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a. SB2843/HB1959: Relating to Domestic Violence -Extends for five years <br />certain provisions from Act 19, SLH 2O20, and Act 238, SLH 2O21, relating to <br />abuse of family or household members, including establishing a petty <br />misdemeanor offense of abuse of family or household members, clarifying <br />penalties for violations, and allowing a deferred acceptance of guilty plea for <br />misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor abuse of family or household members <br />offenses. Effective 6/29/2026. <br />b. SB2841/HB1960: Relating to Human Trafficking -Requires the Department of <br />the Attorney General to develop a Human Trafficking Awareness Training <br />Program to educate and train workers in the transient accommodations sector. <br />Requires transient accommodations employers to periodically provide the human <br />trafficking awareness training to certain employees and contract workers; keep <br />records of the training; post signage; and develop and implement a human <br />trafficking prevention policy that includes procedures for the reporting of <br />suspected human trafficking. Establishes penalties. Requires the Department of <br />Labor and Industrial Relations to adopt rules. <br />c. SB2845/HB1961: Relating to Health Care -Prohibits persons from interfering <br />with another person's access to or from a health care facility or disrupting the <br />normal functioning of a health care facility. Makes violations a petty <br />misdemeanor. Establishes a private right of action for individuals and health care <br />facilities harmed as a result of interference with a health care facility. Authorizes <br />the Attorney General to bring an action for injunctive or other equitable relief. <br />d. SB2842/HB1962 Relating to Family -Establishes an exemption from mediation <br />in parentage proceedings where there are allegations of domestic abuse. <br />Clarifies the exemption from mediation in divorce proceedings as it relates to <br />domestic abuse. <br />e. SB2844/HB1963: Relating to Image -Based Sexual Abuse -Establishes the <br />nonconsensual disclosure of intimate or private images as a criminal offense. <br />Amends the criteria for an extended term of imprisonment to include an offender <br />whose act of attempting to commit or committing the nonconsensual disclosure <br />of intimate or private images against a minor or vulnerable adult resulted in the <br />victim's death. <br />f. HR5/HCR6, SR7/SCR7: -Affirming and supporting the requirement that hospitals <br />provide life-saving emergency care to pregnant people, including reproductive <br />and abortion services, when such care is medically necessary to stabilize a <br />patient under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. <br />E. For Discussion and Action — Determine use or distribution of Gift Cards being held by <br />Prosecutors Office that was purchased for the FY2025 approved Equal Pay <br />Project. <br />F. For Discussion and Action - Updating the Annual Hawai'i Island Family Services <br />Directory for 2026-2027 <br />