisis center" and "cri...
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2024-04-17
House Conferees Appointed: Takenouchi, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Garrett, Lamosao, Garcia.
HISCR186Engross
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Requesting The Insurance Commissioner To Conduct A Comprehensive Study On Wildfire Risk And Insurance, Including Market-based Approaches.
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2024-04-17
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISCR104Engross
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Urging The State, City And County Of Honolulu, And United States Military To Coordinate And Address The Issue Of Illegal Dumping Within Waipahu And The Surrounding Communities Of Ewa, Pearl City, And Aiea On Oahu.
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2024-04-16
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 682).
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