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HB2644 - Relating To Little Fire Ants.
Lisa C. Kitagawa, Cory M. Chun, Andrew Takuya Garrett
Last updated 9 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii Ant Lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (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
HB2711 - Relating To Conservation Mitigation Banks.
Lisa Marten, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 10 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and operate conservation mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve conservation habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract a third-party administrator for the operation of the mitigation banks. Clarifies the sale of credits involved in conservation mitigation banking. Defines "conservation mitigation bank".
STATUS
Introduced
HB2661 - Relating To Teachers.
Justin H. Woodson, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated 9 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Enacts the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact to reduce barriers to teacher license portability and employment. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
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
HB2605 - Relating To Teacher Loans.
Adrian Tam, Terez Amato, Della au Belatti
Last updated about 1 month ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Requires the Department of Education to establish a teacher loan forgiveness program to assist in the payment of loans for teachers who commit to teaching in the Hawaii public school system. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Tentative
HB2190 - Relating To The Right To Garden.
Terez Amato, Della au Belatti, Elle Cochran
Last updated 2 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits any articles of incorporation, declaration, bylaws, administrative rules, house rules, or association documents of a condominium property regime, planned community association, or homeowners' association from prohibiting or restricting the cultivation of vegetable gardens within any of its units.
STATUS
Tentative
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
HB900 - Relating To Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
Terez Amato, Lisa C. Kitagawa, May Besario Mizuno
Last updated almost 2 years ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders special fund, to be administered by the department of human services, and which shall consist of federal funds and interest earned on those funds. Establishes a temporary fetal alcohol spectrum disorders task force within the department of health for administrative purposes. Requires a report to the legislature.
STATUS
Introduced
HB875 - Relating To Education.
Amy A. Perruso, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Establishes and appropriates funds for the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program to support, recruit, develop, and retain teachers for Hawaii public schools. Establishes the Hawaii teacher apprenticeship program special fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
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Representative from Hawaii district HD-023
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