Hawaii Senator Jarrett Keohokalole [D]

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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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
25%
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
HISB2914Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to improve the State's water resource management and hydrologic data collection.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Water and Land 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
HISB2929Intro
25%
Lowers the blood alcohol concentration threshold for driving while under the influence of alcohol from 0.08 to 0.05.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2446Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the governor for the ohana zones pilot program.
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2024-01-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2433Intro
25%
Requires the University of Hawaii to provide menstrual products free of charge to all students on all campuses, including community colleges and education centers.
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2024-01-22
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISB2248Intro
25%
Authorizes qualifying patients and qualifying out-of-state patients to transport cannabis between islands of the State for personal medical use.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2250Intro
25%
Makes an emergency appropriation to provide funds for the Department of Health to implement quality improvement recommendations at the Hawaii State Hospital. Declares that the general fund expenditure is exceeded.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2328Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for the Department of Education to establish surfing competitions at a minimum of eight Oahu Interscholastic Association member schools.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2330Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to strengthen student transportation services for Hawaii's public school system.
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2024-01-19
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2118Intro
25%
Authorizes the Department of Health to approve in-vehicle receipt of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products on the premises of dispensaries subject to Administrative Rules adopted by the Department of Health.
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2024-01-18
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2115Intro
25%
Specifies that a recount of all ballots cast for any election shall occur if the official tabulation of all of the returns for that office or ballot question reveals that there is a difference equal to or less than one hundred votes, one-quarter of o...
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2024-01-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2080Intro
25%
Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to expend the moneys from the State Parks Special Fund for programs aimed at environmental protection.
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2024-01-18
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2110Intro
25%
Adds a cap for the amount of tax credits for research activities that an eligible taxpayer and the taxpayer's related entities may receive per taxable year. Requires a qualified high technology business to be registered to do business in the State an...
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2024-01-18
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB2056Intro
25%
Proposes amendments to the Hawaii State Constitution to increase funding for public education for the children and adults of Hawaii by authorizing the Legislature to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on residential investment property valued...
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2024-01-18
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2164Intro
25%
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and operate conservation mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve conservation habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. Authorizes the Department of Land a...
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2024-01-18
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2024Intro
25%
Establishes an organizational, tax, and regulatory framework for limited-profit housing associations. Establishes the Limited-Profit Housing Council to oversee limited-profit housing associations.
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2024-01-17
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB791Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to purchase one advanced life support ambulance to be based on the island of Molokai, and related equipment, and pay related personnel costs for state-certified emergency medical services personnel. (SD1...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB446Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of implementing a pilot program to integrate prescription digital therapeutic products approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration in outpatient treatment prog...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB890Intro
25%
Prohibits the State from denying or interfering with a patient's right to choose to obtain an abortion or to terminate a pregnancy if the termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the patient. Repeals a criminal penalty for violations...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB1137Intro
25%
Establishes a teacher loan program to encourage individuals to become teachers in hard-to-fill positions of Department of Education schools. Allows the loan to be forgiven after 5 years of teaching in a hard-to-fill position.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HISB1542Intro
25%
Specifies sensitive locations in which the carrying of firearms is restricted or prohibited. Authorizes, in certain circumstances, the carrying of firearms on private property. Specifies areas in which the carrying or possession of electric guns is r...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB962Engross
50%
Defines "waiting room" within a medical cannabis retail dispensing location and clarifies public access to the waiting room. Adds or clarifies requirements for the dispensary program related to signage, permitted types of manufactured cannabis produc...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB64Engross
50%
Requires the insurance commissioner to establish an annual enrollment period for medigap insurance plans. Requires issuers of Medigap insurance in the State to accept an eligible individual's application for coverage during the open enrollment period...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB705Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to Hawaii Technology Development Corporation for the Manufacturing Assistance Program.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB1510Engross
50%
Establishes a center for the design, development, and fabrication of astronomical instruments within the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds for the center's planning and design and 10 full-time equivalent faculty positions within the center. Ef...
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2023-12-11
To House Higher Education & Technology Committee
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