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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Procurement. [SB-3369]
Establishes a procurement services consolidation working group to develop a plan for the phased in consolidation, under the state procurement office, of all state executive branch procurement services and staff within five years, except those of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, University of Hawaii, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Requires the working group to recommend ways to attract high-quality procurement professionals to the State. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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Relating To Infrastructure Maintenance In Housing Subdivisions. [SB-3324]
Establishes a working group to examine and address the problem of infrastructure repair and maintenance in planned housing subdivisions that do not have compulsory homeowner associations. Requires a report to the legislature before the 2024 regular session. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Transportation. [SB-3313]
Replaces $50 annual vehicle registration surcharge for electric vehicles with a capped mileage-based road user fee for electric vehicles. Requires motor vehicle registration application to specify whether the type of fuel for which the vehicle is adapted is electricity. Requires certificates of inspection to state the odometer reading of electric vehicles. Requires the Department of Transportation to plan for the deployment of a state mileage-based road user fee program by 2025 and submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Airports. [SB-3361]
Establishes the Airport Advisory Working Group in the Department of Transportation to advise on airport design and construction projects to prioritize user experience while reflecting local culture, environment, and the history of Hawaii. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Procurement. [HB-2411]
Establishes a procurement services consolidation working group, which shall develop a plan for the phased consolidation of all state executive branch procurement services and staff within five years, except those of the Department of Education, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and University of Hawaii, under the State Procurement Office. Requires the working group to recommend ways to attract high quality procurement professionals to the State. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Child Welfare Services. [HB-2424]
Expands the investigative authority of DHS to include families with foster children with a pending adoption decree or for whom an adoption decree has been issued but adoption has not yet taken place, children who are placed into legal guardianship and who receive permanency assistance payments, and adopted children who receive adoption assistance payments, and against whom a complaint has been filed with DHS at any time. Requires DHS to analyze and report on the impact of expanding home visits to families receiving adoption assistance or legal guardianship
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Transportation. [SB-3311]
Establishes long-term goals for zero emissions transportation in Hawaii and abroad to reduce and eliminate transportation emissions. Establishes the interisland transportation working group. Establishes the electric vehicle sales growth working group. Requires annual reports to the legislature. (HD2)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To The Hawaii Public Procurement Code. [HB-2349]
Establishes a working group within the department of accounting and general services to study and recommend to the legislature improvements to the management of the state procurement office and methods of procurement, particularly in the area of natural resource management. Requires a report prior to the convening of the regular session of 2023.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To A Department Of Environmental Protection. [SB-3273]
Establishes a Department of Environmental Protection, to be headed by a Board of Environmental Protection, by July 1, 2026. Creates a Department of Environmental Protection working group to address the logistics required for the State to establish a Department of Environmental Protection. Requires the working group to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2025 Regular Session. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Shooting Facilities. [SB-3298]
Establishes a working group consisting of the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Director of Public Safety, and hunters and recreational shooters to determine potential locations and requirements for a shooting facility in the County of Hawaii. (CD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Information Technology Services. [SB-3284]
Establishes a technology services consolidation working group to develop a plan for the phased consolidation of all state executive branch information technology services and staff, where determined practicable by the working group, within five years, excluding those of the Department of Education, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, University of Hawaii, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs, under the Office of Enterprise Technology Services. Requires the working group to recommend ways to attract high-quality information technology professionals to the
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Taxation. [SB-3250]
Establishes two additional marginal tax rates for joint filers whose income exceeds $10,000,000 and $25,000,000, head of households whose income exceeds $7,500,000 and $18,750,000, individuals whose income exceeds $5,000,000 and $12,500,000, and estates and trusts that have income exceeding $200,000 and $500,000, respectively. Establishes a working group within the Department of Taxation to develop a proposal for a state wealth tax. Takes effect on 7/30/2075. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Housing. [SB-3261]
Directs the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation in cooperation with the counties and other housing experts to study the implementation of leasehold housing on publicly-owned, non-ceded lands near public transit stations in each county. Requires the working group to submit a report to the legislature by 12/10/2023. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To A Department Of Environmental Protection. [HB-2256]
Establishes a Department of Environmental Protection on July 1, 2026. Transfers the Hawaii State Energy Office into a division within the Department of Environmental Protection. Effective 7/1/2100. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Act 212, Session Laws Of Hawaii 2021. [HB-2154]
Extends the deadline to complete the transfer of the Oahu regional health care system from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To The Enforcement Of Laws. [SB-3194]
Establishes an expeditious adjudication system for the processing of fireworks infractions. Increases the fine for certain fireworks violations. Clarifies what constitutes a separate violation. Increases the penalty for removing or extracting pyrotechnic contents. Authorizes the sheriff division to enforce the fireworks control law. Requires the attorney general to establish an explosion detection technology working group. Requires the department of public safety to develop and implement a web-based reporting tool for illegal fireworks. Appropriates
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Act 212, Session Laws Of Hawaii 2021. [SB-3122]
Extends the deadline to complete the transfer of the Oahu regional health care system from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health. Appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Psilocybin. [SB-3160]
Establishes the therapeutic psilocybin working group to examine the medicinal and therapeutic effects of psilocybin and develop a long-term strategic plan to ensure the availability of therapeutic psilocybin or psilocybin-based products that are safe, accessible, and affordable for adults twenty-one years of age or older. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Fire Safety. [HB-1943]
Establishes a fire safety working group to determine if a full-time state fire marshal's office would be more effective than the existing state fire council in planning, executing, and promoting fire safety-related programs and topics in the State. Requires the working group to submit a report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2023. Effective 12/25/2040. (HD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Water Resource Management For Affordable Housing Development. [SB-2884]
Provides that, if the Commission on Water Resource Management fails to review a permit application relating to new water uses or new water sources for affordable housing development, and issue a decision on that application within the existing statutory period, the application is deemed to be approved. Convenes a Water Resource Management for Affordable Housing Development Working Group upon the initiation of a federal investigation or inquiry relating to the Commission on Water Resource Management to address the concerns raised by the investigation
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