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HB1540 - Relating To School Meals.
Mahina M. Poepoe, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated 10 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Requires eligible schools to participate in the federal Community Eligibility Provision, which provides federal funds to help schools offer free meals to all students. Appropriates moneys for any difference between federal funds amounts and costs of providing free meals. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling will be exceeded.
STATUS
Introduced
HB246 - Relating To Education.
Lisa C. Kitagawa, Cory M. Chun, Jeanne Kapela
Last updated almost 2 years ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requires the department of education to employ one full-time equivalent counselor, vice principal, and media specialist at each department school. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
HB260 - Relating To Education.
Justin H. Woodson, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Requires DOE to develop and implement safety training for all cafeteria student helpers and ensure the student helpers receive the training prior to them volunteering. Requires DOE to provide personal protective equipment for all cafeteria student helpers prior to the student helpers volunteering. Requires all cafeteria student helpers to be directed and supervised by trained personnel at all times. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1301 - Relating To Cancer.
Cory M. Chun, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos. Requires the Cancer Center to seek federal funding to complete the study. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB316 - Relating To Safe Routes To School.
Ernesto M. Ganaden, Elle Cochran, Natalia Hussey-Burdick
Last updated almost 2 years ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the safe routes to school advisory committee within the Planning Branch of the Highways Division of the Department of Transportation. Appropriates moneys.
STATUS
Introduced
HB832 - Relating To Elections.
Bertrand Kobayashi, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated almost 2 years ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requires the chief election officer to develop and distribute a voter information guide for all candidates running for state office, including candidates running for any trustee position of the office of Hawaiian affairs. Requires the office of elections to submit options for different voter information guides and their respective cost estimates to the legislature before the Regular Session of 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB253 - Relating To Pesticides.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Natalia Hussey-Burdick
Last updated almost 2 years ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requires monthly rather than annual reporting of restricted use pesticides. Amends the contents of reports to include specific geospatial data and information, site information, and increased detail on the amount of restricted use pesticides used. Requires the department of agriculture to develop an online reporting tool for restricted use pesticides.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1406 - Relating To Environmental Protection.
Mahina M. Poepoe, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated over 1 year ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a two-year study on the maximized use of recycled asphalt across the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1264 - Relating To Nurses.
Jackson Sayama, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated almost 2 years ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Requires state participation in the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact, which will allow a nurse who is licensed by a home state to practice under a multistate licensure privilege in each party state.
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
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