(Note: Events with the latest dates are listed first.)
Maile’s Legislative Wrap-Up (Part 2 of 2) (posted 7/24/16)
Update 2/17/16: Senator Shimabukuro’s 2016 Legislative Priorities (posted 2/17/16)
Senator Shimabukuro’s 2016 Legislative Priorities (2/2/16)
(posted 02/02/16)
Sen. Shimabukuro’s 2016 Bills as of 1/28/16 (posted 1/28/16)
2016 Legislative Priorities (1/22/16) (posted 1/22/16)
Bills for 2016 Session: Feedback Sought (posted 12/8/15)
Senate Hawaiian Affairs Committee Confirms Masagatani & Aila, Jr. 2/23/15 (posted 2/25/15)
Civil Beat: ‘Sex on Campus — When Yes Means Yes’ 2/10/15
Senator Maile Shimabukuro’s Bill List 2015 (2/4/15) 2/6/15
Legislative Alert – SB1192 Scheduled for Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 2/2/15
Legislative Alert – SB994 and SB1193 Scheduled for Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 3, 2015 2/2/15
Legislative Alert – SB765 Scheduled for Senate Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 1/30/15
Legislative Alert – SB774 Scheduled for Senate Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2015 1/30/15
Senator Shimabukuro’s February Column in Westside Stories 1/29/15
Legislative Alert – SB392 Scheduled for Senate Hearing: This Saturday, January 31 1/29/15
Opening Day 2015 Photos: Senator Maile Shimabukuro 1/21/15
Meeting with the Sovereign Council of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly (SCHHA) 12/19/14 posted 12/29/14
DOT Updates 12/23/14 posted 12/23/14
Financial Disclosure Law Challenged by State Attorney General (11/23/14)
Maile’s Nov 2014 Newsletter: Priorities for 2015 on Page 2 (11/18/14)
Sen. Shimabukuro’s OMPO Testimony re Farrington Hwy Realignment Feasibility Study (10/20/14)
Education Update: Construction Projects for Waianae Coast Schools (10/20/14)
Senator Shimabukuro’s September 2014 Newsletter (9/19/14)
Sen. Shimabukuro’s Waianae NB Handout September 2014 (9/3/14)
Sen. Shimabukuro Tours Ball Corporation’s Metal Can Making Factory in Kalaeloa 8/1/14 (8/26/14)
Joint Senate Committee Meeting: Affordable Housing Update 7/23/14 (7/21/14)
DRAFT Kalaeloa Heritage Park Environmental Assessment – Comments Deadline 8/7/14 (7/17/14)
KITV4: ‘Vacancies on State Boards and Commissions Rise to 26′ (7/14/14)
‘Big News: Hawaii Civil Window for child sex abuse victims EXTENDED; Includes public schools’ (7/9/14)
HCB: ‘Abercrombie Decides Not to Veto Public Financial Disclosure Bill’ (7/3/14)
Maile’s 2014 Legislative Wrap-Up – Updated (6/25/14)
Over $89 Million in Improvements to the Leeward Coast Appropriated by the 2014 State Legislature (6/12/14)
Maile’s 2014 Legislative Wrap-Up (6/12/14) [See the updated version.]
