Hawaii Representative Gene Ward [R] | Introduced

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HIHB1725Intro
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Ensures that any mandated medical products are subject to standard liability.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1753Intro
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Lowers the threshold for a mandatory recount of votes. Requires that a recount be conducted in a different method than the original vote.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1713Intro
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Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to twelve weeks of paid leave for the birth or placement of a child or to care for a family member who has a serious health condition.
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2024-01-24
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB1752Intro
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Requires that ballot signatures be verified by employees in the presence of at least two official observers.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1712Intro
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Requires that all moneys in the pro rata portion of the Public Land Trust be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1727Intro
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Requires that student health and sexuality health education programs include discussion of fetal growth and development. Outlines specific content to be included.
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2024-01-24
To House Health Committee
HIHB1724Intro
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Exempts the sale of precious metal bullion from the general excise tax.
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2024-01-24
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1710Intro
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Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1720Intro
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Provides cancer screening for full-time state firefighters every three years to cover twelve types of cancer. Appropriates funds exceeding the ceiling.
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2024-01-24
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB1754Intro
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Requires that post-election pre-certification audits rely on physical ballots.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1736Intro
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Establishes a program to provide no interest and no fee loans for down payments to Maui wildfire victims who lost their homes in the wildfire. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the State general fund expenditure ceiling for...
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2024-01-24
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB1716Intro
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Creates the offense of organized retail theft. Provides penalties for organized retail theft. Creates an organized retail theft task force.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1711Intro
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Allows designation of eligible homestead lots as enterprise zones for a period of twenty years. Provides state and local incentives to qualified businesses on homestead lots.
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2024-01-24
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1718Intro
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Amends the definition of "dangerous to self". Defines the terms "gravely disabled" and "psychiatric deterioration". Broadens the term of "imminently dangerous to self and others". Increases the maximum period of emergency hospitalization.
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2024-01-24
To House Health Committee
HIHB1719Intro
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Requires birthing facilities to screen newborns for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and to report data to the Department of Health. Provides a screening exemption when parents or guardians object on religious grounds.
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2024-01-24
To House Health Committee
HIHB1723Intro
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Adds new sections to the Hawaii Constitution. Allows for amendments by initiative to prevail and reserves the powers of initiative and referendum to the people. Specifies a procedure for recall of elected officials and appointed justices and judges.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1749Intro
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Restores in-person voting at polling places as the principal method of voting in this State. Repeals the establishment of voter service centers.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1739Intro
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Establishes labeling requirements for products that were developed or tested using human cells.
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2024-01-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1721Intro
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Requires the Med-QUEST Division of the Department of Human Services to adopt rules authorizing reimbursements for remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests.
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2024-01-24
To House Human Services Committee
HIHB1751Intro
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Requires election information to be publicly available either through website access or public records request.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1910Intro
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Establishes a telework tax credit for small business employers who allow telework for at least 30% of their employees.
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2024-01-24
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1909Intro
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Establishes the Maui small business rent subsidization grant program to assist small businesses displaced by the 2023 Maui wildfires to pay rent at new locations on Maui. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general ...
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2024-01-24
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB2022Intro
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Establishes the legislative budget office to produce fiscal analyses and reports on bills impacting state or county finances. Repeals the joint legislative budget committee and the office of the legislative analyst. Appropriates funds.
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2024-01-24
To House Legislative Management Committee
HIHB2076Intro
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Amends the appropriation of Act 279, SLH 2022, to conform its lapsing provision by 1 year, to conform to constitutional limitations. Appropriates moneys to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for fiscal year 2024-2025 to give practical effect to th...
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2038Intro
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Requires the Department of Human Services to establish state goals for poverty reduction and socio-cultural advancement that support the principles of the Hawaii State Planning Act by reducing by 50% by 2050 the number of families in the State that a...
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2024-01-24
To House Human Services Committee
HIHB2075Intro
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Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to further reduce its homestead program applicant waitlist.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2036Intro
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Establishes the Fire-free Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to provide interest-free loans to condominiums for the installation of fire sprinklers or alternative life safety improvements. Declares that the appropriation e...
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2024-01-24
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2040Intro
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Establishes the building permit expeditionary improvement force to eliminate inefficiencies in the permitting process. Appropriates funds exceeding the ceiling.
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2024-01-24
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB2037Intro
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Proposes a constitutional amendment that would legalize the possession and use of recreational cannabis by adults who are at least 21 years of age, as provided by law.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2039Intro
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Requires DAGS and DPS, in consultation with the legislature and other entities, to plan and implement security improvements at the state capitol. Requires DAGS to remove all parking meters from the capitol parking facility and reallocate parking in t...
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2024-01-24
To House Legislative Management Committee
HIHB2041Intro
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Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require the State to support and facilitate the expeditious construction and completion of a 30 meter telescope on Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaii.
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2024-01-24
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2077Intro
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Establishes rights for watershed ecosystems to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve, in conjunction with native Hawaiian traditional and customary beliefs, practice, and values, for the benefit of present and future generations.
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2024-01-24
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB550Intro
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Requires the department of education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response.
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2023-12-11
To House Education Committee
HIHB82Intro
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Expands the definitions of "preceptor" and "volunteer-based clinical training rotation" to allow for improved accessibility for providers to receive income tax credits. Adds dieticians, physician assistants, and social workers to the list of precepto...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB630Intro
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Proposes a constitutional amendment that would: (1) establish local school boards throughout the State to be elected from at least 7 school districts as provided by law; and (2) create an educational standards and accountability commission.
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2023-12-11
To House Education 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
HIHB148Intro
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Establishes a surcharge on the conveyance tax upon the transfer or conveyance of prolonged vacant property.
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2023-12-11
To House Housing Committee
HIHB338Intro
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Authorizes the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Carissa Kainani Moore.
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2023-12-11
To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee
HIHB626Intro
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Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the legislature to a maximum of twelve years in the house of representatives or senate, or both, for terms beginning on or after the general election of 2024, with a grandfather cla...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB326Intro
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Prohibits the distribution, sale, and provision of plastic straws, except for those who request single-use plastic straws for medical reasons. Establishes a fine for violators. Takes effect 1/1/2024.
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development 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
HIHB625Intro
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Establishes an annual general excise tax holiday for consumers and businesses for items with a retail price under $2,000; provided that businesses pass savings on to consumers.
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB633Intro
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Establishing a Local Housing Market that is tied to Hawaii State resident's incomes, and not the global economy. Thus, providing housing options that are affordable relative to wages for residents of the State.
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2023-12-11
To House Housing Committee
HIHB241Intro
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Amends the income tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment by increasing the taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses and dollar limit on amounts creditable that constit...
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB462Intro
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Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eighteenth representative district.
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1173Intro
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Adds new sections to the Hawaii Constitution. Allows for amendments by initiative to prevail and reserves the powers of initiative and referendum to the people. Specifies a procedure for vote recalls.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs 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
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
HIHB1390Intro
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Enables the director of commerce and consumer affairs to license counselors from states which participate in the Counseling Compact.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB635Intro
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Lowers the threshold for theft of property for the offenses of second and third degree theft of property.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
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