Sen. Brian T. Taniguchi

Primary SCR 158

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AND THE HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO TAKE EVERY ACTION NECESSARY TO ADDRESS RAPIDLY INCREASING SAFETY RISKS AND COMMUNITY DISRUPTION RESULTING FROM INSUFFICIENT REGULATION OF TOUR HELICOPTER AND SMALL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT HAWAII SKIES.

Passed Apr 1, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SCR 49

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

ACKNOWLEDGING AND REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ADVANCE MEASURES RECOGNIZING THE FORTHCOMING CENTENNIAL OF THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE.

Passed Apr 1, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SCR 90

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO ADOPT RULES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 91, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, TO REQUIRE VEHICLE INSPECTIONS TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF NOISE EMITTED BY THE VEHICLE'S EXHAUST.

In committee Mar 25, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 601

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO ROOFING CONTRACTORS.

Prohibits roofing contractors from offering to pay, in any monetary form, an insured's property or casualty insurance deductible as an incentive to induce the insured to hire the contractor. Allows an insured to rescind a contract with the roofing contractor if an insurer notifies the insured that all or any part of a claim or contract is not a covered loss under the insured's insurance policy and requires the roofing contractor to return funds after the rescission, in certain circumstances. Requires roofing contractors to provide certain forms to an insured, prior to entering into a contract. Prohibits roofing contractors from representing or negotiating, or offering or advertising to do so, on behalf of an insured in an insurance claim. Specifies violations are unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 607

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Removes the construction completion deadline for the Leialii affordable housing project. Allows HHFDC to address historic preservation laws when funding is appropriated for each portion of the Leialii affordable housing project. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 678

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Requires the representative of labor on the Hawaii labor relations board (HLRB) to be a person selected by a simple majority of the exclusive representatives of the collective bargaining units. Establishes procedures for removal of the representative of labor on the HLRB during the member's term by a simple majority of the exclusive representatives of the collective bargaining units. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 675

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS FUND.

Amends the definition of "employee-beneficiary" to include the surviving unmarried adult child of a deceased retired member if the child is incapable of self-support due to a mental or physical incapacity that existed prior to the unmarried child's reaching the age of nineteen. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 315

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII MUSEUM OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY.

Appropriates moneys for the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History from the funds received by the State from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117-2. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 69

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TO ADOPT RULES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 91, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, TO REQUIRE VEHICLE INSPECTIONS TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF NOISE EMITTED BY THE VEHICLE'S EXHAUST.

In committee Mar 25, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 815

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO EDUCATION FUNDING.

Establishes maintenance of effort provisions for free education. Establishes a public education stabilization trust fund. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)

Passed Mar 23, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track