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Senator Lorraine Inouye's Capitol Update | May 2022
More Than 250 Bills Pass Final Reading
The last bills and resolutions to be voted on, as well as confirmation of Governor's nominees was on the agenda for  the last day of the 31st legislative session on Thursday, May 5.
More than 250 bills passed final reading in the state legislature this week as the 2022 session of the 31st Legislature adjourned sine die on Thursday, May 5. Of the more than 250 bills passed, here are some of the notable ones that passed through the Water and Land Committee (WTL) of which I chair.
 
HB 1600 CD1 – The $16 Billion State Budget bill contains several capital improvement projects pertinent to Hawaii Island as well as the rest of the state.
 
HB 1137 CD1 – Federal reimbursements; spousal abuse special fund
HB 1475 CD1 – Mandatory ethics training for state legislators and employees
HB 1570 SD2 – Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products
HB 1692 CD1 – Mobile electronic devices; penalties
HB 1761 CD1 – Limited purpose identification cards
HB 1768 CD1 – Water rights and kalo farming exemption – WTL
HB 2024 CD1 – Creates Mauna Kea Stewardship Oversight Authority
HB 2336 CD1 – Photo red light imaging detector systems program
HB 2424 CD2 – Department of Human Services; Child welfare services funding
HB 2510 CD1 – Increases the minimum wage up to $18 per hour by 2028.
HB 2511 CD1 –  $600 million appropriation; Hawaiian Home Lands waitlist
SB 2056 CD1 – Soil classification – WTL
SB 2059 CD1 – Authorizes the Ohia Lehua as the State Endemic Tree
SB 206  CD1 – Rental discrimination; prohibited practices
SB 2065 CD1 – Prohibits drone fishing – WTL
SB 2070 CD1 – SPRBs – Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation – WTL
SB 2162 CD1 – Ranked choice voting; special federal and county elections
SB 2510 CD1 – Renewable energy requirement; Hawaii State Planning Act
SB 2679 CD1 – Drivers licenses to 4 years - motorists ages of 72 – 80.
SB 2752 CD1 – Mandates owners seal abandoned wells – WTL
SB 2768 CD1 – DLNR; Green jobs – Hawaii Youth Corps – WTL
SB 2821 CD1 – Menstrual equality; Public schools; free access
SB 3041 CD1 – Claims against the state including
                           Kalima, et al. v. State of Hawaii, $328 million settlement
SB 3179 CD1 – DLNR; Axis deer herd population management – WTL
SB 3229 CD1 – Geothermal royalties
SB 3272 CD1 – Tour aircraft operations; documentation of routes
SB 3280 CD1 - SPRB - St. Joseph School in Hilo
SB 3289 CD1 – Hawaii State Retirement Savings Program – private employers
SB 3298 CD1 – Shooting facilities; County of Hawaii – WTL
SB 3330 CD1 - Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District carrying
                          capacity pilot program – WTL
 
These bills and many more will go to the Governor’s office for further consideration. The Governor must have all bills signed into law with his signature or passed into law without his signature or vetoed by July 12, 2022 – the 45th day after the legislative adjournment sine die. If the Governor is to veto a bill, he must give the legislature notice by June 27, 2022 with his “intent to veto”.
 
Any bills that are vetoed by the July 12 deadline will not become law unless the legislature successfully overrides the veto in a special session by a 2/3 majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
 
You can look up every bill that passed or did not pass this session and track the progress of those bills that made it to the Governor’s desk by going to the Hawaii State Legislature’s website.
The last meeting of the combined House and Senate conference committee on the State Budget (HB 1600) saw the legislature pass a $16 billion budget.
Standing Up For Astronomy
You can read the text to the floor speech that I gave on HB 2024 CD1 by going to my Senate page at the following link: ASTRONOMY The text also appears on my FACEBOOK page.
"Astronomy can be here to support us in Hawaii for generations to come."
Members of the Senate Water and Land Committee with newly appointed Land Use Commissioners George Atta, Melvin Kahele, and Ku'ikeokalani Kamakea 'Ohelo standing between Senator Gil Riviere (on the left), Senator Lorraine Inouye and Senator Bennette Misalucha on the right. Photo taken at the State Senate gallery.
 
Land Use Commissioners Get Senate Approval
The Governor’s four nominees to the State Land Use Commission were advised and consented to by the full Senate on Tuesday, April 19. Three of them were at the Senate Chamber to attend the session. The appointees are:
 
GM 854 – Michael Yamane – Land Use Commission
GM 855 – Ku'ikeokalani Kamakea 'Ohelo – Land Use Commission
GM 856 – Ku'ikeokalani Kamakea 'Ohelo – Land Use Commission
GM 857 – Melvin Kahele – Land Use Commission
GM 858 – George Atta – Land Use Commission
Capital Improvement Funds Released for Wastewater and Irrigation Projects for the Fourth Senatorial District
Governor David Ige released capital improvement project (CIP) funds for three projects in Senator Lorraine R. Inouye’s District 4 listed below.
 
