Hawaii Senator Les Ihara [D]

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HISB37Intro
25%
Establishes the shipping container inspection program and appropriates funds for the shipping container inspection program. Requires the Department of Public Safety to submit reports to the Legislature on implementation of the shipping container insp...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB1514Intro
25%
Requires at least one individual from each candidate and noncandidate committee to complete mandatory training on key campaign spending laws, reporting requirements, and deadlines at least once every election cycle.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB653Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to improve and maintain the NELHA in its mission to develop and diversify the Hawaii economy by providing resources and facilities for energy and ocean-related research, education, and commercial activities in an environmentally so...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB1554Intro
25%
Authorizes the director of finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to various irrigation systems.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB842Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to purchase health care services for certain low-income, uninsured immigrants. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB413Intro
25%
Increases the fines for violating motor vehicle insurance requirements.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB965Engross
50%
Establishes green infrastructure objectives and policies for transportation systems, infrastructure, and projects. Establishes the green transportation infrastructure task force to examine, evaluate, and develop policies for the design, implementatio...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB1179Engross
50%
Prohibits foreign entities and foreign-influenced business entities from making contributions, expenditures, electioneering communications, or donations for election purposes. Requires every business entity that contributes or expends funds in a stat...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB1478Engross
50%
Establishes an offensive cybersecurity program within the office of enterprise technology services to analyze and evaluate cybersecurity threats and increase cybersecurity awareness and education. Establishes a goal for all state and county agencies ...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB433Intro
25%
Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, and transit projects in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Defines green ...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB677Intro
25%
Authorizes and establishes procedures and criteria for prescriptive authority for clinical psychologists who meet specific education, training, and registration requirements. Requires the Board of Psychology to accept applications for prescriptive au...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB1188Intro
25%
Prohibits persons soliciting a state contract, or applicants for or recipients of state grants or subsidies awarded under chapter 42F and their family members from making campaign contributions. Includes subcontractors to a state contract in the proh...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB859Intro
25%
Establishes priority for projects that are awarded funds from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund that are owned by the State or an organization obliged to reinvest financial surplus generated by a completed project into a newly constructed housing pro...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB750Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the department of education for the expansion of civic education in the public schools. Establishes two full-time equivalent permanent civic education resource teacher positions, one of which shall be grant funded.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Education Committee
HISB591Engross
50%
Establishes the operation of an illegal gambling business as a class C felony. Takes effect 03/22/2075. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB386Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) engineer position and one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) planner position within the Department of Health's Wastewater Branch to support processing of individual wastewater systems application...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB749Intro
25%
Requires the Public Access Room to establish and maintain an outreach and engagement program for primary, secondary, post-secondary, and community education and appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position to assist in effectuat...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB388Engross
50%
Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of any waste or disposal facility for hazardous waste or solid waste on land that is near or above a significant aquifer as determined by the Department of Health in consultation with the Commiss...
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB157Intro
25%
Repeals the exemption granted to churches by Act 22, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, relating to bonding requirements and fee requirements for licenses, renewals, and reinstatements of licenses applicable to cemeteries and funeral trusts. Clarifies that...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB1517Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide assistance and supplemental funding to the National Wildlife Research Center of the United States Department of Agriculture to conduct pilot field studies to evaluate contr...
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB969Intro
25%
Establishes that noise generated by helicopters in excess of a certain decibel level constitutes a public nuisance and a source of noise pollution in violation of the State's noise pollution law. Establishes fines and a private right of action for in...
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2023-12-11
Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
HISB374Intro
25%
Creates license plates to honor veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB654Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Education to establish long-term targets to locally source sixty per cent of school meals and zero-emission vehicle goals as part of the Sustainable Schools Initiative. Requires an annual report to the Legislature.
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2023-12-11
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
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