Rep. Chris Todd

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 1514

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO BIRDS.

Requires the department of health to enforce a prohibition on the feeding of excessive numbers of feral birds without the need to first determine that odors and filth from bird waste are a nuisance. Provides exceptions. Establishes penalties.

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 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 HB 1510

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Increases the number of classifications on the salary schedule for teachers of the department of education. Specifies that additional classifications may be included in the teachers' salary schedule pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated for bargaining unit (5).

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 1998

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST SAINT JOSEPH SCHOOL.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Saint Joseph School in planning, designing, constructing, reconstructing, renovating, acquiring, equipping, and improving educational facilities.

In committee Jan 28, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1973

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO SPORTS WAGERING.

Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Specifies that sports wagering shall not be considered games of chance or gambling.

In committee Jan 28, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2190

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LAND QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL COST TAX CREDIT.

Clarifies that a taxpayer may claim the important agricultural land qualified agricultural cost tax credit no earlier than the third taxable year after application for first-year certification of the credit. Extends the time that the department of agriculture may certify the important agricultural land qualified agricultural costs tax credit from 12/31/2021 to 12/31/2031.

In committee Jan 28, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1904

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

Establishes a general excise tax exemption to the amounts received from the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables.

In committee Jan 28, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track