Hawaii Representative Elle Cochran [D] | House

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HIHB2217Engross
50%
Requires the Departments of Health, Human Services, and Education to research and make recommendations on any rules, policies, and amendments to the Medicaid State Plan or Medicaid 1915(c) Waiver that are necessary to ensure provision of clinically a...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HIHB2196Engross
50%
Removes requirement of a college degree for any state position, unless the degree is relevant to licensing or certification as it relates to the duties and responsibilities of the position or when the position requires specialized knowledge, skills, ...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HIHB2767Engross
50%
Updates the Renewable Fuels Production Tax Credit to incentivize local production of renewable fuel sold in the State. Extends the credit period. Amends the total amount of tax credits allowed in any calendar year. Resets credits claimed for taxable ...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HIHB1603Intro
25%
Amends various provisions related to pretrial release.
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2024-02-22
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1572Intro
25%
Limits the exclusion from gross income to pensions received for past services provided in the State.
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2024-02-21
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2100Intro
25%
Provides rebates for eligible electric vehicle-ready parking stalls for new construction of affordable housing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-20
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HIHB1585Intro
25%
Prohibits state agencies from purchasing or using polystyrene food-service containers. Prohibits vendors contracted through a state agency from selling, offering for sale, providing, or using polystyrene food-service containers at any site owned or l...
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2024-02-16
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1793Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to establish rules requiring all licensed hospitals to develop and maintain a security management plan that is to be shared with the Department of Health. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-16
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2182Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to administer a three-year rural community health worker pilot program that enables community health workers to provide outreach, education, training, and navigation to individuals residing in rural communities in th...
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2024-02-16
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2297Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii 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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2024-02-16
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1778Intro
25%
Beginning 7/1/2026, amends existing law regarding preemption of local ordinances and regulations regulating the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices as a matter of statewide concern to clarify that the State's preempti...
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2024-02-15
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1954Intro
25%
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. (HD1)
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2024-02-15
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2098Intro
25%
Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable electricity they produce to users of renewable energy under policies and procedures established by the Public Utilities Commission. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-15
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2001Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Agriculture's Aquaculture Development Program to conduct a feasibility study to identify potential sites in the State for restorative aquaculture activities. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-15
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2132Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii Ant Lab to share data collected related to invasive ant surveys with the Department of Agriculture and Department of Land and Natural Resources. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Ant Lab to support little fire ant mitigation and e...
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2024-02-15
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2127Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with other state agencies, to develop and implement a plan to expand the meat processing capacity in the State to allow for meat from axis deer and other wild game to be processed for distribut...
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2024-02-15
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1615Intro
25%
Requires all existing University of Hawaii employees to be provided training on federal laws and University of Hawaii policies regarding sex discrimination and sexual misconduct by December 31, 2024. Clarifies that amnesty provisions are applicable t...
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2024-02-14
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1613Intro
25%
Creates a nonrefundable water catchment income tax credit for a homeowner who installs and places into service a water catchment system meeting certain requirements on residential property in the State owned by the homeowner. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1...
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2024-02-14
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1795Intro
25%
Establishes a working group within the University of Hawaii to evaluate possibilities for making community college free for Hawaii residents. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-14
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2129Intro
25%
Includes single-ingredient products as a purchasing option for certain state departments and entities to fulfill their local food purchasing requirements. Defines "single-ingredient product".
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2024-02-14
To House Agriculture Committee
HIHB2123Intro
25%
Requires the owner or operator of each waste combustion facility or municipal solid waste landfill to develop a plan to implement continuous monitoring and sampling technologies for the purposes of collecting data regarding emissions. Requires a publ...
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2024-02-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2105Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to conduct a statewide environmental assessment for, and subsequently administer, a slim-hole resource characterization program under the direction of the Hawaii Groundwater and Geothermal Resources Center at t...
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2024-02-14
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2232Intro
25%
Requires the Department of the Attorney General to publish annual reports regarding certain protective and restraining orders, firearms, and electric guns. Authorizes persons subject to certain protective and restraining orders to possess or control ...
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2024-02-14
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1656Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to assist individuals in obtaining a commercial driver's license for the purpose of becoming school bus drivers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-13
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1648Intro
25%
Creates a School Psychologists Working Group to recommend actionable steps or propose legislation for an immediate pathway to licensure for school psychologists that can be acted upon in 2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-13
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1670Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services to contract the services of qualified organizations for mobile treatment clinics that provide services throughout the night. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-13
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1921Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for mobile vaccination services for populations with reduced access to vaccines. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-13
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1908Intro
25%
Repeals payroll day for public officers and employees by requiring them to be paid pursuant to a predicted payroll schedule, rather than an after-the-fact payroll schedule. Provides that the predicted payroll schedule shall not be subject to negotiat...
