Hawaii Representative Elle Cochran [D] | House

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HIHB1218Intro
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Amends the dispensary program licensing fee structure. Adds or clarifies signage, manufactured cannabis product, packaging, escort, and background check requirements for the medical cannabis dispensary program. Establishes annual reporting requiremen...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB424Intro
25%
Beginning 07/01/2024, establishes the office of administrative hearings to conduct contested case hearings in the department of budget and finance, department of land and natural resources, and department of taxation. Appropriates funds to establish ...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1122Intro
25%
Requires certain patients subject to emergency hospitalization to be assessed to determine whether a surrogate or guardian is needed to make appropriate health care decisions for the patient.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB243Intro
25%
Establishes and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) permanent veterinary medical officer position within the department of health. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB651Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to post on its website separate reports for various visits, violations, plans, and confirmations the Department performs or issues of certain care facilities. Establishes deadlines for each report type. Requires the ...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB783Intro
25%
Establishes the 2023 illegal fireworks task force within the department of the attorney general to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the firework...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB881Intro
25%
Prohibits any person from presetting commercial beach equipment on any public beach under the jurisdiction of the department of land and natural resources, unless the customer is physically present. Requires commercial vendors to expeditiously remove...
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB952Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to address the impacts of climate change in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB873Intro
25%
Provides scholarships for the unmet needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain eligibility criteria. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii promise program.
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2023-12-11
To House Higher Education & Technology Committee
HIHB557Intro
25%
Makes the sale of gasoline for an unconscionably excessive price during periods of abnormal disruption of the market an unfair trade practice. Increases penalties for violations of the law regulating unfair trade practices by the petroleum industry. ...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB151Intro
25%
Amends the exclusion amount of Hawaii's estate tax. Repeals exemption for tax imposed on transfer of taxable estate located in Hawaii for nonresidents and nonresidents who are not citizens. Applicable to decedents dying or taxable transfers occurring...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB922Intro
25%
Increases the percentage rate of weekly workers' compensation benefits for partially dependent parents of a deceased child from twenty-five per cent to fifty per cent.
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2023-12-11
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB1447Intro
25%
Creates a non-refundable income tax credit for taxpayers who engage in preservation efforts using native plants. Appropriates funds. Repeals 6/30/2028. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB59Intro
25%
Requires a qualified school librarian and library resources on the campus of every public school in Hawaii by 6/30/2026. Appropriates funds.
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2023-12-11
To House Education Committee
HIHB254Intro
25%
Requires the department of agriculture to use consistent units of measurement in its summary to the public on the amounts of restricted use pesticides used. Effective 1/1/2024, establishes a one-half mile buffer zone for pesticides around schools and...
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2023-12-11
To House Agriculture Committee
HIHB1133Intro
25%
Requires and appropriates moneys for the provision of free voice communication services in the State's youth and adult correctional facilities. Prohibits state agencies from deriving revenue or financial benefits from the provision of communication s...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB734Intro
25%
Amends the Hawaii Revised Statutes to replace the word "marijuana" and related terms with the term "cannabis" or related terms, as appropriate.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB332Intro
25%
Establishes the shade and fruit tree program in the department of education to support educational activities and encourage propagation of native shade trees or fruit trees for planting in department schools. Appropriates funds for the program and to...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1370Intro
25%
Expands the uses for the state archives preservation and long-term access special fund from the preservation of and long-term access to government records only, to include photographic, phonographic, and audio-video records and collections that have ...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1323Intro
25%
Appropriates moneys to the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History (Iolani Palace) for operating and maintenance expenses.
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2023-12-11
To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee
HIHB829Intro
25%
Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB238Intro
25%
Prohibits an employer from discriminating against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment based on the person's status as a medical cannabis registry card holder, under certain conditions. Authorizes an employer to use...
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2023-12-11
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB247Engross
50%
Increases the percentages of local agricultural products that certain departments are required to purchase by certain deadlines. Expands annual reporting requirements to include the total spending by certain market channels. Requires the University o...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HIHB1452Intro
25%
For policies, contracts, plans, agreements, and plan contracts issued or renewed after 12/31/2023, requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB492Intro
25%
Increases the state earned income tax credit from twenty to twenty-five percent of the federal earned income tax credit.
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1367Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to increase medicaid payments to eligible health care providers in the State up to one hundred per cent of the current medicare rates. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1338Intro
25%
Prohibits a landlord from terminating certain tenancies without just cause. Requires a landlord to provide relocation assistance or waive the last month's rent when terminating a tenancy for no-fault just cause. Restricts how much and how often a lan...
