SENATORS AND ADVOCATES EXPRESS STRONG SUPPORT FOR ABORTION BILL

“In Hawaiʻi, Roe remains the law of the land.” Senator Jarrett Keohokalole made that definitive statement at a press conference held...

ADULT-USE CANNABIS BILL HEADS TO SENATE FLOOR FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION

Senate Bill 669, a measure that would legalize adult-use cannabis in Hawaiʻi, passed the Senate Committees on Commerce and Consumer...

SENATE TO BEGIN POSTING LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCE EXPENDITURE REPORTS

Starting Wednesday, March 1, 2023, the Hawai‘i State Senate will post a report of each Senator’s 2023 legislative allowance expenditures...

SENATE COMMITTEES VOTE TO ADVANCE ADULT-USE CANNABIS LEGISLATION

Today, the Senate Committees on Health and Human Services and Commerce and Consumer Protection voted to pass Senate Bill 375 (SB375) with...

SENATE PRESIDENT RONALD KOUCHI ISSUES STATEMENT ON THE APPOINTMENT OF LUKE EVSLIN TO VACANT KAUAʻI

Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi issued a statement today regarding the appointment of Kauaʻi Councilman Luke Evslin to the vacant...

SENATE LEADERS ISSUE STATEMENTS REGARDING THE WITHDRAWALOF IKAIKA ANDERSON’S NOMINATION

Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (District 8 – Kauaʻi and Niʻihau) and Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs Chair Maile Shimabukuro...

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS REJECTS IKAIKA ANDERSON’S NOMINATION

The Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs today voted to recommend that the Senate not advise and consent to the nomination of Ikaika...

STATE SENATORS RESPOND TO ARTICLE MISCHARACTERIZING CONCERNS REGARDING UH PRESIDENT

State Senators Michelle Kidani (District 18 – Mililani Town, Waipi‘o Gentry, Crestview, Waikele, portion of Waipahu, Village Park, Royal...

SENATOR ANGUS MCKELVEY ISSUES STATEMENT RELATING TO DELAYED OPENING OF KŪLANIHĀKOʻI HIGH SCHOOL

Senator Angus McKelvey (District 6 – West Maui, Māʻalaea, Waikapū, and South Maui ) issued a statement today regarding the delayed...

SENATE PASSES BILL RESTORING PROCEDURE FOR INITIATING FELONY CASES

To address the issues raised in the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court opinion in State v. Obrero, the Hawai‘i State Senate passed Senate Bill (S.B.)...

SENATOR LYNN DECOITE ISSUES STATEMENT ON HALEAKALĀ FUEL SPILL

Senator Lynn DeCoite (District 7 – Hāna, East and Upcountry Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, and Molokini) issued a statement...

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