Hawaii Senator Michelle Kidani [D] | Senate

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HISR178Intro
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Urging The Development Of A Baccalaureate Degree Program In Education With An Online Option At Leeward Community College To Address The Educational Needs Of Working Adults In All Counties.
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2024-03-25
[Hearing: Mar 28 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISCR142Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Education To Study The Impact Of Teacher Salary Step Movements On Salary Schedule Compression.
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2024-03-25
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISR172Intro
25%
Urging The Federal Emergency Management Agency To Consider Utilizing Funds For Non-congregate Housing For Infrastructure And Development Needs For Affordable Rental Housing.
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2024-03-25
[Hearing: Mar 28 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HISR168Intro
25%
Applying To The United States Congress To Call An Article V Convention To Propose Certain Limited Amendments To The United States Constitution.
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2024-03-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISR155Intro
25%
Urging Turo, Inc., To Immediately Cease And Desist Listing Any State Airport Parking Lot As A Vehicle Pick-up Site On Turo's Digital Platform.
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2024-03-25
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISCR180Intro
25%
Urging Turo, Inc., To Immediately Cease And Desist Listing Any State Airport Parking Lot As A Vehicle Pick-up Site On Turo's Digital Platform.
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2024-03-25
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2081Engross
50%
Establishes the Aerospace and Aeronautics Development Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates funds to establish a position within the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to assist the Corporat...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2285Engross
50%
Amends the functions and duties of the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Clarifies the definition of "health care". Establishes a task force known as the Hui Hoomana. Establishes positions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2289Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Health to include in its annual report regarding Kalaupapa Settlement details and updated information, as available, regarding the permanent transfer to other qualified governmental or qualified nongovernmental entities of ...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2286Engross
50%
Permits the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enter into contracts with eligible employers or registered apprenticeship programs in the private sector to provide on-the-job training to eligible interns. Requires the Department of Human ...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2322Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Health to continue water sampling and analysis of Tier 1 beaches during brown water advisories, with certain exceptions and under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2319Enroll
75%
Proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory retirement age for justices and judges from 70 to 75 years.
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2351Engross
50%
Amends the Hawaii Workforce Development Council law to be consistent with the General Appropriations Act of 2021. Renames "Hawaii Workforce Development Council" to "Hawaii Workforce Development Board". Requires the Hawaii Workforce Development Board ...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2605Engross
50%
Beginning 1/1/2026, requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services. Applies this coverage to health benefits plans...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2497Engross
50%
Repeals the provision that made references to the base amount in the Internal Revenue Code inapplicable to the research activities tax credit and allowed credits for all qualified research expenses to be taken without regard to previous years' expens...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2770Engross
50%
Allows the counties to establish, by ordinance, an opt-in program that allows an annual payment in lieu of real property taxes on the land or improvements thereon that are actively used to produce or store renewable energy that is sold to an electric...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB2974Engross
50%
Establishes a Business Revitalization Task Force within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to identify methods to improve Hawaii's general economic competitiveness and business climate, including the mitigation of regulator...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB3194Engross
50%
Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable electricity they produce to users of renewable energy under policies and procedures established by the Public Utilities Commission, should the Public Utilities Commission de...
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2024-03-22
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB3237Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Agriculture to designate certain species as pests, and periodically update taxa designated as pests, for control or eradication and develop and implement a control or eradication program for each designated pest but, if the...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB3234Engross
50%
Amends the laws relating to the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund and Hawaii Property Insurance Association by: imposing a different transient accommodation tax rate for transient vacation rentals and a property insurance surcharge on conveyance tax to ca...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB3344Engross
50%
Establishes the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund and Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund Corporation to provide compensation for property damage resulting from catastrophic wildfires in the State. Requires the Corporation's board to report to the Legislature. Mak...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISB3335Engross
50%
Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Authority and Cannabis and Hemp Control Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning 1/1/2026, legalizes the personal adult use of canna...
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2024-03-22
To House Finance Committee
HISCR15Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Health's State Health Planning And Development Agency To Convene A Health Data Sharing Working Group To Accelerate And Expand The Sharing Of Real Time Health Information Among Health Care Entities And Government Agencies ...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISR7Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Health's State Health Planning And Development Agency To Convene A Health Data Sharing Working Group To Accelerate And Expand The Sharing Of Real Time Health Information Among Health Care Entities And Government Agencies ...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISCR16Intro
25%
Requesting The Hawaii Property Insurance Association To Expand Coverage To Commercial Properties.
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2024-03-22
The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
HISCR26Intro
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Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Social And Financial Assessment Of Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage For Step Therapy Requirements For Stage Two Through Stage Five Cancer.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISR39Intro
25%
Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study To Understand The Implementation Process For A Continuous Legislative Session And Its Relative Impacts On The State.
