Hawaii Senator Joy San Buenaventura [D]

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HISB2532PassClarifies 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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2024-07-09
Act 240, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1345).
HISB2845PassProhibits a person from selling ammunition to a person under the age of twenty-one. Prohibits a person under the age of twenty-one from owning, possessing, or controlling ammunition, with exceptions. (CD1)
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2024-07-09
Act 248, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1353).
HISB2085PassEstablishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to be headed by a State Fire Marshal. Exempts the State Fire Marshal from Civil Service Law. Requires the State Fire Council to establish the ter...
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2024-07-08
Act 209, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310).
HISB2787PassEstablishes within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' Office of Community Services the Immigration Services and Access Unit. Makes appropriations for the unit, including funding for new positions. (CD1)
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2024-07-08
Act 207, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308).
HISB2782PassRequires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to develop multilingual accessibility standards. Appropriates funds to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position to develop multilingual accessibility standards within the Office of En...
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2024-07-08
Act 203, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304).
HISB2693PassEstablishes the offense of charitable fraud during a state of emergency. Provides that a person commits charitable fraud during a state of emergency if that person, during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, performs certain deceptive ac...
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2024-07-08
Act 211, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312).
HISB3290PassRequires the Disability and Communication Access Board to convene a working group to study the state of American Sign Language interpretation services in Hawaii. Requires a report to the Legislature, with the assistance of the Department of Health. (...
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2024-07-08
Act 204, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1305).
HISB2079PassAllows the State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form to be distributed, completed, and transmitted electronically. (CD1)
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2024-07-05
Act 196, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297).
HISB2401PassRequires 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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2024-07-03
Act 185, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286).
HISB2461PassAuthorizes 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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2024-07-03
Act 172, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1273).
HISB2526PassRequires 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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2024-07-03
Act 173, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1274).
HISB2715PassMakes it unlawful for an employer to discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize or threaten any adverse employment action against an employee because the employee declines to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting that communicates ...
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2024-07-03
Act 174, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1275).
HISB2819PassRequires 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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2024-07-03
Act 175, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276).
HISB2943PassEstablishes a commercial drivers workforce working group within the Department of Transportation to address the workforce shortage of commercial drivers in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
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2024-07-03
Act 177, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278).
HISB3011PassMakes it unlawful for any person to operate a weed whacker in or within one hundred feet of a residential zone, subject to certain exceptions. Extends the time for the use of leaf blowers and weed whackers within or near residential zones. Provides e...
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2024-07-03
Act 179, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1280).
HISB2070PassExempts career and technical education goods and services purchases by the Department of Education from the State Procurement Code. Requires the Department of Education to acquire three written quotes for career and technical education purchases that...
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2024-07-02
Act 150, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1251).
HISB2245PassAdds a definition for "exigent circumstances" and amends the definitions of "harm" and "imminent harm" under the Child Protective Act. Clarifies when the police may take protective custody of a child and when the Department of Human Services may assu...
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2024-07-02
Act 144, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1245).
HISB2305PassEstablishes a Silver Alert Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are sixty-five years of age or older, cognitively impaired, or developmentally disabled. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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2024-07-02
Act 158, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1259).
HISB2475PassEstablishes a harm to students registry, for all early learning programs or schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State, that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation,...
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2024-07-02
Act 156, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257).
HISB3305PassRequires all public charter schools that exclusively offer prekindergarten programs to adhere to the public charter school law, with certain exceptions. (CD1)
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2024-07-02
Act 154, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255).
HISB2657PassAmends the date of Makahiki Commemoration Day. (CD1)
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2024-07-01
Act 120, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221).
HISB2119PassAuthorizes 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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2024-06-28
Act 096, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1197).
HISB2476PassAuthorizes licensed dental hygienists to perform preventive dental sealant screenings and apply dental sealants on individuals, under certain conditions, in a school-based oral health program. (CD1)
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2024-06-28
Act 097, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1198).
HISB2837PassRequires the transfer of the Maui State Veterans Home to a state agency having a Maui affiliation, in a manner and to an extent that may be negotiated between the Oahu Regional Health Care System or state agency having a Maui affiliation and the Depa...
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2024-06-28
Act 099, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1200).
HISB3312PassAdopts, establishes, and designates the shaka as the official gesture of the State. Authorizes the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to develop a public work of art related to the shaka and its history to be displayed in a prominent location i...
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2024-06-24
Act 085, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1186).
HISR2PassUrging This Body To Endorse The Participation Of Taiwan As An Observer In The United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change, International Civil Aviation Organization, World Health Organization, And International Criminal Police Organization;...
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2024-05-31
Certified copies of resolution sent, 05-31-24
HISCR2PassEndorsing The Participation Of Taiwan As An Observer In The United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change, International Civil Aviation Organization, World Health Organization, And International Criminal Police Organization.
