Sponsored bills
Amends the amount of transient accommodations tax revenues to be remitted to the counties. Requires the counties to use transient accommodations tax revenues to enforce ordinances regulating transient accommodations and other short term rentals and for other specific programs.
Makes financial exploitation of an elder by a caregiver a class A felony. (HB1759 HD1)
Prohibits the use of pesticides containing the active ingredient chlorpyrifos.
Extends the deadline to file nomination papers for public offices if the incumbent of a non-at-large election does not file.
Proposes amendments to the state constitution to provide for direct initiative.
Clarifies that authorization to use cannabis for medical purposes under Hawaii law shall not constitute the sole basis for denial of a person's right to own, possess, or control a firearm or ammunition thereof.
Provides for initiative procedures. Takes effect upon ratification of a constitutional amendment enabling direct initiative.
Permits agricultural lodges on agricultural land with a soil rating of C, D, E, or U in a county with a population of more than 170,000 and less than 500,000 and limits the number of guest rooms, depending on the acreage of the lodge.
Creates state lottery, state lottery commission, and state lottery account. Requires certain percentages of lottery revenues to be deposited into the lottery administrative account managed by the director of the state lottery and into the general fund and new special funds to be administered by the Department of Education and the University of Hawaii.