Hawaii Representative Scott Saiki [D]

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HIHB2449Intro
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Clarifies that the definition of "manufactured hemp products" in section 328G-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, includes products intended to be consumed orally in beverage and edible forms and hemp products specified in rules adopted by the Department of ...
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2024-02-16
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1857Intro
25%
Authorizes the Governor to suspend the mortgage foreclosure provisions of chapter 667, HRS, for properties having substantial damage resulting from a disaster under a Governordeclared state of emergency. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-15
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2465Intro
25%
Clarifies that failure to comply with approved mitigation commitments, conduct an archaeological inventory survey, or comply with other administrative requirements pertaining to archaeology approved by the Department of Land and Natural Resources sha...
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2024-02-15
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2464Intro
25%
Establishes the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program Special Fund to receive moneys for the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant Program. Appropriates funds for the Dam and Appurtenance Improvement or Removal Grant P...
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2024-02-15
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2375Intro
25%
Reinstates the Governor's authority to transfer funds to cope with the effects of natural disasters, for operating purposes, or to supplement the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Firefighter's Contingency Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-15
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2432Intro
25%
Clarifies the Hawaii Public Housing Authority's powers relating to housing projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-14
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2346Intro
25%
Amends the offense of manslaughter to include cases where a person knowingly and unlawfully distributes a dangerous drug in any amount and thereby recklessly causes the death of another person who ingested that drug.
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2024-02-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2350Intro
25%
Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to effect arrests under the Hawaii Penal Code in limited circumstances.
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2024-02-14
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2397Intro
25%
Exempts career and technical education goods and services purchases up to $500,000 per purchase by the Department of Education from the State Procurement Code. Repeals on 7/1/2027. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-14
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2798Intro
25%
Amends the types of proposed power-generating facilities that trigger an environmental assessment to include new combustion electricity-generating facilities operating commercially after 1/1/2024 that were not previously operational and certain expan...
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2024-02-14
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2066Intro
25%
Establishes a cesspool conversion on-bill financing program to be administered by the Hawaii green infrastructure authority to provide low-interest loans to eligible homeowners for the upgrade, conversion, or connection of cesspools.
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2024-02-13
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HIHB2325Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the Return-to-Home Pilot Program, established pursuant to Act 94, SLH 2023, to provide eligible homeless individuals with assistance in reuniting with family and relatives in their home state. Ef...
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2024-02-13
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2431Intro
25%
Establishes the position of Housing Policy and Program Coordinator in the Hawaii Public Housing Authority. Clarifies that the employment of certain positions and the adjustment of salaries are authorized by the Executive Director and not the Board of...
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2024-02-13
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2405Intro
25%
Establishes a working group within the Office of Wellness and Resilience to create a statewide framework for peer support specialists. Appropriates funds for hiring an administrative facilitator to provide necessary support for the peer support speci...
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2024-02-12
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2434Intro
25%
Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to access vital records for purposes of verifying Native Hawaiian ancestry for beneficiary programs. Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to enter into a Memorand...
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2024-02-09
To House Health Committee
HIHB2448Intro
25%
Amends the statutes pertaining to mental health services for children and adolescents provided by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Department of Health to reflect the current mental health systems of care that address intensive ...
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2024-02-09
To House Health Committee
HIHB2381Intro
25%
Lowers the Employees' Retirement System's funding period to amortize the System's total unfunded accrued liability. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-09
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2433Intro
25%
Authorizes the Director of Health to issue public health standing orders for patients to self-refer to certain healthcare screening services.
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2024-02-09
To House Health Committee
HIHB2436Intro
25%
Authorizes minors who are fourteen years of age or older to consent to medical care and services for sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, and family planning services, including the prevention of sexually transmitted infections. Requires healt...
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2024-02-08
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2472Intro
25%
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to issue temporary threatened species licenses and draft administrative rules for the conservation of threatened species.
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2024-02-08
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2694Intro
25%
Establishes an income tax credit to incentivize the voluntary relinquishment of private water systems. Directs the Attorney General to commence eminent domain proceedings in certain counties. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-08
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2327Intro
25%
Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to partner with the property owner of 1021 Smith Street in Honolulu, Oahu, to create 60 units of affordable rental housing at that site. Requires units to be affordable to households having an income tha...
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2024-02-07
To House Housing Committee
HIHB2422Intro
25%
Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee as a nonvoting member to the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
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2024-02-07
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2459Intro
25%
Amends chapter 132D, HRS, to strengthen county and state agencies' ability to address the illegal use of fireworks in Hawaii.
