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HIHB346Engross
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Requires that new state facilities be designed to be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires that 25% of parking stalls be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office, in consultation with the Department of Accounting and...
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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 9:30 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:30AM in conference room 329.
HIHB1836Engross
50%
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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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 1:30 pm]

Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 820).
HIHB1831Engross
50%
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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2024-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 3:10PM; Conference Room 329.
HIHB1832Engross
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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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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 10:01 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 10:01AM in conference room 016.
HIHB1892Engross
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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...
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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 11:30 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 11:30AM in conference room 325.
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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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 10:30 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 10:30AM in conference room 325.
HIHB1830Engross
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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 psychologist license applic...
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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 3:05 pm]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 3:05PM in conference room 329.
HIHB1827Engross
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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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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 10:02 am]

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-26-24 10:02AM in conference room 016.
HIHB1902Engross
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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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2024-04-25
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Keohokalole, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Rhoads.
HIHB1944Engross
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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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2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
HIHB2020Engross
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Expands the definition of "renewable energy producer" that is used to determine the Board of Land and Natural Resources' disposition of public lands to renewable energy producers. (CD1)
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2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24
HIHB2090Engross
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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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2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24
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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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 1:55 pm]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 1:55PM in conference room 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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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 9:15 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325.
HIHB2074Engross
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Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for 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 teacher positions. Declar...
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2024-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 1:30PM; 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
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 9:15 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325.
HIHB2329Engross
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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 ...
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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 9:15 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325.
HIHB2298Engross
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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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2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24
HIHB2553Engross
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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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2024-04-25
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24
HIHB2563Engross
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Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to study the feasibility of, and create a plan for, developing and publishing, through a contract with a third party, a mobile application that includes all online application processes, including the collection ...
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2024-04-25
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
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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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 10:30 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 10:30AM in conference room 325.
HIHB2644Engross
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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)
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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 9:15 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 9:15AM in conference room 325.
HIHB2685Engross
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Establishes the Solar Hui Program to allow multi-family residential property owners to invest into a solar hui investment fund, which will provide repayment of income derived from energy services agreements to low- and moderate-income households to i...
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2024-04-25
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
HIHB2690Engross
50%
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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2024-04-25
[Hearing: Apr 26 @ 10:15 am]

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 10:15AM in conference room 229.
HIHB2743Engross
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Requires the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center and the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to develop an overlay with the Hawaii Cesspool Prioritization Tool to identify specific priority areas in which the county sewer ...
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2024-04-25
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Ichiyama, Poepoe, M. Mizuno, Nakamura; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
HIHB1148Engross
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Appropriates moneys to the Office of the Governor to establish 1 temporary full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) mental health technician certificate of competence program coordinator position. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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2024-04-24
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-24 3:45PM; CR 329.
HIHB2042Engross
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Appropriates funds to address the mental health and wellness needs of youth in the State. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 20242025. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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2024-04-24
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takenouchi, Nishimoto, Amato, Marten, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
HIHB2193Engross
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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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2024-04-24
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Rhoads, Kim, Elefante, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
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).
HIHCR157Engross
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Urging The United States And The State To Recognize And Address The Air Transportation Crisis On Molokai And Lna`i.
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2024-04-19
The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, Awa.
HIHB2218Engross
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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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2024-04-18
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 760).
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
HIHCR86Engross
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Encouraging Private Businesses With Thirty Or More Employees To Have An Automated External Defibrillator On-site.
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2024-04-17
To Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee
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).
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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2024-04-12
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731).
HIHB1580Engross
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Amends the criminal penalties for various animal cruelty offenses by increasing the category of offense. (SD1)
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2024-04-09
Failed to pass Third Reading. Ayes, 11; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey, Shimabukuro, Wakai . Noes, 14 (Senator(s) Aquino, Awa, Chang, DeCoite, Fevella, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Kidani, Kim, Kouchi, Richards, San Buenaventura). Excused, 0 (none).
HIHB1980Engross
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Establishes the separate offense and applicable penalties relating to the fighting of birds in the first and second degrees. Takes effect 4/14/2112. (SD1)
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2024-04-09
Failed to pass Third Reading. Ayes, 9; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 16 (Senator(s) Aquino, Awa, Chang, DeCoite, Fevella, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Kidani, Kim, Kouchi, McKelvey, Richards, San Buenaventura, Shimabukuro). Excused, 0 (none).
HIHCR201Engross
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Establishing A Candidate Advisory Committee For The Nomination Of The Auditor, Ombudsman, And Legislative Reference Bureau Director.
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2024-04-09
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HIHCR50Engross
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Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Performance Audit Of The Operations And Management Of The Department Of Land And Natural Resources' Division Of Boating And Ocean Recreation.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HIHCR79Engross
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Requesting The Board Of Education, In Partnership With The State Public Charter School Commission, To Submit A Report On Increasing Access To Stable, Suitable, And Affordable Facilities For Public Charter Schools.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Education Committee
HIHCR212Engross
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Urging The Department Of Health To Investigate And Implement Policies To Reduce The Importation Of Ingestible Food And Beverage Products, Packaging, Or Materials Containing Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Into The State.
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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
HIHCR211Engross
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Urging The Department Of Accounting And General Services And The Department Of Human Resources Development To Evaluate Subsidizing Public Transit For Public Employees.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Government Operations Committee
HIHCR214Engross
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Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Collaborate With Federal, State, And County Governments; Landowners; And Stakeholders To Protect, Restore, And Manage The West Maui Wetlands And Wetlands Statewide.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Water and Land Committee
HIHCR192Engross
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Requesting The Auditor To Conduct An Audit Of The Department Of Education's Statewide Backlog Of Capital Improvement Repair And Maintenance Projects.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Education Committee
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