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HI SB2321
Bill
Status
3/8/2016
Primary Sponsor
Laura Thielen
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AI Summary
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Requires all state agencies to provide a minimum of 8 hours of domestic violence intervention training to employees whose job duties may involve responding to domestic abuse situations, including judges, attorneys, and court representatives, beginning January 1, 2017.
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Requires all county agencies to provide a minimum of 8 hours of domestic violence intervention training to law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel whose duties may involve domestic abuse intervention, beginning January 1, 2017.
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Appropriates funds from general revenues for fiscal year 2016-2017 to the Department of Human Resources Development to implement the required training program.
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Defines "domestic abuse" by reference to the existing definition in section 586-1 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Legislative Description
Domestic Violence; Training; Intervention; Appropriation ($)
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kawakami, Kong, Oshiro, Say, Souki, Tokioka excused (6).
3/17/2016