SPONSORED LEGISLATION
HB1592 - Relating To The Land Conservation Fund.
Mahina M. Poepoe, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 9 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Increases the maximum amount of conveyance tax revenues allocated to the land conservation fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1954 - Relating To The Community Outreach Court.
David Tarnas, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Permanently establishes and appropriates funds for the Community Outreach Court as a division of the District Court of the First Circuit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB1774 - Relating To Missing Persons.
Cory M. Chun, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 9 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a silver alert program within the Department of Law Enforcement to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are sixty years of age or older, cognitively impaired, or developmentally disabled. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1831 - Relating To Crisis Intervention.
Scott K. Saiki, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 9 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Behavioral Health Crisis Center Pilot Program. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers in each county. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the pilot program, including a triage center for medically monitored detoxification and the treatment of substance abuse disorders and mental illnesses. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2028 - Relating To The Labeling Of Products.
Daniel Holt, Kirstin Ak Kahaloa, Nicole E. Lowen
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Merges the Made in Hawaii with Aloha branding program with the Hawaii Made program under the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Specifies that the Department of the Attorney General shall be responsible for enforcement of the program. Clarifies that calculations to determine whether a non-perishable good labeled "Hawaii Made" or "made in Hawaii" has met the requirement that at least fifty-one per cent of the wholesale value of the product is added by production within the State include operating and overhead expenses incurred and spent within the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Introduced
HB1902 - Relating To Emergency Management.
Linda E. Ichiyama, Micah Pookela Kim Aiu, Terez Amato
Last updated 5 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Clarifies that the Governor's and mayors' emergency management powers shall be consistent with the state constitution. Clarifies the scope of the comprehensive emergency management plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or terminate a state of emergency and local state of emergency, respectively. Shortens the duration of price control periods from ninety-six hours to seventy-two hours. (CD1)
STATUS
Passed
HB2043 - Relating To Education.
Jenna Takenouchi, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated 9 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a harm to students registry for all early learning programs or schools and K-12 educational institutions within the State that contains information on school employees, contractors, or volunteers for whom, as result of an investigation, a final finding has been issued that the individual has inflicted harm on a student. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1655 - Relating To Education.
Justin H. Woodson, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 9 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Requires the DOE to work with the BOE to create a public digital platform by the 2027-2028 school year that shows how schools are adopting high-quality instructional materials for K-12 English language arts.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1529 - Relating To Burial Councils.
Mahina M. Poepoe, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Allows any burial council member whose term has expired to continue in office as a holdover member until the member's reappointment to a second term is confirmed or a successor is nominated and appointed. Prohibits holdover members from holding office beyond the end of the fourth regular session of the legislature following the expiration of the member's term of office. (SD2)
STATUS
Passed
HB1611 - Relating To Law Enforcement Officers.
David Tarnas, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated 5 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Requires law enforcement agencies and the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consult the National Decertification Index and report certain information related to a law enforcement officer's certification status to the Index. Takes effect 7/1/2026. (SD2)
STATUS
Passed
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