Rep. Nadine Nakamura

Maddy summaryHB 2472 authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to set the salary for an assistant administrator position. The bill directly affects the Trust Fund's administrative staff by establishing compensation for this specific role. It contains no substantive policy changes or broader impacts on health benefits, insurance, or beneficiaries. This is a purely procedural bill focused solely on staffing compensation within the Trust Fund's governance structure.

Maddy summaryHB 2088 requires written consent for adoptions to be notarized, directly affecting birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoption agencies involved in the process. The bill adds a new procedural step where all written adoption consents must be verified by a notary public before being submitted. This change aims to standardize documentation and verify consent authenticity in adoption cases. The bill passed unanimously in the Judiciary and Housing Committee on February 4, 2026, and is pending final passage by the full House. It does not alter adoption eligibility or child welfare standards but modifies the documentation requirements for consent.

Maddy summaryHB 2099 amends the procedures for handling vacancies among party candidates and state senators. It directly affects political parties and state senators' offices by changing how vacancies are filled. The bill modifies the existing process but does not specify new appointment methods or timelines in the provided abstract. As a procedural bill, it focuses on administrative changes to vacancy resolution without altering substantive policy.

Establishes a fixed disposition deadline requiring the Supreme Court to decide an application for certiorari within 60 days after the application is filed. Applies prospectively to cases in which the judgment or dismissal order of the Intermediate Court of Appeals was filed on or after the effective date of this Act.

Removes the requirement that requests to withhold from public inspection the petition record of a denied temporary restraining order or denied protective order be made orally.

Appropriates funds out of the State Highway Fund for deposit into the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program Special Fund and appropriates funds out of the Automated Speed Enforcement Systems Program Special Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Enables the Board of Trustees of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to establish appropriate salaries for the investment office staff of the Trust Fund after conducting a market analysis of commensurate salaries in the private sector. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Provides amendments to net solvency report filing requirements for mutual benefit societies, health maintenance organizations, and dental insurers. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Beginning 7/1/2028, authorizes a county to impose a mileage-based road usage charge on electric vehicles. Provides and requires a county to establish the rate of the road usage charge. Repeals the requirement for the Department of Transportation to establish county subaccounts within the State Highway Fund. Clarifies the disposition of funds for state mileage-based road usage charge. Clarifies the rate and calculation of the state mileage-based road usage charge. Specifies that rental motor vehicle companies may visibly pass the costs of the mileage-based road usage charges to the consumer. Expands allowable uses of the State Highway and Highway Funds. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)