Rep. Jackson Sayama

Primary HB 1191

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO BROADBAND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE.

Establishes the broadband infrastructure grant program to award grants to applicants to extend deployment of infrastructure used to provide broadband service to unserved and underserved areas of the State. Renames the Hawaii technology loan revolving fund to the Hawaii broadband infrastructure special fund. Establishes the Hawaii broadband and digital equity office within the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Requires the governor to appoint a strategic broadband coordinator to head the Hawaii broadband and digital equity office. Appropriates funds from the moneys received pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. (CD1)

Passed Jul 7, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1276

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO STATE PARKS.

Allows the board of land and natural resources to adopt, amend, or repeal administrative fee schedules for certain activities related to state parks through regular or special board meetings rather than through administrative rulemaking. (CD1)

Passed Jul 7, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1149

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Reorganizes and integrates the land use commission within a modified office of planning, which is renamed as the office of planning and sustainable development. (CD1)

Passed Jul 2, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 601

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE.

Amends the statewide traffic code to allow for the county chiefs of police to designate county employees to issue citations for traffic violations. (SD1)

Passed Jul 1, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 237

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Appropriates $350,000 for fiscal year 2021-2022 to the department of agriculture for the mitigation and control of the two-lined spittlebug and recovery of the rangelands damaged by the invasive pest. (CD1)

Passed Jul 1, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 631

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.

Provides courts with greater discretion to adjust the payment of fees or fines for violations of certain traffic offenses based on the person's inability to pay or financial circumstances. Decreases the imprisonment term to contumacious nonpayment ratio. Increases the amount of credit given to a person committed for contumacious nonpayment. (CD1)

Passed Jun 25, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 73

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO EMERGENCY WORKERS.

Requires the department of human resources development to review the classification and compensation schedules for telephone and emergency dispatchers and similar employees and to submit a report to the legislature recommending modifications to those classification and compensation schedules. (CD1)

Passed Jun 24, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HCR 44

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

URGING UNITED STATES PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. AND THE ASIAPACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION TO HOLD THE 2023 ASIAPACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION SUMMIT IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, STATE OF HAWAII.

Passed Apr 27, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HCR 69

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO SUBMIT A PETITION TO LIST THE PUEO AS A THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.

Passed Apr 27, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HCR 154

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

CONDEMNING ALL FORMS OF ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT AS RELATED TO COVID-19; URGING GREATER INVESTMENT IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL RESOURCES TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT COMMUNITYWIDE SOLUTIONS; AND REQUESTING THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE INCIDENTS BASED ON ANTI-ASIAN AND ANTI-PACIFIC ISLANDER SENTIMENT AND DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBERS OF HOMICIDES OF ASIAN-AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Passed Apr 27, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track