2024 Legislative Session
A brief list of some of the priority bills moving through the process, that if passed into law could make a tangible and positive difference in the lives of many.
Note: I understand there are perhaps hundreds more that could be put on this list and I have included here only a handful. Please check with the many advocacy organizations listed here for a more complete overview.
Clean Elections – Publicly Funded Elections: SB2381
Paid family leave: HB 2757, SB 2474
Child tax credit: HB 1662
Legalizing cannabis: SB 3335
Decriminalization of cannabis: HB 1596
Capital gains tax: HB 1660, SB 2325
Education funding ConAm: HB 1537
Pesticide protections SB 3316, SB 3315, SB 2366
Marriage equality ConAm: HB 2802
Gender-affirming care: HB 2079
Bail reform: HB 1603
Funding for homeless and Housing: HB 2629
State land leases: SB 2759
Midwifery: SB 2969 and HB 2649 Relating to Access to Reproductive Care”
Water systems: HB 2694, SB 2978 (would allow the state to take over private water systems on Maui–
Israel/Gaza Ceasefire Resolution – SR 6 and SCR 13
About garyhooser
This blog represents my thoughts as an individual person and does not represent the official position of any organization I may be affiliated with. I presently serve as volunteer President of the Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action (H.A.P.A.) www.hapahi.org I am the former Vice-Chair of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. In another past life, I was an elected member of the Kauai County Council, a Hawaii State Senator, and Majority Leader, and the Director of Environmental Quality Control for the State of Hawaii - in an even earlier incarnation I was an entrepreneur and small business owner. Yes, I am one of the luckiest guys on the planet. Please visit my website AND sign up for my newsletter (unlike any email newsletter you have ever gotten, of that I am sure) - http://www.garyhooser.com/#four
“Come to the edge.”
“We can’t. We’re afraid.”
“Come to the edge.”
“We can’t. We will fall!”
“Come to the edge.”
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.
- Christopher Logue (b.1926)