Hawaii Representative Terez Amato [D]

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HIHB910Intro

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Prohibits the harvesting of aquatic life for commercial aquarium purposes, regardless of the method of collection.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB551Engross

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Prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products and the mislabeling of e-liquids as nicotine free. Authorizes the department of health to appoint, commission, or contract for services of inspectors. Establishes two full-time equivalent program specia...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HIHB390Engross

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Provides scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain eligibility criteria. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii promise program. Effective 6/30/3000.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB1260Engross

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Changes the governmental entity responsible for the administration of the address confidentiality program from the office of the lieutenant governor to the department of the law enforcement. Authorizes the department of law enforcement to contract th...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HIHB1454Intro

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Authorizes naturopathic physicians to provide written certifications to qualified patients for the medical use of cannabis.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB831Intro

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Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the legislature to a maximum of sixteen years in the house of representatives or senate, or both, for terms beginning after the general election of 2024.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB327Intro

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Beginning 1/1/2024, prohibits the issuance of building permits for new single-family dwellings that are part of a development of ten or more dwellings and do not include a rooftop photovoltaic energy generating system, under certain circumstances. Au...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1198Intro

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Establishes the prevent suicide Hawaii taskforce within the Department of Health. Requires the task force to make annual recommendations to the Legislature on ways to reduce suicide rates in the State by 25% by 2025. Dissolves the task force on 1/1/2...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB438Intro

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Appropriates funds and establishes one Pacific youth programs coordinator position within the Department of Human Services Office of Youth Services. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1197Intro

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Appropriates funds to DHS to restore basic adult dental benefits to medicaid enrollees. Requires DHS to obtain the maximum federal matching funds available for this expenditure.
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2023-12-11
To House Human Services Committee
HIHB906Intro

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Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to conduct an audit of the State's surface water transmission systems.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB885Intro

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Appropriates funds to the department of health to develop and implement statewide media, education, and training activities for policies related to emergency examination and hospitalization and assisted community treatment for those in need of mental...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1303Engross

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Appropriates moneys to the City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply to create a pilot program that incentivizes residential homeowners in certain dry areas to replace landscaping and irrigation with alternatives that reduce water use. Requir...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB619Engross

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Establishes an income tax credit for qualified farms that donate eligible food products or prepared food to food banks or food pantries located in the State. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB909Intro

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Establishes a two-year water neutrality turf replacement pilot program in the county of Maui department of water supply to provide financial incentives to replace irrigated turf with turf or other plants that use less water. Requires a report to the ...
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development 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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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB504Intro

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Requires the department of human services to develop a preschool child care worker subsidy pilot program to assist in retaining qualified child care workers in licensed child care facilities for preschool children aged two through five. Sunsets 6/30/...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1204Engross

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Establishes the Public Education Scholarship Program within the University of Hawaii to provide students who are residents of the State with school tuition in return for a service commitment to teach in a public school classroom of the Department of ...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB895Intro

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Updates the State's integrated solid waste management goals and priorities to include organic waste diversion. Requires the counties to incorporate organic waste diversion into their respective integrated solid waste management plan. Effective 6/30/3...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB871Intro

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Requires that a written disclaimer be provided by sellers or providers of emotional support animals or certificates or identification tags for emotional support animals that the animal is not a service animal or the item does not qualify as an item f...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1428Intro

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Prohibits the State from denying or interfering with a patient's right to choose to obtain an abortion or to terminate a pregnancy if the termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the patient. Repeals a criminal penalty for violations...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB542Engross

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Allows bidders to clarify or correct immaterial or technical information required as part of a bid submission for up to twenty-four hours after the bid submission deadline. Requires that bids for construction be opened no sooner than twenty-four hour...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HIHB556Intro

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Requires the board of education to invite the exclusive representative for bargaining unit (5) (teachers and other personnel of the department of education) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the board and the exclusive re...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB900Intro

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Establishes the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders special fund, to be administered by the department of human services, and which shall consist of federal funds and interest earned on those funds. Establishes a temporary fetal alcohol spectrum disorde...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB468Intro

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Specifies that a certificate of inspection shall be issued if a vehicle is not 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 wit...
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2023-12-11
To House Transportation Committee
HIHB429Intro

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Requires individuals to complete a firearms skills assessment, safety course, and education course prior to being granted a license to carry a pistol or revolver.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1407Intro

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Appropriates moneys to the department of science of the University of Hawaii Maui college to support water testing on the island of Maui, including supplies and the creation of 2.0 FTE positions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB572Engross

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Requires that prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of an administrative rule, electronic notice of the proposed rulemaking be provided to all persons who have made a timely written request to, and provided a valid working email address to, the...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HIHB318Intro

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Requires each county to establish rates of compensation for members of certain qualifying county boards, commissions, authorities, and committees. Requires each county to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the county's compliance with this ...
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2023-12-11
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB330Intro

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Establishes within the Office of Wellness and Resilience, the Malama Ohana Working Group to seek, design, and recommend transformative changes to the State's existing child welfare system. Allows the Office of Wellness and Resilience to contract with...
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2023-12-11
To House Human Services Committee
HIHB206Intro

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Raises the minimum age requirement to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Removes the parental consent and written approval by the family court requirements for a minor to marry. Removes spousal cohabitation after the parties a...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB1411Intro

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Amends certain publication procedures to require the publication of information to be on the appropriate state or county department's website, rather than in a newspaper.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB917Intro

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Establishes the Hawaii Sports Task Force within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to plan and coordinate efforts to secure and maintain Hawaii as a host location for major sporting and sports entertainment events at Aloha ...
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1448Intro

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Authorizes the department of education to stock bronchodilators for emergency use during respiratory distress and authorize department employees to volunteer to administer bronchodilators. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB753Intro

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Establishes a two-year nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Sunsets 12/31/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB855Intro

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Establishes a general excise tax exemption for the gross proceeds or income from the manufacture, production, packaging, and sale of diapers. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1387Intro

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Clarifies that the appointment and removal of the chief executive officer of the Hawaii health systems corporation requires a majority vote by the voting members of the corporation board, rather than by the entire membership of the board.
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2023-12-11
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB1177Intro

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Establishes duration, environmental, and other restrictions on public lands leased to the military.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB587Intro

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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

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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
HIHB795Intro

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Repeals the duty to retreat or take over evasive action with respect to the use of deadly force as a justifiable means of self-protection.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB493Engross

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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
HIHB514Intro

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Requires all businesses engaged in the sale of goods to include the amount of general excise tax owed in any display or tag indicating the price of the goods. Effective 1/1/2024.
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB430Intro

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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

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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

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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

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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
HIHB882Intro

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Establishes the addiction recovery care working group to help the counties become recovery-ready.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB874Intro

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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

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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
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