Sludge Upate: 2014 Bills (2/19/14)
The Beat: ‘Should Hawaii Re-Designate Discoverers’ Day As Indigenous Peoples’ Day?’ 2/17/14
Star-Advertiser: ‘Slayer of Peacock Decided Not to Sue Condo Association’ 2/17/14
Star-Advertiser: ‘OHA Condo Plan Clears Hurdles in Senate’ 2/17/14
Hearing Scheduled: SB2749 relating to Wastewater Systems 2/20/14 at 2:50p 2/14/14
State House Honors Nanakuli High & Intermediate Ladyhawks 2013 Championship Softball Team 2/13/14
For Now E-cigarettes Are Exempt From SB 2222 (2/11/14)
Hearing Scheduled 2/11/14 at 2:55pm: SB2241 re Agricultural Lands; Taro Land Protection 2/7/14
SB2687: Hearing Scheduled 2/7/14 at 10am (2/4/14)
SB2682: Hearing Scheduled 2/7/14 at 10am (2/4/14)
SB2223 Scheduled for Hearing 2/7/14 at 10am (2/4/14)
SB2245: Hearing Scheduled 2/5/14 at 9am (2/4/14)
Bill List 2014 (as of 1/30/14) (1/30/14)
SB3088 re Public Utilities Commission: Scheduled for Hearing on 2/4/14 at 3:15pm (1/30/14)
Compost Toilet Bill scheduled for Hearing (1/28/14)
Hearing Notice: Senate Hawaiian Affairs (HWN) Committee 1/31/14 (1/27/14)
Median Barrier & Traffic Safety Update (1/8/14) (1/21/14)
Median Barrier Update from Senator Shimabukuro (1/3/14)
Waianae Neighborhood Board Report December 2013
Star-Advertiser: ‘Nanakuli Library Project Advances’
Star-Advertiser: Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill 10/31/13
Star-Advertiser: State Senate Committee Passes Same Sex Marriage Bill 10/28/13
September 2013: Report to Nanakuli-Maili Neighborhood Board
Illegal Sludge Dumping in Waianae: Latest Updates 9/19/13
FOIA Documents re Hawaii Kai Marina Dredging & Dumping 9/18/13 (posted 9/18/13)
Abandoned Tire Task Force: 8/13/13 Meeting Summary (posted 9/10/13)
Protests from Waianae Halt Hawaii Kai Dredging (posted 9/9/13)
September 2013: Waianae Neighborhood Board Report (posted 9/4/13)
Senate Tours Kaupuni Village (posted 9/3/13)
August 2013: Honokai Hale/Kapolei/Makakilo Neighborhood Board Report (posted 8/30/13)
August 2013: Nanakuli-Maili Neighborhood Board Report (posted 8/30/13)
August 2013: Waianae NB Board Report (posted 8/30/13)
Rep. Jo Jordan’s Summer 2013 Newsletter (posted 8/8/13)
Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine: Legislative Update August 1, 2013 (posted 8/5/13)
Hawaiian Leaders Roundtable: Next Meeting 8/14/13 (posted 8/5/13)
Hawaiian Community Leaders Met 7/24/13 to Develop Solutions for DHHL Audit Findings (posted 8/2/13)
State Senate Judiciary Committee Hosts Hawaiian Leaders Roundtable to Address Hawaiian Home Lands Audit – 7/24/13, 8/14/13, 9/3/13 (posted 7/18/13)
Summary of the 5/30/13 Abandoned Tire Task Force Meeting (posted 7.19.13)
2013 Legislative Summary (posted 7.16.13)
Legislative Summary to Parents for Righteousness 7/13/13 (posted 7.16.13)
Senate Judiciary Committee Hosts Hawaiian Leaders Roundtable to Address Hawaiian Home Lands Audit 7/24/13 & 8/14/13 (posted 7.10.13)
Governor Vetoes 3 Bills, 288 Become Law in Session of ‘First Steps’: Two Bills Introduced by Sen. Shimabukuro to Become Law: SB68 HD1 & SB1265 CD1 (posted 7.10.13)
Law Aims to Help Landlords While Lowering Renters’ Utility Bills (posted 7.8.13)
KITV.com: State government pushing transparency online (posted 7.8.13)
