Hawaii Representative Gene Ward [R] | Bills

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HIHB2036Intro
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
HIHB497Engross
50%
Requires the school facilities authority to conduct a feasibility study for the development of teacher and workforce housing at the Queen Liliuokalani elementary school property. Requires a report to the legislature prior to the 2024 regular session....
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB82Intro
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the eighteenth representative district.
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1173Intro
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
HIHB634Intro
25%
Updating the Individual Housing Account (IHA) statutes to more accurately reflect the current cost of housing down-payments.
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2023-12-11
To House Housing Committee
HIHB1436Intro
25%
Amends the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit by requiring the department of business, economic development, and tourism to publish on its website the names of the qualified productions and the amount of the tax cred...
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB320Intro
25%
Clarifies that the conviction of a crime by a person holding a license to practice professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, or landscape architecture in the State, that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and dut...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB240Intro
25%
Exempts gross proceeds from medical services provided by physicians and advanced practice registered nurses acting in the capacity of a primary care provider from the general excise tax. Effective 1/1/2024.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB1171Intro
25%
Establishes a visitor security surcharge on overseas aircraft passenger tickets arriving and departing the state excluding inter-island for the purpose of recruiting and retaining police offices.
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2023-12-11
To House Tourism Committee
HIHB1174Intro
25%
Requires leases used in the conveyance of available lands as defined by section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, as amended, to conform to the requirements for securitization by federally insured lending programs.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB1276Intro
25%
Requires the department of transportation to authorize state and county traffic projects to make changes, as necessary, to traffic flow and mitigation efforts. Prohibits contractors from charging additional fees to amend traffic flow and safety or mi...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1327Engross
50%
Establishes a state income tax credit for qualified expenses incurred by certain individuals employed by the Department of Education, Hawaii state public library system, or as part of a head start program in a school. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
HIHB515Intro
25%
Allows greater flexibility in conditions placed on eligibility requirements for the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit. Amends the amount of the total tax credit that may be claimed per qualified production. Amends t...
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1286Intro
25%
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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2023-12-11
To House Legislative Management Committee
HIHB1433Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Adult Mental Health Division of the Department of Health to support increased behavioral health crisis stabilization beds. Creates a working group to get county input on possible sites for these crisis stabilization beds. Ef...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB149Intro
25%
Requires corporations to include the income of all foreign subsidiaries to the State. Applies the State's apportionment formula to determine the share of reported profits subject to the appropriate tax. Effective 1/1/2023.
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB637Intro
25%
Mandatory mental health screening for arrested persons who are houseless. Supportive services provided by social worker or psychiatrist, doing the evaluation.
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HIHB1284Intro
25%
Prohibits discrimination by employers based on political affiliation. Prohibits unfair discriminatory practices that deny, or attempt to deny, a person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accom...
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2023-12-11
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB567Engross
50%
Exempts certain projects for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from general excise taxes. Makes permanent the exemption of certain housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from school impact fee requirements. Ensures that the $6...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB557Intro
25%
Makes the sale of gasoline for an unconscionably excessive price during periods of abnormal disruption of the market an unfair trade practice. Increases penalties for violations of the law regulating unfair trade practices by the petroleum industry. ...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1323Intro
25%
Appropriates moneys to the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History (Iolani Palace) for operating and maintenance expenses.
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2023-12-11
To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee
HIHB1367Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to increase medicaid payments to eligible health care providers in the State up to one hundred per cent of the current medicare rates. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB459Intro
25%
Prohibits the possession and ownership of gambling machines larger than one cubic foot.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB461Intro
25%
Repeals Act 86, SLH 2021, which authorized the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Luana Kai A Life Plan Community in the development of a continuing care retirement community in Hawaii Kai. Effective 7/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB511Intro
25%
Appropriation for staffing, commissioner inter-island travel, and other related operating expenses associated with the small business regulatory review board under the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB79Intro
25%
Authorizes school complexes to incorporate media literacy in its standards-based curriculum, including content that prevents negative impacts of misinformation, disinformation, digital discrimination, and online hate speech. Repeals certain requireme...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HIHB316Intro
25%
Establishes the safe routes to school advisory committee within the Planning Branch of the Highways Division of the Department of Transportation. Appropriates moneys.
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2023-12-11
To House Transportation Committee
HIHB1172Intro
25%
Authorizes the court to release a defendant in custody on unsecured bail.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB55Engross
50%
Requires the department of education to establish grant programs to provide funds for the planning and implementation of community schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
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