Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz

Primary SCR 196

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

APPLYING TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO CALL AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION TO PROPOSE CERTAIN LIMITED AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

In committee Mar 25, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 587

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Increases the fines for violating provisions relating to the installation of noisy exhaust pipes and mufflers. Authorizes police officers to conduct examinations and inspections if the officer has probable cause to believe that a vehicle's excessively noisy muffler is evidence of a violation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 655

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO HEMP.

Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to align state hemp production administrative rules with federal exemptions for fiber, fuel, and seed grain hemp crops. (CD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SCR 173

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

URGING EACH OF THE COUNTY COUNCILS TO ADOPT SUPPLEMENTAL RULES PURSUANT TO SECTION 514B-6, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, TO ENSURE CONFORMANCE OF CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES TO THE PURPOSES AND PROVISIONS OF COUNTY ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES AND CHAPTER 205, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, INCLUDING SECTION 205-4.6, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, WHERE APPLICABLE.

In committee Mar 25, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 3007

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HIRING.

Authorizes a state department, division, or agency, rather than the Department of Human Resources Development, to conduct a minimum qualification review of applicants for vacant positions within the department, division, or agency. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to provide state departments, divisions, and agencies the applications received for vacancies under certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Passed Mar 22, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 296

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO SUBMISSION DEADLINES.

Requires the Governor and state agencies to recommend a date by which statutorily required reports must be submitted to the Legislature, and to identify any reports that should not be subject to that uniform date and the reasons therefor. Requires the Governor to propose legislation to implement the proposed deadline and streamline existing reporting requirements by repealing or consolidating any duplicative, obsolete, or extraneous reports. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Passed Mar 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 717

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO ALCOHOL.

Expands the definition of "beer" under the liquor tax laws and liquor laws to mean any alcoholic beverage containing no less than 0.5 per cent alcohol by volume obtained by fermentation of any infusion or decoction of malt or any substitute, including alcohol seltzer beverages and excluding sake, cooler beverages, and other distilled products. Authorizes brewpubs to sell beer they manufacture, or beer manufactured on their premises, subject to certain conditions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Passed Mar 20, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 393

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE LANDLORD-TENANT CODE.

Establishes and appropriates funds for a pre-litigation mediation pilot program. Requires landlords to participate in mediation before filing an action for summary possession. Creates and appropriates funds for an emergency rent relief program to be made available to participants in the pre-litigation mediation pilot program. Sunsets 6/30/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD3)

Passed Mar 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 3008

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO EXPRESSLY PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY AUTHORIZE THE COUNTIES TO ISSUE TAX INCREMENT BONDS AND TO EXCLUDE TAX INCREMENT BONDS FROM DETERMINATIONS OF THE FUNDED DEBT OF THE COUNTIES.

Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi to expressly provide that the Legislature may authorize political subdivisions, such as counties, to issue tax increment bonds, and to exclude tax increment bonds in calculating the debt limit of the political subdivisions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Passed Mar 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 297

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO GRANTS-IN-AID.

Requires organizations to obtain legislative approval prior to the disposition of land that was acquired using state grants, but only if the land was acquired after the enactment of this Act. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Passed Mar 20, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track