HNN: New Law Helps Native Hawaiians Be Counted (posted 7.8.13)
Report to Waianae Neighborhood Board – July 2013 (posted 7.8.13)
Governor Releases $134.7 Million for Hawaii Schools (posted 7.1.13)
AP/Star Advertiser: Hawaii State Senate Committee for Tourism, Hawaiian Affairs Split – Sen. Shimabukuro to Head Hawaiian Affairs (posted 6.28.13)
Star-Advertiser: Preschool Program Expansion Funds Cleared 6/25/13 (posted 6.26.13)
Governor Signs School Readiness Bill (posted 6.25.13)
Mauna Lahilahi Draft Environmental Assessment, Apr. 2013 (posted 6.18.13)
Fiscal Biennium 2013-2015 State budget (posted 6.12.13)
City Council District One Update June 2013 (posted 6.10.13)
June 2013 Report to Waianae Neighborhood Board (posted 6.6.13)
ABANDONED TIRE TASK FORCE SEEKS DOCUMENTATION OF TIRE DUMPING PROBLEM; PLANS TO MEET AGAIN AT THE END OF SUMMER (posted 6.3.13)
E Ala Voyaging Canoe Update Meeting Held on 5/14/13 (posted 5.23.13)
Maile’s May 2013 Report to Nanakuli-Maili Neighborhood Board (posted 5.22.13)
Sen. Shimabukuro’s May 2013 Handout (posted 5.12.13)
Mailiili Watershed Management Plan (posted 4.17.13)
MAILE TESTIFIES FOR MAKAHA BEACH PARK MASTER PLAN, PU`U O HULU COMMUNITY PARK IN MAILI, AND LEEWARD COAST BENEFITS PROGRAM (posted 4.16.13)
PUNANA LEO O WAI’ANAE VISITS CAPITOL 4/11/13 (posted 4.12.13)
Waianae Elementary School Update (posted 4.11.13)
Update: State Budget (posted 4.3.13)
WAI`ANAE HIGH SCHOOL’S SEARIDER PRODUCTIONS DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAM HONORED BY LEGISLATURE (posted 4.2.13)
GMO LABELING UPDATE – Maile met with UH law students on 3/21/13 re GMO labeling bill (posted 3.22.13)
Trustee Peter Apo Testifies on OHA Budget 3/20/13 (posted 3.20.13)
KITV4 News: Sen. Shimabukuro’s Response to Sen. Slom’s Jessica’s Law Comment 3/15/13 (posted 3.16.13)
Hawaii News Now: Sen. Shimabukuro on Early Childhood Education Bill 3/14/13 (posted 3.15.13)
WAI’ANAE COAST RESIDENTS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AT THE CAPITOL ON 3/13/13 (posted 3.14.13)
FAMILY & CHILD INTERACTIVE LEARNING RALLY @ CAPITOL 3/14/13 (posted 3.13.13)
U.S Navy Recognized for its Hawaiian Cultural Stewardship and Renewable Energy Initiatives (posted 3.13.13)
Asset Forfeiture Bill Update SB 1342 (posted 3.13.13)
January Newsletter from Rep. Jo Jordan (posted 3.12.13)
Yale Research Team Met With Maile Regarding Tire Dumping Problem (posted 3.11.13)
MAKAHA Bridges Update (posted 3.8.13)
Sen. Shimabukuro’s March 2013 Handout (posted 3.8.13)
HSTA TELLS LEGISLATORS ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES; PLANS RALLY 3/14 @ CAPITOL (posted 3.8.13)
Senate Spotlight: Featuring Senator Maile Shimabukuro 3/5/13 (posted 3.7.13)
Maile Speaks on Foreclosure measures before the Collection Bar Section (posted 3.6.13)
Article: Repeal drug mandatory minimums (Maile introduced SB 68 Relating to Sentencing) (posted 3.4.13)
Minimum Wage Update: Measure to Increase; Exceptions to Minimum Wage (posted 3.4.13)
Why Labor Should Be Wary About “Wellness” (Article relating to SB 1264, introduced by Sen. Shimabukuro this session, concerning “Voluntary Wellness Programs”) (posted 3.4.13)
HGEA 2013 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES (posted 3.1.13)
