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HB1175 - Relating To Increased Interagency Coordination And Collaboration Between County Law Enforcement Agencies And Social Service Providers.
Ernesto M. Ganaden, Terez Amato, Natalia Hussey-Burdick
Last updated almost 2 years ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requires county police departments to provide training, in collaboration with the Department of Health and University of Hawaii, to officers having contact with individuals experiencing homelessness, behavioral health issues including substance use, or mental health issues. Appropriates funds for coordinated and collaborative activities including training, referrals to service providers, and technical assistance. Requires reports to the Legislature.
STATUS
Introduced
HB303 - Relating To Beaches.
Cedric Asuega Gates, Elle Cochran, Daniel Holt
Last updated almost 2 years ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requires the department of health to establish a two-year pilot project to test Tier 1 beaches for Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus not less than monthly. Requires a report to the legislature before the regular sessions of 2024, 2025, and 2026. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB335 - Relating To Department Of Education Procurement.
Scot Z. Matayoshi, Andrew Takuya Garrett, Amy A. Perruso
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Exempts from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code educational materials and related training for direct student instruction in career and technical education programs within the Department of Education. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2600 - Relating To Cannabis.
David Tarnas, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated about 1 month ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Hawaii Cannabis Authority and Cannabis Control Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate all aspects of the cannabis plant. Beginning January 1, 2026, legalizes the personal adult use of cannabis. Establishes taxes for adult-use cannabis sales. Transfers the personnel and assets of the Department of Health and assets Department of Agriculture to the Hawaii Cannabis Authority. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Tentative
HB894 - Relating To Whales.
Elle Cochran, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated almost 2 years ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Places certain requirements and speed restrictions on the operation of water vessels in proximity to humpback whales.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2531 - Relating To Workplace Safety.
David Tarnas, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Allows a person who employs or contracts with a health care worker who suffers an act of violence to report the event to law enforcement and petition for a temporary restraining order and injunction under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB919 - Relating To Residence For Tuition Purposes.
Greggor Ilagan, Amy A. Perruso
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requires the tuition residency rules for the University of Hawaii to grant the resident tuition fee for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus, including any community college, to adult or minor students who have obtained a Hawaii high school diploma or equivalent credential and are working toward their first undergraduate degree, under certain conditions. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB2511 - Relating To Cancer.
Tyson Miyake, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated about 1 month ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos. Requires the Cancer Center to seek federal funding to complete the study.
STATUS
Tentative
HB2635 - Proposing Amendments To Article Iii Of The Hawaii State Constitution To Establish A Continuous Legislative Session.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated 2 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a continuous Legislature. Requires the Legislature to convene at least once a month. Removes language regarding special sessions, adjournment, and recesses. Creates a two-year deadline for a bill to be submitted for gubernatorial consideration. Standardizes the number of days that the Governor must approve or veto a bill submitted for consideration. Requires the passage of the legislative budget within 45 days before the end of each fiscal year. Makes members of the Legislature subject to the sunshine law. Prohibits members of the Legislature from having employment other than their work as members of the Legislature.
STATUS
Tentative
HB2624 - Relating To The Liquor Tax Law.
Ernesto M. Ganaden, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 2 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a substance abuse treatment special fund. Increases liquor tax rates to unspecified amounts. Allocates increased liquor tax revenues to the substance abuse treatment special fund.
STATUS
Tentative
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