Hawaii Representative Terez Amato [D]

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HIHR26Intro

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Requesting The Office Of Planning And Sustainable Development To Convene A Working Group To Develop Recommendations To Expand Blue Carbon Initiatives In The State.
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2024-03-08
To House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
HIHCR41Intro

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Requesting The Department Of Education To Provide A Report To The Legislature Regarding Public-school Class Sizes.
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2024-03-08
To House Education Committee
HIHR37Intro

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Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu, County Of Maui, And County Of Kauai Pass Ordinances Similar To The County Of Hawaii's Bill 82 (2023-2024) Relating To Improving Private Roads.
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2024-03-08
To House Transportation Committee
HIHCR57Intro

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Requesting The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Commission A Statewide Disparity Study Regarding The Participation Of Woman- And Minority-owned Businesses In State Contracting Derived From Federal Sources Of Funding.
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2024-03-08
To House Economic Development Committee
HIHCR56Intro

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Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Support Efforts To Improve The Aquaculture Development Program Strategic Plan.
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2024-03-08
To House Agriculture Committee
HIHCR48Intro

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Requesting The City And County Of Honolulu, County Of Maui, And County Of Kauai Pass Ordinances Similar To The County Of Hawaii's Bill 82 (2023-2024) Relating To Improving Private Roads.
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2024-03-08
To House Transportation Committee
HIHR51Intro

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Urging The Department Of Agriculture, In Conjunction With The Department Of Health, To Study And Evaluate The Health-related And Environmental Impacts Of Glyphosate-based Herbicide Products.
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2024-03-08
To House Health Committee
HIHB1636Engross

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Authorizes the use of electronic mail to deliver certain documents when purchasing a condominium. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HIHB1534Engross

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Establishes the Hawaii Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program, to be administered by the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1591Engross

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Establishes a regulatory framework for microenterprise home kitchens. Authorizes the Department of Health to adopt rules regarding microenterprise home kitchens; grant and revoke permits; issue food safety manager certificates; charge fees; and condu...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HIHB1602Engross

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Authorizes a forty-eight-hour grace period after a missed initial court appearance. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB1588Engross

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Specifies that the Labor Education Advisory Council shall be advisory to the President of the University of Hawaii on all activities and programs of the Center for Labor Education and Research. Requires written responses addressing the Council's advi...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB1566Engross

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Establishes requirements, including additional disclosures and consumer consent, regarding the collection, use, and sharing of consumer health data information. Establishes rights for consumers regarding their health data, including the right to have...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HIHB1535Engross

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Provides scholarships for the unmet needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaii campus who meet certain criteria. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB1592Engross

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Increases the maximum amount of conveyance tax revenues allocated to the land conservation fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HIHB1630Engross

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Part II: Prohibits county zoning ordinances from not allowing two or more additional dwelling units per residential lot within an urban district. Prohibits private covenants for residential lots within a state urban land use district from including c...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Housing Committee
HIHB1660Engross

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Taxes capital gains income at the same rate as ordinary income. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HIHB1655Engross

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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.
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1664Engross

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Increases the penalties for bribery offenses under certain circumstances by establishing new offenses for bribery in the first and second degrees. Defines "bribery" for the purposes of these offenses. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB1654Engross

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Establishes the qualified internship grant program within the Department of Education to provide grants to businesses and organizations that employ qualified interns participating in work-based learning through a qualified internship program. Appropr...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1657Engross

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Requires all public schools to implement universal screenings for students in kindergarten through third grade to identify and support students who are at risk of dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1650Engross

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Requires the board of education to invite the exclusive representative for bargaining unit (5) (teachers and other personnel of the department of education) to appoint a nonvoting public school teacher representative to the board and the exclusive re...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1677Engross

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Specifies conditions for exemptions for the University of Hawaii from sections 87A-39(a) and 88-125(a), HRS. Amends the formulation of general fund budget appropriation in proportion to the amount of regular tuition and related fee revenues estimated...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB1767Engross

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Authorizes the use of motorcoaches, small buses, and vans for school bus services if certain conditions are met. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HIHB1782Engross

