Sen. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran

Primary SB 2819

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION.

Repeals sections 302A-624(c) and 302A-627(a), HRS. (CD1)

Passed Jun 27, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2621

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to establish bovine tuberculosis control operations on Molokai, including staff, land, and equipment. (CD1)

Passed Jun 27, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 514

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND.

Provides a tax refund to the taxpayers of the State and makes deposits to the emergency and budget reserve fund and pension accumulation fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

Passed Jun 23, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2821

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO MENSTRUAL EQUALITY.

Requires the Department of Education to provide menstrual products free of charge to all students on all public school campuses. (CD1)

Passed Jun 21, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2162

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

Establishes ranked-choice voting for special federal elections and special elections of vacant county council seats. Effective 1/1/2023. (CD1)

Passed Jun 17, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2475

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Clarifies that amounts received or accrued for stevedoring services, wharfage, and demurrage services are exempt under the general excise tax law. (CD1)

Passed Jun 17, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2163

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.

Makes negligent homicide in the first degree a class A felony if the person causes the death of another by operating a vehicle in a negligent manner while under the influence of drugs or alcohol and the person has prior convictions for operating a vehicle under the influence or a suspended and revoked license and privilege to operate a vehicle due to driving while under the influence of an intoxicant or the person is a highly intoxicated driver, subject to certain conditions. (CD1)

Passed Jun 17, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 2185

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Requires the auditor of fireworks and articles pyrotechnic records for each county fire department to submit to the Legislature an annual report detailing inventory, recordkeeping, and sales of fireworks to license or permit holders. Effective 1/1/2023. (CD1)

Passed Jun 17, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 2644

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS.

Extends until 6/30/2027 Act 65, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, as amended by Act 60, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, which provides a limited exemption to the licensing requirements for certain individuals in situations when an electric utility must retain qualified individuals to work with high voltage (six hundred volts or higher) who are not licensed in the State but are otherwise deemed qualified by the electric utility, provided that the public utility certifies to the Board of Electricians and Plumbers that, after solicitation of a request for proposal, no electrician responded to the request who was sufficiently qualified and licensed in the State and was available and able to perform or timely complete the high voltage electrical work or task before the public utility recruited outside the State. (CD1)

Passed Jun 17, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2136

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO JURY SERVICE.

Prohibits juror exclusion based on gender identity or expression. (CD1)

Passed Jun 17, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track