Bills Pending Hawaii Senate Higher Education Committee

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HISCR153Intro
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Requesting The University Of Hawaii To Conduct A Study Evaluating The Feasibility Of Using Mycopesticides As A Method To Control Wasmannia Auropunctata.
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2024-04-01
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB1677Engross
50%
Specifies conditions for exemptions for the University of Hawaii from sections 87A-39(a) and 88-125(a), HRS. Amends the formulation of general fund budget appropriation in proportion to the amount of regular tuition and related fee revenues estimated...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB2502Engross
50%
Repeals the sunset provision in Act 38, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, as amended by Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to allow the University of Hawaii to continue to regulate conflicts of interests and other ethical issues for technology tr...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB2113Engross
50%
Establishes the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Special Fund to support pharmacist workforce assessment and planning efforts. Establishes the pharmacist workforce assessment fee. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB1535Engross
50%
Provides scholarships for the unmet needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain criteria. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB1588Engross
50%
Specifies that the Labor Education Advisory Council shall be advisory to the President of the University of Hawaii on all activities and programs of the Center for Labor Education and Research. Requires written responses addressing the Council's advi...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB1779Engross
50%
Establishes a three-year summer tuition pilot program to provide funding to UH community colleges to offset the costs aligning the resident tuition rates for the summer semester with the resident tuition rates for the spring and fall semesters at the...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB2503Engross
50%
Repeals the Innovation and Commercialization Initiative Program's sunset provision in Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to allow the continuation of the Innovation and Commercialization Initiative Program established within the University o...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB1802Engross
50%
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing capital improvement projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB2498Engross
50%
Requires the tuition residency rules for the University of Hawaii to grant the resident tuition fee for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus to individuals who have graduated from a Hawaii high school and are enrolling in an undergraduate de...
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2024-03-07
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HISB2508Intro
25%
Authorizes the University of Hawaii to issue $300,000,000 in revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the construction, maintenance, and modernization of qualifying capital improvement projects.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2004Intro
25%
Designates all University of Hawaii system campuses as voter registration agencies as defined in the National Voter Registration Act. Requires the Chief Election Officer to use data concerning voter registration and election participation to study vo...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2542Intro
25%
Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii for the relocation and expansion of the University of Hawaii Maui College, Molokai Education Center.
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2024-02-06
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB3257Intro
25%
Requires the establishment of a One-Stop Student Service Center at each University of Hawaii campus with student enrollment greater than five thousand students beginning in the Fall 2025 semester. Requires that services provided by the One-Stop Stude...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2105Intro
25%
Authorizes students who are individuals from a COFA nation, refugees, or special immigrant visa holders to qualify for the resident tuition fee within the University of Hawaii system, under certain conditions.
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2024-02-01
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2970Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to Leeward community college Waianae Moku to support and assist students who are twenty-four years old or younger and ineligible to apply for federal financial assistance through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid applica...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2055Intro
25%
Establishes a three-year summer tuition pilot program to provide funding to UH community colleges to offset the costs aligning the resident tuition rates for the summer semester with the resident tuition rates for the spring and fall semesters at the...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2008Intro
25%
Allows certain lawful permanent residents, asylees, and refugees, and certain DACA aliens who are not lawfully present in the United States to be eligible for the resident tuition fee at any University of Hawaii campus under certain conditions.
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2024-02-01
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB3325Intro
25%
Makes an appropriation to the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources for the establishment of two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) extension agent positions to support the 4-H Youth Development Program and intergenerat...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB3246Intro
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Appropriates funds for the school of ocean and earth science and technology within the university of Hawaii to establish and operate a center for climate resilient development. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.
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2024-01-29
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HISB3301Intro
25%
Makes an appropriation for the establishment of an agriculture education coordinator position within the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB3208Intro
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Clarifies the purpose of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii and that its undertakings shall be limited to acts that are reasonably necessary to carry out its purpose. Repeals the requirement that the University of Hawaii contract wi...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB3188Intro
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Removes the repeal and reenactment in Act 8, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to maintain the authority of the President of the University of Hawaii to act as the University of Hawaiis chief procurement officer.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2938Intro
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Establishes the Institute of Indigenous Education, Science, and Outreach within the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2754Intro
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Appropriates funds for salaries and fringe benefits of positions for the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy's Space Sciences Workforce Development Program, Maunakea Scholars Program, and Akamai Internship Program. Appropriates funds for off...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2939Intro
25%
Provides that the Hawaiian language college revolving fund may include moneys from any revenue source. Provides that the fund and the Hawaiian early learning trust fund shall support the Imiloa astronomy center. Establishes a cap on individual deposi...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2934Intro
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Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation for the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources to establish eight full-time equivalent (8.0 FTE) agricultural technician position...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2433Intro
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Requires the University of Hawaii to provide menstrual products free of charge to all students on all campuses, including community colleges and education centers.
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2024-01-22
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2416Intro
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Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for a capital improvement project for the repair, maintenance, and demolition of buildings at the Poamoho Research Station.
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2024-01-22
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2417Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to establish a Foreign Agriculture Small Equipment Pilot Program. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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2024-01-22
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2264Intro
25%
Relating To University Of Hawaii Community Colleges. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2265Intro
25%
Relating To The University Of Hawaii Board Of Regents. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB120Intro
25%
Removes the $3 million cap on the amount the University of Hawaii System can expend from the University of Hawaii Tuition and Fees Special Fund for the University of Hawaii Foundation.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB390Engross
50%
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
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
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
HISB1546Intro
25%
Establishes the Institute of Indigenous Education, Science, and Outreach within the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1533Intro
25%
Requires the University of Hawaii to establish collective goals to accommodate the dietary needs of every student by increasing plant-based proteins and meaningful daily options for students with various allergies for meals eligible for purchase with...
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2023-12-11
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HISB288Intro
25%
Transfers the Culinary Institute of the Pacific from the University of Hawaii to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism as an administratively attached agency.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB550Intro
25%
Relating To University Of Hawaii Athletics. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB258Engross
50%
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii to issue revenue bonds for the acquisition of the Saint Francis School campus located at 2707 Pamoa Road in Honolulu. Appropriates moneys to the University of Hawaii for the acquisition of t...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB1165Intro
25%
Establishes a process, beginning on January 1, 2024, for automatically preregistering or registering University of Hawaii System students who are at least sixteen years old to vote. Effective 1/1/2024.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB1250Intro
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Establishes a state income tax deduction for eligible contributions made by residents of the State into the HI529Hawaii's College Savings Program.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB1519Intro
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Requires organizations supporting public schools to obtain a written revocable permit from the chancellor of the University of Hawaii or principal to use the school's name in association with the school support organization.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1508Intro
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Appropriates moneys to the University of Hawaii for the acquisition of the Saint Francis School campus located at 2707 Pamoa Road in Honolulu.
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2023-12-11
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HIHB905Engross
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Requires the University of Hawaii, in consultation with the commission on water resource management, to develop a scope of work and cost analysis to complete a flexible groundwater model that proposes methods for determining the needs of traditional ...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB172Intro
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Expands eligibility for the Hawaii community college promise program to all qualified students. Appropriates funds to expand access to community college to qualified Hawaii residents through Hawaii community college promise program scholarships.
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2023-12-11
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HISB834Intro
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Appropriates moneys to support the University of Hawaii community college workforce development programs.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB751Intro
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Establishes the Early Childhood Education Scholarship Program within the University of Hawaii to assist students with school tuition in return for a service commitment to teach in the Executive Office on Early Learning Public Prekindergarten Program....
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB548Intro
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Relating To The Research Corporation Of The University Of Hawaii. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Higher Education Committee
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