OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

THIRTY-FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 11

13TH LEGISLATIVE DAY - FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CAI -    Culture, Arts, & International Affairs

CMV -  Corrections, Military, & Veterans

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

ECD -   Economic Development

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

GVR -  Government Reform

HET -   Higher Education & Technology

HHH -  Health, Human Services, & Homelessness

HSG -   Housing

JHA -   Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

LAT -   Labor & Tourism

LMG -  Legislative Management

PDP -   Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness

TRN -   Transportation

WAL -  Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB1787, HD1

RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Establishes employment first as a state policy with respect to persons with disabilities.  Requires state and county agencies to implement this policy in hiring and all programs and services administered or funded by the State or counties.  Applies employment first principles to medicaid home- and community-based waiver programs.  Effective 12/25/2040.  (HD1)

 

LAT, JHA

HB1989

RELATING TO THE HAWAII YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS.

Authorizes the governor to designate the department of land and natural resources to administer or enter into an agreement for the administration of a green jobs youth corps to provide temporary work and training opportunities in the fields of natural resource management, agriculture, or other sustainability‑related professions to young adults ages twenty-six and younger.  Requires the department to partner with an organization that has received accreditation from the Corps Center of Excellence Accreditation Program or has at least ten years of experience providing similar programming statewide in the State, or both.  Appropriates funds.

 

WAL, FIN