Sen. Lynn DeCoite

Primary HB 833

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO LICENSING.

Requires adult family boarding homes and private homes that provide healthcare to the elderly or disabled to be licensed by the Department of Health. Establishes fines for operating an adult residential care home, adult family boarding home or private home that provides healthcare to elderly or disabled individuals who are unrelated to the caregiver family by blood, marriage, or adoption, or hospice home without a license.

In committee Jan 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 893

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HUNTING ON PRIVATE LANDS.

Requires hunters to obtain prior written permission from landowners, occupiers, or holders of private lands to hunt on private lands. Does not affect Native Hawaiian gathering rights.

In committee Jan 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 962

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PROVIDE FOR RECALL.

Amends article II of the state constitution to provide for recall.

In committee Jan 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 892

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO MOLOKAI HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.

Appropriates funds for Molokai High School athletics to account for increasing travel costs and other expenses. Appropriates funds.

In committee Jan 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 963

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Creates and appropriates funds for Erin's Law Task Force to review policies, programs, and curricula for educating public school students about sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention, and report recommendations for the establishment of a program to educate public school children on sexual abuse prevention through age appropriate curricula.

In committee Jan 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 257

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO DAIRY.

Permits the retail sale of unpasteurized milk under certain conditions. Permits the sale of unpasteurized milk for animal consumption. Defines unpasteurized milk. Permits milk producers to establish cow share programs.

In committee Jan 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 972

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO COLLEGE SERVICE CORPS.

Establishes the Hawaii college service corps to provide recent high school graduates with tuition waivers and college credit for participation in qualifying college service corps programs.

In committee Jan 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 890

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO BULLYING.

Requires the Department of Education to establish policies to prohibit bullying. Requires those policies to include anti-bullying classes for students found to have engaged in bullying and the parents or guardians of those students. Requires suspension of any student found to have engaged in bullying until the student and the student's parent or guardian have successfully completed an anti-bullying class at the parent's or guardian's expense.

In committee Jan 27, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 694

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Sets time limit for the grant or denial of an application for an initial or renewed certificate of approval to operate a community care foster family home or any community-based care home or facility licensed or certified under the Department of Health. Authorizes an application fee and sets fee amounts.

In committee Jan 25, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 528

In committee · Hawaii House · Lead sponsor

RELATING TO POLITICAL SIGNS.

Defines political signs. Fines candidate committees and noncandidate committees whose political signs are found on state property or highways.

In committee Jan 25, 2017 0 co-sponsors Track