Senate Spotlight (Senate Committee on Education hearing on Gubernatorial Nominees to the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board) (posted 2.26.13)
A Very Important Message from Ku’ulani Keohokalole (posted 2.13.13)
KA PA’ALANA VISITS CAPITOL (posted 2.13.13)
PHOCUSED at the Capitol! (posted 2.12.13)
KHON2 News: State Tax Employees Speak Out Against Proposed Snooping Measures (posted 2.12.13)
Steve Canales of the Hawaii Democratic Party Labor Caucus (posted 2.8.13)
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith Testifies (posted 2.8.13)
K-9 Kokua Dog Rescue Advocates Visit Maile on Humane Lobby Day (posted 2.8.13)
KOHN2: West-side Asks for Hearing on Rock Crushing and Landfill Expansion (posted 2.7.13)
Wai`anae Coast Doctors Testify at Capitol in Support of SB1085 on 2/6/13 (posted 2.6.13)
A Simpler Process for Submitting Online Testimony on Bills (posted 2.5.13; updated 2.12.13)
This morning with two of my Nānākuli Highschool student Interns: Ana & Nohealani (posted 2.4.13);
DOE High School Students Legislative Internship Pilot Program (posted 1.31.13);
Beautiful Illustration from our Intern Ana! (posted 2.6.13)
Bills for Native Hawaiian Center for Excellence at Leeward Communtiy College Pearl City (posted 2.4.13);
Native Hawaiian Center Proposed at LCC (posted 1.30.13)
Wai’anae Coast Fishermen Testify at the Capitol 1/29/13 (posted 1.30.13)
Ocean Clean-Up Bill SB319 Advances 1/29/13 (posted 1.30.13)
MAILE’S BILL LIST – 2013 SESSION (posted 1.30.13)
Senate Commitee on Judiciary & Labor Confirmation Hearings for Judges Souza and Ochiai 1/11/13 (posted 1.11.13)
AARP Volunteers Visit Capitol on 1/10/13 (posted 1.10.13)
Free Forum Re Child Sex Abuse Bill (Act 68) Authored by Sen. Shimabukuro & Other Civil Justice Issues 12/5/12 (posted 11.5.12)
PLDC Public Hearing: November 13, 2012 (posted 10.18.12)
HCAP Testifies at Capitol on Oct. 2 (posted 10.3.12)
Vetoed Measures 2012 Session (posted 7.16.12)
Wai’anae Neighborhood Board Report July 2012 (posted 7.3.12)
Maile’s 2012 Legislative Wrap-up (posted 7.2.12)
Update re: ‘Clean and Sober’ & ‘Halfway’ Houses (posted 6.19.12)
WSPNG Hosts “Talk Story” with Legislators June 20 (posted 6.7.12)
Community Concerns: Makaha Homeless, New Waianae Harbormaster, Fishing Permit for Keawaula Bay, Contacting President Obama (posted 6.7.12)
Foreclosure Reform Passed in 2012 (posted 6.7.12)
Waianae Neighborhood Board Report June 2012 (posted 6.5.12)
Hawaii State Senate Recognizes 2012 Leeward Oahu District Teacher of the Year – WIS Teacher Luane Higuchi (posted 3.12.12; updated 5.24.12)
Update on Fight to Close the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill (posted 5.21.12)
Leihoku Elementary Students Visit the Capitol (posted 5.4.12)
OHA Native Hawaiian Data Book online (posted 5.4.12)
Drug Abuse Prevention Measures Passed in 2012 (posted 5.4.12)
Governor Abercrombie Releases $34.2 Million for Education, Health Services and Communications Projects (posted 5.4.12)
Legislative Updates & Community Concerns (posted 4.27.12)
Child Sex Abuse Bill Signed into Law on 4/24/12 (posted 4.27.12; updated 5.4.12). NY Times Editorial Refers to Child Sex Abuse Bill Introduced by Sen. Shimabukuro (posted 5.7.12). First Lawsuit Under New Law for Child Sex Abuse Claims (posted 5.27.12). Star-Advertiser (6/10/12): ‘Victims Have More Time to Sue for Past Sex Abuse’ (posted 6.10.12). Free Forum Re Child Sex Abuse Bill (Act 68) Authored by Sen. Shimabukuro & Other Civil Justice Issues 12/5/12 (posted 11.5.12)
