D Hawaii House · District 8 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. David Tarnas

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Total votes

22,863

all sessions

Attendance

100%

of floor votes

Higher than 76% of chamber peers

With party

99%

of cast votes

Higher than 88% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

0%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 89% of chamber peers

Sponsored

3,371

bills & resolutions

Near the chamber average

Committees

1

assignment

3,371 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total

3,371

Primary

3,371

Co-sponsor

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Primary HB 1453

Signed into law · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

Authorizes the DOH to establish fees for ground transportation to medical facilities and for provision of emergency medical services that do not include transport. Authorizes transportation by ambulance to medical facilities other than hospital emergency departments. Authorizes Medicaid programs to provide coverage for health care provided by emergency medical services personnel. (HB1453 CD2)

Signed into law Jun 28, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Signed into law · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE HEALTHY AGING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for the healthy aging partnership program to further the program's role in improving the health and well-being of Hawaii's kupuna. (SD2)

Signed into law Jun 28, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Signed into law · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO AGING.

Establishes quorum requirements for the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs. (HB471 CD1)

Signed into law Jun 28, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Signed into law · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Requires the Judiciary to establish a financial hardship task force. (HB903 CD1)

Signed into law Jun 25, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Signed into law · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL.

Directs DOA to review the Aedes aegypti mosquito with Wolbachia bacteria, including Aedes aegypti mosquitoes originating from Hawaii stock that could be imported for landscape scale mosquito control, and render a determination to place it on the appropriate animal import list. Requires DOA, DOH, and DLNR to collaborate on a report to the Legislature with recommendations for appropriate vector control programs. (SD1)

Signed into law Jun 25, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1070

Signed into law · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Provides that a public school shall not be required by the Department of Education to expend its own school funds to maintain any geographically disadvantageous land on or adjacent to its property. Appropriates funds for teacher stipends for the Grow Our Own Teachers Initiative. Appropriates funds for the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. (HB1070 CD1)

Signed into law Jun 25, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1417

Signed into law · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Requires the Department of Human Services to use an integrated and multigenerational approach to delivering human services to reduce the incidence of intergenerational poverty and dependence on public benefits. (HB1417 CD1)

Signed into law Jun 12, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HCR 193

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A FOLLOW-UP STUDY TO ITS 2015 STUDY OF DEPARTMENTAL ENGINEERING SECTIONS THAT MANAGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

Passed May 3, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HCR 168

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

URGING THE CONVENING OF A TASK FORCE TO EVALUATE AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOURCES AND MEANS OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR AND HELP MAINTAIN THE HAWAII WILDLIFE CENTER FACILITY AND HAWAII'S ENDANGERED WILDLIFE.

Passed May 3, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary HCR 220

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

REQUESTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONVENE AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE LEGAL PREPARATION TASK FORCE.

Passed May 2, 2019 0 co-sponsors