Relating To Water Fluoridation. [SB-488]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Requires certain water suppliers in the State to adjust the fluoride level in their public water systems to the applicable United States Department of Health and Human Services standards for optimal water fluoridation levels. Exempts federal water suppliers. Requires water suppliers to test water systems for fluoride levels at intervals established by the Department of Health. Requires the Department of Health to provide training to water suppliers for the implementation of water fluoridation. Requires the Department of Health to submit annual reports
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SB-488: Relating To Water Fluoridation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Hhs, Wam. on 01/21/2025
Relating To Motor Vehicles. [SB-485]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Decreases the exempted light transmittance for motor vehicle sun screening devices on front side wing vents and windows from thirty-five per cent to twenty per cent plus or minus six per cent. Exempts the light transmittance for motor vehicle sun screening devices for side windows that are to the rear of the driver and rear windows in sedans. Repeals the requirement that a front number plate be affixed to the front of a motor vehicle. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-485: Relating To Motor Vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Reported From Tca (stand. Com. Rep. No. 254) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Jdc. on 02/11/2025
Relating To The Conveyance Tax. [SB-469]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Property Tax ]
[Human Services ]
Establishes the Homeless Services Special Fund. Allows counties to apply for matching funds from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund for certain housing projects. Increases the conveyance tax rates for certain properties. Establishes conveyance tax rates for multifamily residential properties. Establishes new exemptions to the conveyance tax. Allocates collected conveyance taxes to the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund, Homeless Services Special Fund and, and Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Amends allocations to the Land Conservation
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SB-469: Relating To The Conveyance Tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Kouchi
Referred To Hhs/hou/wtl, Wam. on 01/21/2025
Relating To The East-west Center. [SB-437]
[Arts and Culture ]
[International ]
Exempts the Center for Cultural and Technical Exchange Between East and West, Inc. from the qualifying standards and conditions related to the receipt of funds contained in chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, provided that if the center contracts with a recipient or provider, then the conditions in chapter 42F, shall apply to that recipient or provider and the contract.
SB-437: Relating To The East-west Center.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino
Referred To Tca, Wam. on 01/21/2025
Relating To Online Fantasy Sports. [SB-373]
[Gaming ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishes an online fantasy sports contests registration and monitoring program under the Department of the Attorney General. Imposes an online fantasy sports contests tax on the gross revenues of registrants. Establishes the Online Fantasy Sports Contests Special Fund and allocates proceeds of the fund to the Lahaina community recovery efforts. Exempts registered online fantasy sports contests from state gambling laws. Appropriates funds.
SB-373: Relating To Online Fantasy Sports.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Edt, Wam/jdc. on 01/21/2025
Relating To State And County Employment. [SB-410]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Prohibits the State or any of its branches, political subdivisions, or agencies or any county from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state or county employment. Establishes exemptions.
SB-410: Relating To State And County Employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Lbt/gvo, Wam. on 01/21/2025
Relating To Child Labor Law. [SB-397]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Removes the exemption of the State, its political subdivisions, and the United States from the Child Labor Law.
SB-397: Relating To Child Labor Law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Referred To Lbt, Jdc. on 01/21/2025
Relating To The General Excise Tax. [SB-389]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
Expands the general excise tax exemption established by Act 47, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024, to include amounts received by optometrists, audiologists, and chiropractors, for healthcare-related goods or services purchased under the Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE programs.
SB-389: Relating To The General Excise Tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Hhs, Wam. on 01/21/2025
Relating To General Excise Tax Exemptions. [HB-180]
[Taxes ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Exempts the tax collected on the sale of groceries that are eligible under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, regardless of the means of purchase and the program eligibility of the purchaser.
HB-180: Relating To General Excise Tax Exemptions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Referred To Hsh, Ecd, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/21/2025