$1,500,000 from the Governor was released to finance a comprehensive wastewater plan to implement a sewer system in Puako, Hawaii. The total project cost for this is being determined as well as a tentative finish date.
 
Honokohau Small Boat Harbor on the island of Hawaii will get $500,000 applied to a $4.5 million wastewater treatment system improvements at Honokohau Small Boat Harbor in Kailua-Kona Hawaii. The amount is being applied to a project with a total cost of $4.5 million. Completion of the project is slated for March 2023.
 
Governor Ige also released $5,250,000 in capital improvement project funds (CIP) to finance improvements to the Lower Hamakua Ditch Irrigation System. The project will cost more than $6 million and completion is set for July 2024.
 
State Senator Lorraine R. Inouye said, “The farmers and other users of the irrigation system along the northern Hamakua Coast will benefit from this upgrade. In so far as wastewater treatment systems go, the approval for both the Puako and Honokohau Small Boat Harbor is badly needed, and is a part of the state’s efforts to get rid of aging cesspool systems.”
Coming Home to Hilo
Due to redistricting that was completed by the Hawaii State Reapportionment Commission early this year, I am announcing that my place of residence has been “moved” out of the fourth senatorial district map and into the first district on the Island of Hawaii. This means that I will be representing mainly the Hilo area, and not those areas north of Pepeekeo along the Hamakua Coast, North and South Kohala, Waimea, Waikoloa and Kailua-Kona.
 
From the 2021 Reapportionment Plan “Metes and Bounds” document is the description for the newly revised first senatorial district.
 
1st Senatorial District
 
“The 1st Senatorial District comprises the portion of the island of Hawaii including a portion of Pepeekeo, Papaikou, Hilo, Keaukaha, Kaumana; and includes the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Representative Districts, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the most northerly point of the district, thence southerly 25.83 miles along Unnamed Boundary, thence southwesterly 1.24 miles along Unnamed Local Road, thence southwesterly 1.59 miles along Unnamed Boundary, thence southeasterly 0.00 miles along Unnamed Local Road, thence southwesterly 0.43 miles along Unnamed Boundary, thence southwesterly 2.91 miles along Unnamed Local Road, thence southwesterly 0.51 miles along Unnamed Boundary, thence easterly 0.03 miles along Unnamed Local Road, thence southwesterly 1.84 miles along North Road, thence southeasterly 0.12 miles along N Kulani Road, thence southwesterly 3.02 miles along Ihope Road, thence northwesterly 0.00 miles along Unnamed Local Road, thence northwesterly 0.01 miles along Unnamed Boundary, thence northwesterly 0.55 miles along Mokehana St, thence northerly 1.85 miles along Unnamed Vehicular Trail, thence westerly 1.18 miles along Unnamed Local Road, thence westerly 11.47 miles along Unnamed Boundary, thence northwesterly 0.65 miles along Unnamed Vehicular Trail, thence northwesterly 2.77 miles along Unnamed Boundary, thence northerly 1.70 miles along Unnamed Property Line, thence northeasterly 0.00 miles along Puu Oo Horse Trail, thence northerly 2.66 miles along Unnamed Property Line, thence northerly 12.08 miles along Unnamed Boundary, thence easterly 3.33 miles along Kapue Stream, thence northeasterly 1.46 miles along Unnamed Boundary, thence easterly 8.19 miles along Kolekole Stream, thence southeasterly 0.32 miles along Unnamed Point-to-Point Line, thence easterly 0.75 miles along Unnamed Local Road, 2021 Reapportionment Plans Metes and Bounds Page 36 of 54 thence southwesterly 0.02 miles along Unnamed Line, thence southerly 0.28 miles along Unnamed Property Line, thence easterly 0.82 miles along Honomu Stream, thence southeasterly 0.23 miles along Unnamed Boundary, thence southerly 1.18 miles along Unnamed Local Road, thence westerly 0.02 miles along Unnamed Vehicular Trail, thence easterly 0.29 miles along Unnamed Local Road, thence easterly 4.63 miles along Alia Stream, thence northwesterly 3.26 miles along Pacific, thence northerly 6.80 miles along Unnamed Boundary to the aforementioned point of beginning.”
 
https://elections.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021-Reapportionment-Plans-Metes-and-Bounds.pdf
 
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