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D Hawaii Senate · District 4

Sen. Tim Richards

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Total votes
7,455
all sessions
Attendance
98%
96 missed
Lower than 89% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
1,446
bills & resolutions
Higher than 76% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
1,446 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,446
Primary
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Primary SB 782
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO TARO.

Establishes and appropriates funds for a grant program in the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to taro farmers in meeting the costs of cultivating taro for consumption. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2024 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor SB 304
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor
RELATING TO VISITOR IMPACT FEES.

Effective 7/1/2025, establishes the visitor impact fee program within the department of land and natural resources, through which the department will collect a fee from visitors for a license to visit a state park, forest, hiking trail, or other state natural area. Establishes the visitor impact fee special fund effective 7/1/2023. Requires report to the legislature on strategic plan and timetable for objectives and implementation of the visitor impact fee program. Appropriates funds for the visitor impact fee strategic plan and positions for the visitor impact fee program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD3)

Passed Mar 25, 2024 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 156
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Requires the Board of Education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one community forum in each county. Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legislature on implementing open forums. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2024 1 co-sponsor
Co-sponsor SB 1068
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor
RELATING TO BEACHES.

Includes in the State's policies for the physical environment under the Hawaiʻi State Planning Act, the promotion of statewide beach assessments and beach and shoreline adaptation, restoration, and conservation and the pursuit of compatible relationships among activities, facilities, Native Hawaiian traditional practices mauka to makai, and natural resources. Appropriates funds to the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development for the development of a statewide beach assessment study and shoreline adaptation, restoration, and conservation plan. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2024 1 co-sponsor
Primary SB 744
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Requires the Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council to classify the fungal pathogen that causes coffee leaf rust as an invasive species in its administrative rules and to direct available funding for mitigation efforts, research, and prevention or control actions for coffee leaf rust. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Passed Mar 25, 2024 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 1488
Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO LIVESTOCK.

Requires the University of Hawaiʻi College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, in consultation with livestock industry stakeholders, to conduct a study to assess the effects of heat stress on beef cattle during interisland ocean transportation. Requires a report. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)

Passed Mar 25, 2024 0 co-sponsors
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