Hawaii 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2965
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Amends the definition of renewable portfolio standard for electric utility companies to be a percentage of electrical energy generation, rather than sales. Increases the renewable portfolio standard from forty to eighty percent. Requires an appropriate period for public comment before the public utilities commission may grant a waiver from the renewable portfolio standard or an extension for meeting the prescribed standard to an electric utility company.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2966
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Refer
1/31/22
Expands the definition of power-generating facilities for purposes of environmental impact statements to include wood-burning facilities.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2967
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Extends the Important Agricultural Lands Qualified Agricultural Cost Tax Credit until December 31, 2031.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2968
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Requires the court appointed attorney for the legal parent or party in child welfare cases to practice pursuant to the American Bar Association Standards of Practice for Attorneys Representing Parents in Abuse and Neglect Cases and to provide a copy of the standards to the legal parent or party.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2969
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/10/22
Establishes an agricultural emergency special fund to provide agricultural emergency loans. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB297
Introduced
1/22/21
Refer
1/25/21
Clarifies and expands procedural requirements for judicial review of an agency's denial of access to a government record. Provides procedural requirements and standards of review upon appeal.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2970
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Establishes a goal for the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit to be at least seventy per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. Requires the Hawaii state energy office to conduct a study to determine Hawaii's pathway to decarbonization and identify challenges, opportunities, and actions that will be needed to achieve those goals. Appropriates funds out of the energy security special fund for the study.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2971
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Removes from the definition of renewable energy the energy generated or produced from trees, wood pellets, and other tree products made for burning.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2972
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Refer
2/18/22
Deposits revenue from the State Veterinary Laboratory and Animal Control Branch into the Animal Industry Special Fund and allows funds from the special fund to be expended to make laboratory improvements.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2973
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Refer
2/18/22
Extends regulatory authority of the Department of Agriculture over hemp production until June 30, 2024. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2974
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/4/22
Refer
3/10/22
Updates the membership of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides to replace representatives from the sugar and pineapple industries with representatives of the coffee and diversified agriculture industries. Adds a representative of the Hawaii Farmers Union United to the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2975
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Requires the department of agriculture to partner with a Hawaii entity to establish a pilot USDA Harmonized GAP food safety training and certification program to help small- and medium-sized farms obtain the United States Department of Agriculture's Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices certification. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2976
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Next Level Solutions Group Inc. in developing a waste-to-energy facility.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2977
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Refer
1/28/22
Report Pass
2/18/22
Refer
2/18/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Engrossed
3/8/22
Refer
3/10/22
Requires farm owners or operators to confine egg-laying hens in accordance with the standards established in this measure. Effective 6/30/27, prohibits a business owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products that are produced by egg-laying hens that were confined in a manner that violates best practices for humanely housing egg-laying hens to eliminate disease, increase sanitation, and to protect from predators and weather, with exceptions. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Hawaii Senate Bill SB2978
Introduced
1/21/22
Refer
1/24/22
Establishes the Hawaii farmland and forest carbon smart incentive program. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority.