Sen. Karl Rhoads
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Property Forfeiture. [SB-1467]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Education ]
Restricts asset forfeiture to cases involving the commission of a covered criminal misdemeanor or felony offense. Requires seized property to be forfeited only when the property owner has been convicted of an underlying covered criminal misdemeanor or felony offense. Changes the standard of proof that the State must meet in order for property to be forfeited from "preponderance of the evidence" to "beyond a reasonable doubt". Requires the State to prove that owners consented to or possessed knowledge of the crime that led to the seizure of their
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Relating To Noise Control. [SB-270]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Enhances community noise control as regulated by county liquor commissions in counties with a population of seven hundred thousand or more.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To County Land Use Requirements. [SB-975]
[Agriculture ]
[Real Estate ]
[Environmental ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Property Tax ]
Requires public notice of sale of agricultural or preservation property subdivided as a condominium property regime in a planned community association within 90 days of subdivision and sale. Prohibits any residential use for any period of structures on agricultural and preservation land. In a county with a population of 750,000 or more, allows for county enforcement of state and county requirements on subdivided agricultural land based on community reports of suspected violations. Permits consideration of infrastructure and environmental impacts
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Homelessness. [SB-229]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizes $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to be expended for purposes set forth in section 201H-202, Hawaii Revised Statutes; appropriates $75,000,000 from the general fund to be expended by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to build new low-income rental housing units or to apply funds to existing programs or projects targeting the chronically homeless or low-income renters facing eviction.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Housing. [SB-1395]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Appropriates funds for the State Rent Supplement Program. (SB1395 HD2)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Child Welfare Services. [SB-1022]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes a Child Welfare Services Task Force to review the Child Welfare Services Branch of the Department of Human Services and examine best practices that will help to improve child care safety through the Branch. Requires report to Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Iolani Palace. [SB-504]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Appropriates funds for the repair, restoration, and maintenance of Iolani Palace's coronation pavilion, two pergolas, and fountain, and for the implementation of mitigation measures to protect the Palace's collection of artifacts from the threat of fire. (SB504 HD1)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Youth. [SB-1019]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requires the Judiciary to collaborate with the Office of Youth Services to establish a task force to determine existing diversion programs statewide that can assist the State's youth, and to consider the post-youth needs of the eighteen to twenty-four year old population in order to provide a continuum of care. (SB1019 HD2)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Gender Identification. [SB-429]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requires a license to include a person's full legal name, date of birth, gender category, residence address, and license or identification card number. Includes a third option of gender identification for driver's license and state identification card applicants. Effective 7/1/2020.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Criminal Pretrial Reform. [SB-1421]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Implements recommendations of the Criminal Pretrial Task Force convened pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. 134, House Draft 1, Regular Session of 2017. Takes effect 7/1/2050. Appropriates funds. (SD1)