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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

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Primary
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Primary HB 765
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO COASTAL PLANNING.

Requires incorporation of sea level rise projections in all new plans and updates to existing state plans generated under the Hawaii State Planning Act and the plans of the Public Utilities Commission. Appropriates funds for the facilitation of stakeholder communications and public engagement related to environmental protection, clean waters, ecosystem preservation and restoration, and community and cultural consideration of the Ala Wai watershed and surrounding areas. Effective 7/1/2035. (SD2)

Passed Apr 22, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 467
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO THE KUPUNA CAREGIVERS PROGRAM.

Changes the kupuna caregivers program allocation cap from $70 per day to $350 per week. Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the kupuna caregivers program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Apr 18, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 469
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO HEARING AIDS.

Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/19 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months in their base plans. Exempts mandatory health care coverage from impact assessment report. (SD1)

Passed Apr 17, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 1180
Signed into law · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS.

Appropriates funds for disaster relief, recovery, mitigation, and remediation activities for the County of Hawaii. Requires reporting of monthly expenditures to the Department of Budget and Finance. (HB1180 HD1)

Signed into law Apr 16, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 1394
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO THE COUNTY SURCHARGE ON STATE TAX.

Authorizes any county with a population equal to or less than 500,000 that adopts a county surcharge on state tax ordinance to use the surcharges received from the State for infrastructure and public safety. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Passed Apr 15, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 921
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Defines the roles and responsibilities of the executive office on early learning and the department of education as they relate to the implementation of the public prekindergarten program. Establishes the executive office on early learning as the administrative authority for state funded prekindergarten programs and a support for and with the department of education special education, Title I, and private partnership funded prekindergarten programs to ensure high quality early education programs in department of education school classrooms. Ensures that agreements and services are clearly articulated in a memorandum of understanding between the executive office on early learning and the department of education, including a resolution protocol to settle disputes should either party not be able to come to an agreement. Establishes reporting requirements. Authorizes the state public charter school commission to establish and fund charter school prekindergarten classrooms. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Apr 12, 2019 0 co-sponsors
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