Hawaii House Bill 1762 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 8 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-04-26 - Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-27-22 3:30PM in conference room 329.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires the Executive Director of the Office of Language Access to submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature on the compliance of state agencies and certain entities with state and federal language access laws, complaints of noncompliance if any, resolution of the complaints, and recommendations on how to enhance and promote language access. Makes appropriations to fund the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) Limited-English Proficiency Language Coordinator position in the Office of Language Access; the operating expenses of the Office of Language Access to collaborate with all state departments to ensure compliance with all state and federal language access laws; and the development by the Office of Language Access of a comprehensive statewide plan to increase language access. Effective 7/1/2060. (SD2)

Relating To Language Access.

Sen. Henry Aquino [D]	Rep. Della au Belatti [D]	Rep. Patrick Branco [D]	Rep. Ty Cullen [D]
Rep. Ernesto Ganaden [D]	Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]	Rep. Daniel Holt [D]	Rep. Greggor Ilagan [D]
Rep. Aaron Johanson [D]	Rep. Matthew Lopresti [D]	Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Rep. John Mizuno [D]
Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]	Rep. Takashi Ohno [D]	Rep. Justin Woodson [D]	Rep. Ryan Yamane [D]

2022-04-05 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-22 - Senate - Senate Human Services: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-22 - Senate - Senate Government Operations: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 3 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-24 - House - House Finance: Passed, Unamended (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - House - House Health, Human Services, & Homelessness: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-26	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-27-22 3:30PM in conference room 329.
2022-04-22	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 893).
2022-04-22	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Moriwaki, Taniguchi Co-Chairs; Misalucha, Fevella.
2022-04-19	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 718).
2022-04-18	House	House Conferees Appointed: Yamane, Tam Co-Chairs; Kapela, Ward.
2022-04-18	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 715).
2022-04-14	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2022-04-12	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 788) in amended form (SD 2).
2022-04-12	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2022-04-08	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-12-22.
2022-04-08	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3880) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2022-04-05	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Misalucha, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2022-04-01	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-05-22 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2022-03-24	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2022-03-24	Senate	Reported from HMS/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3470) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2022-03-22	Senate	The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Ihara, Acasio, Misalucha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
2022-03-22	Senate	The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Dela Cruz, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Fevella.
2022-03-16	Senate	The committee(s) on HMS/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-22-22 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2022-03-11	Senate	Referred to HMS/GVO, WAM.
2022-03-10	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2022-03-10	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 264).
2022-03-08	House	Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McDermott excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
2022-03-04	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 982-22), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2022-02-24	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Yamashita, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Todd, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
2022-02-22	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-24-22 2:00PM in House conference room 308 Via Videoconference.
2022-02-18	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Kapela excused (2).
2022-02-18	House	Reported from HHH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 664-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2022-02-15	House	The committees on HHH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Tam, Gates, Har, Kapela, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
2022-02-10	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by HHH on Tuesday, 02-15-22 9:00AM in House conference room 329 Via Videoconference.
2022-01-26	House	Referred to HHH, FIN, referral sheet 2
2022-01-24	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2022-01-21	House	Pending introduction.

SB2459 (Same As) 2022-03-23 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa, Kong excused (2).

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1762&year=2022
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB1762_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB1762_HD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB1762_SD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB1762_SD2_.HTM
Roll Call	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1762&year=2022