Hawaii Senator Stanley Chang [D]

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HISB2028Intro
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Establishes the Department of Housing. Places the Hawaii Community Development Authority, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, and Hawaii Public Housing Authority under the Department of ...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2108Intro
25%
Allows a condominium association that claims a Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credit under section 235-12.5, HRS, to transfer the credit, or a portion thereof, to another individual or corporate taxpayer that is not related to the condomini...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2035Intro
25%
Specifies that a simple majority of affirmative votes of the members of the Land Use Commission present at a meeting and qualified to vote is required for any boundary amendment. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2012Intro
25%
Requires a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to comply with certain data privacy requirements. Requires a business to complete a data protection impact assessment for any online service, p...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HISB2121Intro
25%
Authorizes consumers aggrieved by the conduct of a mortgage loan originator licensee to recover from the Mortgage Loan Recovery Fund. Allows for excess moneys in the Mortgage Loan Recovery Fund to be used for certain training and educational purposes...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2077Intro
25%
Establishes an Interim Construction Subaccount within the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund to be used for the interim financing of new construction projects under section 201H-43, HRS, prioritizing projects located on state- or county-owned lands; provid...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2053Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for the installation, maintenance, management, and operation of non-chemical sunscreen dispensers on all state beaches. Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract or form a partnership with private parties to a...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2038Intro
25%
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to employ an Executive Director to be nominated by the Governor, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers the duties and powers of the Board of Directors of the Hawaii ...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2082Intro
25%
Merges the Made in Hawaii with Aloha branding program with the Hawaii Made program under the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Specifies that the Department of the Attorney General shall be responsible for enforcement of the ...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HISB2153Intro
25%
Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to utilize the current taxed assessed value for lease extensions. Requires all applications to the Board of Land and Natural Resources for an extension of fixed rental periods or lease terms to be made...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2155Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Agriculture to: (1) identify and evaluate each parcel of certain state-owned lands; and (2) contract a third-party entity to compile a report evaluating the agricultural land use potential of each parcel of state-owned land...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2149Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approve or deny an application related to aquaculture within 90 days from the date that it was submitted. Establishes two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions within the Division of Aquatic...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2157Intro
25%
Beginning 1/1/2025, requires rental kayaks to be registered and numbered with the Department of Land and Natural Resources and have the identification number affixed to the rental kayak. Requires the Department to establish fees for registration and ...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2165Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to inventory historic properties and burial sites in the State, collect data on burial site locations, and conduct an archaeological surface survey. Declares that the general fund exp...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2167Intro
25%
Appropriates additional operational funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to protect, manage, and restore Hawaii's natural resources. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2323Intro
25%
Prohibits the assessment of any fines, fees, or court costs against a person who was adjudicated for an offense committed while the person was a minor under the age of eighteen years, or against the person's parent or guardian. Discharges all related...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2344Intro
25%
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the development and construction of permanent supportive housing for certain vulnerable individuals. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Co...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2460Intro
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Appropriates funds to address the mental health and wellness needs of youth in the State.
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2445Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Transportation to identify an emergency egress route other than Komo Mai Drive from Pacific Palisades or, if no other route can be found, determine the feasibility of constructing an alternate emergency egress route. Requir...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2483Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Health to administer a three-year pilot program to authorize community health workers to provide outreach, education, training, and navigation of services to address the social determinants of health in Kau, Hawaii County. ...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2548Intro
25%
Requires employees, applicants, and contracted vendors of condominium associations in employment positions that grant access to security cameras and footage to undergo a background check and be licensed consistent with the requirements in chapter 463...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2493Intro
25%
Prohibits condominium associations from assessing, demanding, or seeking reimbursement from a unit owner for the association's total and final legal fees in excess of 25% of the original debt amount sought by the association. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2602Intro
25%
Changes the administration of the human trafficking victim services fund from the department of labor and industrial relations to the department of the attorney general.
