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D Hawaii House · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Terez Amato

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Total votes
12,217
all sessions
Attendance
98%
178 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 81% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 75% of chamber peers
Sponsored
2,759
bills & resolutions
Higher than 94% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
2,759 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
2,759
Primary
2,640
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119
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Primary HB 1301
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO CANCER.

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 Filipinos. Requires the Cancer Center to seek federal funding to complete the study. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)

Passed Apr 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 1442
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO REHABILITATION.

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 of agreements for post-booking jail diversion programs for district and circuit court in the first circuit. Amends the allowable period of court-ordered assisted community treatment and considerations for extensions. Allows courts to require certain probation violators to undergo mental health evaluation and treatment as a condition of continued probation. Requires the Department of Health to contract with behavioral health crisis centers and to establish a statewide Hawaii Urgency Response Center. Restores funding for probation officer services for the mental health court. Effective 7/1/3023. (SD1)

Passed Apr 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 1300
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Establishes provisional or associate-level licensure requirements for marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists and authorizes insurance reimbursements in certain circumstances. Requires psychologist license applicants to possess a doctoral degree and complete certain supervised experience requirements before sitting for the licensing examination. Authorizes insurance reimbursements for services provided by a supervised social work intern in certain circumstances. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/2050. (SD1)

Passed Apr 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 1248
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INCENTIVES.

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. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)

Passed Apr 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 1375
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO TOURISM.

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, appropriations, and positions of the Hawaii Tourism Authority to the Office of Tourism and Destination Management. Requires the Office of Tourism and Destination Management to implement certain county destination management action plans. Dissolves the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Board of Directors for the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Appropriates funds. (SD3)

Passed Apr 28, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 1340
Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH.

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)

Passed Apr 27, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary HB 426
Signed into law · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor
RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Establishes standards of conduct for firearm industry members. Authorizes any person who has suffered harm because of a firearm industry member's violation of the standards of conduct to bring a civil action. Authorizes the attorney general or any county attorney or public prosecutor to bring a civil action against a firearm industry member for violation of standards of conduct. (HD1)

Signed into law Apr 27, 2023 0 co-sponsors
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