#Bill 28
Nāpili affordable housing bill clears first reading
Maui County Council members passed on first reading Friday morning a bill that sets aside $650,000 from the Affordable Housing Fund as a grant to A0746 Lahaina L.P. for pre-development costs for a project in Nāpili.
Committee advances bill to expand special flood hazard areas
Members of the Maui County Council’s Water and Infrastructure Committee have recommended full Council passage of a bill to establish, administratively, a process to expand regulated special flood hazard areas in the Maui County Code. Bill 28 would allow additional flood-prone areas to be included in special flood hazard areas for flood insurance purposes. According […]
Honolulu becomes first US city to mandate naloxone in high-risk locations
In response to opioid overdose concerns, Honolulu officials passed Bill 28, which requires that all Honolulu bars, nightclubs, and other high-risk venues keep two doses of naloxone spray (also known by the brand name Narcan), the lifesaving opioid reversal medication, on their premises.
Honolulu City Council member introduces bill to cut down on opioid-related deaths
Following the Federal Drug Administration’s approval of the lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication “naloxone” as an over-the-counter medication this morning, Honolulu City Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos-Tam introduced Bill 28, which requires certain bars, nightclubs, and other high-risk venues to maintain doses of naloxone spray on site in case of an overdose.