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2024-02-13
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2122Intro
25%
Establishes a private roads task force to identify and facilitate the repair and transfer of certain private or disputed roads to the appropriate government agency.
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2024-02-13
To House Transportation Committee
HIHB2621Intro
25%
Establishes a task force on ethical policing to evaluate the efficacy and impact of Weed and Seed programs. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-13
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1596Intro
25%
Makes the class B felony offense of delivering drug paraphernalia to persons under eighteen years of age applicable to offenders who are at least twenty-one years old. Exempts drug paraphernalia for marijuana from certain penalties under the Uniform ...
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2024-02-12
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1594Intro
25%
Prohibits any person convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant from purchasing or publicly consuming alcohol for a certain period. Effective 7/1/3000. ...
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2024-02-12
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2181Intro
25%
Establishes and appropriates funds for a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipient advisory committee to assist the Department of Human Services in strengthening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for working families. Effective ...
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2024-02-12
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1540Intro
25%
Requires eligible schools to participate in the federal Community Eligibility Provision, which provides federal funds to help schools offer free meals to all students. Appropriates moneys for any difference between federal funds amounts and costs of ...
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2024-02-08
To House Education Committee
HIHB1339Intro
25%
Requires, for fixed-term tenancies, a landlord to notify a tenant of any intent to raise the rent for any subsequent rental agreement or any intent to terminate a rental agreement sixty days before the expiration of the original rental agreement. Inc...
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2024-02-08
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1587Intro
25%
Requires the Public Access Room to establish and maintain an outreach and engagement program for primary, secondary, post-secondary, and community education. Requires the Department of Education and University of Hawaii to assign appropriate staff to...
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2024-02-08
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1797Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to strengthen student transportation services for Hawaii's public school system.
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2024-02-08
To House Education Committee
HIHB2085Intro
25%
Prohibits a landlord or the landlord's agent from charging an application fee for a criminal background check or credit report if an applicant provides a certified copy of a criminal background check or credit report. Requires a landlord or the landl...
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2024-02-08
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2219Intro
25%
Increases the number of Commission on Water Resource Management members from 7 to 8, with only 5 of the 8 members required to have substantial experience in water resource management. Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, or the Chai...
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2024-02-08
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2256Intro
25%
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to students enrolled in a public school who meet certain requirements. Appropriates funds.
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2024-02-08
To House Education Committee
HIHB2549Intro
25%
Establishes within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism the Interagency Council for Maui Housing Recovery to coordinate and facilitate Maui's permanent housing recovery and facilitate consultation and collaboration between st...
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2024-02-08
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2750Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to ensure there is equitable distribution of clean and sober homes throughout a county. Requires an applicant to obtain written approval from the appropriate county showing compliance with all land use and zoning ord...
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2024-02-08
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2770Intro
25%
Establishes system resilience as a metric to be monitored and considered by the Public Utilities Commission. Provides that the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge may be transferred to the Commission for the purpose of its duties. Effective 7/1/...
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2024-02-08
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1563Intro
25%
Repeals existing law that preempted local ordinances or regulations that regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices and nullified and voided any conflicting local laws and regulations. Allows counties to adopt o...
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2024-02-07
To House Health Committee
HIHB1610Intro
25%
Imposes a cap on costs charged to reproduce certain government records. Waives reproduction costs charged for the first one hundred pages if disclosure serves the public interest. Waives costs charged to duplicate certain government records in an ele...
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2024-02-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1582Intro
25%
Classifies neonicotinoid pesticides as restricted use pesticides and establishes a list of chemicals that belong to the neonicotinoid class of chemicals.
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2024-02-07
To House Agriculture Committee
HIHB1616Intro
25%
Requires the DOE to submit an annual report to the legislature on the installation, repair, and maintenance of fire alarm systems in Hawaii's public schools. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-07
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1668Intro
25%
Establishes provisions allowing for consumers to request data brokers that maintain their personal information to delete any personal information related to the consumer.
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2024-02-07
To House Higher Education & Technology Committee
HIHB1786Intro
25%
Prohibits the sharing of personal information of clerks, election officials, and election workers for the purposes of intimidation, threats, harassment, or abuse. Amends the offense of assault in the second degree to include causing bodily injury to ...
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2024-02-07
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1971Intro
25%
Requires the Board of Agriculture to submit a report on the percentage of agricultural lands that are suitable for farming and actively farmed and certain dollar amounts relating to lease transfers between lessees.
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2024-02-07
To House Agriculture Committee
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