Sen. Clarence K. Nishihara

Primary SR 11

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

REQUESTING MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO AMEND FEDERAL LAW TO ENSURE THAT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE FORCED INTO ARBITRATION AND SILENCE INSTEAD HAVE ACCESS TO THE COURTS.

Passed Jul 18, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 976

Signed into law · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

Establishes a pilot program to generate revenue through the lease of public library lands to meet the mission of the public libraries. Establishes the library facilities fund. Requires the Board of Education to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for a comprehensive planning study. (CD2)

Signed into law Jul 12, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 767

Signed into law · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.

Raises the threshold under the contractor licensing law's handyman exemption from $1,000 to $1,500 and makes it applicable only to the cost of labor and materials. (CD1)

Signed into law Jul 12, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 414

Signed into law · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

Creates procedural and administrative requirements for law enforcement agencies for eyewitness identifications of suspects in criminal investigations. Effective 6/1/2020. (CD1)

Signed into law Jul 12, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 409

Signed into law · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Establishes an annual vehicle registration surcharge fee for electric vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles to be deposited into the State Highway Fund. Effective 1/1/2020. (CD1)

Signed into law Jul 12, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 540

Signed into law · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY.

Allows the board of pharmacy to approve pilot and demonstration projects for innovative applications in the practice of pharmacy under certain conditions. (CD1)

Signed into law Jul 9, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 763

Signed into law · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO ADVERTISING AND MARKETING.

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, to conduct a study to assess the impact of companies selling products in the United States using place-based marketing without any material ties to the State. Appropriates funds for the study. (CD1)

Signed into law Jul 9, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 1442

Signed into law · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to consider the value of improving electric power systems data access and transparency in order to make informed decisions. Establishes guiding principles. (CD1)

Signed into law Jul 9, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 536

Signed into law · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS.

Clarifies that existing law intended to curb over-access to and abuse of opioids, including the time frame for filling prescriptions, supply limitations, and requirements to check the state electronic prescription accountability system and execute an informed consent process, do not apply to qualified patients who are prescribed or issued prescriptions pursuant to the State's Our Care, Our Choice Act. (CD1)

Signed into law Jul 9, 2019 0 co-sponsors

Primary SB 723

Signed into law · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT.

Requires the Judiciary to post the titles of all filings and all minutes in paternity cases to the Judiciary's website after redacting any information in which an individual has a significant privacy interest, subject to certain circumstances. Establishes the same confidentiality standards for paternity cases as other custody and support cases heard by the family court. Effective 1/1/2021. (CD1)

Signed into law Jul 9, 2019 0 co-sponsors