Hawaii Representative Jeanne Kapela [D] | Engrossed

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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.
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.
HIHB2131Engross

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Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Appropriates funds for the Department of Agriculture to mitigate and control the spread of the 2-lined spittlebug and to fund recovery efforts for areas...
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2024-04-25
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325.
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.
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).
HIHB2184Engross

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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...
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2024-04-23
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 806).
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.
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).
HIHB1838Engross

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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)
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2024-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 780).
HIHCR5Engross

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Urging Retail Stores And Pharmacies Doing Business In The State To Adopt A Policy On A National And Local Level Guaranteeing An Individual's Unhindered Access To All United States Food And Drug Administration-approved Contraceptives.
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2024-04-17
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HIHB2253Engross

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Authorizes the Department of Health to require all restaurants and hotel establishments to maintain an inventory of an opioid antagonist. Expressly permits law enforcement officers to carry an opioid antagonist while on-duty. Requires funds for the p...
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2024-04-17
House Conferees Appointed: Takenouchi, Tarnas, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Takayama, Tam, Garcia.
HIHB1604Engross

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Allows the court to order substance abuse assessment and treatment of a defendant before trial. Prohibits the revocation or forfeiture of parole or arrest of a parolee solely due to the parolee having one positive test for drug or alcohol use. Takes ...
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2024-04-16
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 738).
HIHB1772Engross

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Appropriates funds to support the Department of Health's Senior Fall Prevention Campaign. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 20242025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-04-16
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 738).
HIHB2720Engross

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Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate assistants employed by the University of Hawaii and community college system. Takes effect 7/1/2055. (SD1)
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2024-04-12
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731).
HIHCR68Engross

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Requesting The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations To Convene An Underground Economy Interagency Task Force To Combat The Underground Economy And Employee Misclassification In The Construction Industry.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HIHCR200Engross

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Requesting The Department Of Human Services To Report On The Cultural And Therapeutic Services Provided By Community-based Organizations At The Kawailoa Youth And Family Wellness Center.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HIHCR188Engross

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Urging The Department Of Education To Ensure That School Libraries And School Library Media Centers Are Staffed With Licensed School Librarians And Licensed School Library Media Specialists.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Education Committee
HIHCR165Engross

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Requesting The Department Of Human Resources Development To Conduct A Sample Survey Of For-profit, Non-profit, And Government Organizations In Hawaii That Have Successfully Implemented Remote Work, Hybrid Work, Or Telework Arrangements.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Labor and Technology Committee
HIHB2748Engross

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Establishes statewide vehicular law enforcement pursuit policies. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
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2024-04-04
The committee on JDC deferred the measure.
HIHB1903Engross

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Expands access of early learning programs to other state properties and public lands besides public school campuses. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-04-03
The committee on WAM has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 04-04-24 10:15AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
HIHB1968Engross

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Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. Effective 7/1/...
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2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee
HIHCR6Engross

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Urging The Members Of Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Monitor The Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine V. U.s. Food And Drug Administration And Take Action To Limit The Case From Further Restricting Access To Safe Abortion Options.
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2024-04-02
To Senate Health and Human Services Committee
HIHCR96Engross

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Supporting A Closer Partnership Between The United States And Taiwan In Values And Common Goals, The Relationships And Exchanges Between The State Of Hawaii And Taiwan, Taiwan's International Participation, And The Signing Of A United States-taiwan B...
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2024-04-02
To Senate Transportation and Culture and the Arts Committee
HIHB837Engross

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Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, transit projects, and other areas in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. A...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB547Engross

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Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and implement a two-year Infant and Toddler Child Care Worker Subsidy Pilot Program to retain the existing early child care workforce in licensed infant and toddler child care center settings. Ap...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB259Engross

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Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than a certain percentage of coffee by weight from that geographic origin, phased in to a minimum of fifty-one per cent on or aft...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB1263Engross

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Repeals language that gives the director of finance discretion to use moneys in the Hawaii ABLE savings program trust fund if the director elects to accept deposits from contributors instead of sending deposits directly to the ABLE program manager. A...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB1248Engross

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Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for the continued administration of the Hawaii healthy food incentive program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Effecti...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB1340Engross

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Requires the Director of Health to establish a Temporary Breakthrough Therapy Designation Advisory Council within 3 months of certain breakthrough therapy designation approvals by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (SD2)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB1375Engross

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Establishes an Office of Tourism and Destination Management within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism that encompasses regenerative tourism and best practice destination management. Transfers the functions, duties, appropri...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB69Engross

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Appropriates funds for the Department of Education's Resources for Enrichment, Athletics/Academics, Culture, and Health program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB1301Engross

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Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and ...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB193Engross

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Extends the State's energy-efficiency portfolio standards from 2030 to 2045. Authorizes the public utilities commission to establish interim goals. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB872Engross

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Appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Aging of the Department of Health for the Hawaii Healthy Aging Partnership. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB1430Engross

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Establishes the institute of indigenous education, science, and outreach within the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB908Engross

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Amends the maximum amount of conveyance tax revenues allocated to the Land Conservation Fund. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB617Engross

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Establishes an oral health task force to review the status of oral health in the State and make recommendations to improve the State's oral health infrastructure. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050 and 7/1/205...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB522Engross

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Removes the ability of the governor or a mayor to suspend electronic media transmission during a state of emergency. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB197Engross

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Requires the Department of Health to establish a Refrigerant Management Program to reduce emissions of high global warming potential refrigerants and any refrigerant that is an ozone depleting substance from stationary, commercial, and industrial ref...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB951Engross

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Deposits funds into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund to be used to provide grants or loans to mixed-income rental projects or units qualifying individuals and families. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB1149Engross

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Appropriates funds for positions and activities related to coconut rhinoceros beetle infestation control. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
HIHB1442Engross

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Amends the Criminal Justice Diversion Program including allowing examination of defendants via telehealth. Requires the Judiciary, in consultation with other stakeholders, to submit monthly and annual reports to the Legislature on the effectiveness o...
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2024-03-25
Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
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