Hawaii Senator Glenn Wakai [D]

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HISB116Engross
50%
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Duke Kahanamoku. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 804).
HISB1511Engross
50%
Clarifies the purpose of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii and that its undertakings shall be limited to acts that are reasonably necessary to carry out its purpose. Repeals the requirement that the University of Hawaii contract wi...
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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 804).
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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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 803).
HISB2284Engross
50%
Establishes a two-year program at the University of Hawaii to develop a wildfire forecast system for the State using artificial intelligence. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 803).
HISB2601Engross
50%
Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. Effective 7/1/...
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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 803).
HISB2502Engross
50%
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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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 803).
HISB2974Engross
50%
Establishes a Business Revitalization Task Force within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify methods to improve Hawaii's general economic competitiveness and business climate, including the mitigation of regulator...
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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 805).
HISB3312Engross
50%
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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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 804).
HISCR45Engross
50%
Urging The Director Of Finance To Adopt Administrative Rules To Define "beneficial Effects To The State" In Section 38-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Include The Financing Of Housing.
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2024-04-23
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 799).
HISCR81Engross
50%
Urging 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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2024-04-23
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 800).
HISCR142Engross
50%
Urging The Department Of Education To Study The Impact Of Teacher Salary Step Movements On Salary Schedule Compression.
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2024-04-23
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 795).
HISB2066Engross
50%
Establishes another means for a housing project to seek an exemption from laws and rules of the State that are developed under various programs of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-24 11:00AM; Conference Room 224.
HISB2079Engross
50%
Allows the State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form to be distributed, completed, and transmitted electronically. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-22
[Hearing: Apr 23 @ 9:00 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-23-24 9:00AM in conference room 325.
HISB2085Engross
50%
Establishes the office of the state fire marshal to direct fire protection efforts statewide. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 10:05AM; Conference Room 016.
HISB2070Engross
50%
Exempts career and technical education goods and services purchases by the Department of Education from the State Procurement Code. Requires the Department of Education to acquire three verbal or written quotes for career and technical education purc...
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 1:45PM; Conference Room 229.
HISB2132Engross
50%
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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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 2:31PM; Conference Room CR224.
HISB2287Engross
50%
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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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 10:10AM; Conference Room 016.
HISB2337Engross
50%
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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2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791).
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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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:40PM; Conference Room 016.
HISB2475Engross
50%
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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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 1:45PM; Conference Room 229.
HISB2512Engross
50%
Establishes notice and reporting requirements for the expenditure or use of public resources by the Governor, pursuant to the Governor's emergency powers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 016.
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).
HISB2526Engross
50%
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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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 10:20AM; Conference Room 016.
HISB2537Engross
50%
Clarifies that the Chief Energy Officer is responsible for supporting the renewable portfolio standards and reporting on certain energy matters. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791).
HISB2504Engross
50%
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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2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791).
HISB2787Engross
50%
Establishes within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Office of Community Services the Immigration Services and Access Unit. Appropriates funds for the unit, including for new positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 10:01AM; Conference Room 016.
HISB2727Engross
50%
Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791).
HISB2731Engross
50%
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to honor veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 2:40PM; Conference Room 016.
HISB2782Engross
50%
Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to develop multilingual accessibility standards. Appropriates funds to establish an unspecified number of positions to develop multilingual accessibility standards within the Office of Enterprise ...
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-24 10:10AM; Conference Room 016.
HISB2885Engross
50%
Establishes a working group to develop a Homeless Triage and Treatment Center Program within the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions in the Department of Human Services. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 2:45PM; Conference Room 329.
HISB2983Engross
50%
Beginning 1/1/2026, authorizes the Department of the Attorney General to regulate charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities. Includes provisions relating to the misuse of funds. Imposes vicarious liability upon a platform charity for a ...
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-24 3:33PM; Conference Room 016.
HISB3207Engross
50%
Removes the salary cap of Superintendent of Education. Makes permanent the annual performance evaluation requirements for the Superintendent of Education. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 1:45PM; Conference Room 229.
HISB3305Engross
50%
Requires all public charter schools that exclusively offer prekindergarten programs to adhere to the public charter school law, with certain exceptions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
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).
HISCR97Engross
50%
Requesting The Hawaii State Energy Office To Convene A Renewable Liquid Fuels Working Group To Study Local Production, Development, And Incentives For Renewable Liquid Fuels.
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2024-04-22
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 759).
HISCR213PassRequesting The Office Of The Administrative Director Of The Courts To Collect, Compile, And Share Data On The Assessment Of Fees, Court Costs, Fines, And Restitution In Cases Against Minors.
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2024-04-22
Resolution adopted in final form.
HISB459Engross
50%
Appropriates funds from the Hydrogen Fueling System Subaccount within the Public Utilities Commission Special Fund for the Zero-Emission Vehicle Fueling System Rebate Program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-19
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 722).
HISB1035Engross
50%
Exempts medical and dental services provided by health care providers to patients who receive Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE benefits from the general excise tax. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-19
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 722).
HISB458Engross
50%
Establishes the geothermal energy resources development special fund. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Redistributes geothermal royalties to the counties for specific purposes, geothermal energy resources development special fund, departme...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 702).
HISB2347Engross
50%
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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2024-04-19
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Ilagan, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
HISB2305Engross
50%
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. Effective 7/1/30...
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2024-04-19
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-24 2:30PM; Conference Room 016.
HISB2350Engross
50%
Establishes a separate prohibition on driving motor vehicles with noisy mufflers on public highways in high density population areas. Establishes separate fines for violations of motor scooter and motor vehicle muffler laws. Defines "high density pop...
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:00 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 10:00AM in conference room 329.
HISB2443Engross
50%
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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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:00 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 10:00AM in conference room 329.
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).
HISB2845Engross
50%
Prohibits a person from selling ammunition to a person under the age of twenty-one. Prohibits a person under the age of twenty-one from owning, possessing, or controlling ammunition, with exceptions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-19
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Holt, Takayama, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
HISB2693Engross
50%
Establishes the offense of charitable fraud during a state of emergency. Provides that a person commits charitable fraud during a state of emergency if that person, during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, performs certain deceptive ac...
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2024-04-19
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Holt, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
HISB2943Engross
50%
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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-19
[Hearing: Apr 24 @ 10:00 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 10:00AM in conference room 329.
HISB2927Enroll
75%
Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaii relating to the appointment of justices and judges. Makes the appointment and senate consent procedure for district court judges the same as the appointment and senate consent procedure f...
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2024-04-19
Notice of bill proposing constitutional amendment transmitted to Governor pursuant to Article XVII, Section 3 (Sen. Com. No. 3).
HISB3364Engross
50%
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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2024-04-19
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 325.
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