Sen. Rosalyn H. Baker

Primary SB 2370

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO KALAUPAPA MONTH.

Designates January as "Kalaupapa Month." Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Passed May 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2485

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Broadens the purposes for which indirect costs incurred by the department of education, state public charter school commission, or a charter authorizer from federal grants may be reimbursed. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)

Passed May 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2342

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE KUPUNA CAREGIVERS PROGRAM.

Appropriates funds for the proper implementation of the kupuna caregivers program. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Passed May 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2469

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES.

Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to purchase, staff, and operate mobile clinics to serve homeless persons; provided that an unspecified number of the mobile clinics shall be allocated to the county with the largest land mass. Requires matching funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Passed May 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2488

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION.

Appropriates funds for teacher compensation as negotiated and executed in a memorandum of understanding between the superintendent of education and the exclusive representative of collective bargaining unit (5) for an experimental modernization project to address compensation equity issues and make discretionary salary adjustments; additional teacher pay for special education, hard-to-staff geographic locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs; or some combination. Appropriates funds for classroom teacher shortage differentials for charter schools and fringe benefit costs for teacher compensation. Effective January 1, 2050. (HD1)

Passed May 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 3014

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO ON-SITE EARLY CHILDHOOD FACILITIES.

Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create onsite early childhood facilities. Establishes and appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE on-site early childhood facility coordinator position. Effective 7/1/2051. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. (HD1)

Passed May 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2690

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes, and appropriates funds for, a network improvement community task force to develop a K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher education degree for the University of Hawaii. Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Maui college's office of international and regional partnerships for study abroad programs. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)

Passed May 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2480

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

Establishes a Hawaii hope card program within the department of the attorney general to issue cards verifying a person's long-term protective order. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Passed May 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2672

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO CROSSWALKS.

Requires a vehicle approaching a crosswalk from the opposite direction of another vehicle stopped at that crosswalk to yield and not proceed until a pedestrian, if any, has crossed the roadway.

Passed May 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 2259

Passed · Hawaii Senate · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO SCHOOLS.

Establishes a workforce readiness diploma program within the department of education's community school for adults program or adult education program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)

Passed May 11, 2020 0 co-sponsors Track