Hawaii Representative Gene Ward [R]

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HIHB600PassEstablishes the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee. Requires the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee to develop a comprehensive, statewide Safe Routes to School Plan. Amends the duties of the Department of Transportation's Safe Routes to S...
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2023-07-06
Act 244, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1347).
HIHB192PassProhibits the sale of certain fluorescent lamps as a new manufactured product, with certain exemptions. (CD1)
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2023-07-05
Act 225, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328).
HIHB1329PassRequires the Department of Education to work with certain organizations to develop and implement an active shooter training program in all public and charter schools. Allows public and charter school students to decline to participate in active shoot...
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2023-06-02
Act 053, 06/02/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1153).
HIHCR125PassRequesting The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Identify Resources Needed To Execute A Plan To Repair Homes For Safe Habitation.
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2023-04-21
Resolution adopted in final form.
HIHCR28PassDesignating The Month Of March As Hawaii Kidney Awareness Month.
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2023-04-20
Resolution adopted in final form.
HIHB1327Engross
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Establishes a state income tax credit for qualified expenses incurred by certain individuals employed by the Department of Education, Hawaii state public library system, or as part of a head start program in a school. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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2023-04-14
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800).
HIHCR30Engross
50%
Requesting That The Department Of Taxation Create A Simplified N-11 Form For Use By Individuals Without Taxable Income That Is Subject To State Income Tax.
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2023-04-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHR126PassRequesting The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands To Identify Resources Needed To Execute A Plan To Repair Homes For Safe Habitation.
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2023-04-04
Resolution adopted in final form.
HIHCR24Engross
50%
Urging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Protect Hawaii's Waters And Resources By Prohibiting Seabed Mining.
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2023-03-31
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HIHR47Intro
25%
Urging The Hawaii Invasive Species Council, In Consultation With The Department Of Agriculture, To Develop A Comprehensive Strategy For Managing The Rose-ringed Parakeet Population.
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2023-03-31
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHCR43Intro
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Urging The Hawaii Invasive Species Council, In Consultation With The Department Of Agriculture, To Develop A Comprehensive Strategy For Managing The Rose-ringed Parakeet Population.
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2023-03-31
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHR111Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Education To Develop A Strategic Plan To Meet The Locally Sourced Food Goals Established In Acts 175 And 176, Session Laws Of Hawaii 2021.
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2023-03-31
To House Education Committee
HIHCR105Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Education To Develop A Strategic Plan To Meet The Locally Sourced Food Goals Established In Acts 175 And 176, Session Laws Of Hawaii 2021.
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2023-03-31
To House Education Committee
HIHR26PassUrging The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Protect Hawaii's Waters And Resources By Prohibiting Seabed Mining.
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2023-03-30
Resolution adopted in final form.
HIHCR32Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene An Oral Health Task Force To Review Information On The Status Of Oral Health In The State And Make Recommendations To Improve Oral Health Infrastructure In Hawaii.
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2023-03-29
To House Finance Committee
HIHR33Intro
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Requesting The Department Of Health To Convene An Oral Health Task Force To Review Information On The Status Of Oral Health In The State And Make Recommendations To Improve Oral Health Infrastructure In Hawaii.
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2023-03-29
To House Finance Committee
HIHCR130Intro
25%
Requesting The Office Of Wellness And Resilience Establish The Malama Ohana Working Group To Identify, Design, And Recommend Transformative Changes To The State's Child Welfare System.
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2023-03-28
To House Finance Committee
HIHR131Intro
25%
Requesting The Office Of Wellness And Resilience Establish The Malama Ohana Working Group To Identify, Design, And Recommend Transformative Changes To The State's Child Welfare System.
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2023-03-28
To House Finance Committee
HIHB233Engross
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Establishes a nonrefundable state child tax credit. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1)
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2023-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB261Engross
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Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Child Care Accreditation Program to assist licensed and registered child care providers in obtaining accreditation. Authorizes the use of the Child Care Grant Program Special Fund for Child Car...
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2023-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB567Engross
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Exempts certain projects for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise taxes. Makes permanent the exemption of certain housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from school impact fee requirements. Ensures that the $6...
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2023-03-24
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB54Engross
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Establishes a nationally certified school psychologist incentive program. Appropriates funds for the incentive program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB262Engross
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Provides a process for school placement for a child whose parent has transferred or is pending transfer from another state to a military installation in Hawaii while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Effective 6/30/3000....
