Hawaii Senator Brandon Elefante [D]

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HISB2079Enroll
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Allows the State of Hawaii Plant and Animal Declaration Form to be distributed, completed, and transmitted electronically. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2085Enroll
75%
Establishes 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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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISCR1PassRecognizing The Day In 2025 Of The Second New Moon After The Winter Solstice Of 2024 As The Lunar New Year In The State Of Hawaii.
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2024-05-03
Received notice of Senate agreement and Adoption (Sen. Com No. 803).
HISB63Enroll
75%
Effective 1/1/2025, allows the Board of Nursing to issue temporary permits to out-of-state licensed registered nurses and practical nurses and nurses who hold a multistate license issued by another state, territory, or country, under certain circumst...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 832).
HISB2305Enroll
75%
Establishes 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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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2443Enroll
75%
Establishes the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program, to be implemented by the State in only those locations where a photo red light imaging detector system has been implemented. Creates a new offense of noncompliance with maximum speed limit ...
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2401Enroll
75%
Requires 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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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2532Enroll
75%
Clarifies 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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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2787Enroll
75%
Establishes 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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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2782Enroll
75%
Requires 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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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2819Enroll
75%
Requires 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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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2693Enroll
75%
Establishes 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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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HISB2841Enroll
75%
Designates May 15 of each year as Water Safety Day. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2991Enroll
75%
Requires the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to adopt rules establishing criteria and procedures for the creation of new bargaining units. Requires certain employees or any employer or exclusive representative proposing a new bargaining unit to submit a...
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2024-05-03
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2413Enroll
75%
Requires the Board of Agriculture to submit a report to the Legislature on the percentage of agricultural lands that are suitable for farming and actively farmed and certain dollar amounts relating to lease transfers between lessees. (CD1)
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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2943Enroll
75%
Establishes 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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2024-05-02
Enrolled to Governor.
HISB2322Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Health to continue water sampling and analysis of Tier 1 beaches during brown water advisories, with certain exceptions and under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:25 PM; CR 329.
HISB2345Engross
50%
Authorizes the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate crisis intervention training for state and county law enforcement agencies. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:45 PM; CR 016.
HISB2556Engross
50%
Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 5:40 PM; CR 325.
HISB1590Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Agriculture to assess the steps necessary for the State to supplement federal authority to perform meat inspections within the State. Requires the Department of Agriculture to assess the steps necessary to transfer full aut...
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2024-04-23
Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 768).
HISCR27Engross
50%
Encouraging The United States Navy To Eradicate Octocoral And Other Invasive Species From The Waters Of Pearl Harbor.
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2024-04-22
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 759).
HISCR115PassEncouraging Developers To Incorporate Net Zero Water Building Strategies When Constructing And Renovating Housing Projects In The State.
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2024-04-22
Resolution adopted in final form.
HISCR25PassEncouraging The Department Of Transportation And The Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Expand The Red-light Safety Program.
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2024-04-16
Resolution adopted in final form.
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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2024-04-16
Resolution adopted in final form.
HISCR67Engross
50%
Urging The Legislature To Preserve, Protect, And Restore Native Hawaiian Limu.
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2024-04-16
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 682).
HISCR104Engross
50%
Urging The State, City And County Of Honolulu, And United States Military To Coordinate And Address The Issue Of Illegal Dumping Within Waipahu And The Surrounding Communities Of Ewa, Pearl City, And Aiea On Oahu.
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2024-04-16
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 682).
HISCR116PassUrging The Department Of Transportation To Work With The City And County Of Honolulu To Plan And Implement Options For Alternative Ingress And Egress Routes In Pacific Palisades.
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2024-04-16
Resolution adopted in final form.
HISB2308Engross
50%
Authorizes additional fines and penalties for convictions of speeding in a school zone. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678).
HISB2836Engross
50%
Establishes within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism the Interagency Council for Maui Housing Recovery to coordinate and facilitate Maui's permanent housing recovery and facilitate consultation and collaboration between st...
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2024-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678).
HISCR5Engross
50%
Urging The Prompt Implementation Of The Hawaii Electronic Information Technology Accessibility Act On Or Before December 31, 2024.
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2024-04-15
To House Finance Committee
HISCR46Engross
50%
Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Establish A Working Group To Plan And Construct A Hawaii First Responders Memorial.
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2024-04-15
To House Finance Committee
HISCR70Engross
50%
Requesting The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Install A New Emergency Siren Near The Intersection Of Aumakua Street And Auhuhu Street In Upper Pacific Palisades.
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2024-04-15
To House Finance Committee
HISCR98Engross
50%
Requesting The Department Of Education To Partner With The Hawaii State Teachers Association And Teacher Education Programs At Local Universities And Colleges To Provide Pathways For School Support Personnel To Become Full-time Teachers.
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2024-04-15
To House Finance Committee
HISCR99Engross
50%
Requesting The United States Department Of Transportation To Conduct An Investigation Regarding The Safety Of The Bridges Along Hana Highway.
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2024-04-15
To House Transportation Committee
HISCR181Engross
50%
Requesting The Establishment Of A Statewide Firefighting Aircraft Program.
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2024-04-15
To House Finance Committee
HISCR31Engross
50%
Requesting 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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2024-04-05
To House Corrections, Military, & Veterans Committee
HISCR49Engross
50%
Requesting 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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2024-04-05
To House Health Committee
HISCR84Engross
50%
Requesting The Department Of Law Enforcement To Convene A Search And Rescue Working Group To Develop And Make Recommendations To Deter Hikers From Entering Illegal Hiking Trails And To Address Rising Search And Rescue Costs Facing The State And Count...
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2024-04-05
To House Water & Land Committee
HISCR117Engross
50%
Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Identify All Appropriate Sites At State Parks At Which A Water-bottle Filling Station Could Be Installed.
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2024-04-05
To House Water & Land Committee
HISCR112Engross
50%
Demanding The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Develop A Comprehensive Recycling Program, With Specific Focus On The Collection Of Hi-5 Recyclable Items, To Be Implemented In All Offices At The Hawaii State Capitol.
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2024-04-05
To House Legislative Management Committee
HISCR105Engross
50%
Requesting The Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation And Adaptation Commission To Conduct An Educational Program Regarding The Activities Of Individuals That Contribute To Climate Change.
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2024-04-05
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HISR1PassRecognizing The Day Of The Second New Moon After The Winter Solstice Of Every Year As The Lunar New Year In The State Of Hawaii.
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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted.
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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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).
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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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted.
HISR34PassRequesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Establish A Working Group To Plan And Construct A Hawaii First Responders Memorial.
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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).
HISR70PassRequesting The Department Of Law Enforcement To Convene A Search And Rescue Working Group To Develop And Make Recommendations To Deter Hikers From Entering Illegal Hiking Trails And To Address Rising Search And Rescue Costs Facing The State And Count...
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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted as amended (SD1). Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa).
HISR58PassRequesting The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Install A New Emergency Siren Near The Intersection Of Aumakua Street And Auhuhu Street In Upper Pacific Palisades.
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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).
HISR55PassUrging The Legislature To Preserve, Protect, And Restore Limu Kala.
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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted.
HISCR60Engross
50%
Urging 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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2024-04-04
To House Housing Committee
HISR94PassDemanding The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Develop A Comprehensive Recycling Program, With Specific Focus On The Collection Of Hi-5 Recyclable Items, To Be Implemented In All Offices At The Hawaii State Capitol.
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2024-04-04
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).
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