Hawaii Representative Bertrand Kobayashi [D]

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HIHB2254Intro
25%
Allows state departments to participate in temporary employee interchanges with private sector organizations, including nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Limits the term for a temporary employee interchange with a private sector organization to...
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2024-02-06
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2691Intro
25%
Establishes the Red Hill remediation authority. Creates the Red Hill remediation special fund.
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2024-02-06
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB1593Intro
25%
Requires the Office of Elections to print and mail a physical copy of the digital voter information guide to any voter upon request. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-05
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1649Intro
25%
Establishes a nationally certified school psychologist incentive program. Appropriates funds for the incentive program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-05
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1970Intro
25%
Requires solar conduit- and electrical panel-readiness for new residential construction offered for sale at fair market value and electric vehicle-readiness when an electrical panel and parking area are installed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-05
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1966Intro
25%
Requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services. Applies this coverage to health benefits plans under the Hawaii Em...
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2024-02-02
To House Health Committee
HIHB2194Intro
25%
Prohibits a health insurer from requiring an insured diagnosed with stage two through stage five cancer to undergo step therapy prior to covering the insured for certain drugs prescribed by the insured's health care provider, under certain conditions...
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2024-02-02
To House Health Committee
HIHB2793Intro
25%
Requires the transfer of the Maui State Veterans Home to the Oahu Regional Health Care System and then to the Department of Health, as part of the Oahu Regional Health Care System transfer pursuant to Act 212, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021.
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2024-02-02
To House Health Committee
HIHB846Intro
25%
Enacts the interstate teacher mobility compact to reduce the barriers to teacher license portability and employment. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2024-01-31
To House Education Committee
HIHB2575Intro
25%
Establishes a construction trades workforce development program in the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to develop, establish, and implement a construction trades career pathway program for high school students in the State. Appropriates ...
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2024-01-30
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB2257Intro
25%
Establishes the Public Education Scholarship Program within the University of Hawaii to provide students who are residents of the State with scholarships in return for a service commitment to teach in a public school classroom of the Department of Ed...
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2024-01-26
To House Higher Education & Technology Committee
HIHB2511Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and ...
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2024-01-26
To House Health Committee
HIHB2551Intro
25%
Establishes the offense of unlawful assembly or disassembly of a bicycle or moped on public property.
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2024-01-26
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2624Intro
25%
Establishes a substance abuse treatment special fund. Increases liquor tax rates to unspecified amounts. Allocates increased liquor tax revenues to the substance abuse treatment special fund.
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2024-01-26
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2807Intro
25%
Establishes a working group within the Department of Health to comprehensively and systematically map the array of child and adolescent mental health programs and services statewide. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the st...
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2024-01-26
To House Health Committee
HIHB2794Intro
25%
Requires electronic smoking device of e-liquid manufacturers to submit certifications with the Department of Taxation annually, stating that products comply with federal regulations. Requires the Department of Taxation to maintain a directory. Impose...
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2024-01-26
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1564Intro
25%
Establishes a statewide firefighting helicopter program, to be administered by the State Fire Marshal. Appropriates funds to obtain helicopters, facilities equipment, and supplies; hire and train staff; and do other things necessary to ensure that th...
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2024-01-24
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB1528Intro
25%
Proposes a constitutional amendment that guarantees individuals the right to a clean and healthy environment; the control of pollution; and the conservation, protection, and enhancement of the natural, native, cultural, scenic, and healthful qualitie...
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2024-01-24
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HIHB1536Intro
25%
Requires all school bus contracts to require contractor's vehicles to be propelled by electric power or a non-fossil fuel by January 1, 2035.
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2024-01-24
To House Education Committee
HIHB1693Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to establish and administer an electronic smoking device disposal program for the collection and disposal of electronic smoking devices that contain rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Requires all retail tobacco sto...
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2024-01-24
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HIHB1671Intro
25%
Prohibits intentionally leaving or confining pet animals in a vehicle under conditions that endanger their health, safety, or well-being. Permits law enforcement officers, animal control officers, and firefighters to enter an unattended vehicle to pr...
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1768Intro
25%
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...
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2024-01-24
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB1978Intro
25%
Establishes that House of Representative members of the same political party as the prior incumbent, not the Governor, shall make appointments for vacancies in the House of Representatives.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1979Intro
25%
Establishes the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program to be implemented and administered by the Department of Health. Requires the Department of Health to obtain federal approval, make reports, and adopt rules. Appropriates funds.
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2024-01-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2006Intro
25%
Establishes and appropriates funds for an invasive species placard program. Requires the department of agriculture to inspect certain establishments that are at risk of spreading invasive pests. Establishes correction and quarantine procedures.
