Hawaii Representative Diamond Garcia [R]

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HIHB2691Intro

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Establishes the Red Hill remediation authority. Creates the Red Hill remediation special fund.
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2024-02-06
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB1722Intro

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Prohibits the imposition of cost-sharing requirements for certain diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations.
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2024-02-02
To House Health Committee
HIHB2789Intro

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Requires the department of education equip all classroom doors with interior locks, maintain a public address system, feature an emergency access route, employ a student resource officer, and maintain fire alarms. Mandates the establishment of school...
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2024-02-01
To House Education Committee
HIHB2575Intro

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Establishes a construction trades workforce development program in the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to develop, establish, and implement a construction trades career pathway program for high school students in the State. Appropriates ...
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2024-01-30
To House Labor & Government Operations Committee
HIHB1707Intro

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Amends the amount of total income tax credits available. Provides the State with alternative marketing opportunities in lieu of a shared-card, end-title screen credit.
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2024-01-29
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1728Intro

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Establishes tax credits for insurers providing full property coverage to owners and associations of condominiums in the amount equal to twenty per cent of the insurance premium. Provides additional ten per cent tax credits to insurers incorporated in...
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2024-01-29
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB1715Intro

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Establishes the Ohana Bill of Rights for parents and legal guardians of minor children to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their minor child.
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2024-01-29
To House Health Committee
HIHB2203Intro

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Establishes a temporary restriction that only current and former residents of Hawaii may purchase residential property. Prohibits real estate brokers and real estate salespersons from buying, offering to buy, or negotiating the purchase of residentia...
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2024-01-26
To House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
HIHB2204Intro

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Provides that a project may not proceed under an emergency proclamation relating to housing or affordable housing if that project includes any construction, development, redevelopment, or adaptive reuse that results in a new luxury housing unit or th...
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2024-01-26
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2205Intro

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Proposes to amend the Constitution of the State of Hawaii by: (1) Providing that the Department of Law Enforcement shall be headed by an elected Sheriff; (2) Applying to the Sheriff the same constitutional impeachment and removal provisions that appl...
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2024-01-26
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2202Intro

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Takes effect only upon ratification of constitutional amendment requiring the election of the Sheriff as the single executive of the Department of Law Enforcement. Effective 1/1/2025, amends elections law to accommodate the election of the Sheriff. E...
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2024-01-26
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2201Intro

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Generally prohibits the removal of minerals from the seabed in all state marine waters. Prohibits the issuance of permits for the mooring, docking, or operation of any vessel designed or intended for removal of minerals from the seabed. Provides for ...
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2024-01-26
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2289Intro

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Imposes new security requirements for voting systems. Deems as election fraud certain acts relating to the provision of valuable consideration, including gifts and loans, for the purpose of bribery; election tampering; and security breaches. Appropri...
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2024-01-26
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2541Intro

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Prohibits certain foreign parties from owning, purchasing, or acquiring an interest in agricultural lands. Establishes an Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to investigate claims that land is unlawfully owned by ...
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2024-01-26
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2543Intro

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Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the benefit of the Forty-second Representative District. Appropriates funds exceeding the expenditure ceiling.
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2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2542Intro

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Prohibits foreign principals from acquiring real property in the State or any interest in real property in the State, except a de minimus indirect interest. Defines foreign principal. Requires a foreign principal that owns real property that was acqu...
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2024-01-26
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2540Intro

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Requires each public high school in the State to require students to complete and pass 2 full years of Hawaiian language courses as a condition of graduation.
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2024-01-26
To House Education Committee
HIHB2602Intro

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Establishes the Onipaa Teacher Bonus Program to address teacher retention and award teachers for outstanding and extended service in the state department of education.
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2024-01-26
To House Education Committee
HIHB2601Intro

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Creates the offense of urinating or defecating in public. Provides penalties for public urination or defecation. Requires mental health evaluation and supportive services for a homeless person arrested for urinating or defecating in public places.
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2024-01-26
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2604Intro

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Requires schools maintain AEDs for all sporting events. Mandates AED and CPR training for certain school officials. Appropriates funds exceeding the expenditure ceiling.
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2024-01-26
To House Education Committee
HIHB2603Intro

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Amends provisions relating to criteria in family court determinations regarding custody and visitation rights. Clarifies that no court shall consider a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity or expression in a custody determination.
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2024-01-26
To House Human Services Committee
HIHB2587Intro

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Eliminates the income tax for single and heads-of-household filers making less than $20,000 a year or $40,000 a year for joint filers and scale low- and middle-income tax rates more slowly.
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2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2679Intro

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Prohibits parking of motor vehicles on the grounds of Iolani Palace. Requires DAGS to remove the blacktop, parking area, and paid parking adjacent to Iolani Palace. Requires DLNR to develop and maintain a pedestrian area adjacent to Iolani Palace. Re...
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2024-01-26
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB2706Intro

