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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Albizia. [HB-466]
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a grant program to assist persons who use albizia trees to create usable commercial products or are developing ways to use albizia trees to create usable products. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in consultation with certain academic units of the University of Hawaii, to study economically feasible ways in which businesses may use albizia trees to produce usable commercial products, including housing, throughout the State.
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Relating To Fresh Water Security. [SB-512]
Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a water security working group to study and recommend priority capital improvement projects for legislative consideration and approval that leverage public-private investment to increase Hawaii's water security. Makes an appropriation.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Unfunded Liabilities. [HB-343]
Requires the state auditor to study the feasibility of providing health benefits to state and county employees using a self-insured model. Appropriates funds. Establishes the rate stabilization reserve fund. Caps employer contributions to the other post-employment benefits trust fund. Provides for the use of portions of any other revenues collected on behalf of the public employer or held by the State to supplement deficient public employer contribution amounts.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Elections. [HB-342]
Establishes presidential preference primary elections conducted by the State. Allows political parties to limit participation in the presidential preference primary election selection of the party's candidates by voter party registration. Allows voters to change party registration on a presidential preference primary election ballot. Requires a study to determine the feasibility of implementing a presidential preference primary in Hawaii in lieu of a party caucus and make recommendations for the implementation of a presidential preference primary.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Family Leave. [SB-360]
Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, in consultation with the Insurance Commissioner, to develop a procedural manual to implement a family leave insurance program that pays family leave insurance benefits. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Collective Bargaining. [HB-163]
Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to conduct a study to review the repricing processes in section 89-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and submit a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2024. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Recycling. [SB-175]
Requires state agencies to implement an on-site recycling program using rules issued by the Department of Health, in conjunction with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, at buildings and facilities managed, maintained, or serviced by the Department of Accounting and General Services. Requires the Department of Health, in conjunction with the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, to conduct a study on the benefits and costs in increasing reuse and reduce efforts throughout the State, recycling streams, and solid waste management
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Important Housing Lands. [SB-139]
Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct a study identifying certain state-owned lands located within a one-half mile radius of any rail mass transit station, including lands owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and excluding lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, that are most suitable for constructing at least one hundred thousand housing units. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct the study, or contract services to conduct the study. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Sustainable Land Use. [SB-91]
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct a study to assess the possible implementation of widescale agrivoltaic adaptation and use statewide. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to submit a report to the Legislature. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Coastal Erosion. [HB-88]
Establishes and appropriates funds for a two-year program at the University of Hawaii to study sand movement patterns and coastal erosion along the coast between Sunset Beach Park and Ehukai Beach Park on the North Shore of Oahu, including the impact of sandbag walls, tarps, rocks placed in the shoreline, sand pushing, and coastal restoration on beach processes. Establishes a temporary moratorium on the use of sandbag walls, unless authorized by an emergency permit from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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Hawaii 2023 Regular Session
Relating To Mental Health. [HB-81]
Requires the department of health to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of an outpatient mental health facility for children and adolescents living in the Ocean View region of Hawaii island, including in the communities of Ocean View, Milolii, Naalehu, and Pahala.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Requesting The University Of Hawaii To Establish A Reliable, Independent, And Transparent Methodology To Assess Effects Of Radio Frequency Emissions Generated By Wireless Antenna Sites. [SR-207]
Requesting The University Of Hawaii To Establish A Reliable, Independent, And Transparent Methodology To Assess Effects Of Radio Frequency Emissions Generated By Wireless Antenna Sites.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Requesting The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Convene A Task Force On Affordable Housing Permitting And To Conduct A Study Of County Ordinances On Housing Finance And Development. [SR-153]
Requesting The Hawaii Housing Finance And Development Corporation To Convene A Task Force On Affordable Housing Permitting And To Conduct A Study Of County Ordinances On Housing Finance And Development.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study On The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Implementing A Unicameral Legislature In Hawaii. [SCR-191]
Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study On The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Implementing A Unicameral Legislature In Hawaii.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study Of The Necessity For Hawaii's Certificate Of Need Program Under Chapter 323d, Hawaii Revised Statutes. [HCR-123]
Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study Of The Necessity For Hawaii's Certificate Of Need Program Under Chapter 323d, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Requesting The University Of Hawaii To Establish A Reliable, Independent, And Transparent Methodology To Assess Effects Of Radio Frequency Emissions Generated By Wireless Antenna Sites. [SCR-214]
Requesting The University Of Hawaii To Establish A Reliable, Independent, And Transparent Methodology To Assess Effects Of Radio Frequency Emissions Generated By Wireless Antenna Sites.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Requesting The Office Of Planning And Sustainable Development, In Consultation With The Department Of Land And Natural Resources Forestry And Wildlife Division, Commission On Water Resource Management, And City And County Of Honolulu, To Conduct A Study Of Waiahole Stream, Identify Jurisdictional Obstacles To Coordinated Stream Maintenance, And Offer Recommendations To Improve Stream Maintenance And Flood Hazard Mitigation Policies. [SCR-199]
Requesting The Office Of Planning And Sustainable Development, In Consultation With The Department Of Land And Natural Resources Forestry And Wildlife Division, Commission On Water Resource Management, And City And County Of Honolulu, To Conduct A Study Of Waiahole Stream, Identify Jurisdictional Obstacles To Coordinated Stream Maintenance, And Offer Recommendations To Improve Stream Maintenance And Flood Hazard Mitigation Policies.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Requesting The Department Of Taxation To Conduct A Study To Determine The Potential New Revenue For The State Resulting From A Tax On Electronic Smoking Devices. [HCR-151]
Requesting The Department Of Taxation To Conduct A Study To Determine The Potential New Revenue For The State Resulting From A Tax On Electronic Smoking Devices.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study Of Potential Positive And Negative Consequences Of Implementing Term Limits For Members Of The Legislature. [SCR-190]
Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study Of Potential Positive And Negative Consequences Of Implementing Term Limits For Members Of The Legislature.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study Of Potential Positive And Negative Consequences Of Implementing Term Limits For Members Of The Legislature. [SR-180]
Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study Of Potential Positive And Negative Consequences Of Implementing Term Limits For Members Of The Legislature.