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2023-03-22
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HIHB500Engross
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Appropriates funds to DOE to promote surfing as an interscholastic sport. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1384Engross
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Creates an income tax credit to incentivize the food manufacturing industry in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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2023-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB1383Engross
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Establishes a task force to identify the top ten fruits or vegetables that are imported into the State but may be commercially grown in the State. Creates an income tax credit to incentivize the production of those fruits or vegetables to obviate the...
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2023-03-22
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB55Engross
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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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2023-03-20
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1206Engross
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Requires the department of accounting and general services to establish a state permit pilot program to process building and infrastructure permits for construction of state-owned buildings, state roads and highways, and other construction on state l...
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2023-03-16
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HIHR169Intro
25%
Urging The University Of Hawaii To Convene A Congress On The Future Of The Hawaiian People.
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2023-03-15
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHR166Intro
25%
Urging The Judicial Branch Of The State Of Hawaii To Utilize Act 277 Of The 2019 Legislative Session In Lieu Of No Cash Bail.
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2023-03-15
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHR165Intro
25%
Urging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Encourage The Development Of Accessory Dwelling Units To Abet Hawaii's Housing Crisis.
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2023-03-15
To House Housing Committee
HIHR168Intro
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Remembering The 90th Anniversary Of Ukrainian Genocide (holodomor) By The Soviet Union In 1932-1933.
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2023-03-15
To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee
HIHR167Intro
25%
Urging Kamehameha Schools To Extend The Leases Of The Hawaii Kai Farmers.
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2023-03-15
To House Agriculture Committee
HIHB80Engross
50%
Authorizes public school complexes to develop rigorous classroom-based performance assessments, including the use of authentic assessments as part of classroom-based performance assessments. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2023-03-10
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB249Engross
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Establishes the Hawaii child nutrition programs agency in the department of human services. Establishes a grant program to support the funding of certain initiatives for the State's public schools. Establishes three permanent full-time equivalent pos...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HIHB244Engross
50%
Establishes a career and technical education working group to strengthen career and technical education in the State's public schools. Makes an appropriation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2023-03-10
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1231Engross
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Amends the misdemeanor offense of criminal property damage in the third degree to include intentionally or knowingly damaging the property of another that is used in a business operation, without the other's consent in an amount exceeding $100. Effec...
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2023-03-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB248Engross
50%
Requires the department of education to fully implement the farm to school program and farm to school meals program by the 20242025 school year. Provides that complex area superintendents have the authority to implement the farm to school and farm to...
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2023-03-09
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB497Engross
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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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2023-03-09
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB82Intro
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Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based clinical training rotation" to allow for improved accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits. Adds dieticians, physician assistants, and social workers to the list of precepto...
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2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee
HIHB77Intro
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Clarifies that public charter school teachers and other personnel employed by public charter schools under the same pay schedule are included in collective bargaining unit (5). Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee
HIHB461Intro
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Repeals Act 86, SLH 2021, which authorized the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Luana Kai A Life Plan Community in the development of a continuing care retirement community in Hawaii Kai. Effective 7/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-02-17
To House Finance Committee
HIHB79Intro
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Authorizes school complexes to incorporate media literacy in its standards-based curriculum, including content that prevents negative impacts of misinformation, disinformation, digital discrimination, and online hate speech. Repeals certain requireme...
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2023-02-16
To House Finance Committee
HIHB328Intro
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Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to establish and operate conservation mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve species, their habitats, or resources as compensatory mitigation, or for past damages. Authorizes ...
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2023-02-16
To House Finance Committee
HIHB315Intro
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Appropriates moneys as grants-in-aid to the several counties for the mitigation of flood risks on privately-owned roads. Provides that the appropriation or expenditure of moneys pursuant to the Act shall not be construed to establish a duty of care o...
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2023-02-16
To House Finance Committee
HIHB148Intro
25%
Establishes a surcharge on the conveyance tax upon the transfer or conveyance of prolonged vacant property.
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2023-02-15
To House Housing Committee
HIHB322Intro
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Establishes the Alzheimer's working group to create a public health campaign for awareness of Alzheimer's disease and other related dementia. Appropriates funds.
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2023-02-15
To House Health Committee
HIHB440Intro
25%
Establishes an income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a director of health-approved wastewater system or connecting to a sewerage system. Requires certain information regarding cesspools on real property to ...
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2023-02-15
To House Health Committee
HIHB499Intro
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Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Duke Kahanamoku. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-02-15
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1185Intro
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Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for statewide planning and coordination for transit-oriented development projects identified in the state strategic plan for transit-oriented development. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2023-02-15
To House Finance Committee
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