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HB2574 - Relating To Education.
Trish La Chica, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Beginning with the - school year, requires public elementary, middle, and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Requires the Department of Education to adjust state-provided bus and school meal schedules accordingly.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1254 - Relating To The Department Of Land And Natural Resources.
Elle Cochran, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to establish homelessness coordinator positions on Maui, Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii island within the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2675 - Relating To Education.
Rose Martinez, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Education to provide and disseminate its procedures for dealing with bullying. Requires principals, teachers, and staff to disseminate the Department's bullying procedures to students. Defines bullying procedures. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB2633 - Relating To Access To Education.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to Leeward community college Waianae Moku to support and assist students who are twenty-four years old or younger and ineligible to apply for federal financial assistance through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid application because they are unable to access their parents' tax information. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB2805 - Relating To Health.
Della au Belatti, Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden
Last updated 9 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization to conduct a multiethnic cohort study and develop and maintain a registry regarding the health effects of the August 2023 Maui wildfires. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2746 - Relating To Public Safety.
Ernesto M. Ganaden, Terez Amato, Natalia Hussey-Burdick
Last updated 10 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Requires and appropriate moneys for the provision of free voice communication services in the State's youth and adult correctional facilities. Amends sources of funding for and imposes a limit on moneys retained in the victim information and notification system special fund. Appropriates moneys into and out of the automated victim information and notification system special fund. Declares that the appropriations exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2722 - Relating To Youth Fees And Fines.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits the assessment of any fees, fines, or court costs against a person who was adjudicated for an offense committed during the person's minority, or against the person's parent or guardian, and discharges all related debt obligations assessed before the effective date of the Act. Limits court-ordered community service for a minor to no more than seventy-two hours. Repeals the statewide curfew for minors. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Introduced
HB2738 - Relating To Renewable Energy.
Nicole E. Lowen, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 9 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Requires state agencies to assess the potential and feasibility of installing distributed energy resource systems at each state facility and submit a report to the Legislature detailing their findings; implement and install the distributed energy resource systems detailed in the reports no later than five years from the issue date of the reports; and assign priority for the authorized cost-effective energy efficiency measures to first responder facilities. Requires applicable state agencies to assess the feasibility of developing resilience hubs that can provide emergency services and be open to the general public during times of emergency. Takes effect 7/1/2112. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2742 - Relating To The Landlord-tenant Code.
Nadine K. Nakamura, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated 4 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a pre-litigation mediation procedure for tenancies that are subject to the eviction moratorium issued under the Governor's emergency proclamations relating to wildfires once the eviction moratorium expires. Restricts when landlord remedies are available depending on the amount of rent due. Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for mediation services. Effective 7/1/2024, except the new pre-litigation procedures are effective on the expiration of the final eviction moratorium. Repeals certain provisions on 12/31/2026, or on the one-year anniversary of the expiration of the Governor's final eviction moratorium emergency supplementary proclamation relating to wildfires, whichever occurs sooner. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
HB2736 - Relating To State Gesture.
Sean Quinlan, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 9 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Adopts, establishes, and designates the shaka as the official gesture of the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
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