Hawaii Senator Jarrett Keohokalole [D]

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HISB2119Enroll
75%
Authorizes out-of-state pharmacies to transfer prescription information for the initial fill of an out-of-state prescription in the State. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2066Enroll
75%
Establishes another means for a housing project to seek an exemption from laws and rules of the State that are developed under various programs of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2079Enroll
75%
Allows the State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form to be distributed, completed, and transmitted electronically. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2133Enroll
75%
Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to issue bonds for housing project infrastructure and finance the development of regional state infrastructure projects. Exempts bonds issued by HHFDC for improvements by assessments, ...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2132Enroll
75%
Amends the deadline related to the repair of conditions that constitute health or safety violations. Increases the amount deducted from a tenant's rent for the tenant's actual expenditures to correct health or safety violations and defective conditio...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB63Enroll
75%
Effective 1/1/2025, allows the Board of Nursing to issue temporary permits to out-of-state licensed registered nurses and practical nurses and nurses who hold a multistate license issued by another state, territory, or country, under certain circumst...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 832).
HISB2401Enroll
75%
Requires the Department of Agriculture to work with each county to implement feral chicken control programs and feeding of feral animals education campaign. Requires each county to match the funds expended by the Department of Agriculture for the imp...
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2461Enroll
75%
Authorizes medical cannabis dispensaries to purchase cannabis and manufactured cannabis products from other dispensaries without showing that such purchase is necessary for a qualifying patient's continuous access for medical use, or for medical, sci...
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2532Enroll
75%
Clarifies that the definition of "dwelling", as it relates to offenses against property rights, includes multi-unit buildings and connected parking or storage areas that are restricted to residents. Allows the owner of a multi-unit building, an owner...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2657Enroll
75%
Amends the date of Makahiki Commemoration Day. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2726Enroll
75%
Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on how certain other states approach the following subjects as they relate to condominiums: an ombudsman, licenses for management, alternative dispute resolution, governmental regulation, o...
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2819Enroll
75%
Requires vehicles traveling ten miles per hour or more below the posted speed limit on a two-lane highway, behind which five vehicles are formed in a line, to pull over where possible to let the trailing vehicles pass or overtake. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2834Enroll
75%
Amends the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to provide for a process to dispose of the tenant's personal property and surrender the dwelling unit to a landlord when there is a death of a tenant. Takes effect 11/1/2024. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2919PassClarifies the counties' authority to regulate the time, place, manner, and duration in which uses of land and structures may take place. Clarifies that uses that include the provision of transient accommodations are not considered residential uses an...
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2024-05-03
Act 017, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1117).
HISB3236Enroll
75%
Clarifies that if no personal property designation appears in a recorded instrument, the interests of the beneficiaries shall be real property. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2526Enroll
75%
Requires the Technology Services Consolidation Working Group to assist the Office of Enterprise Technology Services in working with certain state agencies to inventory and categorize the business criticality of each major state information technology...
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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2659Enroll
75%
Incorporates a regenerative framework into the Hawaii State Planning Act by expanding objectives and policies for the visitor industry. Requires periodic updates to the Tourism Functional Plan, specifies elements to be included in the Tourism Functio...
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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2329Engross
50%
Appropriates funds for mullet production for fishponds and stock enhancement, including for new positions, equipment, maintenance, and operating costs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:30PM in conference room 325.
HISB2556Engross
50%
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.
HISB2913Engross
50%
Establishes a new regulatory framework for the sale of travel insurance in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 2:05PM; Conference Room 224.
HISB2922Engross
50%
Creates a process for electric utilities to develop and submit wildfire protection plans to the Public Utilities Commission for approval and allow the recovery of related costs and expenses through securitization, while avoiding a disproportionate im...
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2024-04-26
Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 790).
HISB3344Engross
50%
Establishes the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund and Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund Corporation to provide compensation for property damage resulting from catastrophic wildfires in the State. Requires the Corporation's board to report to the Legislature. Mak...
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2024-04-25
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 816).
HISB2727Engross
50%
Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791).
HISB3234Engross
50%
Amends the laws relating to the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund and Hawaii Property Insurance Association by: imposing a different transient accommodation tax rate for transient vacation rentals, a property insurance surcharge on conveyance tax, and a t...
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2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791).
HISB2560Engross
50%
Provides that each lease that the Department of Agriculture enters into, renews, or extends shall authorize DOA to enter the leased premises with prior notification to survey for, identify, investigate, control, or eradicate pests; work cooperatively...
