Hawaii Representative Amy Perruso [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HI	HB1611	Pass	Requires law enforcement agencies and the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consult the National Decertification Index and report certain information related to a law enforcement officer's certification status to the Index. Takes effect 7/1/2026. (S... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-09 Act 246, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1351).
HI	HB2231	Pass	Establishes as a goal of the State the increased representation of female law enforcement officers in the State by 2030 and nonbinary law enforcement officers in the State. Requires each law enforcement agency to recruit law enforcement officers from... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-09 Act 251, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1356).
HI	HB1842	Pass	Increases the maximum fine for violations of the fire protection laws. Specifies that each day a violation exists or continues to exist shall constitute a distinct and separate offense. Raises the criminal penalty for the offense of arson in the four... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-08 Act 201, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302).
HI	HB1902	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-08 Act 206, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1307).
HI	HB2193	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-08 Act 208, 07/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1309).
HI	HB2743	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-08 Act 217, 07/08/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1318).
HI	HB1832	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-05 Act 186, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287).
HI	HB2192	Pass	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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-05 Act 193, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294).
HI	HB2298	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-05 Act 198, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299).
HI	HB470	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-02 Act 145, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246).
HI	HB2224	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-02 Act 159, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1260).
HI	HB1529	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-01 Act 123, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1224).
HI	HB2074	Pass	Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for Kaiapuni programs and the establishment of three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) Kaiapuni education curriculum specialist II positions and ten full-time equivalent (10.0 FTE) Kaiapuni classroom tea... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-01 Act 126, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1227).
HI	HB2218	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-01 Act 130, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1231).
HI	HB2626	Pass	Specifies certain findings the Board of Land and Natural Resources must make for a lease of a government-owned Hawaiian fishpond. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-07-01 Act 124, 06/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1225).
HI	HB1148	Pass	Appropriates funds for temporary positions to support the expansion of the University of Hawaii Windward Community College's mental health-related programs. (CD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-28 Act 107, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208).
HI	HB1836	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-28 Act 100, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1201).
HI	HB1830	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-28 Act 093, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1194).
HI	HB1827	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-28 Act 089, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1190).
HI	HB1944	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-28 Act 094, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195).
HI	HB2042	Pass	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) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-28 Act 102, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1203).
HI	HB2577	Pass	Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-28 Act 105, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206).
HI	HB1595	Pass	Creates a pilot project, to be administered by the Department of the Attorney General, for a state-initiated expungement process of arrest records concerning certain marijuana offenses under section 712-1249, HRS. Requires the Hawai?i Criminal Justic... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-06-24 Act 062, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1163).
HI	HB2090	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-29 Act 037, 05/28/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137).
HI	HB1974	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-13 Act 018, 05/13/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118).
HI	HB2216	Pass	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-13 Act 020, 05/13/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120).
HI	HB1598	Pass	Requires 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-03 Act 011, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111).
HI	HB1600	Pass	Requires 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-03 Act 013, 05/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113).
HI	HB1896	Engross Sine Die	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-03 Deferred one day.
HI	HCR157	Pass	Urging The United States And The State To Recognize And Address The Air Transportation Crisis On Molokai And Lna`i. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-03 Resolution adopted in final form.
HI	HCR125	Pass	Requesting 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-03 Resolution adopted in final form.
HI	HCR187	Pass	Requesting The Legislative Reference Bureau To Conduct A Study On Best Practices For Nurse Staffing In Health Care Facilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-01 Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826).
HI	HCR198	Pass	Requesting 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-01 Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826).
HI	HCR160	Pass	Requesting 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-05-01 Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 826).
HI	HB1831	Engross Sine Die	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-26 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:30PM in Conference Room 329.
HI	HB1892	Engross Sine Die	Part II: Amends the deadlines for required upgrades conversions, or connections for certain priority level 1 and priority level 2 cesspools. Part III: Authorizes and appropriates funds to the Department of Health to retain qualified consultants as ne... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-26 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:15PM in Conference Room 329.
HI	HB1828	Engross Sine Die	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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-26 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 5:20PM in Conference Room 329.
HI	HB1964	Engross Sine Die	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 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:55 PM; CR 329.
HI	HB2083	Engross Sine Die	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-26 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 5:30PM in conference room 325.
HI	HB2690	Engross Sine Die	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-26 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-24 at 1:00PM in Conference Room 229.
HI	HB2329	Engross Sine Die	Establishes a 1-year pilot program to reduce the population of rose-ringed parakeets on Kauai and Oahu using past research and on-the-ground experience to guide future strategies. Appropriates funds. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325.
HI	HB2644	Engross Sine Die	Appropriates funds to support the Hawaii Ant Lab in mitigating the effects of little fire ants in the State. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325.
HI	HB2712	Engross Sine Die	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-25 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-26-24 1:50PM in conference room 329.
HI	HB2241	Engross Sine Die	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) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 4:00PM; Conference Room 016.
HI	HB2183	Engross Sine Die	Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 806).
HI	HB2184	Engross Sine Die	Prohibits contributions from persons convicted of various campaign finance, ethical, or lobbying offenses. Requires unlawful contributions to escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund. Authorizes the Campaign Spending Commission and State Ethics C... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 806).
HI	HB2805	Engross Sine Die	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 772).
HI	HCR226	Engross Sine Die	Recognizing And Commending The National Conference Of State Legislatures On The Upcoming Occasion Of Its Fiftieth Anniversary In 2025. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Filed.
HI	HB1624	Engross Sine Die	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... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 727).
HI	HB1838	Engross Sine Die	Expands the zoning powers of counties. Expands the scope of the transient accommodations tax law to include certain shelters and vehicles with sleeping accommodations. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD2) [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-22 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 780).