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HB467 - Relating To Social Work.
Adrian Tam, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated almost 2 years ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requires the department of public safety, or its successor agency, in collaboration with the department of human services, to develop and establish a social work training program to assist nonviolent incarcerated individuals in the area of social work. Requires progress reports on the program to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Introduced
HB513 - Relating To Income Tax Credits.
Sam Kong, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated almost 2 years ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a telework tax credit for small business employers who allow telework for at least 30% of their employees.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1417 - Relating To Protecting Agency Positions From Elimination Requirement.
Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden, Jeanne Kapela
Last updated almost 2 years ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits the elimination of funding for vacant positions in the department of human services and department of health for five years, or until the director of human services or director of health, as applicable, requests that the positions be eliminated, whichever occurs first.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1536 - Relating To School Buses.
Amy A. Perruso, Ernesto M. Ganaden, Natalia Hussey-Burdick
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Requires all school bus contracts to require contractor's vehicles to be propelled by electric power or a non-fossil fuel by January 1, 2035.
STATUS
Introduced
HB441 - Relating To Climate Equity.
Nicole E. Lowen, Ernesto M. Ganaden, Natalia Hussey-Burdick
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds for the development of a database and data portal from data sources detailed in the May 2022 report on social vulnerability to climate change in Hawaii, under certain conditions. Appropriates funds for the maintenance and updating of the data portal. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB183 - Relating To Education.
Nicole E. Lowen, Elle Cochran, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated almost 2 years ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requires all private schools to develop and implement comprehensive action plans for the management of anaphylaxis in their respective schools, including administration of auto-injectable epinephrine. Establishes certain immunity from liability for designated private school employees and agents who administer auto-injectable epinephrine during emergencies.
STATUS
Introduced
HB892 - Relating To Small Boat Harbors.
Elle Cochran, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds out of the Boating Special Fund for full-time equivalent positions under the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide security at small boat harbors statewide. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB197 - Relating To Climate Change Mitigation.
Nicole E. Lowen, Elle Cochran, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Health to establish a Refrigerant Management Program to reduce emissions of high global warming potential refrigerants and any refrigerant that is an ozone depleting substance from stationary, commercial, and industrial refrigeration systems and air conditioning systems and adopt rules for the regulation of the use of such refrigerants. Requires the State Building Code Council to establish codes and standards consistent with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons when updating the State Building Code. Specifies that no law, rule, ordinance, or code, including the State Building Code, shall prohibit or limit the use of a refrigerant deemed acceptable under federal law. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB652 - Relating To Caregivers.
Troy Hashimoto, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated over 1 year ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Executive Office on Aging to establish a Workforce Development and Support Center. Requires the Center to develop a Workforce Pilot Project. Requires the Workforce Pilot Project to terminate on 6/30/2026. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1445 - Relating To Renewable Energy.
Natalia Hussey-Burdick, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated almost 2 years ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Removes biomass from the renewable portfolio standard definition of "renewable energy".
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from Hawaii district HD-030
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Hawaii House
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