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Makes a conforming amendment to allow the Department of Health, or its designee, to conduct criminal history record checks on applicants for hemp processor permits. Sunsets 7/1/2027. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HIHB1773Engross

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Requires the law enforcement standards board to develop training materials related to the recognition and signs of Alzheimer's disease and related types of dementia. Requires law enforcement officers to review training materials for at least one hour...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HIHB1775Engross

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Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students enrolled in department schools. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1766Engross

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Prohibits the distribution of synthetic media messages in advertisements before an election that a person knows or should have known are deceptive and fraudulent deepfakes of a candidate. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHB1835Engross

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Establishes the distribution management advisory board to develop and advise on the statewide distribution management plan. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HIHB1777Engross

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Authorizes dental hygienists who are under the general supervision of a licensed dentist to perform preventive dental sealant screenings and apply dental sealants on certain individuals in a school-based oral health program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1774Engross

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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. (...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
HIHB1779Engross

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Establishes a three-year summer tuition pilot program to provide funding to UH community colleges to offset the costs aligning the resident tuition rates for the summer semester with the resident tuition rates for the spring and fall semesters at the...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Higher Education Committee
HIHB1897Engross

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Prohibits lodging establishments from providing personal care products in small plastic containers within sleeping room accommodations, any space within sleeping room accommodations, or bathrooms used by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalt...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HIHB1904Engross

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Provides a process for school placement for a child whose parent or guardian 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. Effectiv...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB2082Engross

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Establishes comprehensive standards for the department of education related to school bus services to ensure equitable access, timely communication, and accountability. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1969Engross

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Establishes the shade tree program in the Department of Education to support educational activities and encourage propagation of native shade trees for planting in department schools. Appropriates funds for the program and to establish arborist posit...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB2005Engross

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Requires taxpayers be given notice of and an opportunity to cure any failure to meet the requirements for the tax credit. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HIHB2079Engross

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Relaxes the requirements for prescribing certain controlled substances as part of gender-affirming health care services. Expands the protections established under Act 2, SLH 2023, to include gender-affirming health care services. Clarifies jurisdicti...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HIHB2043Engross

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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...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB2140Engross

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Appropriates funds for statewide research into ornamental ginger pathogens, prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens, production and distribution of pathogen-free ornamental ginger plants, and outreach to ornamental producers. Effectiv...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
HIHB2217Engross

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Requires the Departments of Health, Human Services, and Education to research and make recommendations on any rules, policies, and amendments to the Medicaid State Plan or Medicaid 1915(c) Waiver that are necessary to ensure provision of clinically a...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HIHB2196Engross

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Removes requirement of a college degree for any state position, unless the degree is relevant to licensing or certification as it relates to the duties and responsibilities of the position or when the position requires specialized knowledge, skills, ...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HIHB2331Engross

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Establishes a dam and reservoir working group to ensure and enhance the continued availability and safe operation of dams and reservoirs in the State and consider their role in drought mitigation and the maintenance of a dependable water supply. Appr...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HIHB2514Engross

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Establishes the Teacher Home Assistance Program to provide housing vouchers to certain eligible teachers. Appropriates funds out of the Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Housing Committee
HIHB2664Engross

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Lapses appropriations of general obligation bond funds previously authorized for the planning, design, and construction of a stadium in Halawa by the Stadium Authority. Transfers certain special fund moneys earmarked for the development of a new stad...
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2024-03-07
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HIHB2661Engross

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Enacts the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact to reduce barriers to teacher license portability and employment. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB2710Engross

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Requires, as a condition for the issuance of a broadband-related permit, a wireless telecommunications carrier to maintain emergency backup power under certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism Committee
HIHB2736Engross

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Adopts, establishes, and designates the shaka as the official gesture of the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HIHB2759Engross

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Appropriates funds for health technician positions within the Department of Education for the Hawaii Keiki: Healthy and Ready to Learn Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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2024-03-07
To Senate Education Committee
HIHB1601Intro

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Requires law enforcement officers to issue citations in lieu of arrest for certain offenses.
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2024-02-28
To House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
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