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2024-05-31
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HISB2337PassExpands the counties' authorization to exercise the same powers as the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for purposes of developing, constructing, financing, refinancing, or providing mixed-use developments. Applies to bond proceeds ...
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2024-05-31
Act 045, 05/30/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145).
HISB2600PassAuthorizes the use of electronic mail to deliver certain documents when purchasing a condominium. (CD1)
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2024-05-31
Act 044, 05/30/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144).
HISR5PassUrging The Prompt Implementation Of The Hawaii Electronic Information Technology Accessibility Act On Or Before December 31, 2024.
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2024-05-31
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HISR3PassUrging The United States Geological Survey To Conduct Topographical Surveys, Particularly Within Lava-flow Hazard Zones 1 And 2, To Update Its Long-term Lava-flow Hazard Map Of Hawaii Island.
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2024-05-31
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HISCR3PassUrging The United States Geological Survey To Conduct Topographical Surveys, Particularly Within Lava-flow Hazard Zones 1 And 2, To Update Its Long-term Lava-flow Hazard Map Of Hawaii Island.
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2024-05-31
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HISCR23PassUrging The Department Of Health To Amend The Hawaii Administrative Rules To Authorize Licensed Dietitians To Prescribe Modified Diets And Plan Therapeutic Diets.
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2024-05-31
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HISR15PassUrging The Department Of Health To Amend The Hawaii Administrative Rules To Authorize Licensed Dietitians To Prescribe Modified Diets And Plan Therapeutic Diets.
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2024-05-31
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HISR17PassEncouraging The United States Navy To Eradicate Octocoral And Other Invasive Species From Pearl Harbor.
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2024-05-31
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HISR20PassRequesting The Women's Corrections Implementation Commission To Develop A Strategy And Make Recommendations To Reduce The Number Of Women Incarcerated At The Women's Community Correctional Center By Twenty-five Percent Over The Next Five Years.
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2024-05-31
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HISCR34PassRequesting The Hawaii Medical Association And Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association To Convene A Roundtable To Establish Medical Protocols To Ensure That An Individual's Thyroid Function Is Tested Before Psychotropic Medications For Mental Illness A...
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2024-05-31
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HISR37PassRequesting The Department Of Health To Convene A Stakeholder Working Group To Make Recommendations To Enhance Meaningful Access To Health Care In The State Through The Provision Of Language Assistance Services.
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2024-05-31
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HISR33PassUrging The Director Of Finance To Adopt Administrative Rules To Define "beneficial Effects To The State" In Section 38-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Include The Financing Of Housing.
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2024-05-31
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HISCR45PassUrging The Director Of Finance To Adopt Administrative Rules To Define "beneficial Effects To The State" In Section 38-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Include The Financing Of Housing.
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2024-05-31
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HISR27PassUrging The Members Of Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Introduce Legislation To Expand The National Flood Insurance Program To Include Lava And Earthquake Insurance.
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2024-05-31
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HISR69PassUrging The Office Of Enterprise Technology Services To Improve The State Of Hawaii's Open Data Portal By Increasing And Expanding The Data Sets Available On The Open Data Portal, Centralizing All Open Data Sets Of All State Departments Onto The Open ...
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2024-05-31
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HISR56PassRequesting Businesses In Hawaii To Use Hawaiian Language And Requesting The Department Of Education To Develop And Implement Education Programs To Teach Employees Hawaiian And Hire Permanent Hawaiian Language Teachers.
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2024-05-31
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HISCR85PassUrging The Department Of Transportation To Install Speed Bumps And Speed Limit Signage On The Portion Of Kapolei Parkway Between Kapolei High School And Kapolei Middle School.
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2024-05-31
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HISR71PassUrging The Department Of Transportation To Install Speed Bumps And Speed Limit Signage On The Portion Of Kapolei Parkway Between Kapolei High School And Kapolei Middle School.
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2024-05-31
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HISR67PassUrging The Governor To Ensure That Relevant State Agencies, Including The Department Of Health And Department Of Human Services, Collaborate To Explore Avenues To Ensure Continued Access To Affordable Medications For The State's Underserved Populatio...
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2024-05-31
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HISR51PassRequesting The Department Of Transportation To Prioritize Remediation Of The Flooding Issues Present On Route 11 Around Mile Post Sixty As A Safety Project.
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2024-05-31
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HISR55PassUrging The Legislature To Preserve, Protect, And Restore Limu Kala.
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2024-05-31
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HISCR63PassRequesting The Department Of Transportation To Prioritize Remediation Of The Flooding Issues Present On Route 11 Around Mile Post Sixty As A Safety Project.
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2024-05-31
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HISR49PassUrging The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Develop A Plan To Build One Hundred Thousand Homes Over The Next Ten Years.
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2024-05-31
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