Hawaii Senator Dru Kanuha [D] | Introduced

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HISB2801Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify sites throughout the State that are suitable for the development of slaughterhouses. Requires the Agribusiness Development Corporation to plan, design, construct, and ...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2486Intro
25%
Establishes a silver alert program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help locate and safeguard missing vulnerable adults with developmental disabilities or mental impairments who pose a credible threat to the health and safety to themselves...
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2024-02-02
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs 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
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
HISB2049Intro
25%
Establishes a five-year pilot program to allow qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications to patients under the care of the psychologist at a federally qualified health center. Requires a report to the Legislature...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2535Intro
25%
Removes the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism from membership on the Hawaii Tourism Authority Board.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB3212Intro
25%
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to acquire any real, personal, or mixed property for immediate or future use; own, hold, improve, rehabilitate, sell, assign, exchange, transfer, convey, lease, or dispose of any real, personal, or mixed pr...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB3309Intro
25%
Establishes the Electric Vehicle Charging System and Infrastructure Funding Program. Increases the amount of petroleum tax to be deposited into the electric vehicle charging system subaccount.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB3310Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 3rd senatorial district.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB3311Intro
25%
Establishes that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for public accommodations to deny a person with a disability full and equal enjoyment of information related to their services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations using inf...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2988Intro
25%
Establishes the Hawaii State Planning Act Phase II Update Task Force within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2481Intro
25%
Establishes a timeline by which roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages that use a geographic origin in labeling or advertising are required to contain a certain per cent coffee by weight from that geographic origin.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2472Intro
25%
Increases the monthly needs allowance from $50 to $75. Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal supplemental security income program. Requires certain long-term care facility operators to...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2852Intro
25%
Establishes a two-year senior access pilot program in the Executive Office on Aging to improve access to essential services and reduce wait times for seniors seeking public services through state and county government offices. Requires the Auditor to...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2750Intro
25%
Establishes state policy to promote braille literacy for blind students. Requires the individualized education programs of blind students to include the instruction of Braille and provision of Braille instructional materials under certain circumstanc...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2802Intro
25%
Declares that the general fund expenditure is exceeded. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Agriculture to increase the benefits of the Hawaii healthy food incentive program to a wider portion of the State's population and the provision of ma...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2799Intro
25%
Establishes a Local Agriculture Transportation Cost Reimbursement Incentive Program to be administered by the Department of Agriculture to reimburse eligible producers for a portion of the producer's costs to transport agricultural commodities. Decla...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2809Intro
25%
Requires the State Fire Council to appoint the State Fire Marshal. Establishes that this measure only takes effect if another bill is passed that establishes a State Fire Marshal position.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISB2807Intro
25%
Establishes an annual tax credit for qualified physicians who actively practice medicine in rural areas of the state.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2660Intro
25%
Establishes a refundable child tax credit. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2812Intro
25%
Establishes the sustainable food systems working group within the Department of Agriculture. Requires the working group to develop an interagency food systems plan and a state farm bill. Appropriates funds for the working group and for an unspecified...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2798Intro
25%
Establishes the hike safe card program and search and rescue special fund to be administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Requires government entities to seek reimbursement for all or a portion of search or rescue expenses when th...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2800Intro
25%
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to require the teaching of financial literacy to be included in the existing personal transition plan requirement for each student.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2917Intro
25%
Beginning 1/1/2027, establishes licensing requirements, including minimum standards and qualifications, for journey worker electric utility linemen and expands the board of electricians and plumbers to include members engaged in electric utility work...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2938Intro
25%
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
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
HISB2407Intro
25%
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to include the teaching of financial literacy in grades nine through twelve. Requires students in grades nine through twelve to complete one course in financial literacy b...
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2024-01-22
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2244Intro
25%
Expands the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's State Rent Supplement Program for Kupuna to provide homeowners insurance premium assistance to housing owners who rent or lease to qualified kupuna a mortgaged property located within certain lava zones, ...
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2024-01-19
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2261Intro
25%
Relating To Human Services. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2256Intro
25%
Relating To The Environment. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2253Intro
25%
Relating To Agriculture. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2302Intro
25%
Requires the Director of the Executive Office on Aging to work with health care providers to ensure that there are sufficient long-term care facilities on each island of the State. Makes an appropriation.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2275Intro
25%
Relating To International Affairs. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB2274Intro
25%
Relating To The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2255Intro
25%
Relating To The Environment. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2273Intro
25%
Relating To The Department Of Law Enforcement. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2269Intro
25%
Relating To Exoneration. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Judiciary 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
HISB2278Intro
25%
Relating To Land Use. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Ways and Means 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
HISB2277Intro
25%
Relating To Economic Development. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2268Intro
25%
Relating To The Judiciary. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2254Intro
25%
Relating To Agriculture. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2262Intro
25%
Relating To Homelessness. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2267Intro
25%
Relating To Sentencing. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2266Intro
25%
Relating To Crime. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2258Intro
25%
Relating To Education. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2276Intro
25%
Relating To Government. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2263Intro
25%
Relating To Housing. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2260Intro
25%
Relating To Health. Short form bill.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
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