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31st Legislature, 2022
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House District 30
Hawaii State Capitol
Room: 330
phone: 808-586-6010
fax: 808-586-6011
repganaden@Capitol.hawaii.gov

Member of the following committees:

Corrections, Military, & Veterans

Education

Higher Education & Technology

Water & Land

No. 15 - Kalihi-Palama Neighborhood Board
No. 18 - ĀLIAMANU-SALT LAKE-FOSTER VILLAGE-AIRPORT
No. 20 - Aiea Neighborhood Board

Measures Introduced

	Title
HB2	RELATING TO PAID SICK LEAVE.
HB3	RELATING TO REVENUE GENERATION.
HB4	RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE.
HB5	RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.
HB6	RELATING TO GREEN FEES.
HB7	RELATING TO MARIJUANA.
HB8 HD1	RELATING TO FOOD SECURITY.
HB9	RELATING TO ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION.
HB10 HD1	RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
HB11 HD1 SD1	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
HB291	RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.
HB293	RELATING TO POLLING PLACES.
HB295	RELATING TO IMPACT FEES.
HB297	RELATING TO LABOR.
HB397	RELATING TO THE HAWAII CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
HB398 HD1	RELATING TO INMATES.
HB423	RELATING TO A DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
HB425 HD1	RELATING TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
HB426	RELATING TO TUITION WAIVERS.
HB427	RELATING TO RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
HB428	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM.
HB429	RELATING TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.
HB430	RELATING TO ELECTION REFORM.
HB460	RELATING TO A CARBON TAX.
HB461 HD1	RELATING TO COFFEE LABELING.
HB462	RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.
HB463	RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
HB464	RELATING TO STREAM PROTECTION.
HB544 HD1	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT MAUNA KEA ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII.
HB550 HD2 SD1	RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
HB551 HD1	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO GUARANTEE ALL INDIVIDUALS THE RIGHT TO HAVE A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.
HB554 HD2	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.
HB600	RELATING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE.
HB615	RELATING TO INTERNET ACCESS.
HB616	RELATING TO BROADBAND ACCESS.
HB617	RELATING TO HOTELS.
HB618	RELATING TO EDUCATION.
HB619 HD1	RELATING TO ETHNIC STUDIES.
HB620	RELATING TO LEGAL PERSONHOOD STATUS.
HB621 HD1	RELATING TO THE OAHU COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER SITE.
HB629	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
HB632	RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
HB690 HD1	PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 1, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO REQUIRE THAT THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BE THOROUGH AND EFFICIENT.
HB691	RELATING TO CAMPUS SAFETY.
HB692	RELATING TO SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION.
HB693	RELATING TO MAUNA KEA.
HB702 HD2	RELATING TO FARM TO SCHOOL PROCUREMENT.
HB704	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
HB781	RELATING TO STUDENT JOURNALISM.
HB783	RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE.
HB784	RELATING TO TRESPASS.
HB785	RELATING TO FIREARMS.
HB795	RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
HB796 HD2	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER DEATHS.
HB812 HD1 SD1	RELATING TO TRAUMA-INFORMED EDUCATION.
HB856 HD1	RELATING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT.
HB857	RELATING TO RENTALS OF MOPEDS AND MOTOR SCOOTERS.
HB858	RELATING TO ELECTRIC HYDROFOIL SURFBOARDS.
HB859	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT DATA MODERNIZATION.
HB1076	RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSURE.
HB1079	RELATING TO THE MODERNIZATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
HB1080 HD1	RELATING TO THE PHASEOUT OF PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
HB1082 HD1	RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
HB1083	RELATING TO THE LAW OF THE SPLINTERED PADDLE.
HB1103	RELATING TO PUBLIC BANKING.
HB1104	RELATING TO GAMBLING.
HB1105 HD1	RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS CANDIDATE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
HB1111	RELATING TO CRIMINAL PRETRIAL REFORM.
HB1112	RELATING TO THE VENDING FACILITIES PROGRAM.
HB1150	RELATING TO FISHING.
HB1185	RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF LEASES UNDER THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED.
HB1201	RELATING TO ESSENTIAL WAGES FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
HB1202	RELATING TO CANNABIS.
HB1203	RELATING TO TAXATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS.
HB1205	RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE INVESTING.
HB1230	RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I.
HB1347	RELATING TO THE ALOHA STADIUM.
HB1349 HD1	RELATING TO STATEWIDE COMPOSTING.
HB1351 HD1	RELATING TO CONSERVATION MITIGATION BANKS.
HB1363	RELATING TO SHORELINES.
HB1364	RELATING TO HEMP.
HB1365	RELATING TO MARINE LIFE.
HB1387	RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.
HB1388 HD1	RELATING TO TAXATION.
HB1389	RELATING TO THE HAWAII CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
HB1390	RELATING TO RENTAL DISCRIMINATION.
HB1391	RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION.
HB1418	RELATING TO BROADBAND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE.
HB1422	RELATING TO ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES.

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Prior to elected office, Representative Ganaden has been a lawyer, college instructor, journalist, youth mentor, and artist. As a lawyer, he has been a staff attorney at the Domestic Violence Action Center, a court-appointed attorney with the District Court, and handled civil litigation for small businesses. He has taught in the American Studies and Ethnic Studies Departments at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, edited and written for local magazines, managed a youth program for young men and boys at the healthcare center Kokua Kalihi Valley, and supported contemporary art as an artist and community organizer.

Representative Ganaden was educated at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of California at Los Angeles. His father was born in Manila and excelled in business, his mother is Mexican-American and retired after 37 years as a special education public school teacher.

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November 29, 2021

Rep. Ganaden sends letter to Navy requesting investigation of the possibility of unauthorized release of fuel into the waters of Pearl Harbor from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.

We are asking for your support in investigating the possibility that officials representing the U.S. Navy misled state Health Department regulators and the public about an unauthorized release of fuel into the waters of Pearl Harbor from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.