Rep. Justin Woodson
Sponsored bills
Appropriates funds for four deputy public defender positions within the Office of the Public Defender and requires that one of the positions be assigned to the family court section. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 4/14/2112. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to increase the base budget of the Department of Human Services' Homeless Programs Office. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. (SD1)
Exempts from the Hawaiʻi Public Procurement Code educational materials and related training for direct student instruction in career and technical education programs within the Department of Education. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to increase the funding of certain Medicaid home and community-based services, including adult day programs and residential services offered in community care foster family homes and expanded adult residential care homes. Requires the Department of Human Services to obtain matching funds. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. (SD1)
Requires the Department of Education and public charter schools to take certain steps to report incidents of harassment and implement procedures for handling harassment of educational workers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to support long-term water quality monitoring and pollution source detection. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Appropriates funds for the continued administration of the Hawaiʻi Healthy Food Incentive Program and to provide matching funds to beneficiaries who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. (SD1)
Extends under certain conditions, the family leave period for up to eight weeks for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Requires the Civil Rights Commission to amend its rules to include neonatal care as a related medical condition wherever the phrase "pregnancy, childbirth, or other related condition" or any similar phrase is used. Effective 6/30/2032. (SD2)