| Measure Title: | RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION. |
| Report Title: | Civil rights; Inability to speak English |
| Description: | Makes it a civil rights violation to unlawfully discriminate against an individual preventing the individual from receiving state or county benefits for the sole reason that the individual cannot use English proficiently. Also prohibits county agencies or programs and activities receiving county financial assistance from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's disability. (HB2779 HD1) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | ABINSAY, ARAKAKI, CALDWELL, CARROLL, CHANG, CHONG, MAGAOAY, M. OSHIRO, SCHATZ, SONSON, TANAKA, TSUJI, WATERS, Hale |
| Current Referral: | HMS/IGA, JHW |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/25/2006 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading |
| 1/27/2006 | H | Referred to JUD, referral sheet 5 |
| 1/27/2006 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 01-31-06 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 325. |
| 1/31/2006 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, B. Oshiro, Kanoho, Karamatsu, Morita, Sonson, Souki, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Caldwell. |
| 2/8/2006 | H | Reported from the committee on JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 145-06) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 2/8/2006 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1); placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Chang, Kahikina, Kawakami excused (3). |
| 2/10/2006 | H | Passed Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Arakaki, Cabanilla, Saiki, Schatz, Takamine excused (5). |
| 2/10/2006 | H | Transmitted to Senate. |
| 2/13/2006 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 19). |
| 2/13/2006 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 2/13/2006 | S | Deferred One Day 02-14-06. |
| 2/14/2006 | S | Referred to HMS, JHW. |
| 2/22/2006 | S | Re-Referred to HMS/IGA, JHW. |
| 3/13/2006 | S | The committee(s) on HMS/IGA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-06 at 2:15 pm in conference room 016. |
| 3/16/2006 | S | The committee(s) on HMS/IGA deferred the measure until 03-21-06 at 2:45 pm in conference room 225. |
| 3/21/2006 | S | The committee on IGA deferred the measure. |
| 3/21/2006 | S | The committee on HMS deferred the measure. |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment