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HB2622 - Relating To Firearms.
Ernesto M. Ganaden, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 9 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement for the State's Gun Buyback Program. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2224 - Relating To Long-term Care.
Cory M. Chun, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 5 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Executive Office on Aging, in coordination with the State Health Planning and Development Agency, to create a comprehensive long-term care plan to accomplish certain long-term care policy goals that ensure the availability of a full continuum of institutional and community-based services. Establishes and appropriates funds for one long-term care planner position within the Executive Office on Aging to oversee the development and implementation of the long-term care plan. Requires the Executive Office on Aging to submit a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
HB1423 - Relating To Electronic Smoking Devices.
Cedric Asuega Gates, Elle Cochran, Natalia Hussey-Burdick
Last updated almost 2 years ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Includes electronic smoking devices within the definition of "tobacco products", as used in the cigarette tax and tobacco tax law. Establishes a tax of ten per cent for the wholesale price for electronic smoking devices. Allocates a portion of funds collected on excise taxes on electronic smoking devices to the trauma system special fund, community health centers special fund, emergency medical services special fund, and tobacco enforcement special fund. Permits funds in the tobacco enforcement special fund to be used to enforce provisions prohibiting the sale and distribution of electronic smoking devices to, and possession or use of electronic smoking devices by, persons under the age of twenty-one.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2199 - Relating To Workforce Development.
Andrew Takuya Garrett, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Hawaii Workforce Development Council law to be consistent with the General Appropriations Act of 2021. Renames "Hawaii Workforce Development Council" to "Hawaii Workforce Development Board". Requires the Hawaii Workforce Development Board and local workforce development boards to develop written conflict of interest policies. Amends provisions related to the selection of the Chairperson, duties, and powers of the Hawaii Workforce Development Board. Repeals the requirement for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the activities of the K-12 Agriculture Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Introduced
HB2691 - Relating To The Red Hill Remediation Authority.
Scott K. Saiki, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, David A. Alcos
Last updated 10 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Red Hill remediation authority. Creates the Red Hill remediation special fund.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2577 - Relating To Education.
Justin H. Woodson, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 5 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as determined by the Department of Health. Repeals the requirement to publish the report on the Department of Education's website. Prohibits the Department of Health from requiring the Department of Education to provide personally identifiable information in any report pursuant to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Authorizes the Department of Education to provide personally identifiable information only after it has determined that a health or safety emergency exists. (SD1)
STATUS
Passed
HB2230 - Relating To Law Enforcement.
Ernesto M. Ganaden, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 9 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Law Enforcement Standards Board to develop, and each department employing law enforcement officers to implement, a structured health intervention program to support law enforcement officers' physical and mental health. Takes effect 7/1/2042. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2257 - Relating To Public Education.
Scot Z. Matayoshi, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated 10 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Public Education Scholarship Program within the University of Hawaii to provide students who are residents of the State with scholarships in return for a service commitment to teach in a public school classroom of the Department of Education or Hawaii public charter school, under certain conditions. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2196 - Relating To Public Employment.
Andrew Takuya Garrett, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 9 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Removes requirement of a college degree for any state position, unless the degree is relevant to licensing or certification as it relates to the duties and responsibilities of the position or when the position requires specialized knowledge, skills, or subject-matter expertise relevant to the degree. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2256 - Relating To School Meals.
Scot Z. Matayoshi, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to students enrolled in a public school who meet certain requirements. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from Hawaii district HD-021
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