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2024-02-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2349Intro
25%
Amends section 663-10.5, HRS, to abolish joint and several liability for government entities in claims and cases relating to the maintenance and design of highways under chapter 663, HRS, so that government entities are only liable in certain cases f...
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2024-02-07
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2521Intro
25%
Repeals paragraph (3) of section 802-1(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, which entitles the subject of a petition for assisted community treatment to legal representation by a public defender.
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2024-02-07
To House Health Committee
HIHB2698Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers in each county to provide care, diagnosis, or treatment for persons experiencing a mental illness or substance use disorder crisis. Appropriates funds.
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2024-02-07
To House Health Committee
HIHB1865Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the career criminal prosecution unit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-06
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1866Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu for the victim witness assistance program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-02-06
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2068Intro
25%
Authorizes the director of health to appoint psychologists to fill staff positions for the state mental health program.
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2024-02-06
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB2487Intro
25%
Provides deadlines for taxpayers under audit to comply with demands to produce documents and evidence. Authorizes the tax appeal court to preclude documents or information not produced pursuant to a demand from being introduced in evidence in a tax a...
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2024-02-06
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2495Intro
25%
Amends section 103D-307, HRS, to add equipment failures, repairs of public property to protect against further loss of, or damage to, public property, to prevent or minimize serious disruption in continued functioning of government services. Replaces...
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2024-02-06
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB2385Intro
25%
Amends section 76-16(b), Hawaii Revised Statues, to exempt the Deputy Executive Director, Chief Compliance Officer, and branch managers of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii from civil service.
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2024-02-06
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB2413Intro
25%
Repeals the prohibition of qualified persons or firms from receiving direct or indirect financing for construction projects from any governmental contracting agency as a condition of prevailing wage terms. Extends the Hawaii Housing Finance and Devel...
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2024-02-06
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2691Intro
25%
Establishes the Red Hill remediation authority. Creates the Red Hill remediation special fund.
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2024-02-06
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2693Intro
25%
Establishes the Cultural Corridor Authority to develop plans to redevelop areas affected by disaster while maintaining historic and cultural preservation. Establishes an income tax credit to incentivize the voluntary relinquishment of real property l...
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2024-02-06
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2519Intro
25%
Amends the composition of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund board of trustees. Clarifies vacancy procedures. Amends quorum requirements and voting powers.
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2024-02-02
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB2518Intro
25%
Amends the state and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for employees hired after 6/30/2024.
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2024-02-02
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB2529Intro
25%
Establishes a 5-year behavioral health exempt employee pilot program, to be administered by the Department of Health, under which the Department may fill employee vacancies in the Department's Behavioral Health Services Administration in a manner tha...
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2024-02-02
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB1538Intro
25%
Increases certain traffic fines and required motor vehicle insurance minimums.
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2024-02-01
To House Transportation Committee
HIHB1883Intro
25%
Adjusts the reporting period for gift disclosures filed with the state Ethics Commission to conform with the fiscal year. Provides for electronic filing of documents required by the Ethics Commission.
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2024-02-01
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1848Intro
25%
Amends section 11-364, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide that an excess contribution of more than $100 in cash, in the aggregate, from a single person during an election period to a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee shall es...
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2024-02-01
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1888Intro
25%
Imposes a statewide limitation on consumer fireworks, except by permit for use at cultural events.
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2024-02-01
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2469Intro
25%
Requires that lease extensions approved by the Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) be drafted on forms that reflect contemporary leasing practices and policies of the Board, and which shall control over conflicting or inconsistent provisions ...
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2024-02-01
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2468Intro
25%
Authorizes disposition of public land leases for agricultural, commercial, industrial, hotel, and resort purposes through direct negotiation.
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2024-02-01
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2474Intro
25%
Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue interim administrative rules to quickly regulate the use of ocean recreation equipment, especially new and emerging ocean recreation technologies, in state ocean waters until long-term admin...
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2024-02-01
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2527Intro
25%
Requires the Board of Education to adopt rules for facility maintenance. Requires that the condition of Department of Education facilities be periodically evaluated.
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2024-02-01
To House Education Committee
HIHB2445Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to implement a post-market testing program to verify the labeling on cannabis and manufactured cannabis products and monitor the shelf lives of cannabis and manufactured cannabis products.
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2024-01-31
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1846Intro
25%
Amends section 11-381, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to eliminate the use of campaign funds to purchase up to 2 tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee.
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2024-01-29
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1849Intro
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Prohibits state or county grantees, officers and immediate family members of state or county contractors, and officers and immediate family members of state or county grantees, from contributing to candidate committees or noncandidate committees for ...
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2024-01-29
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
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