Hawaii Senator Ronald Kouchi [D] | Senate | Engrossed

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HISB3103Engross
50%
Requires an attestation or declaration regarding project labor standards, including adherence to state-approved apprenticeship programs and prevailing wage requirements, for large-scale renewable energy generation covered projects. Effective 7/1/3000...
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2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:20PM in Conference Room 329.
HISB3183Engross
50%
Beginning 7/1/2025, establishes a county mileage-based road usage charge for electric vehicles. Clarifies the collection and disposition of funds of the state and county mileage-based road usage charges. Establishes the maximum state mileage-based ro...
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 5:45 PM; CR 224.
HISB3025Engross
50%
Repeals the requirement for additional rules by the Department of Agriculture to address nuisance issues, including smell, noise, and excessive lighting arising out of the activities of hemp growers. Clarifies that the Department of Agriculture shall...
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2024-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday, 04-25-24 at 3:30PM in Conference Room 325.
HISB3176Engross
50%
Provides deadlines for taxpayers under audit to comply with demands to produce documents and evidence. Requires the Tax Appeal Court to preclude documents or evidence not produced pursuant to a demand from being introduced in evidence in a tax appeal...
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2024-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 1:00PM; Conference Room 309.
HISB3128Engross
50%
Extends the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System (Oahu Region) from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health to 12/31/2026. Requires the working group established by Act 212, SLH 2021, to submit a report to the Le...
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2024-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 3:10PM; Conference Room 329.
HISB2951Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Agribusiness Development Corporation to establish positions to maintain and improve the East Kauai irrigation system and for maintenance of and improvements to the system. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-23
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 10:50AM in conference room 229.
HISB3159Engross
50%
Clarifies that a contested case hearing is not required for matters that are identical or arising from the same factual situation as another administrative matter that has been finally adjudicated. Includes administrative contested case proceedings w...
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2024-04-23
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:35PM; Conference Room 325.
HISB3142Engross
50%
Authorizes the Governor or a state official with authorization from the Governor to transfer federal capitalization grant funds between the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund, in accordance wit...
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2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694).
HISB3126Engross
50%
Establishes an Emergency Aeromedical Services Partnership Program to be administered by the Department of Health in counties with a population less than 500,000. Requires cost-sharing for program operations and maintenance and revenue sharing between...
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2024-04-18
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 694).
HISB3036Engross
50%
Clarifies the definition of "profits from prostitution" to include money or property received regardless of expenditures or if it was a reimbursement or repayment of a debt. Amends the sex trafficking and promoting prostitution criminal offense statu...
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2024-04-16
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 737).
HISB3226Engross
50%
Provides that a maximum time period to grant or deny a business or development-related permit, license, or approval shall only apply if a request for a contested case has not been filed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-16
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 737).
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
HISB3289Engross
50%
Amends the definition of Hawaii taxable estate to provide that the marital deduction under section 2056 of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply to the passage of any interest in property to any immediate family member. Amends the state generation-sk...
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2024-04-09
To House Finance Committee
HISB224Engross
50%
Allows for noise control infractions to be processed under the traffic and emergency period infractions adjudication process. Grants the district court concurrent jurisdiction over noise control infractions committed by minors. Effective 6/30/3000. (...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1384Engross
50%
Amends chapter 202, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with the General Appropriations Act of 2021, Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021. Renames "Hawaii workforce development council" to "Hawaii workforce development board". Requires the Hawai...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1286Engross
50%
Increases options to build affordable housing by allowing the Hawaii community development authority to conduct a pilot program to lease real property for one project in the Kakaako community development district for a term of ninety-nine years. Requ...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1296Engross
50%
Establishes the Hawaii Economic Development District Planning Organization and governing board within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Designates the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to organize the Hawaii ...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1351Engross
50%
Establishes the infant and early childhood mental health program within the department of health to provide and coordinate mental health services for children from birth up to age five. Appropriates funds for the establishment of the program, includi...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1413Engross
50%
Requires the University of Hawaii to grant resident tuition fees for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus to individuals who have graduated from a Hawaii high school and are enrolling in an undergraduate degree program, under certain conditi...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1291Engross
50%
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in cooperation with each state agency having operational responsibilities over state facilities to develop a standardized process to conduct vulnerability assessments for facilities at risk...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1332Engross
50%
Clarifies that emergency management powers must be consistent with the state constitution. Clarifies the scope of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or terminate a state of emergency...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1317Engross
50%
Transfers the Hawaii broadband and digital equity office from the department of business, economic development, and tourism to the office of the lieutenant governor on a temporary, four-year basis. Appropriates general funds to provide required match...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB3026Engross
50%
Replaces representatives from the sugar and pineapple industries with representatives of the coffee and diversified agriculture industries on the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-22
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB3099Engross
50%
Reduces the minimum number of years of credited service qualified Tier 2 Employees' Retirement System members must have to be eligible for vested benefit status for service retirement allowance purposes from ten years to five years. Appropriates fund...
