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D Hawaii Senate · District 10

Sen. Les Ihara

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Total votes
12,007
all sessions
Attendance
92%
684 missed
Among the lowest in the chamber
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
2,597
bills & resolutions
Lower than 93% of chamber peers
Committees
2
assignments
2,597 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
2,597
Primary
1,820
Co-sponsor
777
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Primary SB 1030
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Provides exemptions from vehicle registration, safety inspection, and driver licensure requirements for marine terminal equipment operating on roads between Sand Island parkway and Sand Island access road. Allows the operation of marine terminal equipment between Sand Island parkway and Sand Island access road. (SD2)

Passed Mar 9, 2017 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 1271
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 1, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO CHANGE THE AGE QUALIFICATION FOR VOTING IN STATE OR LOCAL ELECTIONS.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow individuals who are seventeen years of age but will be eighteen years of age on or before the next state or local general election to vote at the state or local primary election immediately preceding the state or local general election by which the citizen will attain the age of eighteen.

Passed Mar 8, 2017 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 629
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION.

Provides the Land Use Commission with the power to amend, revise, or modify a decision and order granting a district boundary amendment, or fine a petitioner, when there has been a finding by the Land Use Commission that a petitioner or its successors or assigns have not adhered to the conditions imposed by the commission, regardless of whether there has been substantial commencement of use of the land. Defines "substantial commencement". Effective March 15, 2094. (SD1)

Passed Mar 7, 2017 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 555
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO GRAY WATER.

Prohibits the issuance of new building permits unless it is established that the building will be furnished with equipment that allows for the collection and future use of gray water. Provides for exemptions. Takes effect on 1/1/2020. (SD1)

In committee Mar 7, 2017 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 266
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO TRAVEL AGENCIES.

Requires travel agencies that operate as sole proprietorships to file proof of professional liability and errors and omissions insurance as a condition of registration or renewal.

In committee Mar 1, 2017 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 1137
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES.

Requires a mutual benefit society to allow a special meeting to be called upon the written request of not less than one thousand of its members.

In committee Feb 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 1066
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Beginning with the primary election in 2018, requires the office of elections to implement election by mail in a county with a population of fewer than 100,000 and beginning with the 2020 primary election, implement election by mail in each of the other counties for all elections. Establishes an election by mail system, including requirements for ballots, replacement ballots, deficient return of ballots, electronic transmission of replacement ballots under certain circumstances, ballot counting, voter service centers, places of deposit, and election expenses and responsibilities. Establishes procedures for postponed elections. Makes conforming amendments to provide for an election by mail system. Allows voters in an election by mail system to request that their ballots be temporarily forwarded to another address in or outside of the State for a single election or a primary or special primary election and the election immediately following it. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the elections by mail program. Requires the office of elections to submit annual reports to the legislature from 2018 to 2024 regarding implementing the elections by mail program. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)

In committee Feb 22, 2017 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 1209
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW.

Removes the limit on the number of board members allowed to have private discussions regarding the selection of the board's officers.

In committee Feb 21, 2017 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 1145
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX.

Increases the rates for certain conveyance tax categories. Increases the percentage of conveyance tax to be paid into the rental housing revolving fund for the financing of affordable rental housing development. Repeals the statutory cap on the disposition of conveyance taxes dedicated for deposit into the rental housing revolving fund. (SD1)

In committee Feb 17, 2017 0 co-sponsors
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