Hawaii Senator Stanley Chang [D] | Introduced

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HISB2981Intro
25%
Establishes as a class B felony the unlicensed performance of contractor work, during or within 5 years following a national emergency, state of emergency, or disaster proclamation, in an affected political subdivision.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB3004Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to maintain seventy-five health technician positions within the Department of Education for the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2968Intro
25%
Includes hydrogen vehicles as a priority for state agencies when purchasing or leasing light-, medium-, and heavy-duty motor vehicles.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB2989Intro
25%
Authorizes the Judicial Council to nominate persons for appointment to a county ethics commission; provided that the county's charter or ordinance requires members of the commission to be appointed from nominations made by the Judicial Council.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2971Intro
25%
Raises the criminal penalty for the offense of indecent exposure from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor if the victim is less than sixteen years of age. Provides that the state of mind requirement is not applicable to the fact that the victim is l...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2990Intro
25%
Prohibits the purchase and sale of a motor vehicle to another individual who is not duly licensed to operate that category of motor vehicle. Prohibits the registered owner of a motor vehicle from allowing an individual who is not duly licensed to ope...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HISB2987Intro
25%
Establishes the Teacher Home Assistance Program to be administered by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide housing vouchers to certain teachers who are employed by the Department of Education and commit to teach at hard-t...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2982Intro
25%
Establishes the regenerative tourism program with the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to increase regenerative tourism. Establishes a grant program. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state gene...
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2024-01-26
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB1209Intro
25%
Conforms the amount allowable for the Hawaii expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for the gainful employment tax credit to the credit amounts allowed in the federal tax code. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/22.
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2024-01-25
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2015Intro
25%
Amends the priority for which moneys in the Rental Housing Revolving Fund are to be used.
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2024-01-25
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2093Intro
25%
Establishes jurisdiction for the Department of Law Enforcement over enforcement of chapter 132D, HRS, relating to illegal fireworks. Establishes provisions for police and fire officers to enter premises and for the Director of Law Enforcement to insp...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2003Intro
25%
Requires police commissions to establish and police officers to complete training programs on cultural competency and implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity. Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to establish and law enforcement officer...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2136Intro
25%
Establishes fees that medical providers may charge for medical records and imposes civil penalties.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2073Intro
25%
Allows counties to prohibit discrimination against renters based on their source of income.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2047Intro
25%
Requires certain employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to employees to be used to care for themselves or a family member who is ill or needs medical care and supplemental paid sick leave to employees under certain public health eme...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISB2013Intro
25%
Prohibits the assessment of fees upon inmates for medical, dental, or mental health services or treatment that is provided within a public correctional institution in the State.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2033Intro
25%
Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a local health officer or local agent of the Department of Health from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2481Intro
25%
Establishes a timeline by which roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages that use a geographic origin in labeling or advertising are required to contain a certain per cent coffee by weight from that geographic origin.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2466Intro
25%
Establishes a Crisis Intervention and Diversion Services Program within the Department of Health to expand existing services to divert those with mental health issues to appropriate health care services. Defines "mental health emergency worker". Decl...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2468Intro
25%
Requires all health insurers in the state, including medicaid managed care programs, to cover annual mental health wellness examinations.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2472Intro
25%
Increases the monthly needs allowance from $50 to $75. Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal supplemental security income program. Requires certain long-term care facility operators to...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2464Intro
25%
Authorizes health care organizations to accept a health care provider's credentialing that was conducted by certain health care organizations or state agencies. Establishes a Health Care Credentialing Clearinghouse Pilot Program within the Department...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2489Intro
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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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2581Intro
25%
Establishes provisions allowing for consumers to request data brokers that maintain their personal information to delete any personal information related to the consumer.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2628Intro
25%