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Mar 28 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISCR39Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Convene A Baby Bonds Working Group.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISCR34Intro
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Requesting The Hawaii Medical Association And Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association To Convene A Roundtable To Establish Medical Protocols To Ensure That An Individual's Thyroid Function Is Tested Before Psychotropic Medications For Mental Illness A...
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2024-03-22
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro, Awa.
HISR28Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Convene A Baby Bonds Working Group.
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2024-03-22
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISCR51Intro
25%
Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study To Understand The Implementation Process For A Continuous Legislative Session And Its Relative Impacts On The State.
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Mar 28 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISR27Intro
25%
Urging The Members Of Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Introduce Legislation To Expand The National Flood Insurance Program To Include Lava Insurance.
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2024-03-22
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey, Awa.
HISR34Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Establish A Working Group To Plan And Construct A Hawaii First Responders Memorial.
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Mar 28 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISCR46Intro
25%
Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services To Establish A Working Group To Plan And Construct A Hawaii First Responders Memorial.
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Mar 28 @ 3:00 pm]
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISR67Intro
25%
Urging The Department Of Health To Explore Avenues To Ensure Continued Access To Affordable Medications For The State's Underserved Populations Under The 340b Drug Pricing Program And Urging Hawaii's Congressional Delegation And Relevant Federal Agen...
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2024-03-22
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro, Awa.
HISCR81Intro
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Urging The Department Of Health To Explore Avenues To Ensure Continued Access To Affordable Medications For The State's Underserved Populations Under The 340b Drug Pricing Program And Urging Hawaii's Congressional Delegation And Relevant Federal Agen...
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2024-03-22
The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro, Awa.
HISCR115Intro
25%
Encouraging Developers To Incorporate Net Zero Water Building Strategies When Constructing And Renovating Housing Projects In The State.
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2024-03-22
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey, Awa.
HISCR102Intro
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Requesting The Insurance Commissioner To Consult With The Department Of Taxation Regarding The Establishment Of A Wind Resistance Retrofit Tax Credit Program.
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2024-03-22
The committee on CPN deferred the measure.
HISR98Intro
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Encouraging Developers To Incorporate Net Zero Water Building Strategies When Constructing And Renovating Housing Projects In The State.
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2024-03-22
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey, Awa.
HISCR158Intro
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Requesting The Department Of Taxation To Conduct A Study On Disallowing The Dividends Paid Deduction For Real Estate Investment Trusts.
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2024-03-22
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey, Awa.
HISB2132Engross
50%
Amends the deadline related to the repair of conditions that constitute health or safety violations. Increases the amount deducted from a tenant's rent for the tenant's actual expenditures to correct health or safety violations and defective conditio...
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2024-03-21
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
HISB2385Enroll
75%
Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to prohibit the Judicial Selection Commission from presenting a list of judicial nominees to the Governor or Chief Justice between August 1 and November 30. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-21
To House Finance Committee
HISB2505Engross
50%
Establishes system resilience as a metric to be monitored and considered by the Public Utilities Commission. Authorizes the use of amounts collected through the Hawaii electricity reliability surcharge by the Commission to perform certain duties. Eff...
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2024-03-21
To House Finance Committee
HISB2615Engross
50%
Authorizes the counties to require employers to disclose information regarding its employees' wages, benefits, hours, and employment status and deny, revoke, or suspend a building permit application for violating laws relating to wages, benefits, hou...
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2024-03-21
To House Finance Committee
HISB2746Engross
50%
Requires the Department of Transportation to require that the securing of mooring lines from vessels to commercial docks, wharves, piers, quays, and landings be performed by labor subject to collective bargaining. Sunsets 7/1/2028. Effective 7/1/3000...
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2024-03-21
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HISB2715Engross
50%
Makes it unlawful for an employer to discharge, discipline, or otherwise penalize or threaten any adverse employment action against an employee because the employee declines to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting that communicates ...
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2024-03-21
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Evslin.
HISB2718Engross
50%
Allows the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to admit and consider hearsay evidence. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-21
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Evslin.
HISB2814Engross
50%
Directs the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Agribusiness Development Corporation and the counties, to conduct an agricultural water infrastructure study for the State of Hawaii. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-21
To House Finance Committee
HISB2819Engross
50%
Requires vehicles traveling ten miles per hour or more below the posted speed limit on a two-lane highway, behind which five vehicles are formed in a line, to pull over where possible to let the trailing vehicles proceed when passing is unsafe. Effec...
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2024-03-21
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ganaden; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
HISB2841Engross
50%
Designates May 15 of each year as Water Safety Day. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-21
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
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