Hawaii Representative Jeanne Kapela [D]

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HIHB587Intro
25%
Requires each county to submit to the Legislature a comprehensive integrated wastewater management plan report that addresses and identifies the county's wastewater management needs, including financial needs. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1202Intro
25%
Requires employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to employees and supplemental paid sick leave to employees under certain public health emergency conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB493Engross
50%
Amends the adjusted gross income brackets and credit amounts of the refundable food/excise tax credit. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB430Intro
25%
Prohibits concealed firearms in certain sensitive locations. Requires the department of the attorney general to publish an annual report on licenses to carry. Amends requirements for firearm permitting and licenses to carry firearms. Effective 7/1/20...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB877Engross
50%
Establishes the Hookaulike: A Criminal Legal System Institute for Restoration and Healing, at the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson school of law. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB845Intro
25%
Requires the Board of Education to hold not less than six community forums annually, with at least one community forum in each county. Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legis...
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2023-12-11
To House Education Committee
HIHB736Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Resources to contract for a study on the gender pay gap within the government of the State. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB874Intro
25%
Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate assistants employed by the University of Hawaii and community college system. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1189Intro
25%
Requires the maintenance of at least three hundred parking stalls at Ala Wai boat harbor at no cost for recreational ocean access and for the practice of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB582Engross
50%
Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse may be initiated, including an otherwise timebarred action. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on traumainformed response. Effective...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HIHB1188Intro
25%
Requires the department of human services to establish a state corollary to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for certain higher education students. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB256Intro
25%
Requires each county to incorporate into its next integrated solid waste management plan revision a plan to divert all organic waste produced within the county by facilities generating more than a certain amount of organic waste per year. Appropriate...
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2023-12-11
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HIHB320Intro
25%
Clarifies that the conviction of a crime by a person holding a license to practice professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the State, that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and dut...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB240Intro
25%
Exempts gross proceeds from medical services provided by physicians and advanced practice registered nurses acting in the capacity of a primary care provider from the general excise tax. Effective 1/1/2024.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB861Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission to oversee the development or expansion of new or existing correctional facilities. Prohibits moneys for construction or other capital expenditures from being requested in the executive bud...
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2023-12-11
To House Corrections, Military, & Veterans Committee
HIHB864Intro
25%
Establishes and appropriates moneys for a four-year Pacific cultural court pilot program in the family court of the first circuit. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB583Intro
25%
Establish within the Department of Human Services' Child Care Assistance Program, a Child Care Accreditation Program to support licensed or registered child care providers to obtain accreditation from a national early learning accrediting organizatio...
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2023-12-11
To House Human Services Committee
HIHB540Engross
50%
Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, requires the department of education and public charter schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB737Intro
25%
Authorizes the Hawaii paroling authority to award credits to parolees for compliance with the terms and conditions of parole supervision that accordingly reduce the overall term of parole supervision.
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2023-12-11
To House Corrections, Military, & Veterans Committee
HIHB431Intro
25%
Repeals the prohibited acts related to drug paraphernalia under the uniform controlled substances act.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB1276Intro
25%
Requires the department of transportation to authorize state and county traffic projects to make changes, as necessary, to traffic flow and mitigation efforts. Prohibits contractors from charging additional fees to amend traffic flow and safety or mi...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB740Intro
25%
Establishes an additional minimum supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefit of $250 per month per person for SNAP-eligible households whose income is below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, as established by the United...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1327Engross
50%
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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2023-12-11
Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
HIHB1233Engross
50%
Requires the School of Travel Industry Management of the University of Hawaii to conduct a study that assesses the tourism social carrying capacity for each of the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, and Molokai. Requires the School of Trave...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB198Intro
25%
Establishes and appropriates funds for the low- to moderate-income electric vehicle rebate program and the electric vehicle subaccount to encourage the purchase and use of electric vehicles by low- to moderate-income households and nonprofit organiza...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB573Engross
50%
Excludes from the definition of "drug paraphernalia", testing products utilized in determining whether a controlled substance contains chemicals, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds in quantities that can cause physical harm or death, including ...
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2023-12-11
Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
HIHB1252Intro
25%
Provides rebates for eligible electric vehicle-ready parking stalls for new construction of affordable housing. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB663Intro
25%
Increases the categories of women required to be covered for mammogram screenings. Requires the existing health insurance mandate for coverage of low-dose mammography to include digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis. Defines "digital b...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1316Intro
25%
Requires licensees who carry firearms concealed or unconcealed outside their residence to have their carry license in their immediate possession and display the license upon the demand of law enforcement officers when being lawfully detained.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1278Intro
25%
Establishes green infrastructure objectives and policies for transportation systems, infrastructure, and projects. Establishes the green transportation infrastructure task force to examine, evaluate, and develop policies for the design, implementatio...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1222Intro
25%
Requires each house of the Legislature to establish by its rules, procedures that enable the Legislature to use remote testimony at legislative committee hearings, enable the public to present oral testimony at legislative committee hearings through ...
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2023-12-11
To House Legislative Management Committee
HIHB149Intro
25%
Requires corporations to include the income of all foreign subsidiaries to the State. Applies the State's apportionment formula to determine the share of reported profits subject to the appropriate tax. Effective 1/1/2023.
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1216Intro
25%
Establishes the Hawaii cannabis regulatory authority, which shall have oversight over the personal use of cannabis. Legalizes and regulates the personal use of small amounts of cannabis. Regulates the cultivation and sale of small amounts of cannabis...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1218Intro
25%
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
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
HIHB967Intro
25%
Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State of Hawaii, to begin with the 2024 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a ...
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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
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
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
HIHB1444Intro
25%
Establishes the ranked-choice voting method of tabulation for all elections for elected office to ensure that elected officials receive the majority of votes cast by the electorate.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs 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
HIHB1416Intro
25%
Requires the department of human services to adopt rules, contingent on the approval of the Hawaii state plan amendment by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to remove the $2,000-per-individual asset limit for eligibility for assistance ...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
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