Sen. Lorraine R. Inouye

Primary SB 2966

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

Establishes the class B felony offense of prohibited acts related to female genital mutilation. Requires prosecuting attorneys of the respective counties to keep annual statistics on cases involving prohibited acts related to female genital mutilation and the Judiciary's administrative director of the courts to annually compile and report these statistics to the legislature. Requires the Department of Health to design and implement a plan for raising awareness about, preventing, and treating female genital mutilation and to report regularly to the legislature on plan implementation.

In committee Feb 8, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2884

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TEMPORARY HOUSING.

Allows the State to construct temporary emergency transitional housing for homeless persons without going through permitting process. Authorizes the State to cooperate with nonstate actors to find permanent housing and other programs for homeless persons.

In committee Feb 6, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 1129

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes a medical aid in dying act that establishes a regulatory process under which an adult resident of the State with a medically confirmed terminal disease may obtain a prescription for medication to be self-administered to end the patient's life. (SD2)

Passed Feb 5, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 3096

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GASES.

Requires the State to encourage people to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions through the installation of on-site renewable energy systems, energy efficiency systems, and energy storage systems. (SD1)

In committee Feb 5, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2385

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO SCHOOL RECESS.

Requires all schools where students are required to eat meals at school to establish a recess period of not less than fifteen minutes prior to the lunch period for all grade levels.

In committee Jan 31, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2979

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Limits the Director of Public Safety's ability to transfer convicted felons to any federal correctional institution or a correctional institution in another state to only those felons incarcerated for violent crimes under HRS section 351-32. Requires that all felons incarcerated in an out-of-state correctional institution or an out-of-state federal correctional institution for a crime that is not a violent crime under HRS section 351-32 be returned to Hawaii no later than July 1, 2020. Repeals the Governor's authority to negotiate or contract for expansion or construction of private correctional facilities.

In committee Jan 30, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2456

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO PESTICIDES.

Bans import, use, manufacture, sale, and storage of chlorpyrifos in the State.

In committee Jan 30, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 3103

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO COASTAL HIGHWAYS.

Requires the Department of Transportation to work in conjunction with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology of the University of Hawaii, the county of Maui and federal agencies to develop a strategic plan to protect coastal highways from the effects of coastal erosion and update the plan as needed every five years. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.

In committee Jan 30, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2480

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Amends conveyance tax rates. Requires that a percentage of conveyance taxes collected be deposited into the Housing Finance Revolving Fund.

In committee Jan 29, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2981

In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Clarifies that "subsistence farming" is included as a protected activity under the Hawaii Right to Farm Act.

In committee Jan 26, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track