Sen. Michelle Kidani

Primary SB 2769

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

Requires the state and counties to upgrade to zero emission buses by 2045. (SD1)

In committee Feb 16, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 2790

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATED TO AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to hire two FTE positions to collect, manipulate, and graph data and to build an agricultural data dashboard for public consumption and a one year study on agricultural markets for Hawaiʻi farmers. Requires a report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.

In committee Feb 16, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 2964

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Authorizes independent generators of renewable energy to wheel the renewable energy transmitted and used to produce hydrogen, subject to certain conditions determined by the Public Utilities Commission. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD1)

In committee Feb 16, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2967

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO STATE VEHICLES.

Mandates that fifty per cent of all heavy-duty motor vehicles in the State's fleet be hydrogen or battery electric vehicles by an unspecified date. Mandates that one hundred per cent of all heavy-duty motor vehicles in the State's fleet be hydrogen or battery electric vehicles by December 31, 2035. Defines heavy-duty motor vehicle and hydrogen vehicle. (SD1)

In committee Feb 16, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2368

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment to inform the future establishment of an extended producer responsibility program for packaging waste. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)

In committee Feb 16, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2116

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO BOARD MEETINGS.

Requires boards to hold hybrid meetings that that allow for participation both in-person and remotely by interactive conference technology. Requires boards to archive minutes and video of meetings on their websites. Takes effect 1/1/2112. (SD1)

In committee Feb 16, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 3235

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Establishes the Solar Hui Program to allow multi-family residential property owners to invest into a Solar Hui Investment Fund to provide loans to low- and moderate-income households to install solar energy systems. Establishes the Solar Hui Program Fund Manager position. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)

In committee Feb 16, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 2315

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LICENSED PROFESSIONALS.

Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to post the business address and business phone number of each licensed professional on its public website.

In committee Feb 16, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2471

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO FALL PREVENTION.

Makes an appropriation to support the Department of Health's Senior Fall Prevention Campaign. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. (SD1)

In committee Feb 16, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 2641

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATED TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

Limits moving violations arising from the operation of a motor vehicle that appear on traffic abstracts to those that resulted in convictions. Requires the Traffic and Emergency Period Violations Bureaus to remove all alleged moving violations not resulting in a conviction from certified abstracts. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)

In committee Feb 16, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track