David Y. Ige

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM FOR THE 2018 GANNENMONO CELEBRATION. Makes an emergency appropriation to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for […]

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS. Provides that the environmental courts shall not have exclusive, original jurisdiction over any proceedings relating to parking violations under certain administrative rules and laws.

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Makes eligible for membership on a county arborist advisory committee certified arborists, horticulturists with specialization in trees, and persons who have received a master’s degree in botany.

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HE‘EIA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE. Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2018-2019 to maintain the initial staff position and operations necessary to develop and manage He‘eia National Estuarine […]

RELATING TO CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL USE. Establishes standards and criteria for reciprocity for qualifying out-of-state medical cannabis patients and caregivers including limitations, and safeguards. Authorizes extension of written certifications of a […]

RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY. Establishes the Address Confidentiality Program in the Department of the Attorney General to help survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and stalking to relocate and keep the […]

RELATING TO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY. Amends the offense of violation of privacy in the first degree to prohibit threats or acts to disclose an image or video. Requires that any recording […]

RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. Creates a Hawaii Sexual Assault Response and Training Program to address the manner in which sexual assault evidence collection kits are processed and tracked, and to ensure […]

RELATING TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS. Specifies that citizen administrative complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic abuse by the police officer against a family or household member shall not […]

RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE. Ensures certain benefits under the federal Affordable Care Act are preserved under Hawaii law, including: extending dependent coverage for adult children up to 26 years of age; […]

RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation, in any state educational program or activity, or in any educational […]

RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE. Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a sunrise analysis of the impacts of and best framework for the establishment of paid family leave. Requires a report […]

RELATING TO EQUAL PAY. Prohibits prospective employers from requesting or considering a job applicant’s wage or salary history as part of an employment application process or compensation offer. Prohibits enforced wage […]

RELATING TO WORKERS’ COMPENSATION MEDICAL BENEFITS. Improves access for firefighters to comprehensive medical benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Law upon diagnosis of cancer that is presumed to arise out of and […]

RELATING TO A YOUTH COMMISSION. Establishes a youth commission within the Office of Youth Services to advise the Governor and Legislature on the effects of legislative policies, needs, assessments, priorities, programs, […]

RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. Replaces the guiding principles for children in foster care under the Child Protective Act with the rights of children in foster care, […]

RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION. Beginning January 1, 2021, bans the sale, offer of sale, or distribution in the State of any sunscreen that contains oxybenzone or octinoxate, or both, without a […]

RELATING TO INDEMNIFICATION OF COUNTY AGENCIES. Facilitates the process by which the University of Hawaii obtains approval to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless a county agency, its officers, agents, and employees, […]

RELATING TO PROBATION. Makes a housekeeping amendment to clarify that eligibility for probation does not apply to certain drug paraphernalia violations that have been decriminalized.

RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION. Amends the definition of “confidential personal information” for offenses against property rights to eliminate unconstitutionally vague provisions. Specifies other types of confidential personal information. Clarifies when […]