Hawaii Senator Jarrett Keohokalole [D] | Introduced

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HISB3331Intro
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Establishes an alternative process for the termination of the rental agreement that involves mediation. Requires the Governor to notify the Chief Justice, Legislature, and Revisor of Statutes when the final wildfire proclamation will expire. Declares...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2043Intro
25%
Prohibits the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation from forgiving certain loans made from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. (SD1)
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2024-02-06
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2042Intro
25%
Requires counties to grant building permits within sixty days if the application is stamped and certified by a licensed engineer and architect and other certain conditions are met. (SD1)
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2024-02-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2114Intro
25%
Prohibits the feeding of feral animals within a certain distance from Department of Education public school campuses. Establishes fines.
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2024-02-05
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2356Intro
25%
Establishes within the Department of Defense the position and duties of State Wildfire Marshal, the position and duties of State Wildfire Chief, the State Wildfire Corps, and the State Wildfire Fuel Reduction Task Force. Makes an appropriation.
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2024-02-05
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2647Intro
25%
Increases the allowable loan term for direct loans provided by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to forty years, instead of thirty years, as currently outlined in section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended. Takes effect on...
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2024-02-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2655Intro
25%
Allows the Hawaiian Homes Commission to retain independent legal counsel. Authorizes the Hawaiian Homes Commission to use the services of the Attorney General as needed. Provides that funds owed to independent legal counsel shall be paid by the Hawai...
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2024-02-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2780Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to complete an interactive digitized beneficiary assessment and report on the feasibility of creating an interactive digital database software program. Requires a report to the Legislature. Declares that...
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2024-02-05
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2646Intro
25%
Increases the loan limit for direct loans provided by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to 75% of the maximum single residence loan amount allowed in Hawaii by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Admini...
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2024-02-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2921Intro
25%
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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2024-02-05
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2063Intro
25%
Prohibits the legislative body of a county from imposing requirements for residential incomes lower than those adopted or established by the State for housing projects. (SD1)
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2024-02-02
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2117Intro
25%
Amends the definition of "preceptor" to include physician assistants, registered dietitians, and social workers. Amends the definition of "volunteer-based supervised clinical training rotation" to clarify that preceptors may be compensated for the pr...
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2024-02-02
To Senate Health and Human Services 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
HISB2525Intro
25%
Amends the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to address carbon emissions. Incrementally increases the tax rate over time. Establishes a refundable tax credit to mitigate the effect of a carbon emissions tax on taxpayers. Requires ...
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2024-01-30
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB2462Intro
25%
Amends the functions of the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Establishes positions. Makes an appropriation.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2918Intro
25%
Appropriates the function of the State Health Planning and Developmental Agency with the Department of Health. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Establishes positions.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB3252Intro
25%
Amends the Hawaii State Constitution to prohibit the State from denying or interfering with an individual's reproductive freedom, including the right to choose or obtain an abortion or to choose to obtain or use contraceptives.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB3233Intro
25%
Establishes a statute of repose for land surveyors, after which time a complaint cannot be made.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB3253Intro
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Appropriates funds to provide additional support and resources to families receiving benefits through the State's adoption assistance and permanency assistance programs.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB3232Intro
25%
Establishes a teacher loan program to encourage individuals to become teachers in hard-to-fill positions of Department of Education schools. Allows a loan to be forgiven for teachers who become a licensed teacher in Hawaii or for teachers who will co...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Education Committee
HISB3254Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to increase the funding for medicaid in-home services, conditioned on the Department of Human Services obtaining the maximum federal matching funds and pursuing all other funding sources.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB3291Intro
25%
Authorizes the Department of Health to allow dispensaries to dispense cannabis or manufactured cannabis products to qualifying patients or primary caregivers of qualifying patients outside of the dispensary's retail store building but on the dispensa...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB3368Intro
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Requires the Department of Education to establish a teacher loan forgiveness program to assist in the payment of loans for teachers who commit to teaching in the Hawaii public school system. Appropriates funds.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Education Committee
HISB3269Intro
25%
Requires that each Department of Education public school student earn 2 credits in Hawaiian language as a graduation requirement.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2689Intro
25%
Creates a state-initiated process to expunge records of arrests and convictions pursuant to section 712-1249, Hawaii Revised Statutes, at no cost to the record holder. Requires the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to submit biannual reports to the...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2732Intro
25%
Limits the payment of any delinquent tax and penalty required by the Director of Finance of a county as a condition precedent to the registration, renewal, or transfer of ownership of a vehicle more than 25 years old to the aggregate amount of delinq...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB2881Intro
25%
Prohibits any person from intentionally encouraging or coercing any other person to consume alcohol or any other intoxicant for the purpose of enabling the other person to operate a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant. Provides that a person...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB2980Intro
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Establishes the Cultural Corridor Authority to develop plans to redevelop areas affected by disaster while maintaining historic and cultural preservation. Establishes an income tax credit to incentivize the voluntary relinquishment of real property l...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB2984Intro
25%
Establishes the Hawaii Capital Loan Revolving Fund to be used to make loans to businesses located in nationally-declared disaster areas relating to the 2023 Maui wildfires and to, in part, administer the Maui Business Bridge Grants Program. Declares ...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB1209Intro
25%
Conforms the amount allowable for the Hawaii expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for the gainful employment tax credit to the credit amounts allowed in the federal tax code. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/22.
