Rep. May Mizuno

Primary HB 2402

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO ASSISTANCE FOR NEW BUSINESSES.

Requires DBEDT to provide support services to new businesses. Establishes a separate general excise tax rate for a business's first five years of operation. Exempts a business from paying any fees related to licensing and registration within its first five years of operation. Allows individuals to continue to receive unemployment benefits while in the process of starting a business. Requires the state procurement office to advise government bodies to allocate at least five percent of funding to procure goods and services from new businesses in the State. Prohibits savings and loan associations from requiring a signed confession of judgment from a small business as a condition of receiving a loan.

In committee Feb 2, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1602

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LAND LIABILITY.

Creates strict liability for an owner of land with a twenty per cent or more slope for damage or injury to down-slope property and persons from falling rocks, debris, and landslides originating from the owner's property.

In committee Feb 1, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1683

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION.

Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Commission to Promote and Advance Civic Education, to develop and implement curriculum in civic education as a component of high school United States history courses.

In committee Feb 1, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1573

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO POLICING.

Requires officers serving a warrant issued by a district court to do so while wearing an authorized uniform and using a bodyworn video camera.

In committee Feb 1, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1815

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO ONLINE SPORTS WAGERING.

Creates the online sports wagering corporation to regulate and administer sports wagering in the State over the internet.

In committee Jan 31, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1511

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION.

Appropriates funds for an experimental modernization project to address compensation equity issues and make necessary salary adjustments for senior teachers whose current base salary does not reflect their years of professional service.

In committee Jan 31, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HR 4

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

ESTABLISHING THE HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RED HILL TO ADDRESS ISSUES RELATED TO THE RED HILL BULK FUEL STORAGE FACILITY, WATER CONTAMINATION AND REMEDIATION, AND ALL RELATED IMPACTS.

Passed Jan 31, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2478

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO ON-SITE EARLY CHILDHOOD FACILITIES.

Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create onsite early childhood facilities. Establishes and appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE on-site early childhood facility coordinator position. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022.

In committee Jan 28, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor HB 2266

In committee · Hawaii House · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO STATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Requires all state building construction that uses concrete to use post-industrial carbon dioxide mineralized concrete unless use of these materials will increase costs or delay construction.

In committee Jan 28, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary HB 2490

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF TARO.

Prohibits the Board of Land and Natural Resources, in declaring residential development areas and acquiring lands therein, from disturbing wetland or dryland taro lands and infrastructure on undeveloped lands. Establishes a fourth class--taro lands classification for public lands. Permits structures for lo‘i or mala taro fields in the agricultural district. Establishes growth and perpetuation of traditional Hawaiian crops as a goal of the State Planning Act. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources, with the Taro Security and Purity Task Force, to create an inventory of taro lands. Makes an appropriation.

In committee Jan 28, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track