Rep. Jeanné Kapela

Primary HB 440

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a conveyance tax vacancy surcharge on the conveyance tax for prolonged vacant property.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 831

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO PESTICIDES.

Increases administrative and criminal penalties for those who violate the Hawaii pesticides law.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 460

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO A CARBON TAX.

Amends the environmental response, energy, and food security tax (barrel tax) to tax various fossil fuels at a rate equivalent to $40 per metric ton of carbon dioxide emissions in 2022. Incrementally increases the barrel tax rate to be equivalent to a carbon price of $80 per metric ton of carbon emissions in 2030. Amends the distribution of barrel tax revenues. Renames the barrel tax as the environmental response, energy, carbon emissions, and food security tax. Effective 1/1/2022.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 487

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical aid in dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to fifteen days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 489

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE.

Requires the thirty-day lapse or termination notices for long-term care policies to be sent by certified mail, priority mail, or commercial delivery service, or other method of delivery requiring proof of delivery.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 297

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LABOR.

Requires employers with five or more employees to provide meal and rest breaks under certain conditions. Requires employers to provide a minimum amount of paid sick leave to employees to be used to care for themselves or a family member who is ill or needs medical care.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 679

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN BENEFICIARIES.

Requires the department of Hawaiian home lands to digitize its applicant, beneficiary, and lessee records. Requires that the digital database be completed and available for use no later than July 1, 2022.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 771

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LIQUOR.

Establishes a three-year surcharge on the liquor tax. Effective 1/1/2050. Repeals 06/30/2024. (HD1)

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 8

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO FOOD SECURITY.

Amends Act 151, SLH 2019, to make identifying lands for producing food crops that may be grown locally using conventional, sustainable, and regenerative practices to replace imports one of the goals of the Department of Agriculture's strategic plan for increased food production. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 450

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE.

Defines and recognizes rights in trust for children within the Child Protective Act. Requires family court to appoint guardian ad litem in custody cases. Provides that when a child is subject to harm or imminent harm, has been harmed, or may suffer probable harm is sufficient for police officer to take child into protective custody without court order, for department of human services to assume temporary foster custody of child, and for the department of human services to conduct an investigation.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track