Support Needed for WCCHC Emergency Room (posted 4.19.12)
Public Listening Sessions for Ocean Resources Management Plan: May 2 in Wai`anae (posted 4.19.12)
URGENT! SCHHA/Ho`okulāiwi Partnership Needs Support (posted 4.17.12)
Odetta Fujimori Confirmed to Stadium Authority (posted 4.13.12)
Wai`anae Coast Pastors Visit Capitol (posted 4.10.12)
Hawaii State Senate Recognizes Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii’s Youth of the Year 2012 Finalists (posted 4.9.12)
Edith Van Gieson Honored by the Hawaii State Senate and Legislative Hawaiian Caucus (posted 4.5.12)
Dr. Steven & Mrs. Janice Olbrich Honored by the Hawaii State Senate (posted 4.4.12)
Testimony Needed for Tire Dumping & Witness Line-Up Bills on April 3 (posted 4.2.12)
Tire Bill SB 3006 Update (posted 3.31.12)
HSTA Leeward Visits Capitol 3/23/12 (posted 3.28.12)
Testimony Needed for Compost Toilet/Septic Tank Bill 3/27 (posted 3.26.12)
Hawaiian Immersion Update (posted 3.24.12)
Wai`anae Coast Flood Mitigation Meeting 3/28 at 7PM (posted 3.24.12)
Waianae HS Lemonade Alley Team Visits the Capitol (posted 3.22.12)
Makaha Bridge Project Updates from the Department of Transportation (posted 3.20.12)
Maili Boy Does Good: Tristan Aldeguer (posted 3.19.12)
Maili Resident Cynthia Rezentes Testifies in Support of Bill to Regulate Commercial Activity in the Ocean (posted 3.19.12)
Testimony Needed for Family Abandonment Bill on 3/21/12 (posted 3.19.12)
Testimony Needed for Sand Preservation Bill on Wednesday 3/21/12 (posted 3.19.12)
Wai`anae Coast Reapportionment: 8 March 2012 Summaries (posted 3.18.12)
Testimony Needed for Hawaiian Language Immersion Measures on March 21 (posted 3.18.12)
URGENT SB3071 SCHHA/HOOKULAIWI BILL March 20 Hearing (posted 3.16.12)
Testimony Needed for Witness Line-Up Bill on March 20 (posted 3.16.12)
Testimony Needed for Tire Dumping & Ocean Clean Up Bills (posted 3.14.12)
Testimony Needed for ‘Off-The-Grid’ Housing & Ho’okulaiwi Bills on March 14 (posted 3.9.12)
Makaha Waterman Mel Pu’u Testifies in Support of Lifeguard Bargaining Unit Bill (posted 2.28.12)
Frank Ruiz of Waianae Testifies in Support of Ocean Clean Up Bill (posted 2.28.12)
Ronald Lee of Waianae Stands Up for Injured Workers Rights (posted 2.27.12)
Senate Honors Kauila Clark of WCCHC on 2/12/12 (posted 2.26.12)
Nanakuli’s Avery Choy Retires After Serving Nearly 30 Years at HPD recognized by State Senate Certificate (posted 2.26.12)
Testimony Needed for Compost Toilet/ Septic Tank Bill Hearing on 2-28-12 (posted 2.24.12)
Testimony Needed for Ho’okulaiwi, Off-the-Grid/Indigenous Architecture, Witness Line-Up, & Family Abandonment Bills on 2/28/12 (posted 2.23.12)
Testimony Needed for Illegally Dumped Tires Task Force Bill Hearing on Feb. 24 (posted 2.22.12)
Testimony Needed for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Coastal Zone Management, Ocean Clean Up, & Sand Preservation Bills (posted 2.19.12)
Ho`okulaiwi Bill Advances (posted 2.16.12, updated 2.17.12)