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2023-12-11
To House Housing Committee
HIHB234Intro
25%
Disallows dividends paid deduction for real estate investment trusts. Specifies that amounts collected from the disallowance be evenly divided and deposited into the dwelling unit revolving fund and rental housing revolving fund. Applies to taxable y...
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1318Intro
25%
Transfers from the Department of Natural Resources certain wharfs, launching ramps, and small boat harbors on Maui to the County of Maui with the corresponding revenue from those harbors.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB601Intro
25%
Appropriates moneys for the Department of Education to contract with a qualified nonprofit organization to establish an aquatic safety education program for elementary school students.
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2023-12-11
To House Education Committee
HIHB187Engross
50%
Establishes labor requirements for the construction of renewable energy projects with a capacity rating of ten megawatts or greater. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HIHB324Intro
25%
Repeals section 328J-11.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB316Intro
25%
Establishes the safe routes to school advisory committee within the Planning Branch of the Highways Division of the Department of Transportation. Appropriates moneys.
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2023-12-11
To House Transportation Committee
HIHB1413Intro
25%
Requires that the legislature ensure that state facilities, businesses, and recreational facilities meet certain accessibility requirements and be in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.
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2023-12-11
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB655Intro
25%
Requires that Hawaii housing finance and development corporation housing projects include a restrictive covenant that the percentage of units of the housing project that are designated as affordable housing, as described in the submitted housing proj...
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2023-12-11
To House Housing Committee
HIHB697Intro
25%
Establishes within the department of land and natural resources a Makua valley task force to prepare for the transition of the management of the Makua military reservation from the United States Army upon the expiration of the Army's lease for the la...
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2023-12-11
To House Corrections, Military, & Veterans Committee
HIHB793Intro
25%
Beginning January 1, 2025, authorizes public schools and public charter schools to have an employee trained to administer or assist with the self-administration of seizure disorder rescue medication, with certain exemptions. Authorizes all principals...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB312Intro
25%
Replaces representatives from the sugar and pineapple industries with representatives of the coffee and diversified agriculture industries. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1427Intro
25%
Prohibits a covered entity from disclosing communication or information relating to reproductive health care services. Prohibits the issuance of a subpoena in connection with an out-of-state proceeding relating to reproductive health care services le...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB260Engross
50%
Requires DOE to develop and implement safety training for all cafeteria student helpers and ensure the student helpers receive the training prior to them volunteering. Requires DOE to provide personal protective equipment for all cafeteria student he...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB559Intro
25%
Expands the coffee labeling and advertising requirements to include ready-to-drink coffee beverages and inner packages and inner wrapping labels. Requires disclosure on the label of coffee blends of the respective geographic and regional origins and ...
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2023-12-11
To House Agriculture Committee
HIHB1410Intro
25%
Requires the department of health to establish a reverse vending machine pilot program to provide grants to deploy reverse vending machines in the State. Allows moneys from the deposit beverage container deposit special fund to be used for grants to ...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1288Intro
25%
Repeals the authority of employers to pay tipped employees less than the minimum wage.
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2023-12-11
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB1279Intro
25%
Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a person charged with a crime is entitled to unconditional release. Requires the court to consider conditioning pre-trial release on nonfinancial conditions before ordering bail if unconditional release is in...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1227Intro
25%
Formally recognizes that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is not barred from pursuing and may negotiate with respect to public land trust claims not addressed in Act 15, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB245Intro
25%
Prohibits a vessel from being fumigated on ocean waters. Allows an owner whose vessel is required to be fumigated on ocean waters to apply for an exemption from the division of boating and ocean recreation. Requires any vessel granted an exemption to...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB696Intro
25%
Establishes system access and system integration requirements for the computer software tracking system for medical cannabis dispensaries. Requires the department of health to submit an annual report to the legislature on data captured using the comp...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB55Engross
50%
Requires the department of education to establish grant programs to provide funds for the planning and implementation of community schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB574Intro
25%
Specifies that the registration fee for mopeds shall not exceed $100 per year, as determined by the counties' director of finance. Specifies that the issuance fee for a tag or emblem shall be no more than $20.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB458Intro
25%
Establishes a Desalination Planning Task Force to examine the feasibility of, and develop a plan and timeline for, the use desalination as a source of potable water in the State. Appropriates moneys.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
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