Hawaii Senator Karl Rhoads [D] | Introduced

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HISR65Intro
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Urging The Department Of Education To Require All Public Schools And Charter Schools That Serve Meals To Offer Plant-based Meal Options Prioritizing Ingredients From Locally Sourced And Locally Farmed Products.
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2024-03-27
The recommendation was not adopted.
HISCR78Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Education To Require All Public Schools And Charter Schools That Serve Meals To Offer Plant-based Meal Options Prioritizing Ingredients From Locally Sourced And Locally Farmed Products.
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2024-03-27
The recommendation was not adopted.
HISCR124Intro
25%
Requesting The Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund And The Insurance Commissioner To Assess The Impacts Of Climate Change On Homeowner's Insurance.
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2024-03-22
The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
HISR106Intro
25%
Requesting The Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund And The Insurance Commissioner To Assess The Impacts Of Climate Change On Homeowner's Insurance.
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2024-03-22
The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
HISCR62Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Establish A Two-year Agricultural Crime Pilot Project To Examine And Assess The Effectiveness Of Prosecuting Agricultural Crime Cases, Including Those Of Agricultural Theft And Agricultural Vandalism, In The Ci...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISCR125Intro
25%
Requesting State And County Agencies To Notify Animal Welfare Organizations Of Deceased Cats And Dogs That Are Picked Up Along State And County Roadways.
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2024-03-19
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISR145Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Establish A Two-year Agricultural Crime Pilot Project To Examine And Assess The Effectiveness Of Prosecuting Agricultural Crime Cases, Including Those Of Agricultural Theft And Agricultural Vandalism, In The Ci...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISR107Intro
25%
Requesting State And County Agencies To Notify Animal Welfare Organizations Of Deceased Cats And Dogs That Are Picked Up Along State And County Roadways.
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2024-03-19
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISCR38Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Education To Implement A Hawaiian Language Requirement As Part Of The High School Graduation Requirements, Consistent With Existing English Graduation Requirements
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2024-03-14
To Senate Education Committee
HISCR71Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Education To Utilize Obligated Capital Improvement Project Funds And Other Funds For School Facilities And Prioritize Expenditures Based On Greatest Need.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Education Committee
HISR59Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Education To Utilize Obligated Capital Improvement Project Funds And Other Funds For School Facilities And Prioritize Expenditures Based On Greatest Need.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Education Committee
HISR89Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources And The Department Of Transportation To Expeditiously Propose Options To Temporarily Increase The Number Of Live-aboard And Houseboat Permits And Options To Develop Temporary Micro-housing At Or...
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2024-03-14
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISCR108Intro
25%
Urging The People's Republic Of China To Stop Persecution Based On Religion And For The United States Department Of State To Hold The People's Republic Of China Accountable For Violating The Right Of Religious Freedom.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISCR107Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources And The Department Of Transportation To Expeditiously Propose Options To Temporarily Increase The Number Of Live-aboard And Houseboat Permits And Options To Develop Temporary Micro-housing At Or...
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2024-03-14
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISR90Intro
25%
Urging The People's Republic Of China To Stop Persecution Based On Religion And For The United States Department Of State To Hold The People's Republic Of China Accountable For Violating The Right Of Religious Freedom.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISR109Intro
25%
Ratifying A Proposed Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States Giving The Congress Of The United States Power To Limit, Regulate, And Prohibit The Labor Of Persons Under Eighteen Years Of Age.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISCR127Intro
25%
Ratifying A Proposed Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States Giving The Congress Of The United States Power To Limit, Regulate, And Prohibit The Labor Of Persons Under Eighteen Years Of Age.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2690Intro
25%
Prohibits any person convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant or habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant from purchasing or publicly consuming alcohol for a certain period. Takes effect 1/1/205...
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2024-02-23
The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
HISB2684Intro
25%
Creates penalties relating to the fighting of birds.
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2024-02-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2139Intro
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Establishes provisions regarding the fees and other costs charged to reproduce certain government documents during a nationally declared disaster. Requires the Office of Information Practices to adopt certain rules regarding the fees and other charge...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB367Intro
25%
Prohibits the sale of tickets at higher price than the original price charged by the primary venue ticket provider. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-16
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2037Intro
25%
Designates the day of the second new moon after the winter solstice of every year as the Lunar New Year. Establishes the Lunar New Year as a state holiday. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-16
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB1580Intro
25%
Establishes within the Department of Health, the Health Care Facilities Labor Standards Working Group to research, assess, and make recommendations on the best practices in labor standards that can be implemented at hospitals, care homes, and dialysi...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2783Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for Medicaid coverage under the Children's Health Insurance Program for income-qualified pregnant persons and children, regardless of immigration status. Declares that the general fund expenditur...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB3209Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Education for the establishment of seven full-time equivalent (7.0 FTE) positions and additional program costs for the expanded teacher cohort program to fulfill the requirements of A...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB3317Intro
25%
Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate assistants employed by the University of Hawaii and community college system. Takes effect 7/1/2055. (SD1)
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2024-02-16
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB3315Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Agriculture to use consistent units of measurement in its summary to the public on the amounts of restricted use pesticides used. Establishes a one-half mile buffer zone for pesticides around schools and state and county pu...
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB760Intro
25%
Requires the Board of Psychology to grant prescriptive authority to qualified psychologist applicants statewide. Requires a report to the Legislature. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-15
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2752Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Office of Elections Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee to provide voter education and outreach services for individuals with accessibility needs.
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2024-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2930Intro
25%
Extends, under certain conditions, the family leave period that employees are entitled to under state law for up to eight additional weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to ...
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2024-02-15
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
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
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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
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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
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