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HB779 - Relating To Court-appointed Attorneys.
May Besario Mizuno, Terez Amato, Jeanne Kapela
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents.
STATUS
Introduced
HB656 - Relating To Environmental Protection.
Elle Cochran, Terez Amato, Cedric Asuega Gates
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a list of substances allowed for use as pesticides and fertilizers on state and county property. Provides that the use of substances not specifically allowed as pesticides and fertilizers on state property and county property is prohibited, unless certain exceptions, a waiver, or exemption apply. Requires a state department or agency seeking a waiver to apply to the department of agriculture.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1417 - Relating To Protecting Agency Positions From Elimination Requirement.
Terez Amato, Ernesto M. Ganaden, Jeanne Kapela
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Prohibits the elimination of funding for vacant positions in the department of human services and department of health for five years, or until the director of human services or director of health, as applicable, requests that the positions be eliminated, whichever occurs first.
STATUS
Introduced
HB513 - Relating To Income Tax Credits.
Sam Kong, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Establishes a telework tax credit for small business employers who allow telework for at least 30% of their employees.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1445 - Relating To Renewable Energy.
Natalia Hussey-Burdick, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Removes biomass from the renewable portfolio standard definition of "renewable energy".
STATUS
Introduced
HB262 - Relating To Education.
Justin H. Woodson, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Provides a process for school placement for a child whose parent has transferred or is pending transfer from another state to a military installation in Hawaii while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1143 - Relating To General Excise Tax Exemptions.
Lauren Cheape Matsumoto, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Exempts feminine hygiene products from the general excise tax.
STATUS
Introduced
HB467 - Relating To Social Work.
Adrian Tam, Terez Amato, Cory M. Chun
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requires the department of public safety, or its successor agency, in collaboration with the department of human services, to develop and establish a social work training program to assist nonviolent incarcerated individuals in the area of social work. Requires progress reports on the program to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
STATUS
Introduced
HB391 - Relating To Child Care.
Justin H. Woodson, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requires the department of human services to develop an infant and toddler child care worker subsidy pilot program to assist in retaining qualified child care workers in licensed infant and toddler child care centers. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
STATUS
Introduced
HB553 - Relating To Reproductive Care.
Jeanne Kapela, Terez Amato, Elle Cochran
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Hawaii reproductive care workforce special fund to be administered by the department of health to support programs that train health care professionals, increase the State's capacity to provide reproductive care services, increase access to reproductive care services in rural and remote areas, provide financial assistance to certain students at the University of Hawaii, and project reproductive care workforce needs. Appropriates funds.
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from Hawaii district HD-011
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