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HB 747 Hawaii House · 2020 Regular Session

RELATING TO DISABLED PERSONS.

Summary
Establishes employment first as a state policy with respect to disabled persons. Requires state and county agencies to implement this policy in hiring and all programs and services administered or funded by the State or counties. Applies employment first principles to Medicaid home- and community-based waiver programs. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2019 Last action Jun 22, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
8
Committee
13
Amendments
2
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
lower
Apr 9, 2019
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 776) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Apr 9, 2019
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Apr 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Inouye.
upper
Apr 3, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-05-19 10:15AM in conference room 211.
upper
Mar 21, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
upper
Mar 21, 2019
Committee
Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1315) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
upper
Mar 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HMS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, K. Rhoads, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Riviere, Fevella.
upper
Mar 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-19 3:00PM in conference room 016.
upper
Mar 15, 2019
Committee
Re-Referred to HMS, WAM.
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to LCA/HMS, WAM.
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 217).
upper
Mar 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 114) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 10
lower
Jan 31, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Quinlan, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to LAB, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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