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HB2789 - Relating To Education.
Lauren Cheape Matsumoto, David A. Alcos, Diamond Garcia
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Requires the department of education equip all classroom doors with interior locks, maintain a public address system, feature an emergency access route, employ a student resource officer, and maintain fire alarms. Mandates the establishment of school emergency management plans. Requires schools conduct regular testing and emergency preparedness drills. Appropriates funds exceeding the ceiling.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2642 - Relating To Eviction Mediation.
Jackson Sayama, Della au Belatti, Luke A. Evslin
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Beginning 11/1/2024: extends the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement; requires tenants and landlords to engage in mediation; delays filing an action for summary possession if a tenant schedules or attempts to schedule mediation; and requires landlords to provide specific information in the 10calendar-day notice to tenants. Appropriates funds. Repeals 11/1/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2253 - Relating To Health.
Adrian Tam, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 9 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Department of Health to require all restaurants and hotel establishments to maintain an inventory of an opioid antagonist. Expressly permits law enforcement officers to carry an opioid antagonist while on-duty. Requires funds for the purchase of opioid antagonists used by law enforcement officers employed by a county to be paid for using county funds. Clarifies that emergency personnel and first responders may administer an opioid antagonist to an individual experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose. Takes effect 12/31/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2572 - Relating To Teacher Loans.
Trish La Chica, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a teacher loan program to encourage individuals to become teachers in hard-to-staff positions of Department of Education schools. Allows a loan to be forgiven for teachers who become, or have become, a licensed teacher in Hawaii or for teachers who will commit to teach for three years at a Hawaii public school or public charter school. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB1774 - Relating To Missing Persons.
Cory M. Chun, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 9 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a silver alert program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are sixty years of age or older, cognitively impaired, or developmentally disabled. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1953 - Relating To The Penal Code.
David Tarnas, Cory M. Chun, Jeanne Kapela
Last updated 5 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Judicial Council to conduct a comprehensive review of the Hawaii Penal Code and to recommend proposed changes. Requires the Judicial Council to appoint an advisory committee to assist in the review, and allows the Judicial Council to also appoint a reporter and other staff as necessary. Requires the advisory committee to report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
HB1831 - Relating To Crisis Intervention.
Scott K. Saiki, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 9 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Behavioral Health Crisis Center Pilot Program. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers in each county. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the pilot program, including a triage center for medically monitored detoxification and the treatment of substance abuse disorders and mental illnesses. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2043 - Relating To Education.
Jenna Takenouchi, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated 9 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a harm to students registry for all early learning programs or schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation, a final finding has been issued that the individual has inflicted harm on a student. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1954 - Relating To The Community Outreach Court.
David Tarnas, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB1773 - Relating To Dementia.
Cory M. Chun, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 9 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Requires the law enforcement standards board to develop training materials related to the recognition and signs of Alzheimer's disease and related types of dementia. Requires law enforcement officers to review training materials for at least one hour per year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
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Representative from Hawaii district HD-044
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