Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Sponsored bills
Establishes the offense of urinating or defecating in a public place within business districts. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Requires the department of taxation to authorize qualifying individual taxpayers to elect to reduce the amount of tax withheld from their wages for each withholding period, by an amount equal to the prospective amount of the earned income tax credit that the taxpayer would otherwise be entitled to claim on an annual basis. Takes effect on 1/1/2050. (HD1)
Makes consistent the types of documents accepted as proof of domestic or sexual violence victim status. Effective 12/31/2059. (HD2)
Requires the judiciary to study and report to the legislature on the jury service exemptions in Hawaii and other states, including jury service exemptions for medical professionals, such as psychologists, with active patients. Effective July 1, 2050. (HD1)
Appropriates funds to the office of the long-term care ombudsman for an unspecified number of ombudsman specialist positions. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 12/31/2059. (HD1)
Authorizes expenditures from the mental health and substance abuse special fund to be used for certain capital improvement projects. Limits the expenditures for capital improvement projects to an unspecified percentage of total expenditures from the special fund and an unspecified percentage of the total surplus of the special fund. Excludes projects that would expand inpatient forensic capacity at the Hawaii State Hospital from permissible capital improvement projects funded from the mental health and substance abuse special fund. Effective 12/31/2059. (HD2)
Establishes The Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act that adopts uniform laws on protecting the online accounts of employees, prospective employees, unpaid interns, applicants, students, and prospective students from employers and educational institutions. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (HD2)