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HB1828 - Relating To Energy-efficiency Portfolio Standards.
Scott K. Saiki, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 9 months ago
42 Co-Sponsors
Extends the State's deadline to achieve its energy-efficiency portfolio standards target from 2030 to 2045 and updates the standards. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish interim goals for electricity use reduction to be achieved by 2030, 2035, and 2040. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to adjust the 2045 and interim standards. Takes effect 1/1/2060. (SD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1797 - Relating To Student Transportation.
Jeanne Kapela, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated 10 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to strengthen student transportation services for Hawaii's public school system.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1785 - Relating To Unemployment Benefits.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Allows striking workers to be eligible for unemployment benefits.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1798 - Relating To Minimum Wage.
Jeanne Kapela, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated 10 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Beginning September 30, 2028, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to annually calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to within the nearest twenty-five cents using the Urban Hawaii Consumer Price index to take effect on January 1 of the following year.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1791 - Relating To Employment.
Kanani Souza, Ernesto M. Ganaden, Rachele Fernandez Lamosao
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Requires certain employers in the State to offer reproductive loss leave for employees.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1836 - Relating To Health.
Scott K. Saiki, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, David A. Alcos
Last updated 5 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Allows registered pharmacists during declared states of emergency to refill prescriptions for persons directly impacted by the emergency for up to a thirty-day supply if the practitioner is unavailable or cannot be contacted to authorize the refill and if, in the pharmacist's professional judgment, failure to refill the prescription might interrupt the patient's ongoing care and have a significant adverse effect on the patient's well-being. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
HB1827 - Relating To Healthcare Workforce Development.
Scott K. Saiki, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 5 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Department of Education to support health care workforce development programs, specifically the public high school health care workforce certificate program and glidepath program for certified nurse aides. Appropriates funds to renovate and equip certain public high school classrooms to be used for health care training. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
HB1795 - Relating To Community College.
Jeanne Kapela, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated 10 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a working group within the University of Hawaii to evaluate possibilities for making community college free for Hawaii residents. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB1779 - Relating To The University Of Hawaii.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated 9 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a three-year summer tuition pilot program to provide funding to UH community colleges to offset the costs aligning the resident tuition rates for the summer semester with the resident tuition rates for the spring and fall semesters at the community colleges. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1940 - Making An Appropriation To The State Foundation On Culture And The Arts.
Adrian Tam, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds out of the Works of Art Special Fund to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for the integration of works of art projects into several major capital improvement projects. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
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Representative from Hawaii district HD-030
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Hawaii House
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