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D Hawaii Senate · District 13

Sen. Karl Rhoads

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Total votes
16,189
all sessions
Attendance
100%
6 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Sponsored
2,869
bills & resolutions
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
2,869 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
2,869
Primary
2,865
Co-sponsor
4
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Primary SB 311
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO ENERGY.

Imposes a fee on the carbon content of fossil fuels. Establishes a carbon cashback trust fund into which fees will be deposited and dividend payments will be made to Hawaii residents. Effective for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2021.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 560
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

Establishes ranked-choice voting for special federal elections and special elections of vacant county council seats. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD2)

Passed Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 515
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO A STATE STOCKPILE STORAGE FACILITY.

Requires the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Department of Health, and the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, to identify and propose an appropriate location for the construction of a state stockpile storage facility to stockpile emergency supplies necessary for responding to natural disasters and pandemics. Appropriates moneys.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 1310
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Requires that an emergency permit for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of shoreline hardening structures be valid for up to three years and may not be renewed or extended. Establishes penalties for persons who build, improve, or maintain a shoreline hardening structure without a valid permit. Requires the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement to administer and enforce the penalties.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 603
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Requires retailers of household appliances to conspicuously display available energy efficiency rebates funded by the public benefits fee and state-specific energy operation costs. Requires the public benefits fee administrator to create and update the template to be used by retailers. Requires the Hawaii state energy office and administrator to give notice to retailers.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 839
Passed · Hawaii Senate · 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 and clinical nurse specialists, 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. (SD2)

Passed Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 695
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS.

Designates November 28 of each year as La Ku‘oko‘a Hawaiian Recognition Day, not constituting a state holiday, to celebrate the historical recognition of independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii. (SD1)

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 761
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO MOPEDS.

Requires a transition to silent, clean electric mopeds by prohibiting a retailer from selling or offering for sale combustion engine-powered mopeds after 12/31/2022.

In committee Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 762
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO STATE CAPITOL FACILITIES.

Requires the department of accounting and general services to develop and implement an enhanced security plan for the state capitol and surrounding grounds. Amends provisions regarding the internal governance of the state capitol management committee. Requires the department of accounting and general services to submit annual reports to the legislature regarding the enhanced security plan. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 756
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Part I: Authorizes each county to adopt ordinances to enforce section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including the establishment of penalties for failure to comply with its requirements or make reasonable efforts to maintain electric vehicle charging stations in working order. Clarifies that certain enforcement officers may enter private property to enforce electric vehicle parking space violations. Requires new electric vehicle charging systems installed pursuant to the electric vehicle charging system requirement to be at least Level 2 and network capable. Adds electric vehicle charging equipped parking requirement of five stalls per one hundred stalls by 2025. Part II: Establishes a subaccount in the public utilities commission special fund for the electric vehicle charging system rebate program. Reallocates a portion of the environmental response, energy, and food security tax to be deposited into the subaccount. Part III: Appropriates funds out of the energy security special fund for the electric vehicle charging system rebate program. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)

Passed Dec 10, 2021 0 co-sponsors
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