Sen. Michelle Kidani

Primary SB 619

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES.

Amends provisions concerning fitness to proceed examinations in criminal proceedings to specify circumstances in which qualified advanced practice registered nurses or advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority who hold an accredited national certification in an advanced practice registered nurse psychiatric specialization may participate. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Mar 11, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 938

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Specifies that moneys in the tourism emergency special fund are to be used exclusively for emergency measures directly related to safety and security initiatives necessary to respond to any tourism emergency. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Passed Mar 11, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 810

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Eliminates the superintendent of education as a voting member constituting the public employer for the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with personnel of the department of education. (SD1)

Passed Mar 11, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 64

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

REQUESTING THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY PROGRAMS AT AIEA HIGH SCHOOL AND PEARL CITY HIGH SCHOOL.

In committee Mar 11, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 465

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Requires the Auditor to perform a program audit of the policies and procedures of the Board of Education and Department of Education to support schools in meeting the goals and statewide student success indicators outlined in the 2017-2020 strategic plan of the Board and Department. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Mar 11, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 341

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TARO.

Establishes an exclusion from the state income tax for an unspecified portion of a person's income derived from the business of taro cultivation or production of taro products. Provides that the exclusion shall not apply if the department of agriculture determines that more than 30,000 acres of land is used for locally grown taro. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Mar 11, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 226

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LAND EXCHANGE.

Allows the governor to negotiate land exchanges to acquire lands suitable for long-term diversified agricultural production in return for state lands to be developed for affordable, workforce, and other housing. Requires legislative approval for the land exchanges. Report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Passed Mar 11, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 905

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH.

Requires the state council on mental health to include an unspecified number of members with demonstrated knowledge of or work experience involving native Hawaiian health practices. Takes effect 5/6/2137. (SD1)

Passed Mar 11, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 758

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Increases from three grams to thirty grams: (1) the minimum amount of marijuana that a defendant must possess to be charged with a petty misdemeanor; and (2) the maximum amount of marijuana that a defendant convicted of possessing marijuana could have possessed without being disqualified from the subsequent expungement of the record of that conviction. (SD1)

Passed Mar 11, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SR 65

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

PROMOTING A "GREEN CHRISTMAS" BY ENCOURAGING THE PUBLIC TO SELECT PLANTABLE NATIVE TREES FOR HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS TO HELP ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

In committee Mar 11, 2021 0 co-sponsors Track