Hawaii Senator Dru Kanuha [D]

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HISB772Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and conduct the Marine Life Conservation District Carrying Capacity Program. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit reports to the Legislature. Appropriates f...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB740Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to complete an assessment and report on the feasibility of digitizing its applicant, beneficiary, and lessee records and creating an interactive digital database software program. Requires the Department...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB579Intro
25%
Relating To Housing. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB879Engross
50%
Appropriates funds for the retention of employees of the unemployment insurance division of the department of labor and industrial relations. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB368Intro
25%
Establishes a zero-emission vehicle fleet purchasing assistance program within the Hawaii state energy office to support the transition of private fleets to zero-emission vehicles. Designates the Hawaii state energy office as the agency responsible f...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB752Engross
50%
Requires the comptroller to identify state office buildings that can provide equitable telecommunication access to allow certain residents, including residents with disabilities, to participate remotely in legislative hearings. Requires a report to t...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB899Intro
25%
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to practice medical aid in dying or provide counseling to a qualified patient. Amends the mandatory waiting period between oral requests and the provision of a prescription.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB112Intro
25%
Establishes the position of the Tourism Liaison Officer within the Office of the Governor. Makes an appropriation.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB767Engross
50%
Prohibits the Governor or a Mayor from suspending requests for public records or vital statistics during a declared state of emergency. Allows for a reasonable delay in an agency's response to a request as a result of extenuating circumstances.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HISB525Intro
25%
Relating To Commerce. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB334Intro
25%
Amends the membership of the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development to include the House of Representatives chairs of the committees on housing and transportation and the Senate chairs of the committees on housing and transportat...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB280Intro
25%
Allows the Department of Education to create temporary positions under certain conditions. Amends the requirement that the Department of Education report the creation of temporary positions to the Department of Budget and Finance by requiring that th...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HISB300Engross
50%
Requires generally that the expenditure of public moneys for any improvement to land not owned or leased by the State must be appropriated by the legislature for that specific purpose and include a declaration in the same act of the public purpose re...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB698Intro
25%
Establishes a task force to create a master plan for agricultural facilities at ports of transportation for the purpose of moving commodities to market.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB1118Intro
25%
Reduces and eliminates the general excise tax for the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children over a four-year period. Reduces ...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB569Intro
25%
Relating To Land. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB284Engross
50%
Requires the technology services consolidation working group to, by 6/30/2024, decommission the office of enterprise technology services' data center located in the Kalanimoku building; relocate the entire office of enterprise technology services dat...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB700Intro
25%
Provides an emergency appropriation to the Department of Education to address the anticipated budget shortfall in utilities and school food services.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HISB558Intro
25%
Relating To Firearms. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB548Intro
25%
Relating To The Research Corporation Of The University Of Hawaii. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB282Intro
25%
Reduces the amount transferred to the works of art special fund from 1% to 0.5% of all state fund appropriations for capital improvements designated for the construction cost element.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB78Intro
25%
Requires the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB748Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for the construction and operation of non-chemical sunscreen dispensers on all state beaches to alleviate the damaging effects of chemical-based sunscreen on reef ecosystems. Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to c...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB555Intro
25%
Relating To Criminal Procedure. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB741Engross
50%
Excludes from any waiting list maintained by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands any lessee or successor who sells or transfers their lease on a tract of Hawaiian home lands for personal gain. Establishes that the Hawaiian Homes Commission shall ha...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB84Intro
25%
Establishes the Sustainable Food Systems Working Group within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop a plan for a more sustainable, resilient local food economy and to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to establish ...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB734Engross
50%
Establishes an inter-division program between the State Historic Preservation Division, Land Division, Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands, Island Burial Councils, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs that addresses the location, movement, and res...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB1183Intro
25%
Requires the department of agriculture to include a statement on desecration laws in the plants and animals declaration form.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB1015Engross
50%
Appropriates funds for the expansion of the certified nurse aide to practical nurse bridge program at the University of Hawaii Maui college, including funding for instructional costs and student aid. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Higher Education & Technology Committee
HISB554Intro
25%
Relating To Courts. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB158Engross
50%
Establishes that charging shipping and delivery charges that exceed the actual cost charged to the seller to ship or deliver a consumer commodity or consumer package to a consumer in Hawaii constitutes an unfair and deceptive practice. Effective 7/1/...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB118Intro
25%
Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate the Honolulu Museum of Art.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB695Intro
25%
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, located in a county with a populati...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB70Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to pursue and obtain accreditation for the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Program from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB573Intro
25%
Removes the representative from the University of Hawaii from the board of directors of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Prohibits the University of Hawaii representative from serving on the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation's b...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB535Intro
25%
Relating To The Economy. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB562Intro
25%
Relating To Technology. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISB527Intro
25%
Relating To Consumer Protection. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB154Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a School Meal Subsidy Program to provide school lunch subsidies to children whose families do not otherwise qualify for free lunch under the federal Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program, s...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB777Engross
50%
For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023, provides a temporary income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a wastewater system approved by the Director of Health, or connecting to a sewerage system. Sunsets 1...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB574Intro
25%
Relating To Economic Development. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB1114Intro
25%
Requires HHFDC to establish a five-year dwelling unit revolving fund equity pilot program. Creates one full-time equivalent housing development specialist III position. Appropriates funds.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB758Intro
25%
Beginning with policies issued on or after 1/1/2024, requires health insurance policies to cover oocyte cryopreservation in certain circumstances. Removes the one-time benefit limitation for in vitro fertilization, and requires the insured or the ins...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB1238Intro
25%
Establishes the Kupuna Rural Health Care Pilot Program within the Executive Office on Aging of the Department of Health to improve access to care in rural areas of Hawaii County and expand broadband internet access, provide at-home visits, and ground...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB737Intro
25%
Requires the Board of Education, in collaboration with the University of Hawaii, to develop a Hawaiian Language Medium Education Kindergarten Entry Assessment to be administered by the Department of Education, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HISB750Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the department of education for the expansion of civic education in the public schools. Establishes two full-time equivalent permanent civic education resource teacher positions, one of which shall be grant funded.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HISB338Intro
25%
Creates the Department of Housing. Places the Hawaii Community Development Authority, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, and Hawaii Public Housing Authority under the Department of Hous...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB114Intro
25%
Requires the Animal Industry Division of the Department of Agriculture to administer an assessment and approval process to import and move aquatic livestock in the State. Requires the Animal Industry Division to develop a risk-based framework for the...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB1546Intro
25%
Establishes the Institute of Indigenous Education, Science, and Outreach within the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB1077Intro
25%
Requires the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to establish a ballot-tracking system that allows all voters to receive alerts regarding the mailing, receipt, and counting of their ballots returned by mail. Requires the counties to immediately notify ...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
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