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2024-01-24
To House Agriculture Committee
HIHB2014Intro
25%
Prohibits a person from using a location tracker to harass, stalk, or perpetuate a crime against another person without their knowledge.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2080Intro
25%
Proposes a constitutional amendment to ensure that the basis to marriage shall not be denied or abridged on the basis of race or sex.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2190Intro
25%
Prohibits any articles of incorporation, declaration, bylaws, administrative rules, house rules, or association documents of a condominium property regime, planned community association, or homeowners' association from prohibiting or restricting the ...
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2024-01-24
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB664Intro
25%
Authorizes physician assistants to sign orders for respiratory therapy and plans of care. Expands the class of health care providers under whom respiratory therapists may practice respiratory care to include physician assistants and advanced practice...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB666Intro
25%
Adopts the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact to create a comprehensive process that complements the existing licensing and regulatory authority of state medical boards and provides a streamlined process that allows physicians to become licensed in...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1211Intro
25%
Increases the conveyance tax rate for certain properties. Exempts conveyances of certain real property from the conveyance tax. Establishes the homeless services fund. Eliminates the cap on the amount of conveyance tax collections allocated to the la...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB325Intro
25%
Increases the minimum penalty imposed upon homeowners, renters, and managers of real property when they intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly allow others to unlawfully use aerial devices from their respective properties after 9:00 p.m. and before ...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1267Engross
50%
Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop and implement a management system for Kaena point state park, Makua, and Keawaula regions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HIHB1116Intro
25%
Establishes licensure requirements for school psychologists to be administered by the board of psychology. Requires all school psychologists to be licensed by 7/1/2025. Increases the composition of the board of psychology to include two school psycho...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1342Intro
25%
Appropriates grant funding to the YMCA of Honolulu for its Youth Wellness Program for Mental Health to address the statewide declining mental health outcomes of youths related to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB501Intro
25%
Beginning 7/1/2024, subjects all electric vehicles to a state mileage-based road usage fee instead of paying a registration surcharge. Requires a vehicle inspection certificate to state the odometer reading of the vehicle. Clarifies that the type of ...
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2023-12-11
To House Transportation Committee
HIHB497Engross
50%
Requires the school facilities authority to conduct a feasibility study for the development of teacher and workforce housing at the Queen Liliuokalani elementary school property. Requires a report to the legislature prior to the 2024 regular session....
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB551Engross
50%
Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products and the mislabeling of e-liquids as nicotine free. Authorizes the department of health to appoint, commission, or contract for services of inspectors. Establishes two full-time equivalent program specia...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HIHB831Intro
25%
Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the legislature to a maximum of sixteen years in the house of representatives or senate, or both, for terms beginning after the general election of 2024.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB833Intro
25%
Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Amends the definition of "tobacco products" under the Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Tax Law to include electronic smoking devices and e-liquids. Increases the license fee for pers...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB504Intro
25%
Requires the department of human services to develop a preschool child care worker subsidy pilot program to assist in retaining qualified child care workers in licensed child care facilities for preschool children aged two through five. Sunsets 6/30/...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1204Engross
50%
Establishes the Public Education Scholarship Program within the University of Hawaii to provide students who are residents of the State with school tuition in return for a service commitment to teach in a public school classroom of the Department of ...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB871Intro
25%
Requires that a written disclaimer be provided by sellers or providers of emotional support animals or certificates or identification tags for emotional support animals that the animal is not a service animal or the item does not qualify as an item f...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB572Engross
50%
Requires that prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of an administrative rule, electronic notice of the proposed rulemaking be provided to all persons who have made a timely written request to, and provided a valid working email address to, the...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HIHB326Intro
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Prohibits the distribution, sale, and provision of plastic straws, except for those who request single-use plastic straws for medical reasons. Establishes a fine for violators. Takes effect 1/1/2024.
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1448Intro
25%
Authorizes the department of education to stock bronchodilators for emergency use during respiratory distress and authorize department employees to volunteer to administer bronchodilators. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB587Intro
25%
Requires each county to submit to the Legislature a comprehensive integrated wastewater management plan report that addresses and identifies the county's wastewater management needs, including financial needs. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB493Engross
50%
Amends the adjusted gross income brackets and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB430Intro
25%
Prohibits concealed firearms in certain sensitive locations. Requires the department of the attorney general to publish an annual report on licenses to carry. Amends requirements for firearm permitting and licenses to carry firearms. Effective 7/1/20...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB84Intro
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Makes explicit the counties' authority to enact ordinances to amortize or phase out permitted, nonconforming, or otherwise allowed short-term rentals in any zoning classification. Includes swapping, bartering, or exchange of a residential dwelling, o...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
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