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D Hawaii Senate · District 13

Sen. Karl Rhoads

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Total votes
4,982
all sessions
Attendance
0%
2,198 missed
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Lower than 76% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 92% of chamber peers
Sponsored
2,869
bills & resolutions
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Committees
3
assignments
2,869 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
2,869
Primary
2,865
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Primary SB 523
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO FIREARMS AMMUNITION.

Requires the licensing of sellers of ammunition, and for the identification and proper permitting of purchasers or possessors of ammunition. Regulates ammunition in the same manner that firearms are regulated.

In committee Jan 27, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 747
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO TAXATION.

Imposes a pay disparity general excise tax surcharge on any company conducting business in Hawaii whose top executive earns at least one hundred times more than the median income of company employees.

In committee Jan 27, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 633
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Authorizes forfeiture of certain ERS benefits, pursuant to court order, for state or county employees and designated beneficiaries who are convicted of an employment-related felony.

In committee Jan 27, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 707
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO GENETIC ENGINEERING.

Mandates the Department of Agriculture to take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent, or minimize the adverse effects of biotechnology and genetic engineering.

In committee Jan 27, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 541
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES.

Imposes a fee for selling sugar-sweetened beverages at the distributor level to be collected by the Department of Health. Establishes a special fund into which revenues are deposited. Establishes a trust fund in the private sector to receive revenues from the special fund. Establishes a healthy ohana committee to advise the department on the administration of the trust fund. Makes appropriations.

In committee Jan 27, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 710
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO FOOD LABELING.

Establishes, beginning January 1, 2022, labeling requirements for any food or raw agricultural commodity sold in the State that contains a genetically engineered material, or was produced with a genetically engineered material; establishes exceptions; establishes violations; and requires director of health to adopt rules.

In committee Jan 27, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 623
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE.

Requires health insurance coverage for various sexual and reproductive health care services.

In committee Jan 27, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 194
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO THE LIQUOR COMMISSION.

Requires the Liquor Commission to deny any renewal for a liquor license if the applicant for renewal has violated any provision of chapter 281, Hawaii Revised Statutes, on three separate occasions during the twelve-month period preceding the renewal application date.

In committee Jan 25, 2021 0 co-sponsors
Primary SB 277
In committee · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO VESSELS.

Authorizes the director of transportation to adopt rules that regulate and limit noise from vessels at harbors, ports, roadsteads, docks, wharves, piers, quays, bulkheads, and landings of the State.

In committee Jan 25, 2021 0 co-sponsors
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