Rep. Lisa Kitagawa

Primary HCR 36

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

URGING THE GOVERNOR'S COORDINATOR ON HOMELESSNESS AND THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO COME TOGETHER AND PRIORITIZE THEIR HOMELESSNESS EFFORTS IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE HAWAI‘I CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTER BY CONVENING A TASK FORCE.

Passed Apr 22, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HCR 214

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TO MAINTAIN THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE TO INTRODUCE HARRIET TUBMAN AND OTHER FEMALE AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ONTO UNITED STATES CURRENCY BY 2020 TO CELEBRATE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.

Passed Apr 22, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1192

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO EQUAL PAY.

Conforms statutory prohibitions against wage discrimination with other prohibitions on employment discrimination. Clarifies allowable justifications for compensation differentials and remedies for pay disparity. Requires employers to disclose wage ranges to employees and prospective employees. (SD2)

Passed Apr 22, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 467

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE KUPUNA CAREGIVERS PROGRAM.

Changes the kupuna caregivers program allocation cap from $70 per day to $350 per week. Appropriates funds for the continued implementation of the kupuna caregivers program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Apr 18, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1593

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

Requires the department of education, in consultation with the office of enterprise technology services, to develop and procure a uniform financial database, with parameters, benefits, and features that are compatible to the software system being implemented by the office of enterprise technology services for use by all state agencies. Appropriates moneys. Takes effect on 7/1/2112. (SD1)

Passed Apr 18, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 469

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HEARING AIDS.

Requires health insurance policies and contracts issued after 12/31/19 to provide coverage for the cost of hearing aids at a minimum of $1,500 per hearing aid for each hearing-impaired ear every thirty-six months in their base plans. Exempts mandatory health care coverage from impact assessment report. (SD1)

Passed Apr 17, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 709

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.

Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to allow a recount of votes cast at an election to be conducted in a manner as provided by the Legislature. Effective 01/28/2081. (SD1)

Passed Apr 16, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 773

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

Requires and appropriates funds for the department of business, economic development, and tourism to develop annual regional economic plans for each county to identify regional economic priorities and industry clusters and jobs within those priorities and clusters. Requires the workforce development council to develop, based on the findings of the regional economic plans, K-16 pathways and programs in each public school and public charter school that prepare students to fill the priority jobs identified in the regional economic plans. Requires participating schools to communicate opportunities to enroll in K-16 pathways, receive industry certifications, and place students in qualified internship programs to prepare students for jobs identified by regional economic plans as priorities in each geographical area. (SD2)

Passed Apr 16, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 842

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PLANNING ACT.

Establishes a Hawaii State Planning Act Review Commission to review and make recommendations to the Legislature to update the Hawaii State Planning Act. Removes reference to achieving the viability of Hawaii's sugar and pineapple industries from the Hawaii State Planning Act's agricultural objectives. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Apr 15, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 1563

Passed · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism programs. Effective 7/1/2112. (SD2)

Passed Apr 12, 2019 0 co-sponsors Track