Hawaii Representative Terez Amato [D]

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HIHB1148Enroll
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Appropriates funds for temporary positions to support the expansion of the University of Hawaii Windward Community College's mental health-related programs. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB1598PassRequires boards to make available for public inspection board packets, if created, at the time the board packet is distributed to board members but no later than two business days before the board meeting. Provides that public testimony may be distri...
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2024-05-03
Act 011, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111).
HIHB1599PassRequires public meeting notices to inform members of the public how to provide remote oral testimony in a manner that allows the testifier, upon request, to be visible to board members and other meeting participants. Recognizes a board's authority to...
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2024-05-03
Act 012, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112).
HIHB1600PassRequires boards to schedule a meeting for deliberation and decision-making on a report by an investigative group at least six business days after the board meeting in which the investigative group presented the findings and recommendations of its inv...
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2024-05-03
Act 013, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113).
HIHB1836Enroll
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Allows registered pharmacists during declared states of emergency to refill prescriptions for persons directly impacted by the emergency for up to a thirty-day supply if the practitioner is unavailable or cannot be contacted to authorize the refill a...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB1832Enroll
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Authorizes a state department, division, or agency, rather than the Department of Human Resources Development, to conduct a minimum qualification review of applicants for vacant positions within the department, division, or agency. Requires the Depar...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB1830Enroll
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Beginning 7/1/2026, establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances; authorizes psychol...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB1827Enroll
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Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Department of Education to support health care workforce development programs, specifically the public high school health care workforce certificate program and glidepath prog...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB1896Engross
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Beginning 1/1/2027, prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, distribution for sale, and distribution for use of any food packaging, food service ware, cosmetic, or personal care product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and pol...
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2024-05-03
Deferred one day.
HIHB1902Enroll
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Clarifies that the Governor's and mayors' emergency management powers shall be consistent with the state constitution. Clarifies the scope of the comprehensive emergency management plan. Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or te...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB1944Enroll
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Authorizes certain types of radiographical coverage and specialist consultations without a treatment plan within the context of workers' compensation coverage for employees with cervical and lumbar spinal injuries, or suspected cervical and lumbar sp...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2042Enroll
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Appropriates funds for the Department of Health to contract for the provision of youth mental health and wellness services to address the mental health and wellness needs of youth in the State. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2090Enroll
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Beginning 1/1/2025, allows residential uses in areas zoned for commercial use to be considered permitted under certain circumstances. Requires, no later than 1/1/2025, each county to adopt or amend its ordinances to allow for adaptive reuse of existi...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2224Enroll
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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 cont...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2218Enroll
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Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended, to increase the loan limit for direct loans provided by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from fifty percent to seventy-five percent of the maximum single residence loan amount allowed...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 829).
HIHB2192Enroll
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Authorizes the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to appoint an organization as the limited owner of a cemetery, under certain circumstances, for the purposes of filing complaints and engaging in certain security and perpetual care activities ...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2193Enroll
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Authorizes law enforcement and fire officers to enter and inspect any licensee's or permittee's premises, under certain conditions, to verify compliance with the State's Fireworks Control Law. Establishes procedures for the Department of Law Enforcem...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2298Enroll
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Beginning 7/1/2027, requires roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages that contain Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed coffee blended with coffee of another regional origin to contain no less than fifty-one per cent coffee by...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2553Enroll
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Authorizes pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons three years of age or older. Authorizes pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians under the direct supervision of a pharmacist to administer vaccinations to persons three years of age or older,...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2546Enroll
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Allows for the use of fine meshed nets for the protection of plants against invasive species, under certain conditions. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2790Enroll
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Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to submit a report analyzing the feasibility of continuing to fund the operations of the housing loan and mortgage program. (CD1)
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2743Enroll
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Requires the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center and the Sea Grant College Program to develop an overlay with the Hawaii Cesspool Prioritization Tool to identify specific priority areas in which the county sewer system or other centr...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHB2742Enroll
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Establishes a pre-litigation mediation procedure for tenancies that are subject to the eviction moratorium issued under the Governor's emergency proclamations relating to wildfires once the eviction moratorium expires. Restricts when landlord remedie...
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2024-05-03
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830).
HIHCR49PassRequesting The City And County Of Honolulu To Conduct A Sidewalk Feasibility Study Along Kalihi Street From Kamanaiki Street To Kalihi Valley Park.
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2024-05-03
Resolution adopted in final form.
HIHCR157PassUrging The United States And The State To Recognize And Address The Air Transportation Crisis On Molokai And Lna`i.
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2024-05-03
Resolution adopted in final form.
HIHCR125PassRequesting The Establishment Of A Telehealth Working Group To Examine The Impact Of Widespread Telehealth Adoption During The Covid-19 Pandemic And Identify Public Policy Initiatives At The Federal And State Level To Optimize Telehealth Utilization A...
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2024-05-03
Resolution adopted in final form.
HIHB2563Enroll
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Exempts the Hawaii Convention Center from certain requirements regarding concessions on public property. Authorizes the Hawaii Tourism Authority to sell or lease naming rights for the Hawaii Convention Center facility. Facilitates advertising and mar...