Renames the Department of Law Enforcement to the "Department of the State Sheriff". Renames the Director of Law Enforcement to "State Sheriff" and deputy directors to "undersheriffs". Establishes an assistant position to be designated by the State Sh...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2584Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for prefabricated, modular, or kauhale-type housing for homeless individuals and low-income households.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2618Intro
25%
Provides that within lands under Department of Hawaiian Home Lands jurisdiction, the Department shall have the nonexclusive authority to enforce state statutes and rules and county ordinances and rules in the same manner as state sheriffs and county ...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2551Intro
25%
Beginning 1/1/2025, requires health insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for biomarker testing.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2642Intro
25%
Requires mandatory registration for all clean and sober homes. Requires the Department of Health to ensure there is equitable distribution of clean and sober homes throughout a county. Requires an applicant to obtain written approval from the appropr...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2496Intro
25%
Establishes a gray water income tax credit to encourage the installation of qualified gray water systems certified by the Department of Health on existing residential properties and new housing developments. Effective for taxable years beginning afte...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2614Intro
25%
Modifies penalties for violations of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations rules from a fixed fine to a fine proportional to the yearly income of the violator.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISB2491Intro
25%
Establishes the offense of negligent failure to control a dog.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2580Intro
25%
Establishes a task force to identify 1 or more parcels of alienable state land and propose a plan for a public-private partnership to develop that land for affordable housing. Requires a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the 2025 Re...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2586Intro
25%
Requires planned community associations to either develop and adopt program rules for a neighborhood security watch program within the association's planned community or allocate a portion of the association's regular assessments to fund a neighborho...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2494Intro
25%
Provides police officers who become members of the Employees' Retirement System after 6/30/2023 with retirement benefits similar to those provided for members of the Employees' Retirement System who became members before 7/1/2012, including but not l...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2484Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the return-to-home pilot program, established pursuant to Act 94, Session Laws of Hawaii 2023, to provide eligible homeless individuals with assistance in reuniting with family and relatives in t...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2587Intro
25%
Requires the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to compile a list of approved archaeologists to ensure the quality and integrity of archaeological services contracted by developers. Specifies informat...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2616Intro
25%
Authorizes student-athletes attending public and private high schools to earn compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness, and to obtain related professional representation. Repeals on 1/1/30.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Education Committee
HISB2619Intro
25%
Establishes a licensing system for medical cannabis cultivation. Facilitates the transport of medical cannabis. Expands the scope of authorized actions for medical cannabis patients. Provides that qualifying out-of-state patients need not register wi...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2583Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for prefabricated, modular, or kauhale-type housing for individuals impacted by the Lahaina wildfire.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Housing Committee
HISB2554Intro
25%
Beginning 1/1/2028, prohibits the operation of leaf blowers or string trimmers that are powered using two-stroke engines. Establishes penalties to be enforced by the Department of Health.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2643Intro
25%
Amends the definition of "imminent harm" in the Child Protective Act. Clarifies the due process required for child removals, including removals by a police officer without a court order.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2540Intro
25%
Reinstates income tax credit for cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection for eligible taxpayers and eligible expenses. Applies retroactively to 12/31/2020.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2488Intro
25%
Subjects certain rent-to-own contracts for real property in the State to state and federal foreclosure procedures.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2567Intro
25%
Requires the law enforcement standards board to develop training materials related to the recognition and signs of Alzheimer's disease and related types of dementia. Requires law enforcement officers to review training materials for at least 1 hour p...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HISB2568Intro
25%
Authorizes pharmacists to order and administer immunizations and vaccinations to children three years of age and older under state law.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2582Intro
25%
Requires a licensing authority to deny or suspend, or refuse to renew, reinstate, or restore, any license if the licensee or applicant is found to have been involved with unlawful fentanyl dealings.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2610Intro
25%
Prohibits employers from employing employees for a workday longer than eight hours for more than 6 days in a workweek unless the employer pays the employee overtime pay at 1.5 times the employee's regular rate for hours worked in excess of 8 hours, a...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HISB2633Intro
25%
For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2024, provides a temporary income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a wastewater system approved by the director of health, or connecting to a sewerage system. Sunsets 1...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2544Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Education Committee on Weights to consider the impact of its weighted student formula recommendations on small and remote schools.
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2024-01-24
To Senate Education Committee
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