Hawaii Senator Karl Rhoads [D] | Senate

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HISB2454Intro
25%
Prohibits certain entities from distributing unsolicited mail that is reasonably likely to cause the recipient to believe that a governmental agency has approved of the distribution.
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2024-02-14
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2680Intro
25%
Prohibits the charging of a fee for a lessee's spouse by a lessor under certain conditions.
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2024-02-14
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB3200Intro
25%
Establishes under the Department of Health a Smoking Sensor Rebate Program, which offers a rebate for installation of smoking sensors to detect smoking within smoking-prohibited areas.
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2024-02-14
The committee on HHS deferred the measure.
HISB2026Intro
25%
Requires the Director of Finance to consider, before the selection of a depository for the state treasury, the beneficial effects to the State of using depositories within the State, including but not limited to lending at favorable terms for the cre...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2457Intro
25%
Provides that the Liquor Commission or other licensing agency of each county shall deny the renewal of certain current liquor licenses upon receipt of sufficient protests.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB2395Intro
25%
Requires the Judiciary to establish a Compliance Credits Pilot Program for probationers that comply with their conditions of supervision. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
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2024-02-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2627Intro
25%
Requires that any new contract entered into by the Office of Elections for equipment or services relating to preparing ballots or counting votes include the capability to randomize the names of candidates appearing on the ballot if technologically po...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2751Intro
25%
Establishes accessibility standards for the distribution of public documents and media presentations by boards as defined in section 92-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB2688Intro
25%
Establishes the Access Hawaii Advisory Committee to advise the Access Hawaii Committee on how to improve accessibility to government information for people with diminished access to government information arising from disabilities. Requires the Acces...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB2135Intro
25%
Expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to include any individual or household whose monthly income is equal to or less than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2784Intro
25%
Repeals the authority of employers to pay tipped employees less than the minimum wage.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISR4Intro
25%
Requesting The Hawaii State Public Library System To Establish A Hawaii Deaf Culture Digital Library For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Education Committee
HISCR4Intro
25%
Requesting The Hawaii State Public Library System To Establish A Hawaii Deaf Culture Digital Library For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Education Committee
HISB3213Intro
25%
Requires one per cent of the transient accommodations tax be allocated to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for the purposes of building affordable housing for individuals on the DHHL waiting list.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2034Intro
25%
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's and Hawaii Public Housing Authority's projects to develop housing exclusively for qualified residents. (SD1)
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2024-02-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB1208Intro
25%
Increases the income thresholds and credit amounts of the income tax credit for low-income household renters by using tax brackets individuals and different categories of households. Annually adjusts the income thresholds and credit amounts for infla...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2396Intro
25%
Prohibits the distribution of electioneering communications before an election that a person knows or should have known are deceptive and fraudulent deepfakes of a candidate or party.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2386Intro
25%
Establishes presidential preference primary elections for the 2028 election cycle. Takes effect 6/1/2027.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2523Intro
25%
Requires the Judiciary to conduct a study to determine how to implement a program that provides free child care services to minor children of parties and witnesses who are attending court hearings in the First Circuit Family Court. Requires the Judic...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2241Intro
25%
Requires each cannabis dispensary to enter into a labor peace agreement that protects the State's proprietary interests by prohibiting the applicable labor organization from engaging in picketing, work stoppages, or boycotts against the establishment...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISB2521Intro
25%
Appropriates moneys for 4.0 FTE deputy public defender III positions within the Office of the Public Defender (BUF151). Requires the Office of the Public Defender to assign one deputy public defender II to the family court section. Declares that the ...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB3274Intro
25%
Restricts civil asset forfeiture to cases involving the commission of a felony offense where the property owner has been convicted of an underlying felony offense. Directs forfeiture proceeds to the general fund. Amends the allowable expenses for mon...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2451Intro
25%
Directs the Hawaii State Energy Office, in conjunction with the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, to develop and submit an interim and final strategy report to the Legislature for the construction of at least one atmospheric carbon capture plant in th...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2039Intro
25%
Repeals vehicle license recovery fees. Takes effect 1/1/2025.
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2024-02-06
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB2355Intro
25%
Allows a letter of attestation to the Director of Finance to act as an endorsed certificate for motor vehicle transfer.
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2024-02-06
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB462Intro
25%
Increases the amount of interest in real property that is exempt from attachment and execution. Amends the value of personal property that is exempt from attachment and execution, including increasing the exemption amount for a motor vehicle. Exempts...
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2024-02-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2332Intro
25%
Requires the Judicial Council to conduct a comprehensive review of the Hawaii Penal Code and to recommend proposed changes. Requires the Judicial Council to appoint an advisory committee to assist in the review, and allows the Council to also appoint...
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2024-02-02
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2021Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct a study identifying certain state-owned lands located within a one-half mile radius of any rail mass transit station, including lands owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and excluding lands ...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Housing 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
HISB2005Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to construct a mental health facility for inmates or detainees with mental health needs. Appropriates funds.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Ways and Means 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
HISB3276Intro
25%
Requires the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax to be pro-rated if the vehicle is rented or leased for a portion of the day.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB3272Intro
25%
Requires insurance providers to give written notice of policy cancellations or nonrenewal through certified mail.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB3275Intro
25%
Increases the liquor tax and adjusts it for future inflation.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB3273Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to develop strategies for vehicle miles traveled reduction in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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2024-01-29
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB3318Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health, for all eligible participants in the District Court Jail Diversion Program, to conduct an initial screening for possible serious mental illness; a mental health assessment for all eligible participants indicated as ...
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2024-01-29
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2014Intro
25%
Beginning October 1, 2024, requires that all cartridges for electronic smoking devices and solutions for filling or refilling an electronic smoking device to be in child-resistant packaging.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Health and Human Services 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
HISB2138Intro
25%
Requires that each vote cast for a question on a ballot for the ratification of a constitutional amendment be counted in the negative only if the ballot properly indicates that the vote is in the negative.
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2024-01-25
To Senate Judiciary 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
HISB2136Intro
25%
Establishes fees that medical providers may charge for medical records and imposes civil penalties.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2140Intro
25%
Prohibits any person from charging any fees on a transient accommodation or resort time share vacation interest, plan, or unit that were not disclosed before the time of purchase. Requires a person to clearly and conspicuously display in each adverti...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB2628Intro
25%
Renames the Department of Law Enforcement to the "Department of the State Sheriff". Renames the Director of Law Enforcement to "State Sheriff" and deputy directors to "undersheriffs". Establishes an assistant position to be designated by the State Sh...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2524Intro
25%
Prohibits users of algorithmic decision-making from utilizing algorithmic eligibility determinations in a discriminatory manner. Requires users of algorithmic decision-making to send corresponding notices to individuals whose personal information is ...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISB2519Intro
25%
Requires persons under the age of seventeen to wear a helmet while riding a skateboard. Clarifies that the Act does not infringe on county ordinances prohibiting skateboards on streets and roadways.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB2632Intro
25%
Requires insurers that issue motor vehicle insurance to notify the Insurance Commissioner when the insured or insurer cancels or fails to renew a policy or that the insurer issues a policy.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2629Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to make phone calls free for incarcerated persons who have been convicted or are detained and awaiting a verdict.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2786Intro
25%
Beginning on 7/1/2024, requires that the state supplemental payment for type 1 adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, and certified adult foster homes not exceed $1,136...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2679Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Education to create and distribute to the parents and guardians of students a firearms access prevention and secure storage model notice.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2750Intro
25%
Establishes state policy to promote braille literacy for blind students. Requires the individualized education programs of blind students to include the instruction of Braille and provision of Braille instructional materials under certain circumstanc...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
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