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D Hawaii Senate · District 2 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Joy San Buenaventura

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Total votes
18,086
all sessions
Attendance
100%
43 missed
Lower than 81% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 93% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Sponsored
4,632
bills & resolutions
Higher than 92% of chamber peers
Committees
2
assignments
4,632 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

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4,632
Primary
3,073
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Primary HB 646
In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO LIVE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT.

Imposes a per person, per day admission tax on certain live adult entertainment businesses. Imposes filing, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements. Deposits moneys collected from the tax into the human trafficking victim services fund.

In committee Jan 24, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 692
In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO HEALTH.

Makes Department of Health unannounced inspections of care facilities discretionary rather than mandatory.

In committee Jan 24, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 688
In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO HEALTH EDUCATION.

Requires Department of Education schools to include mental health education within health education programs in all schools.

In committee Jan 24, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 715
In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires recounts of election votes when the margin of victory is less than 0.5 per cent of the votes cast.

In committee Jan 24, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 661
In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO HEALTH.

Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules for underground storage tanks and tank systems that are no less stringent than federal underground storage tank regulations. Establishes the Red Hill Task Force to study the implementation of containment measures at Red Hill and report to the legislature.

In committee Jan 24, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 674
In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO FAMILIES.

Prohibits the disability of a parent or caregiver from being the sole factor in determining fitness as a foster parent, adoptive parent, guardian, parent seeking custody or visitation, or provider of a safe family home.

In committee Jan 24, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 647
In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO DIGITAL CONTENT BLOCKING CAPABILITIES.

Requires persons who manufacture, sell, offer for sale, lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on the internet to include digital content blocking capability that renders inaccessible human trafficking websites, child pornography, revenge pornography, and other pornographic material. Allows consumers to request deactivation of the blocking capability if the consumer fulfills certain requirements, including payment of a digital access fee that is deposited into the human trafficking victim services fund. Requires persons who manufacture, sell, offer for sale, lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on the internet to establish and maintain a reporting system for content that is improperly blocked and pornographic content that the blocking capability fails to block. Establishes the misdemeanor offense of failure to include digital content blocking capability.

In committee Jan 24, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 430
In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION.

Requires that high school students complete a health class. Requires teacher and principal training to include suicide prevention. Allows the training to be conducted through self-review.

In committee Jan 22, 2019 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 39
In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a three-year pilot program to create a new category of professional licensure for assistant physicians: recent medical school graduates who have passed certain medical exams but have not been placed into a residency program and who work under the supervision of a licensed physician to provide primary care in medically underserved areas.

In committee Jan 22, 2019 0 co-sponsors
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