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2024-01-25
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2015Intro
25%
Amends the priority for which moneys in the Rental Housing Revolving Fund are to be used.
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2024-01-25
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2466Intro
25%
Establishes a Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program within the Department of Health to expand existing services to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Defines "mental health emergency worker". Decl...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2618Intro
25%
Provides that within lands under Department of Hawaiian Home Lands jurisdiction, the Department shall have the nonexclusive authority to enforce state statutes and rules and county ordinances and rules in the same manner as state sheriffs and county ...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2614Intro
25%
Modifies penalties for violations of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations rules from a fixed fine to a fine proportional to the yearly income of the violator.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISB2491Intro
25%
Establishes the offense of negligent failure to control a dog.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2484Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the return-to-home pilot program, established pursuant to Act 94, Session Laws of Hawaii 2023, to provide eligible homeless individuals with assistance in reuniting with family and relatives in t...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2651Intro
25%
Makes permanent the exemption from school impact fees of housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2648Intro
25%
Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee to the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2649Intro
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Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2704Intro
25%
Prohibits civil asset forfeiture unless the covered offense is a felony for which the property owner has been convicted. Excludes the forfeiture proceedings for an animal pending criminal charges. Requires the Attorney General to deposit the net proc...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2656Intro
25%
Increases the number of Commission on Water Resource Management members from 7 to 8, with only 5 of the 8 members required to have substantial experience in water resource management. Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, or the Chai...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2795Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with other state agencies, to develop and implement a plan to expand the meat processing capacity in the State to allow for meat from axis deer and other wild game to be processed for distribut...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2774Intro
25%
Establishes within the Department of Health, a three-year Cesspool Conversion Financial Assistance Pilot Program to provide financial assistance to owners of cesspools located in the county of Maui to upgrade or convert their cesspools to a wastewate...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2793Intro
25%
Establishes the position and duties of the State Fire Marshal. Declares that the appropriation will cause the general fund expenditure ceiling to be exceeded. Appropriates moneys.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISB2915Intro
25%
Expands the department of land and natural resources' rulemaking authority to include any rule deemed necessary to protect certain aquatic life. Expands the board of land and natural resources' authority to temporarily adopt, amend, or repeal certain...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2920Intro
25%
Clarifies that the Public Utilities Commission shall consider the effect of the State's reliance on fossil fuels on generation-based greenhouse gas emissions and may require a greenhouse gas emissions analysis for certain energy projects.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection 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
HISB2923Intro
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Clarifies the level of environmental restoration owners and operators of underground storage tanks or tank systems that had a confirmed release must satisfy by requiring the removal of all jet fuel, including fuel additives and all compounds resultin...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2912Intro
25%
Expands the department of land and natural resources' rulemaking authority to include any rule deemed necessary to protect certain wildlife. Expands the board of land and natural resources' authority to temporarily adopt, amend, or repeal certain nat...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2916Intro
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Requires the Department of Human Services to amend its rules, policies, and plan amendments necessary to ensure that medically necessary services, including applied behavior analysis services, for individuals twenty-one years of age or older with neu...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
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