Hawaii Senator Les Ihara [D] | Engrossed

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HISB1488Engross
50%
Requires the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, in consultation with livestock industry stakeholders, to conduct a study to assess the effects of heat stress on beef cattle during interisland ocean transportatio...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1543Engross
50%
Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State, to begin with the 2026 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a progress a...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB449Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the governor to plan and coordinate the festival of pacific arts and culture to be held in Honolulu from 6/6/2024 to 6/16/2024. Requires the department of busines...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB627Engross
50%
Allows an election candidate, treasurer, or candidate committee to use campaign funds for the candidate's child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB710Engross
50%
Appropriates moneys for an education and reentry program for incarcerated women. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1044Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to hire complex-based licensed behavioral health specialists for Hawaii's rural public schools. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB1594Engross
50%
Establishes an expanded crisis intervention and diversion activities program within the department of health to expand existing activities to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Defines "crisis center" and "cri...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB587Engross
50%
Increases the fines for violating provisions relating to the installation of noisy exhaust pipes and mufflers. Authorizes police officers to conduct examinations and inspections if the officer has probable cause to believe that a vehicle's excessivel...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB500Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish additional permanent mental health practitioner positions within the Division of Student Success' Counseling and Student Development Center. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HISB2143Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Wildfire Management Branch of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Forestry and Wildlife to provide nonprofit organizations with grants for wildfire preparedness and mitigation programming. Effective 7/1...
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2024-03-25
[Hearing: Mar 28 @ 3:30 pm]
To House Finance Committee
HISB2439Engross
50%
Extends the statute of limitations for civil actions brought by adults subjected to sexual offenses for a one-year period. Allows a claim to be brought against legal entities during the one-year period if there is a finding of gross negligence. Autho...
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2024-03-25
[Hearing: Mar 28 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee
HISB2601Engross
50%
Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. Effective 7/1/...
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2024-03-25
[Hearing: Mar 28 @ 2:00 pm]
To House Finance Committee
HISB2726Engross
50%
Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on how certain other states approach the following subjects as they relate to condominiums: an ombudsman, licenses for management, alternative dispute resolution, governmental regulation, o...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB3002Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation to implement the recommendations of Task Force on Mobility Management, established pursuant to Act 214, SLH 2013, in consultation with the Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Executive Of...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB725Engross
50%
Requires and appropriates moneys for the department of human resources development to submit an annual report to the legislature on the telework policies of the executive branch. Establishes requirements for a pilot telework monitoring system to asse...
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB306Engross
50%
Requires that prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of an administrative rule, electronic notice of the proposed rulemaking be provided to all persons who have made a timely written request to, and provided a valid working email address to, the...
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB1196Engross
50%
Clarifies that the authorization for board and commission holdover members to continue in office until a successor is nominated and appointed, but not beyond the end of the second regular legislative session following the expiration of the member's t...
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2024-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
HISB2727Engross
50%
Allows condominiums to be eligible for commercial property assessed financing. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-19
To House Finance Committee
HISB2659Engross
50%
Incorporates a regenerative framework into the Hawaii State Planning Act by expanding objectives and policies for the visitor industry. Requires periodic updates to the Tourism Functional Plan, specifies elements to be included in the Tourism Functio...
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2024-03-15
To House Finance Committee
HISB2381Engross
50%
Establishes a comprehensive system of public financing for all candidates seeking election to state and county public offices in the State of Hawaii, to begin with the 2028 general election year. Requires the Campaign Spending Commission to submit a ...
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2024-03-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2474Engross
50%
By 1/1/2027, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2028, requires the Department to start ...
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2024-03-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB2730Engross
50%
Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to disclose records, including but not limited to Supplemental Compensation Exhibits, submitted to the Insurance Commissioner that describe the name, title, or compensation of the directors, trustees, officers, o...
