Rep. Scott Nishimoto
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Animal Sexual Abuse. [HB-24]
Establishes the criminal offense of sexual assault of an animal. Provides for impoundment and forfeiture of a sexually assaulted animal.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
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Relating To Emergency Vehicles. [HB-28]
Allows authorized emergency vehicles, including fire department vehicles, discretion to use either authorized audible or visual signals when responding to an emergency. Requires vehicles to yield to an authorized emergency vehicle using either an audible or visual signal.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Education Funding. [HB-243]
Requires the Department of Education to contract with a consulting firm that specializes in school finance, particularly with respect to adequacy studies of public education systems in multiple states, to perform a study on the adequacy of funding for education in Hawaii. Appropriates funds. (HB243 HD1)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Education Innovation Grants. [HB-413]
Establishes the Education Innovation Grants Program to support school-level innovation. Authorizes the Board of Education to adopt guiding principles and measures of success for the Grants Program and the Department of Education to implement the Grants Program. Establishes the Education Innovation Grants Special Fund. Makes appropriations. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To The Agribusiness Development Corporation. [HB-1066]
Requires at least fifty percent of crops developed by Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) to be distributed to local markets, and requires at least fifty percent of lands managed by ADC to be leased for operations that support local food production. Specifies ADC annual reporting requirements and requires an audit of ADC.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Marine Life Conservation Districts. [HB-795]
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish the Laniakea Beach Marine Life Conservation District. Prohibits certain ocean recreation activities within the District.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Public Safety. [HB-25]
Prohibits any person, including a hotel guest, from storing, keeping, carrying, or possessing any firearm or ammunition in any hotel room assigned to a guest with certain exceptions.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Hemp. [HB-131]
Legalizes hemp to the extent legalized under federal law. Requires the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture to prepare and submit a proposed state plan to monitor and regulate hemp production, including commercial production and research, to the federal Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to section 297B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to monitor and regulate hemp production. Allows Industrial Hemp Pilot Project licensee to utilize hemp genetics. Requires reports to the Governor and
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Corrections. [HB-424]
Prohibits the Department of Public Safety from using for-profit prisons to house inmates by 2035.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Motor Vehicles. [HB-1234]
Requires an application for motor vehicle registration to include additional identifying information. Authorizes the counties to assess a fine against the legal or registered owner of a vehicle deemed abandoned. Requires the legal or registered owner to have up-to-date motor vehicle registration and motor vehicle insurance prior to repossession of the abandoned vehicle. Requires DOT to implement records database linking driver's license, motor vehicle registration, traffic citation divisions, and motor vehicle control. (HB1234 HD1)