Hawaii State Senator

Karl Rhoads Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR12

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Engrossed
4/3/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Report Pass
4/15/25  
Recognizing International Dark Sky Week.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR126

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Report Pass
4/1/25  
Engrossed
4/2/25  
Requesting The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation To Incrementally And Systematically Reduce The Number Of Inmates Incarcerated In Private, Out-of-state Correctional Facilities.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR127

Introduced
3/7/25  
Urging The President Of The United States To Not Defund Law Enforcement In The State.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR128

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Engrossed
4/3/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Report Pass
4/16/25  
Requesting The Attorney General To Produce And Provide A List Of State Lands Currently Leased To The United States Of America Or Any Federal Agency.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR129

Introduced
3/7/25  
Urging The Department Of Health To Undertake Preliminary Education, Outreach, And Vaccination Drive Efforts At Schools In Hawaii With Vaccination Rates Under Fifty Percent, Prioritizing Schools With Vaccination Rates Under Thirty Percent, Beginning At The Start Of The 2025-2026 School Year.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR130

Introduced
3/7/25  
Supporting The Reactivation Of, And Urging The Governor To Appoint Members To, The Hawaii Health Authority To Plan For A Transition To A Maximally Cost-effective Single-payer Health Care System For The State, To Be Implemented As Soon As Possible After Waivers Have Been Obtained To Capture All Major Sources Of Federal Funding Flowing To The State Through Medicare, Medicaid, And Tricare.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR131

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Engrossed
4/3/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Report Pass
4/15/25  
Urging The State To Acquire The Hawaii Theatre To Promote Local Culture And Arts, Preserve Its Historic And Cultural Significance, And Facilitate Its Continued Public Use.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR132

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Report Pass
4/2/25  
Engrossed
4/3/25  
Refer
4/4/25  
Report Pass
4/14/25  
Encouraging The Adoption Of Recommendations From The United Nations Global Plastics Treaty And Rapa Nui Summit Declaration To Address Climate Justice And Sustainable Development.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR133

Introduced
3/7/25  
Requesting The University Of Hawaii Economic Research Organization To Conduct A Study Of The Ceo-to-worker Pay Ratio In The State.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR154

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Supporting The Implementation Of The Recommendations From All Cycles Of The Universal Periodic Review By The United Nations Human Rights Council, Where Applicable To The State.