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2024-03-13
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB849Engross
50%
Amends the state supplemental payment ceiling for domiciliary care paid to recipients who are eligible for federal supplementary security income or public assistance, or both. Amends the monthly needs allowance for individuals residing in foster home...
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2024-03-07
To House Human Services Committee
HISB2637Engross
50%
Require the third meeting of a board to deliberate and act on a matter investigated by a group of its members to be held at least six days after the second meeting. Takes effect 4/14/2112. (SD2)
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2024-03-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2728Engross
50%
Reestablishes the Appraisal Management Company Registration Program within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conform with the minimum standards of the Appraisal Management Companies Final Rule and federal Dodd-Frank Wall Street Refor...
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2024-03-07
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HISB2911Engross
50%
Designates certain snail species as official state snails.
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2024-03-07
To House Culture, Arts, & International Affairs Committee
HISB1130Engross
50%
Makes a principal of an activity desk, and all persons with an ownership interest in the activity desk, jointly and severally liable for any financial deficiency when the activity desk's client trust account is insufficient to pay consumers or activi...
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB755Engross
50%
Requires the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025 focused on the health disparities experienced by persons in the State with developmental or intellect...
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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
HISB853Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HISB302Engross
50%
Temporarily reinstates the technology infrastructure renovation tax credit. Expands the definition of "technology-enabled infrastructure" to include data servers. Requires a report from the department of taxation analyzing the tax implications for sp...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB668Engross
50%
Adopts the physical therapy compact effective 7/1/3025. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to adopt rules to implement and administer the compact. Requires applicants for physical therapist or physical therapist assistant licens...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HISB673Engross
50%
Establishes a terminally ill qualifying patient medical cannabis use working group to study the feasibility of the medical use of cannabis by terminally ill qualifying patients in health care facilities. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB432Engross
50%
Designates Hawaii coral reefs as critical natural infrastructure.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land Committee
HISB442Engross
50%
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, in addition to...
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HISB340Engross
50%
Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units without regard to civil service law. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB420Engross
50%
Establishes the sustainable food systems working group within the department of agriculture. Requires the working group to submit a plan, any recommendations for implementing the plan, and any proposed legislation to the legislature. Appropriates fun...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB1569Engross
50%
Establishes a temporary Telework Working Group. Requires interim and final reports to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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2023-12-11
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HISB1504Engross
50%
Establishes the museum of modern Hawaii history. Establishes a task force to develop plans for the establishment, construction, and operation of the museum of modern Hawaii history. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB902Engross
50%
Requires the Executive Office on Aging to establish a workforce development and support center. Appropriates funds for the center's establishment. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Health Committee
HISB1056Engross
50%
Clarifies that the engineering study required prior to the setting of a maximum speed limit shall not apply to reductions of maximum speed limits.
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2023-12-11
To House Transportation Committee
HISB974Engross
50%
Establishes a framework to regulate controllers and processors with access to personal consumer data. Establishes penalties. Establishes a new consumer privacy special fund. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2023-12-11
To House Economic Development Committee
HISB1187Engross
50%
Increases the post-employment restriction for former legislators from twelve months to twenty-four months.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB366Engross
50%
Establishes penalties for the failure to comply with a County Director of Finance's request that a vehicle number plate or special number plate be returned. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
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2023-12-11
To House Transportation Committee
HISB752Engross
50%
Requires the comptroller to identify state office buildings that can provide equitable telecommunication access to allow certain residents, including residents with disabilities, to participate remotely in legislative hearings. Requires a report to t...
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2023-12-11
To House Finance Committee
HISB383Engross
50%
Requires that any person who applies for an identification card or driver's license be automatically registered to vote. Requires that the applicant be provided the opportunity to opt-out of voter registration.
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2023-12-11
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HISB767Engross
50%
Prohibits the Governor or a Mayor from suspending requests for public records or vital statistics during a declared state of emergency. Allows for a reasonable delay in an agency's response to a request as a result of extenuating circumstances.
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2023-12-11
To House Water & Land 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
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