Sen. Rosalyn H. Baker

Primary SB 2647

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS.

Establishes a temporary fetal alcohol spectrum disorders task force within the Department of Health for administrative purposes. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys to establish and support the work of the task force. Authorizes the Department of Health to contract with a third party to assist the task force. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Mar 10, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2442

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.

Streamlines the records review process for physician assistants by including review of physician assistants' prescriptions for controlled substances. (SD2)

Passed Mar 10, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 2755

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to approve all revoked, limited, condemned, removed, or shortened public land leases or revocable permits. Takes effect 7/30/2075. (SD1)

Passed Mar 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 2445

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.

Expands the authorized scope of practice for physician assistants. Effective 1/1/2023. (SD2)

Passed Mar 10, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 2564

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

Appropriates moneys for the Department of Education's Resources for Enrichment, Athletics, Culture, and Health Program to match federal dollars that the State receives for the federal Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Mar 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SB 2759

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF WATER RIGHTS.

Exempts the instream use of water for traditional and customary kalo cultivation practices from the existing process for disposition of water rights. Recognizes, confirms, and protects traditional and customary and kuleana rights to water, including rights of use, access, delivery, and quality of water. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Mar 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 2275

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES.

Establishes requirements and permitting procedures for transportation network companies and transportation network drivers. Makes permanent the motor vehicle insurance requirements for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Mar 10, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SB 2018

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Co-sponsor

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

Increases the minimum wage for certain employees incrementally to $12.00 per hour beginning 10/1/2022, $15.00 per hour beginning 1/1/2024, and $18.00 per hour beginning 1/1/26.

Passed Mar 10, 2022 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SB 2072

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEYS.

Requires the court to appoint counsel to indigent parents upon the filing of a petition for custody or family supervision and make every effort to do so at the first hearing attended by the parents. (SD1)

Passed Mar 10, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2680

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses, in addition to physicians, to practice medical-aid-in-dying in accordance with their scope of practice and prescribing authority. Authorizes licensed psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and marriage and family therapists, in addition to psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, to provide counseling to a qualified patient. Strengthens nondisclosure protections. Reduces the mandatory waiting period between oral requests from twenty days to fifteen days. Waives the mandatory waiting period for those terminally ill individuals not expected to survive the mandatory waiting period. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD2)

Passed Mar 10, 2022 0 co-sponsors Track