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2024-05-01
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798).
HIHCR52PassUrging The Department Of Law Enforcement, Fire Departments And Police Departments Of Each County, Humane Societies In Each County, And Media Organizations Throughout The State To Collaborate To Create And Disseminate Public Service Announcements To H...
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2024-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826).
HIHCR140PassUrging The Office Of Planning And Sustainable Development To Develop A Scope Of Work Or Requests For Proposals For Bidders To Perform Their Own Analysis And Methodology That Determines Whether A Development Will Contribute To The Long-term Fiscal Sus...
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2024-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826).
HIHCR187PassRequesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study On Best Practices For Nurse Staffing In Health Care Facilities.
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2024-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826).
HIHCR198PassRequesting The State's Congressional Delegation To Advocate For The Enforcement Of Existing International Laws To Reduce Ghost Nets Entering The State From International Waters And Take Other Actions To Reduce Marine Debris From Fishing Gear.
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2024-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826).
HIHCR160PassRequesting The Women's Corrections Implementation Commission To Develop A Strategy And Make Recommendations To Reduce The Number Of Women Incarcerated At The Women's Community Correctional Center By Twenty-five Percent Over The Next Five Years.
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2024-05-01
Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826).
HIHB1831Engross
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Establishes the Behavioral Health Crisis Center Pilot Program. Authorizes the Department of Health to establish or contract with behavioral health crisis centers in each county. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds for the pilot pr...
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2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 329.
HIHB1828Engross
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Extends the State's deadline to achieve its energy-efficiency portfolio standards target from 2030 to 2045 and updates the standards. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish interim goals for electricity use reduction to be achieved by ...
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2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:20PM in Conference Room 329.
HIHB1964Engross
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Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a child care provider subsidy and bonus program to provide subsidies to retain the existing child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care centers, group child care ...
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2024-04-26
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:55 PM; CR 329.
HIHB2083Engross
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Requires the Department of Education to establish a recognition program to incentivize schools to submit to the Department a plan for the school to reach the local farm to school meal goal of thirty per cent of food served in the school to consist of...
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2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:30PM in conference room 325.
HIHB2136Engross
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Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement a pesticide inspection program to increase compliance with the proper use of restricted use pesticides and ensure the continued prohibition on the use or application of pesticides cont...
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2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:30PM in conference room 325.
HIHB2614Engross
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Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement, by 1/1/2025, SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for ...
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2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:20PM in Conference Room 329.
HIHB2690Engross
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Part I: Establishes a WAI Policy Coordinator and other positions within the Commission on Water Resource Management for coordination of Red Hill WAI initiatives. Creates the Red Hill Remediation Special Fund. Declares that the general fund expenditur...
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2024-04-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 1:00PM in Conference Room 229.
HIHB2712Engross
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Appropriates funds to increase the funding for applied behavioral analysis services for persons with autism. Requires the Department of Human Services to obtain maximum federal matching funds and pursue all other funding sources. Declares that the ap...
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2024-04-25
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-26-24 1:50PM in conference room 329.
HIHCR53PassRequesting The Auditor To Assess The Social And Financial Effects Of Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage For Biomarker Testing.
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2024-04-25
Resolution adopted in final form.
HIHB2241Engross
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Appropriates funds for civilian auxiliary aviation services performed by the Civil Air Patrol. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/2042. (SD2)
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 4:00PM; Conference Room 016.
HIHB2183Engross
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Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance. (SD2)
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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 806).
HIHB2216Enroll
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Increases the state supplemental payment ceilings for type I adult residential care homes, licensed developmental disabilities domiciliary homes, community care foster family homes, certified adult foster homes, and type II adult residential care hom...
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2024-04-23
Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 802).
HIHB1974Enroll
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Increases the monthly needs allowance for individuals living in certain long-term care facilities from $50 to $75. Clarifies that the needs allowance is not intended to replace or affect funds received from the federal Supplemental Security Income Pr...
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2024-04-23
Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 802).
HIHB2805Engross
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Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization to conduct a multiethnic cohort study and develop and maintain a registry regarding the health effects of the August 2023 Maui wildfires. Declares that the general fund ex...
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2024-04-23
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 772).
HIHCR226Engross
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Recognizing And Commending The National Conference Of State Legislatures On The Upcoming Occasion Of Its Fiftieth Anniversary In 2025.
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2024-04-23
Filed.
HIHB470Enroll
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Clarifies the definition of "provider" as it relates to the entities eligible to provide no cost emergency shelter and related services to a consenting minor to include certain organizations who are not considered child placing organizations or child...
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2024-04-22
Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782).
HIHB1624Engross
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For policies, contracts, plans, and agreements issued or renewed after 12/31/2024, requires the insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for standard fertility preservation services for persons unde...
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2024-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 727).
HIHB1529Enroll
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Allows any burial council member whose term has expired to continue in office as a holdover member until the member's reappointment to a second term is confirmed or a successor is nominated and appointed. Prohibits holdover members from holding offic...
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2024-04-22
Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782).
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