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2024-03-21
To House Finance Committee
HISB3121Engross
50%
Clarifies the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's powers relating to housing projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-20
To House Finance Committee
HISB3120Engross
50%
Establishes the position of Housing Policy and Program Coordinator in the Hawaii Public Housing Authority. Clarifies that the employment of certain positions and the adjustment of salaries are authorized by the Executive Director and not the Board of...
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2024-03-20
To House Finance Committee
HISB2202Engross
50%
Increases the minimum amount for purchases constituting small purchase procurements from $25,000 to $50,000. Sets a small purchase procurement minimum amount of $75,000 for federally declared disaster areas; provided that the procurements are reporte...
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2024-03-19
To House Water & Land Committee
HISB2219Engross
50%
Amends the definition of "lobbying" to include communications regarding procurement decisions with certain high-level government officials. Establishes certain presumptions regarding testimony when given by a paid person. Makes certain contracts void...
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2024-03-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB3167Engross
50%
Authorizes the Governor to execute a compact on behalf of the State to cooperate in the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Establishes procedures for selection and succession of commissioners. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB3067Engross
50%
Moves the Hurricane Reserve Trust Fund into the state treasury and makes other housekeeping amendments relating to the Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB3129Engross
50%
Establishes the Hui Hoomana Task Force within the State Health Planning and Development Agency to develop a comprehensive plan to provide universal access to equitable and affordable high-quality health care for state residents, including defining ac...
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2024-03-14
To House Health Committee
HISB2213Engross
50%
Amends section 11-364, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide that an excess contribution of more than $100 in cash, in the aggregate, from a single person during an election period to a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee shall es...
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2227Engross
50%
Authorizes the Governor to suspend the mortgage foreclosure provisions of chapter 667, HRS, for properties having substantial damage resulting from a Governordeclared state of emergency. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee
HISB2251Engross
50%
Increases the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent exposure from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor if the person to whom the genitals were exposed is less than 16 years of age. Provides that the state of mind requirement is not applicable ...
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2447Engross
50%
Adds the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to the Board of Agriculture.
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2024-03-07
To House Agriculture Committee
HISB3173Engross
50%
Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2023.
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2024-03-07
To House Finance Committee
HISB3084Engross
50%
Exempts Hawaii National Guard service members activated by the Governor or the Governor's designated representative to state active duty from enrollment in the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HISB3085Engross
50%
Authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE Reserve Select coverages to junior officers, warrant officers, or enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than thirty days in service to the State. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HISB3114Engross
50%
Clarifies that a confirmed report of harm or threatened harm, as defined in chapter 587A, HRS, or child abuse and neglect, as defined in chapter 350, HRS, will result in the perpetrator's name being maintained in the central registry. Clarifies when ...
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB3135Engross
50%
Authorizes the Examiner of Drivers to suspend the driver's license of a person using a parking permit issued to a deceased person who was deceased when the permit was issued to obtain parking privileges. Provides that fifty per cent of any fine impos...
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2024-03-07
To House Transportation Committee
HISB3059Engross
50%
Clarifies requirements to establish a quorum to do business and validate acts of the Stadium Authority. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB3171Engross
50%
Mandates the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or the appropriate county clerk's office to ensure access to paper or electronic copies of all meeting notices and deletes the requirement to post notices in a central location in a public building.
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB3089Engross
50%
Requires that licensed teachers have their license revoked by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board if the teacher is resigning or retiring during the pendency of any investigation into allegations of sexual assault, sexual harassment, or other physical...
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2024-03-07
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HISB3133Engross
50%
Authorizes the Department of Health to conduct fingerprinting and criminal history record checks on applicants who apply for a permit to operate as a hemp processor. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB3147Engross
50%
Clarifies that the Director of Law Enforcement has authority to issue subpoenas as part of the investigative powers of the Department of Law Enforcement. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB3124Engross
50%
Authorizes the Director of Health to permit online access to apply for marriage and civil union licenses in lieu of in-person applications, as specified in rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB3060Engross
50%
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop and publish a statewide climate adaptation and resilience implementation plan. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect...
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2024-03-07
To House Water & Land Committee
HISB3138Engross
50%
Clarifies that the definition of "manufactured hemp product" in section 328G-1, HRS, includes hemp products specified in rules adopted by the Department of Health pursuant to section 328G-4, HRS. (SD1)
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2024-03-07
To House Agriculture Committee
HISB3141Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Health to track and publicly report certain data relating to crisis reports, emergency mental health transports, and court-ordered treatments. Requires the Department of Health to respond to reports about persons having sev...
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2024-03-07
To House Health Committee
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