Wai`anae Fisherman Carl Jellings Testifies in Favor of Sand Preservation Bill (posted 2.12.12)
‘Purple Spot’ on 2/15/12 City Council Agenda (posted 2.11.12)
Testimony Needed for Off The Grid Housing & Sand Preservation Bills (posted 2.10.12)
Landfill Community Give-Back Bill Advances (posted 2.9.12)
Testimony Needed for ‘Off The Grid’ Housing, Beach Preservation, & Family Abandonment Bills (posted 2.7.12)
Testimony Needed for Tire Dumping & Witness Line-Up Bills (posted 2.6.12)
Testimony Needed for “Off-The-Grid” Housing, Sand Theft, & Hawaiian Immersion Bills (posted 2.6.12)
Legislative Update: Bills Numbered (1/31/12) (posted 1.31.12)
Hawaiian Language Immersion Bill (HB2875) to Be Heard Feb. 8 (posted 1.31.12)
Landfill Community Give Back Bill to Be Heard Feb. 2 (posted 1.30.12)
Legislative Update: Bills as of 1/24/12 (posted 1.24.12)
Legislative Update: Preview of 2012 Bills (posted 1.1.12)
Transportation Update: 2nd Access Road (posted 1.1.12)
Legislative Update – December 2011
2011 Session Wrap Up (Westside Stories Ad)
Bills Passed on Final Reading (May 2011 Update; includes links to bill status for select measures)
Bill List (March 2011 Update; includes links to bill status for select measures)
2011 Bill List … Senator Maile Shimabukuro (includes links to bill status)
Landfill Ban Bills to be Heard 2/10/11
Hearing: Senate Bill 107 Environmental Justice for the Wai`anae Coast on 2/3 at 3:30PM
Civil Unions Bill Advances Out of Senate Committee Jan. 24, 2011
CAPITOL TV BROADCAST LIVE: State Senate JDL Committee Hearing re SB 232 Civil Unions, 1.25.11, 10am (Jan. 24, 2011)
Legislation 2011: Bill update; Other updates Jan. 24, 2011
2011 Bill & Resolutions Update Jan. 18, 2011
Vacant State-Owned Lands Listing (Jan. 18, 2011)
Important Notice Re: Process to Replace Rep. Shimabukuro Jan. 11, 2011
Maile’s House to Senate Transfer Documents December 29, 2010
Legislative Update December 28, 2010
End of Session Highlights – 2010 June 28, 2010
2010 Legislative Session Wrap-Up May 28, 2010
WCCHC: Sign Petition to Urge the Governor to Release $1m Before Funds Lapseon 6/30/10! April 12, 2010
March 2010 Legislative Update March 27, 2010
Hawaiian Caucus Day 2010 Photos: Update – New Photos from House Communications Office March 16, 2010
Legislative Update March 12, 2010
Legislative Update February 19, 2010
Maile’s Bills Introduced – 2010 Legislative Session February 2, 2010
HB 2692 – in need of testimony! January 2, 2010
Legislative Update & News from Maile December 23, 2009
Legislative Session 2009 Wrap Up July 6, 2009
Legislative Update from Maile April 27, 2009
Ceded Lands Update: Hawaiian Affairs Committee Discusses Supreme Court Ruling April 18, 2009
Emergency Room, LCC-Waianae Bldg., Keawaula Updates & Support Needed April 16, 2009
Maile’s Updates February 24, 2009
Maile’s 2009 Bills to Date & Stream Clean Up Day January 26, 2009
2008 Legislative Session Wrap-Up May 6, 2008
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Update March 23, 2008
Taro Security and Purity Research Program – Senate Conccurrent Resolution 206 report is in! March 17, 2008
What is the OHA Settlement All About? (Your Comments Sought) March 15, 2008
Legislative Update February 29, 2008
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