Entries for 'Rep Cynthia Thielen'

...I am retiring from the Hawaii House of Representatives on November 3, 2020, after 30 wonderful and fulfilling years....

...Green Ouster Related to COVID-19 screening of Senators?....

...HB2177 will be heard by the House Judiciary Committee on January 30 at 2:45 pm in Capitol Conference Room 325....

...HB2680 will be heard on Wednesday, February 5 at 9 am in Capitol Conference Room 325....

"...I thank all of you for 30 wonderful years...."

...three helicopter crashes since October....

...The Sackler family is held largely responsible for our current opioid epidemic – the No. 1 killer in our nation....

...House Bill 18, which passed the House Judiciary Committee last week, aims to repeal statutory limitations on the time that a childhood sexual-abuse survivor can seek justice against an adult perpetrator through civil action....

...Rep. Cynthia Thielen's bills this Legislative session....

...The Hawaii DOA lists the following erroneous justification for HB939: "Given the nature of hemp as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance . . .."   However, as of Dec. 20, 2018, hemp was removed from that list....

...Representative Cynthia Thielen (R–Kailua, Kaneohe Bay) celebrates the legalization of industrial hemp through the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (H.R. 2), better known as the 2018 Farm Bill....

...HI-EMA and News Media Fail to Inform Public of Oahu Emergency Siren Test....

...To stop the factional fighting and stalemate-causing dysfunction in the Hawaii House of Representatives, Representative Cynthia Thielen has placed her name for consideration as Speaker....

...America's deadliest-ever drug crisis killed more in 2016 than the number of U.S. troops that died in the 20-year Vietnam War....

This Resolution directs the State Auditor to conduct a cost comparison between completing the rail system from Middle Street to Downtown Honolulu with street level versus an elevated rail system....

...hemp-based electrodes for supercapacitors....

...filing an official rulemaking petition demanding that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)  remove industrial hemp from the federal drug schedules....

...Senate Bill 2659 passed with a unanimous vote in both Chambers....

The recent rise in Hawaii's homeless population has highlighted the need for a better standard in involuntarily hospitalization.....

...the loan would be repaid through revenues generated by a special assessment on the borrowers' real-property tax bills....

Hawaii's Industrial Hemp Research Project exceeded expectations in not only the quantity, but the quality....

Representative Cynthia Thielen discusses NextEra Energy with Robert Harris, who has joined the Hawaii office of Sunrun....

“It is critically important to address energy concerns and propose effective local solutions this legislative year because of HECO's acquisition offer from Florida-based company, NextEra,” said Rep. Thielen....

Rep Cynthia Thielen recently drafted and co-introduced HB1520, HB1521 and HB1542 which will change the way our judicial system punishes repeat offenders....

House Bill 17 is scheduled for its first hearing in the House Committee on Water and Land on Friday, January 25 at 8:30 a.m. in House Conference Room 325....

Rep Thielen introduced House Bill 9 to repeal the controversial Public Lands Development Corporation....

...schools that enter into these contracts and see their electric bills drop will actually get to keep the savings as a result....

The Senate preceded the House in this action in 1981 ....

"the PUC rarely denies rate increases.” 

“This isn’t the first time that a Democratic majority faction has organized with the Republicans; some people are just more honest and transparent about it. It is time to govern and stop politicking.”

the Senate has voted to make the public shoulder the burden of a $1billion cable system....

House Bill No. 2417 (HB 2417) will limit the availability of the Hawaii Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credit from one credit per system to one credit per property for both residential and commercial projects.... (GOOD!)

The bill seeks to change the Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 343 ....

This program would require public schools to purchase Hawai‘i -grown produce when it is available at approximately the same cost as foods imported from out of state.

The updated assessment shows Hawaii's wave energy resource is 130TWh/yr according to DOE.