Hawaii Senator Dru Kanuha [D]

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HISB1575Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 3rd senatorial district.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB529Intro
25%
Relating To Public Utilities Commission. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB565Intro
25%
Relating To Public Safety. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB76Intro
25%
Transfers authority for certain project reviews from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Counties. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to certify third-party reviewers and defines the role of third-party reviewers....
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2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB563Intro
25%
Relating To Counties. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB1145Engross
50%
Requires that Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation housing projects include a restrictive covenant that states that the units designated as affordable housing, as described in the submitted project application, shall remain as affordabl...
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2023-12-11
To House Housing Committee
HISB547Engross
50%
Requires the University of Hawaii's Board of Regents to approve by majority vote any designee selected to serve or participate for the chairperson as a voting or nonvoting member of any legislatively established board, commission, working group, or t...
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2023-12-11
To House Higher Education & Technology Committee
HISB534Intro
25%
Relating To Energy. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB881Intro
25%
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the development and construction of permanent supportive housing for certain vulnerable individuals. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Co...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB389Engross
50%
Requires all places of public accommodation constructed after 12/31/23, and state building construction projects bid after 6/30/24, to provide one or more universal changing accommodations at each family restroom; provided that state building constru...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB571Intro
25%
Relating To Water. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB387Intro
25%
Requires governmental bodies to obtain written approval from the Administrator of the State Procurement Office to cancel invitations for bids, requests for proposals, or other solicitations, or reject bids or proposals. Prohibits post-award remedial ...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB302Engross
50%
Temporarily reinstates the technology infrastructure renovation tax credit. Expands the definition of "technology-enabled infrastructure" to include data servers. Requires a report from the department of taxation analyzing the tax implications for sp...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB763Engross
50%
Temporarily exempts affordable housing projects under certain circumstances from specific state and county fees and exactions related to discretionary approval or ministerial permitting, except fees and costs payable to the Hawaii Housing Finance and...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB561Intro
25%
Relating To Public Employment. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISB538Intro
25%
Relating To Government Operations. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB577Intro
25%
Relating To Government. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB581Intro
25%
Relating To Technology. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB85Intro
25%
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to perform a study to refine rural district policies and make recommendations to facilitate the reclassification of lands from the agricultural district to the rural district. Requires repor...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB140Intro
25%
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to identify and analyze existing and projected housing needs and identify adequate sites for housing sufficient to meet housing demands for all income levels each year. Appropriates funds fo...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB753Engross
50%
Requires retail establishments with an employee toilet facility to allow a customer suffering from an eligible medical condition to use that restroom during normal business hours under certain conditions. Establishes fines. Effective 12/31/2050. (HD1...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB754Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to partner with a nonprofit organization in the Kau District in the County of Hawaii to conduct a needs assessment to determine the demand for and access to urgent care and outpatient behavioral health s...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB773Intro
25%
Requires a landowner in possession of 10,000 or more acres to be liable for damages and fines arising from runoff originating on the land and entering into state waters or onto state lands. Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules as necessar...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB1229Intro
25%
Relating To Grants. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB1120Engross
50%
Requires the State Art Museum to provide opportunities for the counties and private organizations located in Hawaii to display art through loan arrangements with the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts under the Arts in Public Places Program. Pr...
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2023-12-11
To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee
HISB1489Intro
25%
Amends the statutory duties of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. Requires the Authority to conduct certain activities in a culturally sensitive and environmentally appropriate manner and to engage in community outreach and education....
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2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB557Intro
25%
Relating To Ethics. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB769Intro
25%
Authorizes the appropriate county land use decision-making authority to determine district boundary amendments involving land areas over fifteen acres if the county has adopted an ordinance that meets certain requirements.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB742Intro
25%
Establishes an Educational Support Associate position within the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources' Kona Cooperative Extension. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB771Intro
25%
Establishes a criminal penalty and monetary fines for aquarium fishing violations. Clarifies that each fish or aquatic life specimen taken in violation of certain fishing laws regarding aquarium fish and the possession and use of prohibited explosive...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB305Intro
25%
Establishes a career and technical education working group to strengthen career and technical education in the State's public schools. Makes an appropriation.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HISB59Intro
25%
Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation for its manufacturing assistance programs.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB530Intro
25%
Relating To Charter Schools. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HISB1124Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to increase per-pupil expenditures to $18,000 per student to reflect cost of living adjustments.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HISB761Intro
25%
Beginning July 1, 2024, provides a general excise tax exemption for medical services performed by health care providers.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB1574Intro
25%
Clarifies labeling requirements for macadamia nuts. Requires country of origin to be included on the label of a consumer package of raw or processed macadamia nuts. Allows a private right of action for violations.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB776Intro
25%
Amends the composition of the Board of Agriculture by requiring representation from the islands of Molokai and Lanai.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB292Engross
50%
Requires the Governor to ensure that the Governor's variance reports accurately reflect the current responsibilities of certain state programs, address the current and future needs of the State, and align with budget-related submittals. Effective 6/3...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB532Intro
25%
Relating To Libraries. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HISB570Intro
25%
Relating To Small Boat Harbors. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB526Intro
25%
Relating To Commerce. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB411Intro
25%
Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB308Intro
25%
Establishes the Erin's law task force to review policies, programs, and curricula for educating public school students about sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention, report recommendations for the establishment of a program to educate public scho...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB80Intro
25%
Makes a person or entity liable for all or a portion of search or rescue expenses when the person or entity knowingly enters state, county, or private property, knowingly enters a hiking trail that is closed to the public, or violates applicable laws...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB766Intro
25%
Beginning 7/1/2025, requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Division to contract its review of proposed state projects, and projects affecting historic properties to third party consultants if the projects in...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB376Engross
50%
Prohibits the mining, extraction, and removal of minerals from the seabed in all state marine waters. Prohibits the issuance of any permit for or in connection with the development or operation of any facility or infrastructure associated with the mi...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB1143Intro
25%
Requires the department of transportation to perform routine inspections of highways in the state highway system that are at risk of rockslides every five years and after major rainfall events.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB283Engross
50%
Excludes from the charter school per-pupil funding calculation all amounts relating to programs that provide comparable benefits for all public school students regardless of whether the student is a Department of Education school student or a public ...
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2023-12-11
To House Education Committee
HISB576Engross
50%
Requires reports of official out-of-state and intrastate travel by state employees, officers, or other representatives of state departments or agencies, including the judiciary and University of Hawaii, to be made available for public review on the C...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB108Intro
25%
Adopts the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard for use by the Department of Education in preparation of instructional materials for eligible students. Defines "eligible student" in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
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