Hawaii Senator Dru Kanuha [D] | Senate | Bills | Engrossed

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HISB2285Engross

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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.
HISB2362Engross

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Appropriates funds for statewide research into ornamental ginger pathogens, prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens, production and distribution of pathogen-free ornamental ginger plants, and outreach to ornamental producers. Effectiv...
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2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 3:30PM in conference room 325.
HISB2345Engross

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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.
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.
HISB1532Engross

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Establishes the Hawaii leadership awards program to honor persons from Hawaii who have made considerable and outstanding contributions to the State and who serve as an inspiration to others. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678).
HISB2286Engross

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Permits the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enter into contracts with eligible employers or registered apprenticeship programs in the private sector to provide on-the-job training to eligible interns. Requires the Department of Human ...
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2024-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678).
HISB2291Engross

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Establishes advisory boards, focused on workforce development, for the Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, and Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678).
HISB86Engross

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Requires the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, to update the State Agriculture Functional Plan to include other agricultural economic updates that expand the State's priority on food b...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1488Engross

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Requires the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, in consultation with livestock industry stakeholders, to conduct a study to assess the effects of heat stress on beef cattle during interisland ocean transportatio...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB744Engross

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Requires the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to classify the fungal pathogen that causes coffee leaf rust as an invasive species in its administrative rules and to direct available funding for mitigation efforts, research, and prevention or control a...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB281Engross

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Establishes a state income tax deduction for eligible contributions made to a college savings program established under chapter 256, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 6/30/3000. Applies to taxable years beginning after an unspecified date. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB156Engross

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Requires the Board of Education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one community forum in each county. Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legisl...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB782Engross

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Establishes and appropriates funds for a grant program in the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to taro farmers in meeting the costs of cultivating taro for consumption. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB106Engross

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Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as ...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB62Engross

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Reestablishes the Hawaii medical education special fund. Appropriates funds into and out of the Hawaii medical education special fund to the John A. Burns School of Medicine for graduate medical education and training programs, to create more residen...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB735Engross

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Exempts the instream use of water for commercial kalo cultivation conducted in a manner consistent with traditional and customary Native Hawaiian practices and on traditional kalo lands from the existing process for the disposition of water rights. E...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB304Engross

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Effective 7/1/2025, establishes the visitor impact fee program within the department of land and natural resources, through which the department will collect a fee from visitors for a license to visit a state park, forest, hiking trail, or other stat...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB500Engross

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Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish additional permanent mental health practitioner positions within the Division of Student Success' Counseling and Student Development Center. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB75Engross

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Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to inventory historic properties and burial sites in the State, collect data on burial site locations, and conduct an archaeological surface survey. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1129Engross

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Amends the procurement threshold for small purchases. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB578Engross

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Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of retirement benefits if the retirant is employed as an investigator in a position identified by the Department of the Attorne...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB3335Engross

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Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Authority and Cannabis and Hemp Control Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning 1/1/2026, legalizes the personal adult use of canna...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2814Engross

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Directs the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Agribusiness Development Corporation and the counties, to conduct an agricultural water infrastructure study for the State of Hawaii. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-21
To House Finance Committee
HISB775Engross

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Requires hunting guides who take their clients to hunt on private lands to first obtain written permission from the owner, occupier, holder, or duly appointed agent of the private land, where appropriate. Requires hunting guides to provide copies of ...
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB306Engross

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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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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB297Engross

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Requires organizations to obtain legislative approval prior to the disposition of land that was acquired using state grants, but only if the land was acquired after the enactment of this Act. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB303Engross

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Appropriates operating and capital improvement grants for fiscal year 2023-2024. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB299Engross

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Authorizes the legislature, upon the agreement of form by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, to specify the form in which the proposed budgets of the executive branch, judicial branch, and office of Hawaiian ...
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB107Engross

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Authorizes a majority of the members of the Board of Education to elect a chairperson from among the members of the Board. Allows the members to annually elect a chairperson upon the start of the next confirmed term for members. Removes the requireme...
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB784Engross

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Requires the department of transportation to establish and implement a two-year airline subsidy pilot program at Molokai airport to assist airlines in offsetting the costs of operation. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 7/1/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB291Engross

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Requires the Governor to ensure that the Governor's program memoranda and variance reports accurately reflect the current responsibilities of certain state programs, address the current and future needs of the State, and align with budget-related sub...
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB296Engross

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Requires the Governor and state agencies to recommend a date by which statutorily required reports must be submitted to the Legislature, and to identify any reports that should not be subject to that uniform date and the reasons therefor. Requires th...
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB2842Engross

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Establishes the Wildfire Mitigation Working Group to develop a state wildfire mitigation plan and advise and make recommendations to state agencies concerning the State's wildfire safety and prevention efforts. Requires report to Legislature. Makes a...
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2024-03-20
To House Finance Committee
HISB2817Engross

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Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii to establish five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) faculty positions at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-20
To House Finance Committee
HISB541Engross

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Designates January 17 of each year as Reconciliation Day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-19
To House Finance Committee
HISB2511Engross

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Requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider the short-term and long-term retention and creation of local jobs in its review of electric utility performance. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-19
To House Finance Committee
HISB73Engross

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Allows the Department of Agriculture to extend the agricultural park lease of any lessee who holds a lease with a remaining term of 15 years or less; provided that the land covered by the lease is 25 acres or less and located in a county with a popul...
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2024-03-18
To House Agriculture Committee
HISB2381Engross

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Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State of Hawaii, to begin with the 2028 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a ...
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2024-03-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2474Engross

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By 1/1/2027, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2028, requires the Department to start ...
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2024-03-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB2501Engross

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Requires the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to prioritize the protection of exceptional trees from invasive species. (SD1)
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2024-03-14
To House Water & Land Committee
HISB2768Engross

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Requires the state energy office to adopt rules governing a clean fuel standard for alternative fuels in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB3328Engross

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Clarifies the Department of Education's authority to oversee public education facilities and real estate development. Establishes the Office of Facilities and Real Estate Development and the Office of School Operations and Services. Repeals the Schoo...
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2024-03-13
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HISB2106Engross

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Establishes the Access to Local Value-Added Products Act to allow homemade food operations to sell homemade food products, under certain conditions, upon registering with the Department of Health. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
To House Agriculture Committee
HISB524Engross

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Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to require the Commissioner's pre-approval for certain salary increases granted to any person receiving a salary over a certain amount from an insurer. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB2280Engross

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Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the State. Requires funding to be through a publicprivate partnership that meets certain requirements. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
To House Finance Committee
HISB2279Engross

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Requires qualified tuition reduction for graduate assistants enrolled in graduate level coursework to be considered taxable income. Restricts the qualified tuition reduction for graduate assistants enrolled in graduate level coursework to be equal to...
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2024-03-07
To House Higher Education & Technology Committee
HISB755Engross

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Requires the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025 focused on the health disparities experienced by persons in the State with developmental or intellect...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB1510Engross

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Establishes a center for the design, development, and fabrication of astronomical instruments within the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds for the center's planning and design and 10 full-time equivalent faculty positions within the center. Ef...
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2023-12-11
To House Higher Education & Technology Committee
HISB756Engross

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Establishes the Access to Local Food Act to allow cottage food operations to sell cottage food products, under certain conditions, upon receiving a permit from the Department of Health. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
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