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2863Intro
25%
Requires that a portion of state moneys be deposited in a financial institution chartered or authorized to do business in the State. Takes effect 7/1/2040; provided that a financial institution chartered or authorized to do business in the State is e...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2811Intro
25%
Makes state agricultural tourism requirements applicable to all counties, instead of only counties that have adopted an agricultural tourism ordinance. Requires Land Use Commission to adopt rules that establish requirements applicable to all farms im...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2810Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for Pololu Valley management, including for the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop the trailhead; develop the infrastructure necessary to accommodate parking; install approp...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2797Intro
25%
Creates a refundable water catchment income tax credit for a homeowner who installs, places in service, or maintains a water catchment system meeting certain requirements on residential property in the State owned by the taxpayer. Applies to taxable ...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2889Intro
25%
Allows the Department of Transportation to establish a Noise Traffic Pilot Program. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2835Intro
25%
Amends the definition of "historic property" to include buildings and structures that are registered on the Hawaii Register of Historic places or object, district, area, or site that predate 8/21/1959. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HISB2789Intro
25%
Permits film production on lands that are zoned for agricultural use. Establishes the Agricultural Film Production Land Use Oversight Committee to monitor and enforce compliance with regulations on film permit activities on agricultural zoned lands.
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2024-02-14
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HISB2965Intro
25%
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish a discounted rate by tariff for water carriers that engage in the interisland transport of hydrogen produced from renewable sources. (SD1)
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2978Intro
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. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exce...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB3200Intro
25%
Establishes under the Department of Health a Smoking Sensor Rebate Program, which offers a rebate for installation of smoking sensors to detect smoking within smoking-prohibited areas.
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2024-02-14
The committee on HHS deferred the measure.
HISB3266Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation and Department of Land and Natural Resources for vegetation management projects to reduce the risks of wildfires across the State. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. ...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB3341Intro
25%
Establishes the Upcycled Mobile Dishwashing System Pilot Program within the Department of Health. Requires a report to the Legislature. Establishes two full-time positions within the Department of Health. Declares the general fund expenditure ceiling...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB3338Intro
25%
Establishes a WAI policy coordinator and other positions within the Department of Land and Natural Resources for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceili...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2045Intro
25%
Amends the priority for which moneys in the Rental Housing Revolving Fund are to be used. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to: (1) prioritize the allocation of low-income housing tax credits to certain projects and (2) ...
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2024-02-13
The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HISB2026Intro
25%
Requires the Director of Finance to consider, before the selection of a depository for the state treasury, the beneficial effects to the State of using depositories within the State, including but not limited to lending at favorable terms for the cre...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2162Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to pursue and obtain accreditation for the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Program from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-02-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2352Intro
25%
Repeals the requirement that the Director of Human Resources Development must submit a report to the Legislature before reclassifying and abolishing vacant positions within State departments and agencies that are under the jurisdiction of DHRD. Takes...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2324Intro
25%
Requires the State to share in the cost of county first responder personnel fulfilling state-imposed new mandates or increases in the level of service under existing programs.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HISB2311Intro
25%
Establishes an electric vehicle battery recycling and disposal program. Prohibits disposal of propulsion batteries as solid waste. Prohibits producers of propulsion batteries from refusing propulsion batteries for reuse, remanufacturing, repurposing,...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HISB2449Intro
25%
Requires employers to initiate negotiations on repricing of classes within a bargaining unit within 30 days of its receipt of the exclusive representative's written request to negotiate. Establishes that the employer's failure to initiate the negotia...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HISB2436Intro
25%
Requires recycling of construction and demolition materials and use of recycled materials to factor into priority offeror selections for competitive procurements of construction or demolition services by the State or any county.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB2469Intro
25%
Adds credit enhancement for construction loans to the list of permitted uses of moneys in the Rental Housing Revolving Fund. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to adopt rules.
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2024-02-13
The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HISB2590Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to amend the definitions of "inadvertent discovery" and "previously identified" in the HAR, to better protect burial sites.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2592Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to amend the definition of "cultural descendant", in HAR, to more accurately capture relationships between individuals and families.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HISB2644Intro
25%
Establishes the legislative budget office to produce fiscal analyses and reports on bills impacting state or county finances. Repeals the joint legislative budget committee and the office of the legislative analyst. Appropriates funds.
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2024-02-13
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HISB2498Intro
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Establishes the Cesspool Conversion Revolving Loan Fund. Directs green energy market securitization loan repayments and interest to be deposited into the Cesspool Conversion Revolving Loan Fund. Requires the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority to a...
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2024-02-13
The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
HISB2719Intro
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Appropriates funds to establish full-time equivalent ( .0 FTE) positions within the Employee Classification and Compensation Division of the Department of Human Resources Development to perform employee classification duties. Declares that t...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
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