Hawaii Subject | Deaf and Blind Task Force | Senate | Bills | Introduced

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HI	SB2752	Intro 25%	Appropriates funds to the Office of Elections Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee to provide voter education and outreach services for individuals with accessibility needs. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-15 To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HI	SB2751	Intro 25%	Establishes accessibility standards for the distribution of public documents and media presentations by boards as defined in section 92-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-13 To Senate Government Operations Committee
HI	SB2750	Intro 25%	Establishes state policy to promote braille literacy for blind students. Requires the individualized education programs of blind students to include the instruction of Braille and provision of Braille instructional materials under certain circumstanc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-24 To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HI	SB614	Intro 25%	Require the Department of Human Services to: establish a Neighbor Islands Blind and Visually Impaired Service Pilot Program that supplements existing statewide services by providing training and other services to neighbor island residents who are bli... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-12-11 To Senate Ways and Means Committee
HI	SB611	Intro 25%	Requires the Public Utilities Commission to use Universal Service Fund moneys to provide free telecommunications access to certain information for individuals with print disabilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-12-11 To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
HI	SB607	Intro 25%	Adopts the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard for the purposes of providing instructional materials to eligible students in a timely manner and requires the Department of Education to coordinate with the National Instructional Ma... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-12-11 To Senate Education Committee
HI	SB613	Intro 25%	Requires each house of the Legislature to establish by its rules, procedures that enable the Legislature to use remote testimony at legislative committee hearings, enable the public to present oral testimony at legislative committee hearings through ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-12-11 To Senate Judiciary Committee
HI	SB605	Intro 25%	Requires the Department of Education to meet with Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind stakeholders and members of the Hawaii deaf community regarding the development of a plan to transition the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind to a conversion ch... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-12-11 To Senate Education Committee