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Establishes fines for any person who sets off fireworks without a valid permit and while a red flag warning is in effect.
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2024-01-26
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB2734Intro

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Increases the capital gains tax for nonresident and foreign taxpayers. Increases the alternative capital gains tax for corporations for nonresident and foreign corporations.
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2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2733Intro

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Reduces the tax rate by fifty per cent for all tax brackets except the highest four.
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2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee
HIHB2788Intro

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Amends the definition of "dangerous to self". Defines the terms "gravely disabled" and "psychiatric deterioration". Broadens the term of "imminently dangerous to self and others". Increases the maximum period of emergency hospitalization.
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2024-01-26
To House Health Committee
HIHB2731Intro

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Requires the department of education to designate athletic sports teams based on the biological sex assigned to players at birth. Prevents males from participating in female sports.
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2024-01-26
To House Education Committee
HIHB2749Intro

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Amends the definition of "imminent harm" in the Child Protective Act. Clarifies the due process required for child removals, including removals by a police officer without a court order.
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2024-01-26
To House Human Services Committee
HIHB2732Intro

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Eliminates state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel for motor vehicles.
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2024-01-26
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HIHB1617Intro

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Establishes a pilot program to place resource officers in West Oahu schools. Appropriation. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.
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2024-01-24
To House Education Committee
HIHB1619Intro

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Provides that within lands under Department of Hawaiian Home Lands jurisdiction, the Department shall have the nonexclusive authority to enforce state statutes and rules and county ordinances and rules in the same manner as state sheriffs and county ...
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1618Intro

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Permanently excludes businesses within a federally designated opportunity zone from required unemployment insurance contributions and temporarily excludes those businesses from general excise and income tax for five years.
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2024-01-24
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHB1733Intro

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Requires county clerks to update the general register of voters according to death certificates and other disqualifying records upon receipt from department of health or another informing agency.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1705Intro

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Clarifies that emergency powers must comply with the Constitution and the needs of the circumstances. Specifies parameters for when a state of emergency is terminated and how proclamations may be extended. Requires a two-thirds vote of each house of ...
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2024-01-24
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB1706Intro

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Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study comparing other state's financial databases with Hawaii's current systems to assess the feasibility of adopting a single, more transparent and efficient statewide system. Appropriates funds...
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2024-01-24
To House Legislative Management Committee
HIHB1703Intro

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Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of members of the legislature to a maximum of twelve years in the house of representatives or senate, or both, for terms beginning on or after the general election of 2024, with a grandfather cla...
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1734Intro

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Requires any campaign advertisement that contains any image, video footage, or audio recording that is created with the use of generative artificial intelligence to include a disclosure statement regarding the use of that technology. Subjects violato...
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1731Intro

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Provides that within lands under Department of Hawaiian Home Lands jurisdiction, no down payment shall be required for any mortgage.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1700Intro

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Eliminates state income tax.
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2024-01-24
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1704Intro

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Amends provisions in Chapter 11 to improve the integrity and accuracy of voter rolls, ballot security, increases the number of voter service centers, and requires ballots be sent by mail only upon voter request.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
HIHB1730Intro

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Establishes the accessory dwelling unit housing development program with the Hawaii Community Development Authority to award subsidies to individuals who build accessory dwelling units on an island with a population of more than 150,000, but less tha...
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2024-01-24
To House Water & Land Committee
HIHB1701Intro

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Updates the Individual Housing Account statute to more accurately reflect the current cost of housing down-payments.
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2024-01-24
To House Housing Committee
HIHB1732Intro

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Establishes an income tax credit for employers to hire state residents who have been living, working, or studying on the mainland for three or more years and agree to return to Hawaii.
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2024-01-24
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1699Intro

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Exempts food and medical services from the general excise tax.
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2024-01-24
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1729Intro

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Adjusts annually for tax years beginning on or after 1/1/2025, the income tax brackets, personal exemption amounts, standard deduction amounts, and the overall limitation on itemized deductions by a cost-of-living adjustment factor linked to the Urba...
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2024-01-24
To House Finance Committee
HIHB1702Intro

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Reduces zoning restrictions for affordable housing development.
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2024-01-24
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HIHB1708Intro

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Establishes a K-12 curriculum-to-career pipeline initiative. Appropriates funds to develop and implement the program. Declares the general fund expenditure ceiling exceeded.
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2024-01-24
To House Education Committee
HIHB1714Intro

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Proposes a constitutional amendment that would establish local school boards throughout the State to be elected from at least 7 school districts as provided by law and to serve no more than twelve years as a member.
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2024-01-24
To House Education Committee
HIHB1750Intro

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Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting for any election. Repeals the provision allowing for ranked choice voting for certain positions and circumstances.
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2024-01-24
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
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