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HB1409 - Relating To Employee Benefits.
Jenna Takenouchi, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated over 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Extends under certain conditions, the family leave period for up to eight weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Requires the Civil Rights Commission to amend its rules to include neonatal care as a related medical condition wherever the phrase "pregnancy, childbirth, or other related condition" or any similar phrase is used. Effective 6/30/2032. (SD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1405 - Relating To Natural Resources.
Mahina M. Poepoe, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requires the commission on water resource management and division of aquatic resources of the department of land and natural resources, in partnership with the University of Hawaii and department of health, to conduct research on limu to understand the impacts of groundwater use on groundwater-dependent ecosystems. Requires a joint report to legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB607 - Relating To Taxation.
Cedric Asuega Gates, Della au Belatti, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Creates an income tax credit for transportation costs incurred by certain taxpayers who ship produce and agricultural goods between counties. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB550 - Relating To Sex Trafficking.
Jeanne Kapela, Cory M. Chun, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Requires the department of education to offer training for teachers, educational officers, and school-based behavioral health specialists on sex trafficking prevention and response.
STATUS
Introduced
HB284 - Relating To Taro.
Darius K. Kila, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated almost 2 years ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Exempts from the general excise tax the gross proceeds or income received from the sale of any product resulting from the cultivation and production of unprocessed taro and value-added products whose primary ingredient is taro or taro leaf. Effective 6/30/3000. Repeals 6/30/2028. (HD2)
STATUS
Introduced
HB649 - Relating To The Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program.
Troy Hashimoto, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated almost 2 years ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds for three program specialist positions within the Executive Office on Aging for Hawaii's State Health Insurance Assistance Program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB443 - Relating To Agriculture.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Requires the department of agriculture to establish a healthy soils program, which includes a healthy soil assessment and education program and health soil grants program. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB244 - Relating To Career And Technical Education.
Amy A. Perruso, Cory M. Chun, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a career and technical education working group to strengthen career and technical education in the State's public schools. Makes an appropriation. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB193 - Relating To Energy-efficiency Portfolio Standards.
Nicole E. Lowen, Elle Cochran, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Extends the State's energy-efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045. Authorizes the public utilities commission to establish interim goals. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB549 - Relating To Preschool.
Jeanne Kapela, Elle Cochran, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated almost 2 years ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requires the school facilities authority to, to the greatest extent possible, renovate, improve, and expand existing public school facilities and classrooms to increase pre-kindergarten student capacity, including while expending funds appropriated for fiscal year 2023. Requires the authority to submit a report to the legislature.
STATUS
Introduced
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