Short form bill relating to the Judiciary.
Sponsored bills
Raises the district courts' jurisdictional limit for civil actions involving specific performance. (HB1274 HD1)
Prohibits persons from interfering with or disrupting the orderly operation, safety, or peaceful conduct of a school or school-related activity. (HB944 HD1)
Allows the Director of Transportation to adopt rules to license and regulate transportation network company drivers operating at the airports.
Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate student assistants employed for a minimum of 20 hours a week by the University of Hawaii. (HB1277 HD2)
Defines political signs. Fines candidate committees and noncandidate committees whose political signs are found on state property or highways.
Provides an additional state income tax deduction of up to $5,000 per year for student loan interest paid on qualified education loans. (SD1)
Temporarily disallows the deduction for dividends paid by real estate investment trusts for a period of 15 years, but with an exception for dividends generated from trust-owned housing that is affordable to households with incomes at or below 140 per cent of the median family income. (HB1012 HD2)
Provides an additional incentive option under the Department of Education's teacher national board certification incentive program for teachers who teach in their area of certification for at least two years at a Department school.
Makes an appropriation to the judiciary to purchase civil legal services for low- and moderate-income persons.