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HB1224 - Relating To Housing.
Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden, Natalia Hussey-Burdick
Last updated almost 2 years ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requires rental housing projects to maintain, in perpetuity, 50% of the project's units for certain low-income tenants in order to be eligible for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's rental assistance program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB745 - Relating To Equal Pay.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated almost 2 years ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Conforms statutory prohibitions against wage discrimination with other prohibitions on employment discrimination. Clarifies allowable justifications for compensation differentials and remedies for pay disparity. Requires employers to disclose wage ranges to employees and prospective employees. Exempts wage disclosure and discussion from the prohibitions on employer retaliation or discrimination if knowledge of the wages stems from human resources, payroll, or legal professional responsibilities in the workplace.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1191 - Relating To Equitable Gender Representation On Corporate Boards.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated almost 2 years ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requires publicly held domestic corporations to have gender-diverse boards of directors. Establishes reporting requirements for the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Establishes penalties.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1603 - Relating To Criminal Justice Reform.
David Tarnas, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends various provisions related to pretrial release.
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
HB661 - Relating To Loan Repayment For Health Care Professionals.
Della au Belatti, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated almost 2 years ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds for the loan repayment program for health care professionals; provided that the funds are matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by funds from a private or another public source. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
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
HB1408 - Relating To Digital Equity.
Jenna Takenouchi, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated over 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the digital equity grant program to award grants to applicants to deploy digital equity projects to covered populations in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1451 - Relating To Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.
Scott K. Saiki, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to certify whether a person is totally disabled under the income tax code. Adds advanced practice registered nurses as primary providers in advance mental health care directives. Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses to make capacity determinations for purposes of advance mental health care directives. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
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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