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2024-04-19
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 774).
HISB2747Engross
50%
Requires the Director of Transportation to adopt rules that require tour aircraft operators to have aircraft liability insurance coverage no less than $20,000,000 per person per incident. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-19
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 722).
HISB2122Engross
50%
Extends the State's energy efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish interim goals, and clarifies procedures. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-18
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759).
HISB1473Engross
50%
Requires DOH, DHS, and DOE to research rules, policies, and plan amendments necessary to ensure that medically necessary services, including applied behavior analysis services, for individuals twenty-six years of age or younger with neurodevelopmenta...
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2024-04-17
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 690).
HISB2405Engross
50%
Allows campaign funds to be used for a candidate's child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-17
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 690).
HISCR192Engross
50%
Requesting The Office Of The Auditor To Conduct A Performance Audit Of The Plant Pest Control Branch And Plant Quarantine Branch Within The Plant Industry Division Of The Department Of Agriculture.
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2024-04-15
To House Finance Committee
HISCR191Engross
50%
Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Adopt Proposed Amendments To Chapter 4-72, Hawaii Administrative Rules, That Provide Important Authorities For The Department To Prevent The Spread Of Insects, Diseases, And Other Invasive Pests Within The Stat...
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2024-04-15
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB2170Engross
50%
Establishes a new regulatory framework for combat sports contests in Hawaii by establishing the Combat Sports Commission of Hawaii and repealing existing law governing mixed martial arts contests in Hawaii. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-11
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 673).
HISCR55Engross
50%
Urging The Hawaii Community Development Authority To Establish A Multiagency Working Group To Update The Maps, Tier Tables, And Inventories Of State Lands Suitable And Available For Affordable Housing Development.
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2024-04-10
To House Housing Committee
HISR44PassUrging The Hawaii Community Development Authority To Establish A Multiagency Working Group To Update The Maps, Tier Tables, And Inventories Of State Lands Suitable And Available For Affordable Housing Development.
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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).
HISR163PassUrging The Department Of Agriculture To Adopt Proposed Amendments To Chapter 4-72, Hawaii Administrative Rules, That Provide Important Authorities For The Department To Prevent The Spread Of Insects, Diseases, And Other Invasive Pests Within The Stat...
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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted.
HISR164PassRequesting The Office Of The Auditor To Conduct A Performance Audit Of The Plant Pest Control Branch And Plant Quarantine Branch Within The Plant Industry Division Of The Department Of Agriculture.
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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).
HISB3329Engross
50%
Requires the disclosure of any little fire ant infestation as part of any sale of residential real property. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-28
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB477Engross
50%
Requires the public utilities commission to make every effort to complete its review for a merger, consolidation, acquisition, or other change of control and issue a decision within nine months or twelve months from the date of a completed applicatio...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB86Engross
50%
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).
HISB398Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Human Services to collect and analyze data to determine the impact of expanding post-permanency services to families receiving benefits from the adoption assistance program and report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds....
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB449Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the governor to plan and coordinate the festival of pacific arts and culture to be held in Honolulu from 6/6/2024 to 6/16/2024. Requires the department of busines...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1068Engross
50%
Includes in the State's policies for the physical environment under the Hawaii State Planning Act, the promotion of statewide beach assessments and beach and shoreline adaptation, restoration, and conservation and the pursuit of compatible relationsh...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB682Engross
50%
Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, display for sale, trade, or distribution of certain animal fur products in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB627Engross
50%
Allows an election candidate, treasurer, or candidate committee to use campaign funds for the candidate's child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1442Engross
50%
Establishes positions within the Office of the Governor to be responsible for the deployment of the capital improvement funds appropriated by this Act. Appropriates funds for the ohana zones pilot program for expenses relating to operations, upkeep o...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB587Engross
50%
Increases the fines for violating provisions relating to the installation of noisy exhaust pipes and mufflers. Authorizes police officers to conduct examinations and inspections if the officer has probable cause to believe that a vehicle's excessivel...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB397Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to increase medicaid payments to eligible health care providers in the State up to one hundred per cent of the current medicare fee schedule rates. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB62Engross
50%
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
50%
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).
HISB586Engross
50%
Conditions the issuance of a certificate of inspection upon a vehicle not being equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Requires rules regarding safety check inspections to ensure that a motorcycle, moped, or motor vehicle is not equipped wi...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
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